Canada is home to some of the World's Largest Meetups

Toronto is home to largest Graphic Designer Meetups in the world, second is Chicago, third Vancouver, fourth is London.

The Slashdot Meetup is the largest in Toronto, followed by Raleigh, NC.

Toronto has the largest Small Business Owner Meetup, followed by NYC.

Toronto is home to the largest Sport Bike Meetup, followed by Aurora, CO.

Toronto is the number one for Urban Exploration Meetups with 451 members, followed by San Diego with 54 members.

Toronto is tops for Web Design Meetups, its group has 279 members, followed by San Diego's 243 members.

Torontonians like to work at home: the largest Work at Home Meetup with 134 members is in Toronto, followed by Dallas, TX with 30 members.

The largest Bi-Polar Disorder Meetup in the world is in Toronto, followed by Sacremento, CA.

Toronto is the home of the largest Dog Rescue Meetup in the world, followed by Durham, NC, Fresno, CA and Baltimore, MD.

Toronto is the home of the largest eBay Buyer Meetup, followed by Singapore, and Washington, DC

The largest Fitness Meetups are in Toronto, Vancouver and Melbourne, Australia.

The largest Audi Enthusiast Meetup is in Vancouver, BC, followed by Morrison, CO,

The largest Counterstrike Meetup is in Vancouver, BC.

The only Bartending Meetup on Earth right now is in Toronto.

The only Body Modification Meetup on Earth right now happens to be in Calgary, AB.

Calgary also boasts the largest Bowling Meetup, followed by NYC and Fairfax, VA.

Canadian Seconds:

The largest Ayurveda Meetup is in London, followed by Toronto.

Toronto is second to NYC for Oil Awareness Meetup Groups.

Toronto is home to the second largest Photo Meetup in the world, behind NYC.

Other Interesting Tidbits From the World of Meetups:

London beats out Sacramento for the largest Born Again Christian Meetup in the world.

The largest Brights Meetup in the world is in London, followed by NYC.

Hamburg, Germany is tops for British Pop Fans.

The only Crohn's Disease Meetups right now are in Australia.

The largest Danish and Dutch language Meetups are in London.

London is the home to the largest English as a Second Language Meetup Group, San Diego is second, Toronto is third.

Singapore wins at Foosball, followed by Spartanburg, SC.

Gay Professionals in London top Gay Professionals in Orange, CA and Denver, CO.

The Harry Potter Meetup reigns in Melbourne with 105 members to Orlando, Florida's 63, and London's 61 group members.

The Humanism Meetup in Nairobi is the largest in the world. Followed by the Humanism Meetup in New Haven, CT.

Paris has the largest Interior Design Meetup followed by Melbourne, AU and Victoria, BC.

Singapore is the home of the largest Lord of the Rings Meetup in the world.

interpreted slightly differently, the only Married Women Meetups are in India.

There are no Michael Jackson Fan Meetups in the USA — only in London with 95 members and and Toronto with 25.

The largest Mommy Milk Meetup is in Moscow, followed by Ottawa, ON and Madison, AL.


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