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Local Hero

  1. Dr. Bonnie Henry
  2. Alphonso Davies
  3. Kid Carson

Local Heroes (Group)

  1. Nurses
  2. Regional Animal Protection Society
  3. Vancouver Fire Department

Best Provincial Politician

  1. Sonia Furstenau
  2. Adrian Dix
  3. John Horgan

Best Local Politician

  1. Christine Boyle
  2. Kennedy Stewart
  3. Jean Swanson

Best Federal Politician

  1. Jagmeet Singh
  2. Justin Trudeau
  3. Harjit Sajjan
  4. Peter Julian

Best Local Radio Morning Host

  1. Stephen Quinn, CBC
  2. Jonny, Holly & Nira, Virgin iHeart Radio
  3. Kid Carson, Z95

Best Local Radio Afternoon Host

  1. Gloria Macarenko, CBC
  2. Sutto & Vanessa, Z95
  3. Lynda Steele

Best Local TV newscaster/host

  1. Chris Gailus, Global News
  2. Sophie Lui, Global News
  3. Mi-Jung Lee, CTV News

Best Hospital

  1. St. Paul's Hospital
  2. Mount Saint Joseph Hospital
  3. B.C. Children's Hospital

Best Union

  1. B.C. Teachers' Federation
  2. B.C. Nurses' Union
  3. CUPE

Best B.C. Getaway Destination

  1. Whistler
  2. Pemberton
  3. Telegraph Cove

Best community centre

  1. Kitsilano Community Centre
  2. West Vancouver Community Centre
  3. Trout Lake Community Centre

Most Environmentally Responsible Company

  1. Bowen eBikes
  2. EVO Car Share
  3. Vancity

Best Local Employer

  1. Vancity
  2. Skin Technique
  3. Olive Fertility

Best Local Startup

  1. Vessi
  2. Bowen eBikes
  3. Pep & Pup

Best Neighbourhood

  1. Kitsilano
  2. Mount Pleasant
  3. Commercial Drive

Best New Real Estate Development

  1. The Amazing Brentwood
  2. River District
  3. Cambie Gardens

Best Tech Company

  1. Vorum
  2. Bench
  3. Cystech Solutions

Best Youth Organization

  1. YWCA
  2. YMCA
  3. Urban Native Youth Association
  4. Big Brothers/Big Sisters

Best Bread Bakery

  1. Bad Dog Bread
  2. A Bread Affair
  3. Beyond Bread

Best B.C. Wine/Winery (Red)

  1. Burrowing Owl Estate Winery
  2. Quails' Gate
  3. Mission Hill Family Estate

Best B.C. Wine/Winery (White)

  1. Vancouver Urban Winery
  2. Sumac Ridge Estate Winery
  3. Burrowing Owl Estate Winery

Best Beer Brewed Outside B.C.

  1. Dos Equis XX
  2. Guinness
  3. Rogue Oregan
  4. Steam Whistle
  5. Stella Artois
  6. Quayle's Brewery

Best Brewpub

  1. Brassneck Brewery
  2. Storm Brewing
  3. Steamworks Brewing Co.

Best Brunch

  1. OEB Breakfast Co.
  2. Eggspectation
  3. Medina Cafe

Best Bubble Tea

  1. Baroness
  2. Machi Machi
  3. Chun Fun How

Best Butcher

  1. Cioffi's Meat Market & Deli
  2. Pasture to Plate
  3. Pete's Meat

Best Catering Company

  1. Len's Catering
  2. Emelle's Catering
  3. Drew's Catering & Events

Best Cocktail Bar

  1. Habitant at Nordstrom
  2. Odd Society Spirits
  3. 1927 Lobby Lounge

Best Coffee Chain

  1. Pallet Coffee Roasters
  2. JJ Bean Coffee Roasters
  3. Blenz

Best Fine Dining Restaurant

  1. Bacchus Restaurant & Lounge
  2. Black + Blue
  3. Le Crocodile

Best Food-delivery Service

  1. 2 Guys with Knives
  2. Movement Food
  3. Galloway's Wholesome Foods

Best Fresh Seafood Store

  1. The Lobster Man
  2. Fanny Bay Oyster Bar and Shellfish Market
  3. 7 Seas Fish Co.

Best Frozen Yogurt

  1. Menchie's Frozen Yogurt
  2. On Yogurt
  3. Yogen Früz

Best Gelato

  1. Amato Gelato Cafe/Mario's Gelati
  2. Dolce Amore
  3. Uno Gelato

Best Gluten-Free Bakery

  1. Lemonade Gluten Free Bakery
  2. Panne Rizo Bakery & Cafe
  3. Gluten Free Epicurean

Best Grocery Store

  1. Whole Foods Market
  2. Donald's Market
  3. Choices Markets

Best Hotel Bar/Lounge

  1. The Lobby Lounge and RawBar
  2. Gerard Lounge
  3. 1927 Lobby Lounge

Best Ice Cream

  1. Earnest Ice Cream
  2. Rain or Shine Homemade Ice Cream
  3. Soft Peaks

Best Independent Coffee Shop

  1. Nemesis Coffee
  2. Timbertrain Coffee Roasters
  3. JJ Bean Coffee Roasters

Best Local Brewery

  1. R&B Brewing
  2. 33 Acres Brewing Company
  3. Granville Island Brewing

Best Local Distillery

  1. The Liberty Distillery
  2. Long Table Distillery
  3. Sons of Vancouver Distillery

Best Locally Brewed Beer

  1. Red Racer IPA (Central City Brewers + Distillers)
  2. 33 Acres of Sunshine (33 Acres Brewing Company)
  3. Dat Juice (Twin Sails Brewing)

Best Locally Owned Restaurant

  1. La Mezcaleria
  2. Nightingale
  3. Robba da Matti

Best Meal-kit Delivery Service

  1. Fresh Prep Vancouver
  2. Chef2Home
  3. Yogi's Kitchen

Most Romantic Restaurant

  1. Cactus Club Cafe
  2. Seasons in the Park
  3. Le Crocodile

Best Vegan-Friendly Restaurant

  1. Vegan Cave Cafe
  2. Level V Bakery
  3. Do Chay Saigon Vegetarian

Best New Restaurant

  1. Lunch Lady
  2. MILA
  3. Tutto Restaurant & Bar

Best Patisserie

  1. Yandoux Patisserie
  2. Ganache Patisserie
  3. L' atelier Patisserie

Best Place for a Quick and Healthy Lunch

  1. Field & Social
  2. Tractor Everyday Healthy Foods
  3. Body Energy Club

Best Place to Pick Up Premade Dinner

  1. Whole Foods Market
  2. Urban Fare
  3. Body Energy Club

Best Poke

  1. Pacific Poke
  2. Westcoast Poké
  3. Pokérrito

Best Beer Store

  1. Brewery Creek Craft Beer & Wine Store
  2. High Point Beer Wine Spirits
  3. Denman Beer Wine & Spirits

Best Liquor Store

  1. Legacy Liquor Store
  2. JAK's Beer Wine Spirits
  3. New District Wine Beer Spirits

Best Wine Store

  1. Marquis Wine Cellars
  2. Liberty Wine Merchants
  3. Legacy Liquor Store

Best Pub

  1. The American Bar
  2. CRAFT Beer Market
  3. The Junction

Best Restaurant Group

  1. Cactus Club Cafe
  2. The Flying Pig
  3. Earls Restaurant

Best Restaurant Patio (Location)

  1. Tap & Barrel (75 Athletes Way)
  2. Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House
  3. Cactus Club Cafe (1790 Beach Avenue)

Best Restaurant Wine Selection

  1. Tutto Restaurant & Bar
  2. Hawksworth Restaurant
  3. Elisa

Best Specialty Cheese Store

  1. Benton Brothers Fine Cheese
  2. Les Amis du Fromage
  3. The Cheese Man

Best Specialty Grocery Store

  1. Vegan Supply
  2. Choices Markets
  3. Whole Foods Market

Best Teahouse

  1. Neverland Tea Salon
  2. Secret Garden Tea Company
  3. Adonia Tea House

Best Wine Bar

  1. UVA Wine & Cocktail Bar
  2. Salt Tasting Room
  3. Grapes & Soda

Best Adventure Tour Company

  1. Pacific Angler Fishing Charters
  2. Bowen eBikes
  3. G Adventures

Best Auto Dealership

  1. Brian Jessel BMW
  2. Carter Honda
  3. Jim Pattison Toyota

Best Auto Repair

  1. Art's Automotive
  2. Pawlik Automotive
  3. PK Automotive

Best auto-body repair shop

  1. Bridgeport Collision
  2. Boyd Autobody & Glass
  3. Kirmac Collision & Autoglass

Best Bike Lawyer

  1. David Hay, Q.C. (Richards Buell Sutton)
  2. Hammerco Lawyers
  3. Warnett Hallen LLP

Best Bike Repair

  1. Sidesaddle Bike Shop
  2. EBike BC
  3. Bike Repair Centre

Best Car Share

  1. EVO Car Share
  2. MODO
  3. Poparide

Best School for Continuing Education

  1. Vancouver Community College
  2. University of British Columbia
  3. Langara College

Best Credit Union

  1. Vancity
  2. Coast Capital Savings
  3. BlueShore Financial

Best Culinary School

  1. Vancouver Community College
  2. The Dirty Apron Cooking School & Delicatessen
  3. Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (PICA)

Best Digital-tech School

  1. Vancouver Film School
  2. British Columbia Institute of Technology
  3. Simon Fraser University

Best Dog-walking Company

  1. Urban Dog
  2. Stellar Pet Care
  3. Ruff Stuff Dog Services

Best Doggie Daycare

  1. The Pet Shop Club
  2. The Doghouse
  3. Urban Puppy Shop

Best Electric-hybrid Vehicle

  1. Tesla
  2. Electra Meccanica
  3. Toyoto Prius

Best Financial Institution

  1. TD Canada Trust
  2. RBC
  3. Vancity

Best Funeral Home

  1. Glenhaven Memorial Chapel
  2. Mountain View Cemetery
  3. Forest Lawn Funeral Home

Best Home-cleaning Service

  1. AspenClean
  2. Without a Trace Cleaning
  3. Life Maid Easy

Best Immigration Consultant

  1. Sophie Yan, Top Consulting Group Inc
  2. CICS Immigration Consulting
  3. One Immigration Consulting

Best Immigration Lawyer

  1. Catherin Sas Q.C.
  2. Ryan Rosenberg
  3. Daniel McLeod

Best Indoor Climbing Gym

  1. The Hive Bouldering Gym
  2. Cliffhanger Vancouver
  3. Climb Base

Best Lawyer When Accident Strikes

  1. Warnett Hallen LLP
  2. Krista Simon
  3. Kevin McLaren

Best Motorcycle Dealer

  1. Trev Deeley Motorcycles
  2. Carter Motorsports
  3. International Motorsports

Best Notary

  1. Alexander Ning
  2. Cheryl Kwok
  3. David Watts

Best Pet Grooming

  1. Pet Shop Club
  2. My Fluffy Friend's Pet Shop
  3. Spa Dog Organic Day Spa

Best Place to get a Mortgage

  1. RBC Royal Bank of Canada
  2. TD Canada Trust
  3. CIBC

Best Pre-Owned Car Dealer

  1. Lotus of Vancouver
  2. Brian Jessel BMW PreOwned
  3. Lucky 8 Auto Sales

Best Real Estate Agent

  1. Jason Lim
  2. Tim Neame
  3. Jordan Howard

Best Recycling Centre

  1. Return-It Depot
  2. Vancouver Regional Recycling Centre
  3. Vancouver Zero Waste Centre

Best Scooter Dealer

  1. Motorino
  2. Vespa Metro Vancouver
  3. Daytona Motorsports

Best Tattoo Studio

  1. Rain City Tattoo
  2. Adrenaline
  3. Black Medicine

Best University for Post-Graduate Degree

  1. University of British Columbia
  2. Simon Fraser University
  3. Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Best Boutique Hotel in Vancouver

  1. Wedgewood Hotel & Spa
  2. OPUS Vancouver
  3. Loden Hotel

Best Hotel Group in Vancouver

  1. Fairmont
  2. Pacific Gateway
  3. Rosewood

Best Veterinary Clinic

  1. Atlas Animal Hospital & Emergency Vancouver
  2. Cypress St. Animal Hospital
  3. Olympic Village Veterinary Clinic

Best Visual Effects/Animation School

  1. LaSalle College Vancouver
  2. Lost Boys School of Visual Effects
  3. Vancouver Film School

Best Antique Store

  1. Source Antiques
  2. Antique Market
  3. Stepback

Best Consignment Store

  1. Turnabout
  2. Front & Company
  3. Mine & Yours

Best Eyewear Store

  1. BonLook
  2. Bruce Eyeware
  3. Bailey Nelson

Best Fetishwear Store

  1. Deadly Couture
  2. Honey Gifts
  3. Womyns' Ware

Best gardening store

  1. Garden Works

Best Produce Store

  1. B C Produce

Best gardening store

  1. Potters

Best Produce Store

  1. Kin's Farm Market

Best gardening store

  1. Hunters Garden Centre

Best Produce Store

  1. Red Apple Market

Best Home Appliance Store

  1. Appliance Outlet
  2. Forum Home Appliance
  3. Midland Appliance

Best Kitchenware Store

  1. The Kitchen Corner
  2. The Gourmet Warehouse
  3. Ming Wo

Best bike store

  1. Ride On
  2. Denman Bike Shop
  3. Reckless Bike Stores

Best Cannabis Dispensary

  1. Buddha Barn
  2. Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary
  3. Evergreen Cannabis

Best Local Custom-Designed Jewellery Store

  1. Crest Jewellers
  2. Diamond Queen
  3. Cavalier Gastown

Best Designer Clothing Store

  1. Devil May Wear
  2. Blushing Boutique
  3. Hills Of Kerrisdale

Best Electronics Store

  1. Best Buy
  2. The Source
  3. Vancouver Electronic Depot

Best Furniture Store

  1. The Brick
  2. IKEA
  3. Creative Home Furnishings

Best Home Improvement Store

  1. Rona
  2. Home Depot
  3. Home Hardware

Best Men's Clothing Store

  1. Brooklyn Clothing Co.
  2. Hills of Kerrisdale
  3. Quorum Fashion

Best Place to Buy Jeans

  1. Dutil Denim
  2. Mavi Jeans
  3. Aritzia

Best Shoe Store

  1. John Fluevog Shoes
  2. gravitypope
  3. The Right Shoe

Best Ski and Snowboard Shop

  1. Comor – Go Play Outside
  2. The Boardroom
  3. Northshore Ski & Board

Best Sporting-Goods Store

  1. Sports Junkies
  2. MEC
  3. Sport Chek

Best Women's Clothing Store

  1. Aritzia
  2. The Latest Scoop
  3. Blushing Boutique

Best Music Shop

  1. Long & McQuade
  2. Tom Lee Music
  3. Tapestry Music

Best Pipe, Bong and Accessory Shop

  1. Ignite Smoke Shop
  2. Puff
  3. CottonMouth Cannabis

Best Record Store

  1. Neptoon Records
  2. Red Cat Records
  3. Zulu Records

Best Sex-Toy Store

  1. Honey Gifts
  2. Womyns' Ware
  3. The Art of Loving

Best Shopping Mall

  1. Pacific Centre
  2. Metrotown
  3. Park Royal Mall

Best Shopping Neighbourhood

  1. Kitsilano
  2. Mount Pleasant
  3. Robson Street

Best Specialty Furniture Store

  1. EQ3
  2. Inform Interiors
  3. INspiration Furniture
  4. IKEA

Best Vintage Furniture Store

  1. Antique Warehouse
  2. ReFind
  3. Attic Treasures

Best Acupuncture Clinic

  1. Peakform Wellness Clinic
  2. Acubalance Wellness Centre
  3. Greenleaf Acupuncture & Herb Clinic

Best Barbershop

  1. Scotch & Fades
  2. Kona's Barber Shop
  3. Hair by Maxim

Best Barre Studio

  1. Pure Barre
  2. Barre Fitness
  3. Bar Method

Best Chiropractic Clinic

  1. Peakform Wellness Clinic
  2. The Powerhouse Chiropractic
  3. Mint Integrative Health

Best Place for Cosmetic Surgery

  1. Skinworks
  2. 8 West Cosmetic Surgery & Laser Skin Clinic
  3. Dr. Matthew Mosher
  4. Dr. Ritchie Younger
  5. Dr. Nancy Van Laeken
  6. Dr. Christopher Pavlou
  7. Dr. Rebecca Nelson
  8. Dr. Benjamin Gelfant

Best Day Spa

  1. Willow Stream Spa at Fairmont Pacific Rim
  2. The Vanity Lab
  3. Skin Technique

Best Dental Clinic

  1. Main Street Dental
  2. Aarm Dental
  3. Kitsilano Dental

Best Dentist

  1. Dr. Kevin Gee
  2. Dr. Kenneth Wu (Cambie Dental Centre)
  3. Dr. Kenneth Chan (West Point Dental Clinic)

Best Fertility Clinic

  1. Olive Fertility Centre
  2. Dr. Laura Nicholas (Evoke Integrative Medicine)
  3. Grace Fertility Clinic

Best Hair Salon

  1. Black2Blonde
  2. Artel Salon
  3. Suki's
  4. Brush Salon

Best Health Supplement Store

  1. Body Energy Club
  2. Finlandia Pharmacy & Natural Health Centre
  3. Genesis Nutrition
  4. General Nutrition Centres

Best Integrated Health Clinic

  1. Peakform Wellness Clinic
  2. Greenleaf Acupuncture & Herb Clinic
  3. Acubalance Wellness Centre

Best Lash and Brow Studio

  1. Prep Beauty Parlour
  2. Frilly Lilly
  3. Bombay Brow Bar

Best Pedicure/Manicure

  1. Romantique Nails
  2. Beyond Nails
  3. Yaletown Nail Spa

Best Massage Therapy Clinic

  1. Peakform Wellness Clinic
  2. Focus Physio + Wellness
  3. Broadway Wellness

Best Natural Pharmacy

  1. Greenleaf Acupuncture & Herb Clinic
  2. Finlandia Pharmacy & Natural Health Centre
  3. Pure Integrative Pharmacy

Best Naturopathic Clinic

  1. Tandem Clinic
  2. Acubalance Wellness Centre
  3. Mint Integrative Health

Best Non-Surgical Makeover

  1. Dermapure Vancouver
  2. Mint Integrative Health
  3. West Dermatology
  4. The Vanity Lab

Best Nutritionist

  1. Sophie Straith
  2. Erin Levine Nutrition
  3. Priti Suri-Lamba

Best Optometry Clinic

  1. Mount Pleasant Optometry Centre
  2. Ollie & Quinn
  3. FYidoctors
  4. Downtown Vancouver Optometry
  5. Shaughnessy Optometry
  6. West 10th Eyes

Best Physiotherapist

  1. Dawn Siegel (Hollyburn Physiotherapy)
  2. Charlotte Reiher (Physioworks)
  3. Alex Abundo (Myodetox)

Best Private Gym

  1. CrossFit BC
  2. F45 Oak & Broadway
  3. Gold's Gym

Best Skincare Centre

  1. Dermapure Vancouver
  2. Plain Jane Skinbar
  3. Mint Integrative Health

Best Spa Getaway

  1. Scandinave Spa
  2. Spa Utopia, Pan Pacific
  3. Willow Stream Spa at Fairmont Pacific Rim

Best Spin Studio

  1. CMMN GRND Fitness & Social Wellness Collective
  2. Ride Cycle Club
  3. Spin Society Cycling Studio

Best Waxing Studio

  1. Stripped Wax Bar
  2. Bare Wax + Sugaring Bar
  3. Beauty by Jacqueline & Co.

Best Yoga Studio

  1. Üphoria Yoga
  2. YYoga
  3. Yoga West

Best Burlesque Show

  1. Kitty Nights
  2. Burlesque Vancouver
  3. Nerdlesque

Best Comedian

  1. Patrick Maliha
  2. Corey Schmitt
  3. Sophie Buddle
  4. Charlie Demers

Best Comedy Club

  1. Yuk Yuk's Vancouver
  2. The Comedy MIX (Closed)
  3. Vancouver TheatreSports

Best Community Festival

  1. Vancouver Folk Music Festival
  2. Main Street Car Free Day
  3. Powell Street Festival
  4. Vancouver Mural Festival

Best Dance Studio

  1. Harbour Dance Centre
  2. Formation Studio
  3. Van City Dance Connection
  4. Arts Umbrella

Best Independent Music Label

  1. Everything Forever
  2. Nettwerk
  3. Mint Records

Best Literary Festival

  1. Vancouver Writers Fest
  2. Word on the Street
  3. Jewish Book Festival
  4. Vancouver Comic Arts Festival

Best Local Band

  1. Still Spirits
  2. Uncle Sid
  3. Hotel Mira

Best Classical Music Ensemble

  1. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
  2. Turning Point Ensemble
  3. Hard Rubber Orchestra

Best Classical Vocal Ensemble

  1. Vancouver Chamber Choir
  2. Chor Leoni
  3. musica intima
  4. Elecktra Women's Choir

Best Local Film Festival

  1. Run N' Gun
  2. Vancouver International Film Festival
  3. Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Best Museum

  1. Museum of Anthropology at UBC
  2. Museum of Vancouver
  3. Vancouver Maritime Museum

Best Music Festival

  1. Vancouver Folk Music Festival
  2. Vancouver International Jazz Festival
  3. Bass Coast

Best Performing Arts Festival

  1. Bard on the Beach
  2. Vancouver Fringe Festival
  3. Vancouver Queer Arts Festival

Best Professional Dance Company

  1. Ballet BC
  2. Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
  3. Kokoro Dance

Best Theatre Company

  1. Arts Club Theatre Company
  2. Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
  3. Carousel Theatre
  4. Vancouver TheatreSports
  5. Touchstone Theatre
  6. Theatre Under the Stars

Best Private Art Gallery

  1. Catriona Jeffries Gallery
  2. Ayden Gallery
  3. Heffel Gallery

Best Public Art Gallery

  1. Vancouver Art Gallery
  2. Contemporary Art Gallery
  3. Museum of Anthropology at UBC

Best Strip Club

  1. No. 5 Orange
  2. Brandy's
  3. Penthouse Night Club

Best Theatre or Dance Venue

  1. The Cultch
  2. Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  3. Scotiabank Dance Centre

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