2025 BIA Recognition Awards

On December 2, leaders, volunteers, and community partners from across Toronto came together for the 13th Annual TABIA and City of Toronto BIA Recognition Awards. This celebration was an evening dedicated to recognizing the people who are working to improve our main streets, making them more vibrant, welcoming, and full of life. This year’s winners and honourable mentions reflect the remarkable creativity, dedication, and collaborative spirit that define Toronto’s BIAs.

Thank you to all our guests who came out to celebrate Toronto BIAs, including Mayor Olivia Chow, Councillors Anthony Perruzza, Josh Matlow, Alejandra Bravo, Crisanti Vincent, Lily Cheng, Chris Moise, and Paul Ainslie, Pat Tobin, Clare Barnett, MPPs Kristyn Wong-Tam and Alexa Gilmour, and many more wonderful guests.

Congratulations to all the winners and honourable mentions of the 2025 BIA Awards.

Activations Award

Winners
• Cedarbrae Markham Lawrence Village — Winter Zoo
• Gerrard India Bazaar — Bazaar Bucks
• Queen Street West — Reflections of Queen West

Honourable Mentions
• Bloor West Village — Art Bikes: Blooming in BWV
• Bloorcourt Village — Postcard Passport

Advocacy Award

Winner
• Emery Village — Emery Village Voice

BIA Movement Award

Winner
• Toronto Downtown West — AI Guidebook for BIAs

Branding Award

Winners
• Little Jamaica — Rebrand
• Old Town Toronto — Rebrand

Community Engagement Award

Winners
• Albion Islington Square — Albion Open Mic Nights
• Downtown Yonge — Take a Break @ Trinity Square
• Little Portugal Toronto — Last Saturdays
• Rogers Road — Mother’s Day Flower Market

Honourable Mentions
• CityPlace & Fort York — Culture Fest
• Downtown Yonge — Year-Round Food Tours
• Yonge North York — Yonge North York Foodie Tours

Construction Mitigation Award

Winners
• Liberty Village — Liberty Through the Lens
• Pape Village — Holiday Construction Mitigation Contest
• Toronto Financial District — King/Queen Detour Mitigations
• Yonge + St. Clair — Development Roundtable

Creative Solutions Award

Winners
• The Waterfront — Waterfront Wayfinding Tools
• Wilson Village — Wilson Fencing Pilot Project

Environmental Initiatives Award

Winner
• DUKE Heights — DUKE Trail

Events Award

Winners
• CityPlace & Fort York — Cake Picnic TO
• Midtown Yonge — Arraia on Yonge
• Wexford Heights — Taste of Lawrence
• Yonge Lawrence Village — Village Day

Honourable Mentions
• Bloor by the Park — BLOOM by the Park
• Bloor–Yorkville — Yorkville Exotic Car Show
• Crossroads of the Danforth — Wheels on the Danforth
• The Eglinton Way — Dream Wheels on Eglinton

Floral Design Award

Winners
• Baby Point Gates — Beautiful Planters
• Greektown on the Danforth — Sidewalk Planter

Innovation Award

Winner
• Mount Dennis — Small Green Business Incubator

Marketing Award

Winners
• Danforth Mosaic — The Warmth of Ethiopia
• Roncesvalles Village — Made in Canada, Found on Roncy

Honourable Mention
• Rogers Road BIA — Rogers Road Holds on to Analog

Member Support Award

Winners
• The Junction — The Junction Journal
• Trinity Bellwoods — Graffiti Removal Program

Mural Award

Winners
• College West — Wildlife Mural by Nick Sweetman
• Hillcrest Village — Yellow Oasis

Honourable Mentions
• Baby Point Gates — Flurish
• Lawrence Ingram Keele — Urban Oasis
• Yonge North York — Petals of Flight

Parkette Award

Winner
• DUKE Heights — DUKE Heights BIA Parkette

Perseverance Award

Winner
• Cabbagetown — Brand Refresh 2025

Placemaking Award

Winners
• Liberty Village — Love Liberty
• Riverside District — Riverside Common Park Art
• Toronto Downtown West — Programming Downtown Parks

Honourable Mention
• Toronto Downtown West — The Deck at Clarence Square