The Tunnelling Association of Canada (TAC) is pleased to announce that TAC has been successful in winning the bid to host the World Tunnel Congress (WTC) and the ITA General Assembly from May 15-21, 2026, in Montréal, Canada. The theme of WTC 2026 is Connecting Communities through Underground Infrastructure / Connecter les communautés au moyen d'infrastructures souterraines.

For further details on the event, please visit the official website of WTC2026 Montreal..

Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities are now available!
The Call for Abstracts will be launching in March 2025, and Registration will open in June 2025.

WTC2026 Bid
The bid was voted upon by the member countries in May 2023 in Athens, Greece at the WTC 2023.

For more information on TAC's proposal please see the documents below:
Executive_Summary - WTC2026 Montréal (Canada)
Sommaire Exécutif - WTC2026 Montréal (Canada)

If you wish to access the detailed proposal, we invite you to click on the following link:
WTC2026 Montreal, Canada - Proposal.pdf