Toastmasters District 61 Secteur 61 Speech Contests / Concours discours

Toastmasters International: Speech Contests

Speech contests are a Toastmasters tradition. Each year, thousands of Toastmasters compete for the top spot in District 61 to be crowned the best public speaker. At this contest event, the contestants will compete in the following:

• Table Topics Contest - An impromptu speech contest where all contestants will be given a topic and given a time frame to provide a short speech.

• International Speech Contest - Contestants present a five- to seven- minute speech to deliver a message of their choosing.

• Concours d'improvisation - Un concours d'improvisation orale où tous les participants recevront un sujet et disposeront d'un temps limité pour prononcer un bref discours.

• Concours de discours en français - Les concurrents présentent un discours de cinq à sept minutes pour délivrer un message de leur choix.

Speech Contests benefit everyone, providing:

• an opportunity for speakers to improve their speaking abilities,

• recognition to the best as encouragement to all,

• the opportunity to learn by observing other speakers.

Each contest begins at the club level. Winners of the club contests continue to compete at the Area contests. At this contest, we celebrate those who have won

their Club contests and are competing to win the Area contests.

The winners will represent the Area and compete on the Division stage. Winners of the Division stage will compete on the District stage:

Table topics winners will compete at: BOOSTEZ VOTRE CONFIANCE - DAY OF CONFIDENCE-BUILDING 2025 Tickets, Sat, 29 Nov 2025 at 8:00 AM | Eventbrite

International Speech winners will compete at the District 61 Annual conference: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/conference-annuelle-district-61-2026-annual-conference-tickets-1322918688409

Join us, for both of these events, where the best of the best will be announced!

District 61 Area 61 Speech Contests / Concours de discours de la secteur 61

Date and time

Thu, Oct 16, 2025 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM EDT

Location

St Thomas Church

4810 Avenue Rosedale Montréal, QC H4V 2H2

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Highlights

• 2 hours 30 minutes

• In person

These individuals will compete for the title of "Best Speaker" of the 2,300 members of District 61 (Quebec, Eastern Ontario, and upstate New York). Register today!

This is the largest public speaking competition in our geographic location - don’t miss out!