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Awards of Excellence

All 2025 award recipients have now been contacted. Thank you for your nominations.

What you need to know

The Awards of Excellence recognize outstanding achievements made by individuals – adults, youth, and children – and organizations.

In 2025, the Awards of Excellence will include recognition of the Vancouver Heritage Award winners and the Vancouver Book Award winner.

We celebrate excellence in 7 categories of achievement that benefit everyone by making Vancouver more vibrant.

In each category, we'll evaluate nominated adults separately from children and youth.

Learn more about the awards and how to be nominated:

Award categories

Nomination guidelines