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Ad Astra, 1989-2019, was a [[convention]] held in the [[Toronto]] area and presented by the '''Ad Astra Science Fiction Society'''.  In 2023, the club announced that it would pay out what money it could to creditors and "enter a dormant phase".

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 Convention || Dates || [[GoHs]] 
[[Ad Astra I]] || June 13-15, 1980 || [[James Hogan]], [[Steve Simmons]] 
[[Ad Astra II]] || June 11-13, 1982 || [[Jerry Pournelle]], [[Ro Lutz-Nagey]] 
[[Ad Astra III]] || Sept. 23-25, 1983 || [[Ben Bova]], [[Ken Fletcher]] 
[[Ad Astra IV]] || September 28-30, 1984 || [[Dean Ing]], [[David C. Onley]], [[Bob Passovoy]] 
[[Ad Astra V]] || June 7-9, 1985 || [[David Brin]], [[Vonda McIntyre]], [[Mike Glyer]] 
[[Ad Astra VI]] || June 13-15, 1986 || [[Steven Brust]], [[Roger Zelazny]], [[Frank Kelly Freas]] 
[[Ad Astra 7]] || June 12-14, 1987 || [[C. J. Cherryh]], [[Elisabeth Vonarburg]], [[Diana Gallagher Wu]] 
[[Ad Astra 8]] || June 10-12, 1988 || [[Orson Scott Card]], [[R. A. MacAvoy]], [[Fran Skene]], [[Taral]] 
[[Ad Astra 9]] || June 9-11, 1989 || [[John Varley]], [[Kerry O'Quinn]] 
[[Ad Astra 10]] || June 8-10, 1990 || [[Terry Pratchett]], [[Frank Kelly Freas]], [[Larry Stewart]] 
[[Ad Astra 11]] || June 7-9, 1991 || [[Barbara Hambly]], [[George Alec Effinger]], [[Bob Eggleton]] 
[[Ad Astra 12]] || June 5-7, 1992 || [[Katherine Kurtz]], [[Lois McMaster Bujold]], [[Jan Howard Finder]] 
[[Ad Astra 13]] || June 4-6, 1993 || [[Frederik Pohl]], [[Dave Duncan]], [[Robin Wood]] 
[[Ad Astra 14]] || June 17-19, 1994 || [[L. Sprague de Camp]], [[Catherine Crook de Camp]], [[Diane Duane]], [[Peter Morwood]], [[George Alec Effinger]] 
[[Ad Astra 15]] || June 16-18, 1995 || [[Roger Zelazny]], [[A. C. Crispin]], [[Shawna McCarthy]], [[Wayne Barlowe]], [[Kim Newman]], [[Stephen Jones]], [[Michael Copabianco]], [[Ellen Datlow]] 
[[Ad Astra 16]] || June 7-9, 1996 || [[Larry Niven]], [[James P. Hogan]], [[Philip Pullman]], [[Robert J. Sawyer]], [[Kathryn Cramer]] 
[[Ad Astra XVII]] || June 13-15, 1997 || [[Steven Brust]], [[Tim Powers]], [[John Clute]] 
[[Ad Astra 18]] / [[Ad Astra '98]] || June 5-7, 1998 || [[Josepha Sherman]], [[Tanya Huff]], [[Keith Arsenau|Keith]] & [[Gary Arseneau]] 
[[Ad Astra 2000]] || February 18-20, 2000 || [[Nancy Kress]], [[Charles de Lint]], [[Christopher Stasheff]], [[Scott Edelman]], [[Lloyd Penney]], and [[Yvonne Penney]] 
[[Ad Astra 2001]] || February 23-25, 2001 || [[Connie Willis]], [[David G. Hartwell]], [[Rick Green]], [[Robert J. Sawyer]], [[Urban Tapestry]] 
[[Ad Astra 2002]] || February 8-10, 2002 || [[Guy Gavriel Kay]], [[John Howe]], [[Julie E. Czerneda]], [[Ted Nasmith]] 
[[Ad Astra XXII]] || March 21-23, 2003 || [[David Brin]], [[Tanya Huff]], [[Robert Gould]], [[Brian Froud]] 
[[Ad Astra 2004]] || April 2-4, 2004 || [[C. J. Cherryh]], [[Robert Charles Wilson]], Don Bassingthwaite, [[Patrick Nielsen Hayden]], Mark Askwith, [[Gord Rose]] 
[[Ad Astra XXIV]] || April 8-10, 2005 || [[Nalo Hopkinson]], [[Don Hutchison]], [[Tom Smith]], [[Charles Vess]], [[Peter Watts]] 
[[Ad Astra 25]] || March 31-April 2, 2006 || [[Kelley Armstrong]], [[Terry Brooks]], [[Peter David]], [[Ed Greenwood]], [[Betsy Mitchell]], [[Martin Springett]], [[David Warren]] 
[[Ad Astra 26]] || March 2-4, 2007 || [[Ed Beard, Jr.]], [[Cory Doctorow]], [[Phyllis Gotlieb]], [[Stephen Jones]], [[Lee Knight]], [[Chris Knight]] 
[[Ad Astra 27]] || March 28-30, 2008 || [[Yvonne Gilbert]], [[Howard Tayler]], [[Christopher Golden]], [[Rebecca Moesta]], [[Kevin J. Anderson]], [[Dr. Shelley Rabinovitch]], [[Glen Loates]], [[Wayne Brown]] 
[[Ad Astra 28]] || March 27-29, 2009 || [[Melyssa Ade]], Nigel Bennett, [[Kent Burles]], [[David Drake]], [[Joanne Ellen Hansen]], [[Tamora Pierce]], [[Timothy Zahn]], [[Michael Green]], [[Mary-Ellen McAlonen]] 
[[Ad Astra 29]] || April 9-11, 2010 || [[Aaron Allston]], [[Todd McCaffrey]], [[Robert J. Sawyer]], [[Eric Flint]], [[Robert Pincombe]], [[Cathy Palmer-Lister]] 
[[Ad Astra 30]] || April 8-10, 2011 || [[Mercedes Lackey]], [[Larry Dixon]] 
[[Ad Astra 31]] || April 13-15, 2012 || [[Harry Turtledove]], [[Lesley Livingston]], [[Shelly Shapiro]], [[Joe Jusko]], [[Peter Halasz]] 
[[Ad Astra 32]] || April 5-7, 2013 || [[Jim Butcher]], [[Shannon Butcher]], [[Stephen Hunt]] 
[[Ad Astra 33]] || April 4-6, 2014 || [[David Weber]], [[Steven Erikson]], [[Anne Groell]], [[Patricia Briggs]], [[Donato Giancola]], [[Mark Townsend]] 
[[Ad Astra 2015]] || April 10-12, 2015 || [[Anne Bishop]], [[Charles de Lint]], [[MaryAnn Harris]], Denis McGrath, [[Monica Pacheco]] 
[[Ad Astra 2016]] || April 29-May 1, 2016 || [[Jack Whyte]], [[Sandra Kasturi]], [[Brett Savory]] 
[[Ad Astra 2017]] || May 5-7, 2017 || [[Brandon Sanderson]], [[Kristen Britain]], [[ S. M. Stirling]], [[Eric Choi]]
[[Ad Astra 2018]] || July 13-15, 2018 || [[Bill Fawcett]], [[Maria V. Synder]], [[Timothy Zahn]], [[Jody Lynn Nye]], [[Sylvian Neuvel]] 
[[Ad Astra 2019]] || July 12-14, 2019 || 
<s>[[Ad Astra 2020]]</s> || <s>May 1-3, 2020</s> || [[Heather Dale]], [[Ellen Kushner]], [[Peter Kenneth]]
<s>[[Ad Astra 2021]]</s> || <s>2021</s> || 
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{{convention | website=https://www.ad-astra.org/ | start=1980 | end=2019 |Locale=Toronto, ON}}
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