Organisation
Leading on Diversity Award
The award recognizes an organization that is making extraordinary efforts to ensure underrepresented groups are accessing jobs and opportunities in construction.
May 20-21, 2027
Rise.Build.Belong.
Thank you to all attendees, honourees, nominees, speakers, sponsors, community partners, volunteers, and special guests who helped make the 2027 Building Diversity Awards and Youth-Led Community Benefits Summit an incredible success. Your commitment to diversity, inclusion, and community impact continues to help shape a stronger construction industry and a more equitable future.
We look forward to seeing you again in 2027.
Building Diversity Awards
The Canadian Building Diversity Awards is Canada's premier event celebrating diversity, equity, and inclusion across the construction industry. Now in its 6th annual celebration, the awards honour individuals and organizations who rise above barriers, build pathways for others, and foster environments where people truly belong.
More than a celebration, the Building Diversity Awards is a national platform for standards, best practices and partnerships that open construction careers to equity-deserving communities.
Award Categories
Awards are assessed against the Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Benchmarks (GDEIB).
Organisation
Contractor
Leading on Diversity Award
The award recognizes an organization - Contractor that is making extraordinary efforts to ensure underrepresented groups are accessing jobs and opportunities in construction.
Union
Leading on Diversity Award
The award recognizes an organization - Union that is making extraordinary efforts to ensure underrepresented groups are accessing jobs and opportunities in construction.
Mentee
NexGen Builders Award
The award recognizes a new construction pre-apprentice, apprentice or professional participating in a mentoring program. As a Mentee (individual), the nominee has experienced exceptional progress in taking the steps needed to succeed in their career.
Mentor
NexGen Builders Award
The award recognizes a current or past construction industry labourer, journeyperson or experienced professional who served as a mentor. As a Mentor (individual), the nominee has excelled in supporting the professional growth and development of a Mentee.
Employer
NexGen Builders Award
The award recognizes a construction industry employer. As an Employer (organization), the nominee has excelled in supporting the welcome and professional growth and development of diverse workers in the workplace.
Champion
Community Benefits Award
The award recognizes an individual whose dedication to advancing community benefits in policy and/ or practice at the systems level within the construction industry has significantly benefited equity deserving groups accessing social, environmental, and economic benefits from investment in infrastructure and urban development.
Coalition in Canada
Community Benefits Award
The award recognizes a community benefits coalition in Canada that has achieved or have made significant progress in advancing negotiations for a community benefits agreement incorporating unique, local practices which make a significant contribution to their community and the development of a national standard for community benefits agreements.
Project
Community Benefits Award
The award recognizes a major construction Project for which there is a formal Community Benefits Agreement in place and that has demonstrated positive outcomes that meet or exceed those stated in the agreement. The award recognizes jointly the community, labour and industry stakeholders that are leading the implementation.
Diverse Contractor to Watch Award
Presented by the Afro Canadian Contractors Association, this award honors a standout emerging minority owner contractor or social enterprise from each Canadian province and territory. It recognizes those demonstrating readiness to successfully compete for construction contracts in the Industrial, Commercial, Institutional sector.
