Important dates for the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival are listed below:
| Date | Event |
| August 25, 2020 | Full schedule published at https://tiff.net/ |
| August 28, 2020 | Individual tickets on sale starting at 10am Eastern for Leadership members. Ticket exchanges and transfers open. |
| August 29, 2020 | Individual tickets on sale starting at 10am Eastern for Platinum members. |
| August 30, 2020 | Individual tickets on sale starting at 10am Eastern for Gold members. |
| August 31, 2020 | Individual tickets on sale starting at 10am Eastern for Silver members. |
| September 1, 2020 | Individual tickets on sale starting at 10am Eastern for Bronze members. |
| September 2, 2020 | Individual tickets on sale starting at 10am Eastern for Contributor members. |
| September 3, 2020 | Individual tickets on sale starting at 10am Eastern for Members 365. |
| September 4, 2020 | Individual tickets on sale starting at 10am Eastern for TIFF Insiders. |
| September 5, 2020 | Individual tickets on sale starting at 10am Eastern for the general public. |
| September 6, 2020 | All sales, exchanges, and transfers close for all Bell Digital Screenings at 6pm Eastern. |
| September 9, 2020 | Digital screenings added to your Bell Digital Cinema account. |
| September 10, 2020 | Start of the 2020 festival. Tickets for in-cinema, drive-in, and virtual live events can continue to be bought online at https://tiff.net/. Tickets for digital screenings can be bought at https://digital.tiff.net/. |
| September 19, 2020 | End of the 2020 festival. |
