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Phil Winters GoodLot Brewing
Owner of GoodLot Brewing, Phil Winters

Your favourite small business could win $50,000

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Small Business Big Impact awards

Our Small Business Big Impact Awards are back

Help Meridian recognize and reward small businesses that are making a big impact. Nominate an Ontario business that you believe is making the world a better place – and yes, you can even nominate your own business!

We’re awarding a total of $150,000 in prizes, including $50,000 for the winning business in each of our two award categories: Community and Environment.

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Our award categories

Community awards

First place: $50,000, plus a professional video shoot

This category recognizes businesses making a positive impact for people facing barriers to equal access and opportunity. Businesses that offer their support to equity-deserving groups can make a huge impact on the overall well-being of communities.

Second place: $15,000

Third place: $5,000

Winners also get a professional photo shoot.

Environment awards

First place: $50,000, plus a professional video shoot

This category recognizes businesses actively working to minimize the environmental impact of their operations and products, as well as businesses developing solutions that have a positive impact on the environment for others.

Second place: $15,000

Third place: $5,000

Winners also get a professional photo shoot.

More ways to win

Award for the most-nominated business

$5,000 will go to the business that receives the most nominations across both categories.

Award for the best co-operative business

$5,000 will go to the most impactful nominee using a co-operative business model.

Top nomination award

$1,000 will go to the person who submits the most compelling nomination for the winning business in each our our two award categories.


Nomination countdown

Nominate a deserving business before times runs out on October 31, 2024.

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How to nominate a business

  • Use the form on this page to submit your nomination by October 31, 2024.
  • Include the business information and a statement about why the businesses deserve to win.
  • Any business based in Ontario is eligible. The business does not need to be a Meridian Member. We welcome all nominations.

How we select the winners

A panel of Meridian business experts will choose a group of finalists. We will reach out to these businesses for more information, including what the prize money could help them achieve. Once we have all the information we need, our judging panel will choose the winners!

Nominate a business

Complete and submit this form to nominate a business. All fields are required unless otherwise marked.

Meet a past award winner: Community Builders

Community Builders

Last year's top winner from the Small Business Big Impact Awards in our Community category, Community Builders is a leading not-for-profit construction company serving Simcoe County and Greater Sudbury. In addition to building a variety of residential housing projects, they offer people facing barriers to employment paid, hands-on learning opportunities in construction.

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