2026 Nomination Form for Parks Excellence

About the Parks Excellence Award

BC Recreation and Parks Association is pleased to host an annual Awards program that recognizes outstanding special events, programs, facilities, parks, and dedicated individuals whose ideas, innovation, and services make an impact in the recreation and parks sector.

The Parks Excellence award recognizes outstanding design and development of park spaces using natural elements or repurposing materials. The park space reflects community culture, which is accessible to all patrons, and encourages individuals and communities to get out into nature. The park positively impacts the well-being of the community and the recreation and parks sector.

In the committee's deliberations for the provincial awards, considerations of equity across communities will be considered, including geographic location, population size of the community and community demographics.

New Update:
Please note that the Provincial Awards Committee has implemented a limit of one nomination per organization, per award category.

About the Nomination Application:

Parks Excellence award nominations are estimated to take up to 10 hours to pull together the information and could take up to 2 hours to fully complete the online nomination form.

Prior to starting the online nomination form, we recommend that you use the Nomination Reference Guide available on the BCRPA website to help prepare your nomination.

Note: You will be able to save your progress and return to the nomination form at a later time. If you lose the URL link or need to make an edit to your nomination, please contact Kelly Kieu, Partnerships and Events Coordinator by email.

The deadline for nominations is: 11:59 PM, February 26th , 2026.

Eligibility:

Either the nominator or applicant must be a BCRPA member.
The Nominee (the Park) must be owned and operated by a currently enrolled Local Government, Affiliate, or Corporate Member.
The park must have been in existence for a minimum of one year.

If you have any questions, please contact the 2025 Provincial Awards Review Committee, c/o Kelly Kieu, Partnerships and Events Coordinator by email.