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Heritage Awards

We celebrate exceptional achievements in heritage stewardship, showcasing our city's rich living heritage and shared commitment to cultural redress and Reconciliation.

Held every 2 years, the Vancouver Heritage Awards honour efforts to preserve and promote both tangible and intangible heritage assets at the heart of our communities.

They recognize Vancouver’s diverse heritage, including:

  • Physical landmarks, historical associations, and cultural traditions
  • The self-defined heritage of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations
  • Urban Indigenous Peoples and systemically excluded ethno-cultural communities

What's happeningNominate a project for the 36th Heritage Awards in 2025

Nominations are open from December 3, 2024, until March 3, 2025.

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2023 award recipients

Learn more about the recipients of the 2023 Heritage Awards.

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