Submit a Nomination for Canada’s Volunteer Awards!

Deadline: 26-Apr-23

The Government of Canada is seeking nominations for Canada’s Volunteer Awards (CVA) to recognize volunteers, not-for-profit organizations, social enterprises and businesses for their contributions across the country.

Categories

• Community Leader
  • This category is open to individuals or groups of individuals who:
    • Volunteer either on their own or as a group.
    • Give their time to an organization or a cause.
    • Take a lead role in solving social issues.
• Emerging Leader
  • This category is open to individuals between the ages of 18 and 30 who:
    • Show leadership through volunteering.
    • Help strengthen their community through volunteering.
• Business Leader
  • This category is open to businesses or social enterprises that:
    • Practice corporate social responsibility.
    • Promote and support volunteering at local, regional, and/or national levels.
    • Create positive social, cultural or environmental impacts in their communities.
• Social Innovator
  • This category is open to not-for-profit organizations, social enterprises or registered charities that:
    • Address social challenges in their communities.
    • Use innovative ways to serve and strengthen communities.

Funding Information

Canada’s Volunteer Awards recognizes recipients at a national ceremony. Recipients also take part in a session to share best practices in volunteering.

• All award recipients receive:
  • A certificate signed by the Prime Minister.
  • A lapel pin.
• Recipients also choose a registered not-for-profit organization in Canada to receive a grant:
  • $5,000 for the regional awards.
  • $10,000 for the national award.

Regions

One recipient is awarded in each of the 5 regions:

• Atlantic (Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick).
• Quebec.
• Ontario.
• Prairies (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta).
• British Columbia and the North (Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon).

Eligibility Criteria

• Nominees can be:
  • Individuals or groups
  • Businesses
  • Social enterprises
  • Not-for-profit organizations
• Political and public advocacy work is not eligible.
• Individuals or groups
  • Must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents or protected persons within the meaning of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
  • Must be 18 years of age and over at the time of submitting a nomination
  • For Emerging Leader category, must be between the ages of 18 and 30 at the time of submitting a nomination
  • Have contributed to addressing social challenges in their community
• Businesses or not-for-profit organizations
  • Must be Canadian registered as not-for-profit organizations or businesses in Canada. (Not-for-profit organizations are incorporated under either federal or provincial non-profit legislation. Registered charities that do not have transferable ownership interests and are organized and operated exclusively on a non-profit basis for a variety of charitable purposes.)
  • Have contributed to addressing social challenges in their community in Canada.

For more information, visit Government of Canada.