Past Civic Awards Recipients

2026 Civic Award Recipients

Arts and Culture

• Vicki Gilhula

• The Biggest Little Theatre Company

Community Service

• Bette Choquette

• Richard Eberhardt

• Jackie Balleny

• Penage Road Community Centre

Compassionate Care

• Annette Lumbis

• Angels on Leashes Pet Therapy

Environmental Stewardship

• Laura Mucklow

• Ward 8 CAN – Twin Forks Community Garden Committee

Francophone Community Engagement

• Jeannette Castonguay

• AlphaGraphe

Heritage Preservation

• Erna Fex

New Sudburian Contribution

• Athif Shaffy

Outstanding Older Adult

• Rose Rice

Outstanding Youth

• Ella Kurtis

Recreation, Sport and Leisure

• Nico Taus

• Capreol Cross Country Ski Club

Volunteer of the Year

• Mary Michasiw

Community Group of the Year

• Ladies Auxiliary Branch 336 Falconbridge/Garson

View the 2026 Civic Award program here

2025 Civic Award Recipients

Group Awards  

• Beaver Lake Sports & Cultural Club Inc

• Community Volunteer Income Tax Program – United Way Centraide North East Ontario

• Les bénévoles du Centre de santé communautaire du Grand Sudbury

• New Sudbury Days Organizing Committee 2024

• Pet Save

• SWC (formerly Sudbury Women's Centre)

• Wahnapitae Community Centre (WCC)

 

Individual Awards

• Carolyn Cattapan

• Craig Fielding

• Crystal Richer

• Denis Gauthier

• Jessica Montgomery

• Leslee Salo

• Marie Ntaganda

• Paul Schutt

• Père Ronald Perron s.j

• Randy Baldelli

• Stephen Costello

• Tarang Ingle.

View the 2025 Civic Award program here.

2024 Civic Award Recipients 

Group Awards

• Adopt-A-Family Committee

• CFUW Sudbury

• Chinese Association of Greater Sudbury

• Coniston Community Gardens

• Earthdancers

• Friendship House Foodbank Volunteers

• Onaping Falls Lions Club

• The Greater Sudbury Santa Claus Parade Committee

Individual Awards

• Carmen Portelance

• Chanelle Loyer

• Dokun Nochirionye

• Gurpreet Singh Broca

• Leighton Roslyn

• Oliva H Roy

• Mrs. Punam Kumar

• Terrence (Terry) Arsenault.

2023 Civic Award Recipients 

• Percy Park Association Volunteers (now known as Claude Charbonneau Park)

• Richard McKay and Team GT

• Rockview Older Adults Club

• St. John’s Cemetery Improvement Group

• Ukrainian Centre

• Walden Winter Carnival Executive Planning Committee

• Abbas Homayed

• Adam Selalmatzidis

• Alex Tetreault

• Barbara Courtin

• Dean Aelick

• Enzo Pavan

• Paul Haynes

• Paul Van Zutphen

2022 Civic Award Recipients 

• Café Heritage

• Sudbury and District Kennel Club

• Keeping Seniors Warm

• Richard O. Gravelle

• Cortney St. Jean

• Marilyn Sauvé

• Asha Sharan 

2020 Civic Award Recipients 

• Sudbury Game and Fish Protective Association

• Breast Screening and Assessment Volunteers – Health Sciences North

• Sudbury Regional Science Fair Committee

• YMCA Women’s Wellness Weekend Volunteer Committee

• Minnow Lake Lions Club

• Frontier College – Louis Street After School Tutoring Program

• Melissa Pilon (Wahnapitae Youth Association)

• Dorothy Moorcraft (Meals on Wheels)

• Barb Kiley (Meals on Wheels)

• Lily Noble (Numerous organizations related to climate change, sustainable transportation, and water quality)

• Jacqueline Doucet (Extendicare York, Extendicare Falconbridge and Lasalle Residence)

• Keith King (76 Hilltop Seniors Woodshop)

• Lynn McMurray (Positive Connections 1960 Paris Street)

• Frank and Nicole McAlpine

2019 Civic Award Recipients

• Soren Howald

• Neil Tobey

• Kivi Park

• Mary Michasiw

• Kerttu Haapamaki

• Mike Ryan

• LiUNA Local 493

• Jacob Bonin

2018 Civic Award Recipients

• Pets as Therapy

• Walden Seniors & Pensioners Inc

• Sudbury Dragon Boat Festival

• Rick and Dan McDonald Memorial Foundation

• Myfawny McIntosh

• Maurice Roy

• Tracey Legrand

• Lin Gibson

• Marilyn Paul

• Lise Leblanc

• Fran Roque

2017 Civic Award Recipients

• Big Nickel Cricket Club

• Canadian Ski Patrol – Sudbury

• Greater Sudbury Police Auxiliary Unit

• New Sudbury Historical Society

• Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

• Sudbury Horticultural Society

• Valley Community Theatre

• Abdul-Hak Dabliz

• Gail Gemmil

• Hughie Jeanveu

• Joanne Craig

• Jo-Anne Venne

• Koreen Huard

• Linda Hachez

• Marisue James

• Mary Lou Trowell

• Maurice Roy

• Ray and Patricia Croteau

• Adison Jolin

• Joe MacDonald Youth Football League

• Sudbury 4-H Club

2016 Civic Award Recipients

• 2015/2016 Sudbury Lady Wolves Midget AA Hockey Team

• Azilda Dog Park Committee

• Cambrian College Criminal Justice Association

• Carol Conroy

• Christophe (Chris) Coulombe

• Claudette Crépeault

• Claudette Strom

• Denise Riel

• Donovan-Elm West Seniors (DEWS)

• Edward (Ted) Boyd

• Geoff & Michele Kendall

• Irene McLean

• Jason McKeddie

• Joe Drago

• Kathy Moggy

• Le Regroupement des organismes culturels de Sudbury (ROCS)

• Marie Jeanne Boissonneault

• Sam Bruno PET Scanner Steering Committee

• Sudbury & Area Victim Services

• Sudbury Playground Hockey League

• Rachelle Merrick

• Rachelle Niemela

• Réal Démoré

• Stephanie Pretty

• Steve Rinneard

2015 Civic Award Recipients

• Anne Lavallee

• Bill Kesek

• Camille Quesnel

• Community Volunteer Income Tax Program

• Gordon Slade

• Hope Burnham

• John Lindsay

• Magical Paws

• Marguerite Noel

• Martin Neva

• Mary Clancy

• OUI Care

• Paulette Audette

• Pravat Nalini Mishra

• Sharon Marunchak

• Small Things Cats

• Taisto Eilomaa

• Vanessa Pisanti

• Walden Seniors

• Pensioners Woodworking

• Walden Youth Basketball League

2014 Civic Award Recipients

• Quade Howald

• Sierra Howald

• Alexandra Sirois

• Terry Arsenault

• Rolland Bedard

• Marlene Bilsborough

• Bryan Chapelle

• Elizabeth June Davis

• Don Degagne

• Dean Dion

• Sharon Duhamel

• Rolland Dutrisac

• Mary Ann Guzzo

• Stan Hayduk

• Dick Johnstone

• Joel Mackey

• Franco Mariotti

• Andrew Olivier

• Cathy Orlando

• Richard Picard

• Eddy Picco

• Mark & Sheila Ripley

• Lawrence Rivers

• Roger Szydziak

• Wayne Tonelli

• Joan Wall

• Henry Wall

• Christian Fortin

• Camp Quality Puppet Program

• Kanata 1534 troupe

• Sudbury & District Quilting & Stitchery Guild

• Sudbury Parole Citizens Advisory Committee

2013 Civic Award Recipients

• Stanley Koren

• Tracy Leroux

• Carolyn Sinclair

• Maxim Lefrancois

• Barbara McPhail

• Marc Roy

• Bob Hanson

• Philippe Cousineau

• Louise Chezzi

• John Somerville

• Churchill Public School Student Parliament

• Volunteers of St. Joseph's Health Centre

• Anderson Farm Museum Heritage Society

• Citizens on Patrol (COP)

• Louis Street Community Association

• Greater Sudbury Firefighters Choir

• Navy League of Canada

• Sudbury Branch

• Ridgecrest Accessible Neighborhood Playground Association

2012 Civic Award Recipients

• Aldé Bedard

• Marcel Brabant

• Cathy HeffernanFrank Katarincic

• Léo Ben Landry

• Zaccharie Lefrancois

• Debbie Rainville

• John Roberts

• Brenda Salo

• Rob St. Marseille

• Lori Wall

• Earthdancers, & Sudbury Amateur Radio Emergency Service

2011 Civic Award Recipients

• Patricia Caine

• Glenn Murray

• Ted Giannin

• Arthemise Camirand-Peterson

• Thomas & Linda Gunn

• Frank Vande Weghe

• Elaine Gareau

• Trevor Upfold

• Donald Gallagher

• Normand Gauthier

• Jim Sutherland

• House of Kin

• Walden Ski Club

• Members of the Specialty Community Committee for Girl Guides of Canada - Community 34 - Sudbury

2010 Civic Award Recipients

• Finnish Ladies Auxiliary

• L'Assocation des Scouts du district de Sudbury

• Le Club Amical du Nouveau Sudbury

• Steve Callaghan

• Robert Cowley

• Norm Gauthier

• Gerard Guimond

• Joan Hart

• Virginia Langis

• Conrad Laroque

• Dan Lee

• Kelly McInnes

• Mary-Ellen Pascal

• Stacie Reinhardt

2009 Civic Award Recipients

• Albert Guindon

• Cheryl Kozera

• Mildred Fitzgerald Facca

• Professor Niranjan Mishra

• Darryl Kennedy

• Jason Mitchell

• Magalie Malette

• Samantha Shewring

• Jeannine Larcher-Lalande

• Shannon Katary

• Sudbury & Area VCARS

• Blue Door Kitchen Staff

2008 Civic Award Recipients

• Gary Caverson

• Michal Vezina

• Dr. Ozhand Ganjavi

• Dr. Shah Nawaz

• Margaret Borley

• Wayne Hugli

• Claudette Lahti-Ouwens

• Jack DeCorby

• Ziggy Zaldiner

• Chuck Murray

• Capreol Cross Country Ski Club

• Louise & Claude Charbonneau

2007 Civic Award Recipients

• Kinsmen Club of Sudbury

• Community Outreach Program (Red Coats)

• Jill Pessot

• Estelle Bernier

• Gerald Bradley

• Sheila C. Ripley

• Maurice Armstrong

• Shirley Baxter

• Randy Crisp

• Karen Luczak

• Robert Keetch

• Emile Guy

2006 Civic Award Recipients

• Onaping Falls Tri-Sport Association

• Valley East Lions Club

• Wild at Heart

• Refuge Centre

• Bela Ravi

• Marjorie Shaw

• Meho Halimich

• Thomas McGibbon

2005 Civic Award Recipients

• Sue and Ron Laderoute

• Shirley Rivers

• Pat Shewring

• James Austin

• CKLU Volunteers

• Joanne Nother

2004 Civic Award Recipients

• Laurel and Jillian Ashick-Stinson

• Stan Finnson

• Madeleine Génier

• Lucienne Prévost

• Chris Sheridan

2003 Civic Award Recipients

• Susan Turgeon

• Bill St. Louis

• Gilles Dubois

• Volunteers of the Canadian Cancer Society - Cancer Centre

2002 Civic Award Recipients

• Hazel (Dell) Edwards - Skead Recreation Committee

• Deborah Kosher and Don Bakker - Breakfast World