The national Startup Canada Awards winners 2016

For outstanding impact and enduring legacy in Canadian entrepreneurship

The Adam Chowaniec Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Wolf Blass

• John McLaughlin, President Emeritus, UNB
• Andy Nulman, CEO, Play The Future
• John Zubak, EIR, Kamloops Innovation
• Randy Yatscoff, Executive Vice President, TEC Edmonton
• Mike Lazaridis, Co-Founder of BlackBerry 

For advancing the environment and culture for entrepreneurship in Canada

Entrepreneur Promotion Award 

• Shaheel Hooda, Executive in Residence, TEC Edmonton
• Bob Williamson, Founder & CEO, Jameson Group
• Chad Ballantyne, Founder & Director, The Creative Space
• David Nault, Principal & VP Investments, iNovia Capital
• Meredith Powell, Founder, The Next Big Thing

Entrepreneur Support Award 

• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency / Agence de promotion économique du Canada atlantique
• Prince's Operation Entrepreneur
• District 3 Innovation Centre
• Cold Climate Innovation Centre
• North Forge Technology Exchange
   

National awards in this category

These awards are only presented at the national level

• Startup Canada Community of the Year
• Policy Prize
   

For entrepreneur-led businesses demonstrating excellence

Global Entrepreneurship Award presented by UPS

• Surface Medical Inc.
• Noel Asmar Group
• Kinova Robotics
• CanvasPop
• Resson

Innovation Award presented by Intuit QuickBooks

• QRA Corp
• Nudge
• iBIONICS
• Trulioo
• Exciton Technologies

Social Enterprise Award presented by the Centre for Social Innovation

• Aki Energy
• Mealshare
• Salon 1861
• SuraiTea