The 2026 Nominees
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A.K. Sculthorpe Award for Advocacy
Jury Lands Foundation [Bowmanville]
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ACO NextGen Award
ACO Public Education and Engagement Award
The Haileybury Heritage Museum [Haileybury]
Potters Field Project [Ingersoll]
The Essex Railway Station [Essex]
Park House Museum [Amherstburg]
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James D. Strachan Award for Craft
Black Cardinal Contracting – [Brantford]
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Stephen A. Otto Award for Research and Documentation
The Story of Ontario Architecture – Shannon Kyles
The Ontario Cottage – Lynne DiStefano and Dan Schneider
London Doorways Book Working Group
Greenwood Cemetery Potters Field Project Owen Sound
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Carlos Ventin Award for Municipal Heritage Leadership
Adam Coates and the Heritage Committee of the Town of Amherstburg
Town of Oakville Council and Heritage Committee
The City of Kingston Heritage Services Division
Town of Cobourg Heritage Staff
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Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive Reuse: Large-Scale/Team/Corporate
Cotton Factory – Third Floor [Hamilton]
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Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive Reuse: Small-Scale/Individual/Small Business
The Oddfellows Hall [Mississauga]
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Peter Stokes Restoration Award: Large-Scale/Team/Corporate
50 Scollard Street [Scarborough]
Metropolitan Building [Windsor]
90 Queen Street East [Toronto]
Bardawill Victoria Restoration [Toronto]
Canatara Cabin Restoration [Sarnia]
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Peter Stokes Restoration Award: Small-Scale/Individual/Small Business
384 St. George Street North [Chatham]
Ermatinger Clergue National Historic House Stone House Restoration [Sault Ste, Marie]
Eric Arthur Lifetime Achievement Award
Margaret and Nicholas Hill Cultural Heritage Landscape Award
Rideau Canal Cultural Landscape Study – Ottawa Reach
The Grand River Cultural Heritage Landscape Initiative – Waterloo Region/Brant
Sandwich Towne Heritage Conservation District Revitalization Initiative [Windsor]
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Note: Nominations are submitted for particular awards, but at the discretion of the jury, nominations can be moved to another category. Awards do not have to be given in every category.
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