Comparison · 7 material differences
CEO Global Network vs TEC Canada
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Verified September 2026
Peer advisory
Verified September 2026 CEO Global Network
CEOs, business owners and senior executives of Canadian companies
Peer advisory
TEC Canada
Canadian CEOs, presidents, owners and senior executives, sorted into four programme tiers by role and company stage
What the records say
- Role or title — CEO Global Network: CEO, business owner or senior executive; a separate programme exists for senior executives who are not CEOs; TEC Canada: TEC CEO: CEOs, presidents, owners and leaders of large enterprises.
- Annual dues — CEO Global Network: Not publicly disclosed; TEC Canada: Not publicly disclosed. TEC Canada quotes pricing only after an application, and says the figure depends on which programme the applicant qualifies for. Third-party estimates differ sharply: an executive-coaching firm puts CEO membership at roughly $1,500-$2,000+ CAD a month, while the Peer Resources directory gives $2,820-$13,000 a year across TEC/Vistage tiers. Neither is an organisation disclosure..
Side by side
| CEO Global Network | TEC Canada | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Peer advisory | Peer advisory |
| Founded | Not documented | 1985 (TEC Canada's own history page: "The TEC Canada story began in 1985, when Dr. Lynn Tanner brought the peer advisory model to Canada." The underlying TEC format dates to 1957 in Milwaukee.) |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Canada | Calgary, Canada |
| Geographic footprint | Canada; the organisation describes its members as leaders of Canadian companies and does not publish a list of group locations | Canada: Chairs listed in fourteen regions from Vancouver to Atlantic Canada; members also get access to the Vistage global network |
| Members | Not publicly disclosed | 1,600as of May 2026 |
| Chapters | Not publicly disclosed | 14 |
| Primary audience | CEOs, business owners and senior executives of Canadian companies | Canadian CEOs, presidents, owners and senior executives, sorted into four programme tiers by role and company stage |
| Typical member | CEO Global Network describes members as leaders of "Canada's fastest-growing and most successful companies". It publishes no revenue, employee-count or net-worth threshold and no member demographics. | Members are chief executives, owners and senior executives of Canadian companies across a wide size range, from small-business owners in the TEC Small Business programme to leaders of large enterprises in TEC CEO. TEC Canada publishes no revenue or headcount threshold and no member demographics. |
| Qualification | ||
| Role or title | CEO, business owner or senior executive; a separate programme exists for senior executives who are not CEOsThe organisation does not publish a formal title test.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | TEC CEO: CEOs, presidents, owners and leaders of large enterprisesverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Geographic restriction | CanadaMembers are described as leaders of Canadian companies; no other country is named.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | CanadaChairs are listed only in Canadian regions.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | No | No |
| Application process | Applicants submit a request-information form on the website, optionally complete an online self-assessment, then take a discovery call of roughly 20-30 minutes with the organisation. Fit is assessed against the organisation's stated core values and member expectations before placement in a group. | Prospective members apply through the Becoming a Member page. TEC then matches the applicant to a programme and a specific group based on organisational size, stage of development and competitive landscape, and discusses cost at that point. There is no published sponsorship or nomination requirement. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. The organisation says it applies a "rigorous membership screening process" and values "quality over quantity" but publishes no acceptance data. | Not publicly disclosed. TEC describes careful matching rather than selection against a threshold, and publishes no acceptance rate. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed. TEC Canada quotes pricing only after an application, and says the figure depends on which programme the applicant qualifies for. Third-party estimates differ sharply: an executive-coaching firm puts CEO membership at roughly $1,500-$2,000+ CAD a month, while the Peer Resources directory gives $2,820-$13,000 a year across TEC/Vistage tiers. Neither is an organisation disclosure.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 |
| Membership term | Not documented | Not documented |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Regular peer group meetings plus a monthly one-to-one session of about two hours with the Group Leader, and learning events through the year | Monthly group meetings plus a monthly one-to-one session with the Chair; expert speaker sessions and an annual national member conference |
| Peer forums | Chair-led ("Group Leader") peer groups of non-competing members; the senior-executive programme uses groups of up to 16 | Confidential peer advisory groups of non-competing members facilitated by a TEC Chair, an experienced former executive who also coaches members individually |
| Confidentiality | Confidentiality is listed among the organisation's core values and groups are described as confidential; no written member code is published | Group meetings are described as confidential; trust is one of TEC Canada's four stated values |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Forum-based, Event-focused | Forum-based, Chapter-based, Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Yes | Yes |
| Local chapters | Partial | Yes |
| Virtual membership | Not documented | Not documented |
| Online community | Partial | Yes |
| Member directory | Partial | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Yes |
| Leadership development | Yes | Yes |
| Retreats | Not documented | Not documented |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | No |
| Next-generation programming | No | No |
| Investment discussions | Not documented | Partial |
| Investment opportunities | No | No |
| Philanthropic component | No | No |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Low | Low |
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Drawn from the sources listed on each page: CEO Global Network · TEC Canada