PRESTIGE AWARDS


These PRESTIGE Awards are presented annually with 10 awards in eight categories to honour individuals, companies and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the success of the sport tourism industry. The presentation of the awards ceremony takes place during Sport Events Congress.

Prestige Awards Nominations opening soon!

Celebrating the people, places & events that make the Canadian sport tourism industry so dynamic.


STC CANADIAN SPORT EVENT OF THE YEAR

Presented by: Marriott International

2024 RECIPIENTS

Group A: Event budget of $1 to $10 Million:
Grey Cup Festival
Hamilton, ON and Niagara Falls, ON

Group B: Event budget less than $1 million:
Junior All Native Tournament

Snuneymuxw First Nation and Nanaimo, BC

AWARD GUIDELINES

The STC Canadian Sport Event of the Year recognizes the overall success of an outstanding single-sport, multi-sport or collegiate event held in Canada in 2024. 

  • The event rights holder is a Canadian governing body/entity.
  • A Canadian community bid against other Canadian communities and/or was awarded the right to host the event.

STC Canadian Sport Event of the Year – Group A: Event budget of $1 to $10 million Guidelines

STC Canadian Sport Event of the Year – Group B: Event budget less than $1 million Guidelines

NOMINATION

NOW OPEN!
Important:
Please review the award guidelines before attempting to complete a nomination. All of the information required to complete the nomination can be found in the award guidelines. Nominations cannot be saved and must completed in one sitting.

GROUP A: STC Canadian Sport Event of the Year – Event budget of $1 to $10 million

GROUP B: STC Canadian Sport Event of the Year – Event budget less than $1 million

STC INTERNATIONAL SPORT EVENT OF THE YEAR

Presented by: Travel Manitoba

2024 RECIPIENTS

Group A: Event budget of $2 to $10 Million:
World Police and Fire Games

Winnipeg, MB

Group B: Event budget less than $2 million:
World Aquatics Diving World Cup

Montréal, QC

AWARD GUIDELINES

The STC International Sport Event of the Year Award recognizes the overall success of an outstanding international sport event held in Canada in 2024. This event includes international participants.

  • The event rights holder must be an International governing body/entity and a Canadian community bid against other international communities and won the right to host the event in Canada.
  • The event’s international broadcasting/streaming reach will be a significant part of the evaluation criteria.

STC International Sport Event of the Year – Group A: Event budget $2 to $10 million Guidelines

STC International Sport Event of the Year – Group B: Event budget less than $2 million Guidelines

NOMINATION

NOW OPEN!
Important: Please review the award guidelines before attempting to complete a nomination. All of the information required to complete the nomination can be found in the award guidelines. Nominations cannot be saved and must completed in one sitting.

GROUP A: STC International Sport Event of the Year – Event budget $2 to $10 million

GROUP B: STC International Sport Event of the Year – Event budget less than $2 million

STC SPORT EVENT LEGACY OF THE YEAR

Presented by: Discover Saskatoon

2024 RECIPIENTS

North American Indigenous Games (NAIG)
Kjipuktuk (Halifax), NS

Ontario Parasport Games
Durham Region, ON

AWARD GUIDELINES

The STC Sport Event Legacy of the Year Award honours the remarkable achievements or contributions of individuals, companies or organizations in creating sport, economic, and social legacies for a community, while also demonstrating environmental stewardship, within a sport event held in Canada in 2024.  

 STC Sport Event Legacy of the Year Guidelines

NOMINATION

NOW OPEN!
Important:
Please review the award guidelines before attempting to complete a nomination. All of the information required to complete the nomination can be found in the award guidelines. Nominations cannot be saved and must completed in one sitting.

STC SPORT EVENT LEGACY OF THE YEAR AWARD

STC SPORT TOURISM RISING STAR OF THE YEAR

Presented by: Tourism Winnipeg

2024 RECIPIENT

Robyn Hughes
Sport Burnaby, BC

AWARD GUIDELINES

The STC Sport Tourism Rising Star Of The Year Award recognizes the ‘next gen’ of sport tourism professionals in Canada. It acknowledges emerging leader(s) who are 35 years of age or younger and who have demonstrated commitment, creativity, and dynamic energy in the sport tourism industry in 2024.    

 STC Sport Tourism Rising Star Of The Year Guidelines

    NOMINATION

    NOW OPEN!
    Important:
    Please review the award guidelines before attempting to complete a nomination. All of the information required to complete the nomination can be found in the award guidelines. Nominations cannot be saved and must completed in one sitting.

    STC RISING STAR OF THE YEAR AWARD

    STC VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

    Presented by: Travel Manitoba

    2024 RECIPIENT

    Bruce Donaldson
    Charlottetown, PEI

    AWARD GUIDELINES

    The STC Sport Tourism Volunteer of the Year Award recognizes the outstanding contributions of an individual’s volunteer efforts during the hosting of one or more sport events in Canada occurring in 2024. 

    STC Volunteer of the Year Guidelines

    NOMINATION

    NOW OPEN!
    Important:
    Please review the award guidelines before attempting to complete a nomination. All of the information required to complete the nomination can be found in the award guidelines. Nominations cannot be saved and must completed in one sitting.

    STC SPORT EVENT VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD

    STC Marquee Sport Event of the Year

    Presented by: Will be announced soon

    NEW CATEGORY

    AWARD GUIDELINES

    The STC Marquee Sport Event of the Year recognizes the overall success of an outstanding Canadian or international single-sport, multi-sport or collegiate marquee sport event held in Canada in 2024. Examples include Canada Games, Grey Cup Festival and World Police & Fire Games. 

    STC Marquee Sport Event of the Year – Budget Over $10 million Guidelines

    NOMINATION

    NOW OPEN!
    Important:
    Please review the award guidelines before attempting to complete a nomination. All of the information required to complete the nomination can be found in the award guidelines. Nominations cannot be saved and must completed in one sitting.

    STC MARQUEE SPORT EVENT OF THE YEAR AWARD

    STC Sport Event Partnership of the Year 

    Presented by: Will be announced soon

    NEW CATEGORY

    AWARD GUIDELINES

    The STC Sport Event Partnership of the Year recognizes a collaborative and innovative partnership between a destination, rights holder, venue and/or other industry or community partners to deliver an outstanding sport event held in Canada in 2024.  

     STC Sport Event Partnership of the Year Guidelines

    NOMINATION

    NOW OPEN!
    Important:
    Please review the award guidelines before attempting to complete a nomination. All of the information required to complete the nomination can be found in the award guidelines. Nominations cannot be saved and must completed in one sitting.

    STC SPORT EVENT PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR AWARD

    STC Sport Tourism Industry Champion

    Presented by: Will be announced soon

    NEW CATEGORY

    AWARD GUIDELINES

    The STC Sport Tourism Industry Champion recognizes a sport tourism professional with over 10 years of industry experience, whose efforts have significantly enhanced and strengthened the sector.  

    Current board members are not eligible for this award. 

     STC Sport Tourism Industry Champion Guidelines

    NOMINATION

    NOW OPEN!
    Important:
    Please review the award guidelines before attempting to complete a nomination. All of the information required to complete the nomination can be found in the award guidelines. Nominations cannot be saved and must completed in one sitting.

    STC SPORT TOURISM INDUSTRY CHAMPION AWARD

    THE 2024 PRESTIGE Guidelines

    PRESTIGE Award nominations are open to members of Sport Tourism Canada

    Award nominations are for events that occurred during the previous calendar year

    Self-nominations are permitted and encouraged

    Nominations must be submitted online

    Point form is encouraged

    Please note, once you have submitted the nomination form, you will not be able to make any changes or edits to your submission. Deadline to submit your nomination is January each year. The deadline will be announced. If you have any questions about the awards nominations process or need assistance with submitting your nomination, please email info@sporttourismcanada.com. 

    The PRESTIGE Awards are included with your SEC registration.
    To purchase additional passes – includes:

    PRESTIGE Evening Reception (March 19, 2025)
    PRESTIGE Awards Presentation (March 20, 2025)

    $150 CAD + TAXES

    IMPORTANT –  Please ensure you have ALL the required information BEFORE you begin to complete the nomination form as there is no option to save the form and return to it later. All of the information that is required for submitting a nomination can be found in the guidelines section for each award. If you submit an incomplete form, you will not be able to go back and add or change any of the information on the online form. To assist in your preparation, the point totals used in the adjudication have been indicated in the relevant sections. 

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    What our members are saying...


    City of Leduc – Former Mayor Greg Krischke

    We have several events – MAJOR events – that have come to our community as a direct result of Sport Events Congress. Networking is one of the secrets to success at this conference. You get to experience sport tourism at its finest – that’s really cool.

    Hockey Canada – Dean MacIntosh

    We met with four or five communities that we’ve never been in before at Sport Events Congress.  They bid on an event over the next couple of years, and before you know it, we’re in that community hosting a major event.

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