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.
- This category is open to individuals or groups of individuals who:
- 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.
- This category is open to individuals between the ages of 18 and 30 who:
- 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.
- This category is open to businesses or social enterprises that:
- 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.
- This category is open to not-for-profit organizations, social enterprises or registered charities that:
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.