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City of Hamilton Arts Awards

2025 Arts Awards Nominations Closed

Thank you to all those who nominated Hamilton's deserving artists and arts professionals.

Nominations will be reviewed by a panel of artists and arts sector experts. Shortlisted Nominees will be contacted in the coming weeks, announced in the spring and celebrated at a public event in June as part of Hamilton Arts Week.

Learn about the Arts Awards

Celebrating and honouring those who contribute to making Hamilton a better place.

Arts Awards

Citizens nominate artists for consideration by independent juries of arts professionals who choose notable artists and arts community leaders to honour for their excellence and contributions to Hamilton.

Commemorative Park Benches & Trees

Honour an individual or group by donating a bench or tree to your local park, which allows for substantial improvements to our parks and inspire community pride and a sense of place.

Community in Motion Awards

An award to recognize members of the community who have made an effort to actively support and promote the use of healthy and sustainable forms of transportation such as walking, cycling, and public transit.

HMHC Heritage Recognition Awards

Awards are to celebrate the significant contributions of property owners, educators, developers and volunteers in the conservation of Hamilton’s heritage.

Heritage Volunteer Service Awards

The annual City of Hamilton Heritage Day Awards Ceremony is a partnership between the City of Hamilton and the Hamilton-Wentworth Heritage Association

Order of Hamilton

Recognizes the exceptional voluntary contributions of individual Hamiltonians to the building of a better and improved Hamilton.

Senior of the Year Awards

Honouring seniors who are 65 and older who have made an outstanding voluntary contribution to enrich the social, cultural or civic life of our community.

Sport Volunteer Awards

Honouring volunteers who give their time and energy to sports in Hamilton, including coaches, officials and administrative volunteers serving in our community.

Trillium Awards

Promoting and encouraging community pride through the recognition of excellence in landscape design, maintenance and effort to beautify properties making a positive contribution to the City of Hamilton.

Urban Design and Architecture Awards

The biennial Urban Design and Architecture Awards recognize and celebrate excellence in the design of our urban environment.

Hamilton Flag Protocol

Request the lowering of flags to half-staff, or to fly a flag recognizing an upcoming or historic event.

Hamilton Signature Sign

Learn how to submit requests to light the Hamilton sign for your community group or organization.

Date modified

December 13, 2024