Best Official Printed Program
$100,000 or less
Buckhorn Fine Art Festival, Buckhorn
$100,000 - $500,000
Word on the Street Toronto, Toronto
$500,000 or more
Hillside Festival, Guelph
Best Poster
$100,000 or less
Markham Village Music Festival, Markham
$100,000 - $500,000
Word on the Street Toronto, Toronto
$500,000 or more
Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show, Norfolk
Best Greening
$100,000 - $500,000
Canada’s Largest Ribfest, Burlington
$500,000 or more
Hillside Festival, Guelph & Sound of Music Festival, Burlington (TIE)
Best Promotional Campaign
$100,000 or less
Vaughan Celebrates: Winterfest, Canada Day & Concerts in the Park, Vaughan
$100,000 - $500,000
Collingwood Elvis Festival, Collingwood
$500,000 or more
Sound of Music Festival, Burlington
Best New Festival or Event
$500,000 or more
Pumpkinferno, Kingston
Most Innovative Partnership
CAA Winter Festival of Lights with Joseph’s Estate Wines, Niagara Falls
Best Fundraising Idea
Centurion Canada, Blue Mountains
Best Social Media Campaign
Western Fair, London
Best Youth Initiative
Vaughan Celebrates: Winterfest, Canada Day & Concerts in the Park, Vaughan
Sponsor of the Year
Canada’s Largest Ribfest with Leggat Auto Group, Burlington
2013 Top 100 Festivals or Events
Alight at Night Festival at Upper Canada Village (Morrisburg)
Alliston Potato Festival (Alliston)
Annual Ball's Falls Thanksgiving Festival (Jordan)
Apple Harvest Festival (Blue Mountains)
Art in the Park Windsor (Windsor)
Art of Eating Food & Wine Festival (Tecumseh)
Barrie Automotive Flea Market (Oro-Mendonte)
Barrie Winterfest & Festival of Ice (Barrie)
Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival (Toronto)
Bon Soo Winter Carnival (Sault Ste. Marie)
Brantford International Villages Cultural Festival (Brantford)
Bronte Creek Provincial Park Maple Syrup Festival (Peterborough)
Buckhorn Fine Art Festival (Buckhorn)
Burlington's Canada Day Celebrations (Burlington)
Burlington's Children's Festival (Burlington)
CAA Winter Festival of Lights (Niagara Falls)
Canada Blooms (Toronto)
Canada Day Celebrations (Ottawa)
Canadian International Military Tattoo (Hamilton)
Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) (Toronto)
Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival (Port Colborne)
Carassauga Festival of Cultures (Mississauga)
Carrot Fest (Bradford)
Carrousel of the Nations (Windsor)
Cobourg Sandcastle Festival (Cobourg)
Collingwood Elvis Festival (Collingwood)
Doors Open Ontario 2012 (Provincewide)
Downtown Milton Street Festival (Milton)
Dundas Cactus Festival (Dundas)
Dunnville Mudcat Festival (Dunnville)
Festival of Northern Lights (Owen Sound)
Fiesta Week (Oshawa)
First Light (Midland)
Friendship Festival (Fort Erie)
Glengarry Highland Games (Maxville)
Great Canadian Kayak Challenge & Festival (Timmins)
Hamilton Airshow (Mount Hope)
Home County Music & Art Festival (London)
It's Your Festival (Hamilton)
JerkFest (Jerk Food Festival) (Toronto)
Kapuskasing Lumberjack Heritage Festival des bucherons (Kapuskasing)
Kempenfest (Barrie)
Kingston Sheep Dog Trials (Kingston)
Kingsville Fantasy of Lights Festival (Kingsville)
Kirkland Lake Winter Carnival (Kirkland Lake)
Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest (Kitchener-Waterloo)
LaSalle Strawberry Festival (LaSalle)
Luminato - Toronto Festival of Arts + Creativity (Toronto)
Maple in the County (Bloomfield)
Markham Village Music Festival (Markham)
Mattawa Voyageur Days (Mattawa)
Mississauga Waterfront Festival (Mississauga)
Mosaika (Ottawa)
Mount Forest Fireworks Festival (Mount Forest)
MuslimFest (Mississauga)
Niagara Food Festival (Welland)
Niagara Wine Festival (St. Catharines)
Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show (Simcoe)
Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival (Orangeville)
Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival (Ottawa)
Peony Festival (Oshawa)
Port Elgin Pumpkinfest (Port Elgin)
RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest (Ottawa)
Re-enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek (Hamilton)
River Lights Winter Festival (Amherstburg)
Rockhound Gemboree (Bancroft)
Rockton World's Fair (Rockton)
Rogers Bayfest (Sarnia)
Rogers Cup Presented by National Bank (Toronto)
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (Toronto)
SALSA at Blue Mountain Festival (Blue Mountains)
Sauble Beach's 24 Weeks of Summer (Sauble Beach)
Savour Stratford Perth County Culinary Festival (Stratford)
Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto (Toronto)
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival (Toronto)
Shores of Erie International Wine Festival (Amherstburg)
Simcoe Christmas Panorama (Simcoe)
Sioux Lookout Blueberry Festival (Sioux Lookout)
Sound of Music Festival (Burlington)
Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival (Mississauga)
Stewart Park Festival (Perth)
Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Stratford)
Streetsville Founders' Bread and Honey Festival (Mississauga)
Summerfolk Music & Crafts Festival (Owen Sound)
TASTE Community Grown (Bloomfield)
CIBC Taste of Asia Festival (Markham)
TD Kitchener Blues Festival (Kitchener)
TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival (Ottawa)
TD Sunfest: Canada's Premier Celebration of World Cultures (London)
TD Toronto Jazz Festival (Toronto)
Tecumseh Corn Festival (Tecumseh)
Telling Tales: A Family Festival of Stories (Hamilton)
Toronto Fringe Festival (Toronto)
Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival (Toronto)
Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto)
Toronto Pride Week (Toronto)
Toronto Ribfest (Toronto)
Wiarton Willie Festival (Wiarton)
Winterlude (Ottawa)
World Famous Sunset Ceremonies (Kingston)