Recognition to help

your business grow.

From funding to technology to exposure for your business, find out who will receive our largest prize package to help boost their business growth.

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Collage featuring past #StandWithOwners winners from Swift Hockey, Blume and Hoot Reading.

3 Grand Prize Category Award winners receive a $125,000 prize package.

Owners can apply for their chance to win $125,000 in meaningful support.

Future Forward Award

Business Growth Award

AI Innovation Award

$50,000

in direct funding.

A render of a purple coin with a dollar sign.

$35,000

in TELUS technology and services.

$25,000

professional photoshoot and brand exposure.

$10,000

wellbeing program from TELUS Health.

$5,000

additional prize package from Samsung.

PRESENTED BY

This award celebrates owners who embody the spirit of 'Inspiring the world and creating the future' by placing community impact at the heart of innovation. This award recognizes leaders who leverage innovation not just to optimize, but to humanize: breaking down barriers, fostering local connection, and delivering products or services that measurably enrich the daily lives of Canadians.

$50,000

in direct funding.

$35,000

in custom advertising and exposure.

$25,000

professional photoshoot and brand exposure.

$10,000

wellbeing program from TELUS Health.

$5,000

additional prize package from Scotiabank.

PRESENTED BY

This award celebrates a business owner who demonstrates exceptional growth through bold vision, resilience, and a meaningful impact on their community. It recognizes success that goes beyond financial performance to reflect leadership, purpose, and long‑term value creation.

$50,000

in direct funding.

$35,000

in TELUS technology and services.

$25,000

professional photoshoot and brand exposure.

$10,000

wellbeing program from TELUS Health.

$5,000

additional prize package from Google.

PRESENTED BY

AI Innovation Award celebrates small businesses that are effectively leveraging Artificial Intelligence to drive significant business impact. We’re recognizing owners demonstrating innovative and practical applications of AI to enhance productivity, accelerate growth, improve efficiency, and create new opportunities and those that showcase how responsible adoption of AI empowers them to thrive and compete.

2025 winner Aaron Stevenson of Ashored Innovations seated at a desk and standing on a dock beside fishing vessels.

Community Awards

We’re recognizing owners who are keeping communities moving, connected, healthy, supported and inspired.

Logistics Leader Award

$15,000

$10,000 in direct funding and $5,000 in gift cards from Petro Canada

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Community Spaces Award

$15,000

$10,000 in direct funding and $5,000 in products or services from ZS2 Technologies

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Community Wellness Award

$15,000

$10,000 in direct funding and $5,000 in a wellness program from TELUS Health

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Neighbourhood Gem Award

$10,000

in direct funding

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Business Catalyst Award

$10,000

in direct funding

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Social Purpose Award

$10,000

in direct funding

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Voting opens October 1

People’s Choice Award

$25,000 in prizing

Get your community involved for a chance to win an additional $25,000 in direct funding.

2025 winners Alkarim Devani and Darlene Jehn of mddl featured in collaborative office spaces.

How winning

helped their businesses.

“#StandWithOwners is an amazing program that supports small businesses throughout the country. Winning the grand prize gave us the opportunity to expand our services and help even more people in need!”
William Woodstock
Co-owner, Vets Around the Corner
2025 Winner
“Recognition like #StandWithOwners creates momentum. It validates the hard work behind the scenes and helps shine a spotlight on what we’re building.”
Kristin Davis
Co-owner, ZS2 Technologies Ltd
2024 Winner
“The recognition from #StandWithOwners brought both visibility and credibility at a critical time for the industry. Being selected reinforced that what we were building had relevance beyond just business, it had social, environmental, and economic impact.”
Georges Aczam
Owner, AquaVerti Farms Inc.
2023 Winner
“We’re super grateful to receive the funding that was directly put towards enhancing the technology in our automation process and machinery in our facility. We are now able to be fully automated from start to finish with the purchase of our box packaging machine.”
Gigi Gill
Co-owner, ZoRaw Chocolates
2024 Winner
“Winning #StandWithOwners had a huge impact on me both personally and for my business. As a business owner, you’re navigating uncertainty all the time, wondering if you’re doing the right thing and winning #StandWithOwners is this incredible moment of validation and proof that you’re doing the right things. It’s the motivation that we needed to keep going and demonstrated that we’re on the right path.”
Karen Danudjaja
Owner, Blume
2024 Winner

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business boosted.

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