2024 Award Categories:

• Non-profit of the Year: This award recognizes a non-profit organization that has made extraordinary social, cultural or economic impact on the community in the last 12-18 months.
• Employer of the Year: This award recognizes a business that has invested in leading practices in the last 12-18 months that contribute to an overall positive workplace culture.
• Outstanding New Venture: The New Venture Award recognizes excellence in entrepreneurship by highlighting an outstanding new business launched within the last three years.
• Business Growth: Operating 3+ Years: This award recognizes excellence in entrepreneurship by highlighting a business innovation, expansion, or diversification achieved by an organization established before 2021.
• Environmental Impact: This award recognizes a business for its positive contributions to environmental sustainability and conservation efforts through a recently introduced or reimagined product or service.
• Unique-to-Vancouver: This new award celebrates and showcases the outstanding contributions of businesses that enrich the cultural fabric of the region, promote diversity and inclusion, and contribute to its overall vibrancy and livability.

Nominations are now closed.

Nominations for the 2025 Business Distinction Awards will open in early 2025