The National Office of the CIIA, located in Toronto, organizes an extensive program of speakers' events, meetings and conferences, assists branch activities, produces the Institute's publications and houses the John Holmes Library.

The CIIA Toronto hosts the annual National Foreign Policy Conference that is set around a current and up-to-date international theme and attracts experts from across the nation and around the world with one hundred and fifty to two hundred participants attending.

Each year the CIIA Toronto coordinates the National Speakers' Program for thirteen branches of the CIIA. This program is designed to provide all members across Canada to meet with experts in different fields of international affairs and encourage discussions, analysis and debates of world issues among them.

A Book Club is an interesting innovation, made by the CIIA Toronto. The Book Club highlights the newest books, published on the Canadian foreign policy and international relations. With the development of the Club, the CIIA hopes to provide a forum for discussion of books and give members an opportunity to speak with authors online.

Undoubtedly, the annual National Foreign Policy Conference is a major event, organized by the CIIA Toronto. Experts from coast to coast and around the world gather for two days of caustic presentations and intensive discussions. The conference is held in a different city each year in co-operation with local branches and features an array of opinion leaders.

The National Foreign Policy Conference 2006 was held through March, 9-10, under the theme "Canada's Engagement with the Developing World". The conference investigated a number of themes, relating to how the developed world treats the developing world with a special emphasis on the Canadian development policy. The discussions focused around on global prosperity and global inequality, millennium development objectives, trade liberalization, conflicts, natural resources, government and other vital issues.

One of the premier achievements of the CIIA Toronto is an involvement of young Canadians into the activities of the Canadian Centre researches, discussions and forums. The Security & Terrorism Youth Symposium, held on March 9, 2005, joined young Canadian minds to present and discuss the most vital questions, confronting all countries and nations. The symposium participants were selected on the basis of paper abstracts they have submitted earlier in January and February. Young people presented, discussed and debated two broad themes, "Defending North America" and "Promoting Security Abroad".

The participants presented a wide array of interesting research papers and reports, including Time to Rework Human Security Ideas, Actions, and Canada's Role in Promoting Security Abroad, Lisa Williams (the York University); Weak States, Islam and Terrorism in South East Asia: Are there Causal Connections? Ciaran Aiken (UBC); and Achieving North American Security: Forwarding an Earth Systems Perspective, Ross Neil (the Carleton University).

This practice is of a high value for developing broader views of the younger generation on the national and international security, enhancing their knowledge on problems that confront our society today as well as developing their analytical and research skills as to bring about significant contributions to the world political and social development.