Awards of Excellence

Award categories

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

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  Accessible City

  Recognizes individuals or organizations who improve access and inclusion for persons with disabilities, or remove barriers and create opportunities. For example:

  • Providing equitable access to buildings, infrastructure, and public spaces
  • Connecting people with disabilities to opportunities, services, and information
  • Inspiring a culture of inclusion in the city
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  Civic Volunteer

  Our city is built by those who give their time and expertise selflessly and expect nothing in return.

  The Civic Volunteer Award recognizes those who excel at volunteering to make Vancouver a better place to live, work, and play. 

  Nominees need to volunteer on a City board, agency, or committee, or with a group that gets funding from the City.

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  Diversity and Inclusion

  Celebrates the leadership of those who support inclusion and advocate for communities to be free of racism and discrimination.

  Consideration will be given to applicants whose work supports equity, social justice, anti-discrimination, diversity, and inclusion as it pertains to equity-denied individuals and communities across intersecting identities including ethnicity, disability, age, ancestry, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity, and socioeconomic status.

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  Healthy City for All

  Recognizes those who lead projects that create a thriving, healthy, and liveable city for everyone. In particular, projects that advance these Healthy City Strategy goal areas:

  • Healthy Human Services (destigmatization, harm reduction, and peer-support related to the overdose crisis)
  • Making Ends Meet and Working Well (community economic development, social enterprise, and jobs for youth or other groups with barriers to employment)
  • Cultivating Connections (helping Vancouverites connect with each other, reduce social isolation, and increase a sense of belonging and inclusion)
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  Greenest City Leadership

  The Greenest City Leadership Award recognizes those who have made significant contributions to advancing our goal of becoming the Greenest City in the world.

  Whether they help protect our climate, reduce waste, support local food or enhance our natural spaces, these award recipients are environmental leaders.

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  Mayor’s Achievement Award

  The Mayor's Achievement Award recognizes those who have a legacy and reputation for making life better for a broad segment of our population. 

  In particular, those who made Vancouver shine with their long-term commitment to public engagement and volunteering.

  Selected each year by the Mayor, the award will be given in three categories: organization, individual, and youth.

  Successful recipients demonstrate a long-term commitment to civic engagement and volunteerism and their achievements have brought positive public recognition to the City.