Canadian awards and prizes
Recognition programs that carry money, for organizations, founders and researchers. 43 programs in the catalogue, soonest deadline first. Updated weekly.
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Premier's Awards for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport
Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council (I·SPARC)
$500 Nov 1, 2026York Wilson Endowment Award
Canada Council for the Arts
up to $30,000 Apr 14, 2027TIES Founder's Scholarship
The Immigrant Education Society (TIES)
$1,000 May 18, 2027TIES Founder's Scholarship 2026–2027
The Immigrant Education Society (TIES)
$1,000 May 18, 2027Innovator Award
Women Empowerment Awards
$1,000 May 31, 2027Mantella Corporation Entrepreneur BIPOC Grant Award
Women Empowerment Awards
$10,000 May 31, 2027Rogers Communications Entrepreneur of the Year Grant Award
Women Empowerment Awards
$15,000 May 31, 2027TD Businesswoman of the Year Grant Award
Women Empowerment Awards
$2,500 May 31, 2027Ronald J. Thom Award for Early Design Achievement
Canada Council for the Arts
$10,000 Oct 6, 2027AI for Good Film Festival 2026
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Dates varyAI for Good Impact Awards 2026
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Dates varyAnnual Volunteer Awards
Breakthrough T1D Canada
Dates varyBC Indigenous Business Awards
BC Achievement
Dates varyBourse pour l'élaboration de politiques scientifiques canadiennes
Mitacs
RollingBrenda Strathern Writing Prize
Calgary Foundation
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CanadianSME National Business Awards 2025
CanadianSME Business Magazine
Dates varyCanvas of the Future - AI-Powered Art Competition
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Dates varyCartier Women's Initiative Awards
Cartier Women's Initiative
Dates varyClimate Startup Equity Prize
Climate Solutions Prize
Dates varyCommunity Champion Award
Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities
Dates varyEcoConnexions Partnership Program
Canadian National Railway (CN)
Dates varyGlobalink Research Award
Mitacs
RollingGovernor General's Medals in Architecture
Canada Council for the Arts
Dates varyGuthrie Award
Law Foundation of Ontario
Dates varyI·SPARC Athlete of the Year
I·SPARC
Dates varyITU Kaleidoscope 2026 – Academic Conference Awards
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Dates varyITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Dates varyITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference 2026
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Dates varyOCI Artificial Intelligence Awards powered by AWS
Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) / AWS Canada
Dates varyPEI Arts Awards
Prince Edward Island Government
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PEI Arts Awards – Artist of the Year Award
Province of Prince Edward Island / Innovation PEI
Dates varyPEI Arts Awards – Gertie & Henry Purdy Emerging Visual Arts Bursary
Community Foundation of PEI / Innovation PEI
Dates varyPEI Arts Awards – Leo Cheverie Cultural Connector of the Year Award
Province of Prince Edward Island / Innovation PEI
Dates varyPEI Arts Awards – Organization of the Year Award
Province of Prince Edward Island / Innovation PEI
Dates varyPremier of Prince Edward Island's Award for Stand-Out Project of the Year
Province of Prince Edward Island / Innovation PEI
Dates varyPrizes and Fellowships
Canada Council for the Arts
Dates varyRBC Women Entrepreneur Awards
RBC Royal Bank
$5,000 to $10,000Dates varyRISE-Globalink Research Internship
Mitacs
RollingRoy & Ria McMurtry Endowment
Law Foundation of Ontario
Dates varyScholarship in Food Insecurity
Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security (Feed Opportunity)
$15,000Dates varyScotia Leadership Award
Women Empowerment Awards
$2,500Dates varyStudent Awards (Scholarships & Bursaries)
Edmonton Community Foundation
Dates varyTrainee Awards (Career Development Awards and Postdoctoral Fellowships)
Breakthrough T1D International
Rolling
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