Lieutenant Governor's Award: “Celebrating Public Art in the Railway City”, St. Thomas Economic Development Corporation

Joseph A. Montgomery Economic Development Achievement Award: Meredith Forget, Perth County

Young Professional Influencer of the Year: Jason Schildroth, Town of Caledon

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Influencer of the Year: Nour Mazloum, Kingston Economic Development Corporation

President’s Award: Heather Lalonde, Strathroy Caradoc

Inclusive Community Based Initiative & Programming (Rural - population under 100,000): “The Shoppability Project”, Municipality of Central Huron and “Supporting 2SLGBTQ+ People in the Workplace”, Municipality of Chatham-Kent

Inclusive Community Based Initiative & Programming (Urban - population over 100,000): “Racialized and Indigenous Supports for Entrepreneurs (RAISE)”, Digital Main Street, TABIA, OBIAA & Parkdale Centre for Innovation 

Community Economic Development (Rural - population under 100,000): “Random Acts of Downtown Shopping: Spreading out the Economic Impact of Major Filming Projects”, Town of Newmarket 

Community Economic Development (Urban- population over 100,000): “Supporting Entrepreneurs with the In-Market Support Special Project Fund”, County of Simcoe

Planning and Strategic Development (Rural - population under 100,000): ” Clean Energy Frontier Program”, Nuclear Innovation Institute 

Planning and Strategic Development (Urban- population over 100,000): “Hamilton Life Sciences Strategy”, City of Hamilton 

Investment Attraction (Rural - population under 100,000): ” Why Stratford?”, investStratford 

Investment Attraction (Urban- population over 100,000): “Oxford Connection Fam Tour Re-launch”, The Oxford Connection

Tourist Attraction & Tourism Product Development (Rural - population under 100,000): “Celebrating Public Art in the Railway City”, St Thomas Economic Development Corporation

“Northern Ontario Cycling Route/Trail Expansion Initiative”, Destination Northern Ontario in partnership with Waterfront Regeneration Trust 

Workforce Development & Resident Attraction (Rural - population under 100,000): “Move to Minto”, Town of Minto

Workforce Development & Resident Attraction (Urban - population over 100,000): "Sarnia-Lambton Apprentice Job Match", Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership

Innovation in Community Resiliency Award (Rural - population under 100,000): “Collingwood Craft Beverage Tour”, Town of Collingwood

Innovation in Community Resiliency Award (Urban - population over 100,000): "Local Workforce Development - LTC Collaboration", Grey County

Rural Excellence (Rural - population under 10,000): “Small but Mighty Huron-Kinloss”, Huron-Kinloss

Building Initiatives (Rural - population under 100,000):“Harrow Streetscape Project”, Town of Essex