Guide
The activity matters less than the number. A board-game pub is perfect at six and hopeless at thirty; an escape room caps at eight; a restaurant table for forty is a logistics project. This guide starts from the headcount and works backwards.
Updated September 12, 2026
At this size the only mistake is choosing something forgettable. Every venue in town takes a group of four with no planning.
Why it’s different. Coached axe throwing downtown: ten caged targets, real coaches on the floor, and a tournament to finish. Nobody arrives as the expert, which is why it works for groups.
Open →Why it’s different. Escape rooms are built for exactly this size: everybody is needed, nobody is a spectator.
Open ↗Why it’s different. A thousand board games and staff who teach them. The best value of any evening on this page, and it stops working somewhere around ten.
Open ↗The trap here is the activity that only takes eight at a time: half the group waits, and the night breaks into two nights. Look for venues that run several lanes, rooms or tables in parallel and bring everybody back together at the end.
Why it’s different. Groups of ten to twenty throw on adjacent targets with our coaches, who run challenges across the lanes so the group stays one group. Books online in two minutes.
Open →Why it’s different. Split into two rooms starting at the same time and compare times after. Only works where a location has two rooms free in the same slot, so book ahead.
Open ↗Why it’s different. A group of fifteen can walk the projections together for nothing and sit down afterwards. The activity costs no money, so the budget goes to the meal.
Open ↗This is where most activities start asking for a quote, a deposit and a call back. It is also where a group needs structure: a beginning, a competition, an end. At Rage, up to 40 people book a 60-minute session directly online, across several reserved targets, with no quote or phone call. A private-venue upgrade is available at this size, but nothing forces you into one.
Why it’s different. Groups of 21 to 40 throw on several targets at once with a coach on each. The coaches run the same challenges across all lanes and finish with a group photo. It is the one activity on this page where thirty people still book like four people do.
Open →Why it’s different. Rope courses spread a big group across the ships naturally, so thirty people are busy at once. Seasonal and weather-dependent; have a plan B.
Open ↗Why it’s different. A festival does not care how many of you there are. It also does not give you a beginning, a middle or an end. Pair it with something that does.
Open ↗Past forty, the difference between a good night and a shrug is the run of show: welcome, briefing, activity, competition, a clear finish, food. This is the size where a private venue earns its price, because the alternative is forty people sharing a space with strangers and no timeline. At Rage, 41 to 60 guests go through the group-event planner: 90 or 120 minutes, all ten targets, your own coaches, a hosted tournament, catering on request.
Why it’s different. The whole venue, ten targets, coaches on every lane, a bracket with qualifiers and a final everybody watches, and catering from Memento delivered before the final. One organiser, one email, one invoice.
Open →Why it’s different. When the group is too big for any room, bring the activity to the group: a caged throwing lane on wheels with its own coaches.
Open →Why it’s different. Sixty people need a private dining room or a brewpub that takes buyouts, booked weeks ahead. Memento, our group’s brewpub in Pointe-Saint-Charles, does this and can cater at Rage instead.
Open ↗4 to 6: anything, pick the memorable one. 10 to 20: a venue that runs in parallel. 21 to 40: a venue that lets you book online without a quote, at Rage, that is exactly the rule. 41 to 60: a private venue with a run of show, 90 or 120 minutes, catering, one organiser.
Coached axe throwing: at Rage, up to 40 people book a 60-minute session directly online across several reserved targets, no quote needed. Rope courses and outdoor festivals also absorb thirty people, but without a beginning, a competition and an end.
No. Up to 40 people book a regular 60-minute session online at the normal per-person rate. A private event is an optional upgrade at any size, and the format for 41 to 60 guests, 90 or 120 minutes, catering or the whole venue.
Sixty minutes for up to forty people with no meal; 90 to 120 minutes when the group is bigger than forty, wants a real tournament, or eats on site.
The regular per-person package rate, 25 times $31 on Original, plus tax, booked online. No quote or deposit.
Up to 40 guests can book a 60-minute session directly online, while groups up to 60 can build a longer or private event.
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