Winners for the 2025 Vancouver Island Business Excellence Awards will be announced live on February 6th at the Delta Ocean Pointe Resort in Victoria.
NANAIMO – Finalists for the 23rd Annual Vancouver Island Business Excellence Awards, presented by TD, have been announced.
Winners across 18 categories will be named on February 6th during an awards gala at the Delta Ocean Pointe Resort in Victoria.
118 organizations have been named as Finalists, from 405 nominated businesses from across the Island. A team of independent judges, including Kerry Brown, CEO & Co-Founder at Success Biz Coach and Chair at Mackay CEO Forums, Braden Wheatcroft, Director of Business Development and Broker Owner at RE/MAX Camosun, Derrold Norgaard, Partner, NKPG Services Ltd., and John Juricic, Owner / Consultant, Harbour Digital Media. will review the Finalist submissions to determine the category winners.
“We are very pleased to see so many impactful organizations named as Finalists this year,” says Business Examiner News Group Owner and Publisher John MacDonald, who coordinates the event. “2025 marks the largest number of nominations we’ve ever had, we couldn’t be more pleased to promote business excellence on Vancouver Island. New this year is the Enterprise of the Year category to create a more even playing field for larger organizations and reflect the growth of the event.”
TD has joined as the Title Sponsor for 2025, joined by Gold Sponsors Van Isle Windows, and the Nanaimo Airport.
Category Sponsors include: Doane Grant Thornton LLP, Chims Motel, Helijet, and the Alitis Investment Counsel. With more to be announced in the coming weeks.
A list of Finalists organized by municipality will be released next week, the full alphabetical list is available below.
Finalists (will be broken down into categories of 3-7 Finalists per category):
- Array Studios
- Avalon Accounting
- Avalon Mechanical
- B Gallant Homes
- Broadmead Care
- Broadstreet Properties
- Canoe Cove Marina & Boatyard
- CanWest Mechanical
- CBS Masonry
- Cedars Recovery
- Chemainus Theatre Festival Society
- Cherish at Central Park
- Coastal Energy
- Coastal Heat Pumps
- Comox Valley Dodge
- Compass Electric
- Crease Harman LLP
- Crown Isle Resort
- DKI-Pro Pacific
- Dogwood Health Consulting
- Don Mann Excavating
- Drain Pro Plumbing Plumbing
- Elite Image
- Empower Women Canada
- Fernwood Coffee Company
- Fineline Road Marking
- First Island Financial Services
- Friendly Giant Window & Gutter Cleaning
- Galaxy Motors
- Galcon Precast
- Greater Victoria Harbour Authority
- Green Island Builders
- Harbour City Equipment
- Hatton Insurance Agency
- HD Horne Sprayfoam & Insulation
- Heart Wealth Management Group of Raymond James
- Highland Pacific Golf
- Ignition Motorsports
- Island Aero Services
- Island Coastal Economic Trust
- Island Crisis Care Society
- Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre Association
- Island Equipment Owners Association
- Island Farmhouse Poultry
- Island Mediquip
- Cross & Company
- Zsiros Contracting
- Javen Simon Roofing
- Jemco Food Equipment
- John Cooper & Associates
- John Howard Society of Victoria
- JOMA Environmental
- Keystone Environmental
- Kingfisher Pacific Resort & Spa
- A. Limousines & Transportation Services
- Level Ground Coffee Roasters
- M&N Mattress and Sofa
- Mackenzie Gartside & Associates
- Maximum Express Courier, Freight & Logistics
- Mazzei Electric
- Medix EMS
- Metropol Industries
- Michell Excavating
- Mid Island Cabinets
- Mid Island Co op
- Monk Office
- Motivation Monday Marketing
- Mr Sparkle Exterior Cleaning
- New Heights Accounting
- Nexus Modular
- NKPG Services
- Norm’s Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning
- North Pacific Window & Glass
- Northern Tropic Homes
- Oasis Landscape Design
- Ocean Pacific Marine Store and Boatyard
- Origin Gluten-Free Bakery
- Pearlman Lindholm
- Peloton Technologies
- RE/MAX of Nanaimo – Dave Koszegi Group
- Relish – Blinds, Shades & Awnings
- Resthouse Sleep
- Revival Stillworks
- Saanich Peninsula Hospital & Healthcare Foundation
- Salyx Medical
- Sartori Custom Homes
- ServiceMaster Restore of Victoria
- ServiceXCEL Heating + Cooling
- SignAge
- Skytec Group of Companies
- South Island Fireplace & Spas
- South Island Prosperity Partnership
- Steve Marshall Ford Lincoln
- Stone Pacific Contracting
- Stonehouse Teas
- Synergy Foundation
- The Butchart Gardens
- The Dixon Davis Group
- The Parkside Hotel & Spa
- Think Local First Association
- Threshold Housing Society
- Titan Boats
- TLC Victoria
- Tourism Nanaimo
- Unsworth Vineyards
- Van Isle Windows
- Vectis Custom Homes
- Victoria Butterfly Gardens
- Victoria Hospitals Foundation
- Victoria Shipyards
- Victoria Speciality Hardware
- Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre (VIRCS)
- Vista Masonry and Construction
- VMAC
- Wade Roberts Plumbing
- West Bay Mechanical
- West Coast Helicopters
- Willows Market
- XPS Group
As of the publishing of this press release the event is 50% sold out, individual tickets are $249 + GST, and can be booked at this link, which also includes special full and half table rates.
Click here to see the 2024 event’s video.
For information on the remaining available sponsorships, table bookings or other event questions, please contact John MacDonald at john@businessexaminer.ca.
