Retail Design & Experience Award

Recognizes a dealer that has transformed the retail experience through exceptional store or showroom design, merchandising, yard improvements, renovation or a new approach to how customers experience their business.

Contractor Engagement Award

Recognizes a dealer building exceptional contractor loyalty through service, programs, education, events, technology or relationship-building.

Customer Experience Award

Recognizes a dealer delivering an outstanding customer experience at every touchpoint — in-store, online, over the phone, in the yard or on the jobsite.

Retailer of the Year

Recognizes a building materials retailer setting the standard for overall excellence through leadership, performance, customer experience, innovation, community impact and operational strength.

Best in Retail Leadership Award

Recognizes an outstanding retail leader whose leadership, initiative and commitment have made a meaningful impact on their business, team, and customers.

Open to leaders at all levels, this award celebrates individuals who strengthen performance, develop their people, adapt to change, and help move their organization forward. Ownership is not required.

Excellence in People & Culture

Recognizes a dealer investing in its people and building a stronger workforce through workplace culture, recruitment, training, mentorship, onboarding and career development.

Manufacturer of the Year

Recognizes a manufacturer demonstrating outstanding overall excellence across innovation, service, operations, growth and industry partnership.

Manufacturing Innovation Award

Recognizes a significant advancement in manufacturing through automation, technology, materials, processes, production efficiency or another innovation that improves how products are made.

Dealer Partnership Award

Recognizes a manufacturer, vendor or distributor that goes beyond supplying products to become an exceptional partner in dealer success through service, collaboration, expertise and support.

Sales Representative of the Year

Recognizes an outstanding manufacturer or distributor sales representative who sets the standard for dealer relationships, product knowledge, responsiveness, service and professionalism.

Made in Canada Award

Recognizes exceptional commitment to Canadian manufacturing, sourcing, investment and supply-chain development while strengthening Canada's building supply industry.

Best New Product

Recognizes an outstanding new product that brings meaningful innovation, performance or value to the building supply industry.

Products entered in the Showcase New Product Showcase will automatically be considered for this award.

Industry Impact Award

Recognizes an individual whose involvement with Supply-Build Canada has made a meaningful contribution to the association and the industry it serves.

This award honours someone who has contributed their time, expertise and perspective to advance important initiatives, strengthen industry connections and support meaningful progress through Supply-Build Canada.

Nominees are put forward by Supply-Build Canada staff and/or board of directors and evaluated through the Forge & Form judging process.

The Bold Move Award

Recognizes a company that took a calculated risk, challenged convention, or made a significant strategic move that changed the trajectory of its business.

From expansion and acquisition to succession, technology, new markets or complete reinvention, this award celebrates the organizations willing to make the moves that shape what comes next.

Emerging Leader Award

Recognizes an emerging industry professional under 40, demonstrating exceptional leadership, initiative, ambition and the potential to make a lasting impact on Canada's building supply industry.

Woman of Influence

Recognizes a woman whose leadership, accomplishments, mentorship and influence are helping shape a stronger future for the building supply industry.

Catalyst Award

Recognizes an individual whose vision, leadership, ideas and actions have created meaningful transformation across the building supply industry.

The Catalyst Award represents one of Forge & Form's highest individual honours, celebrating a leader whose impact extends beyond their own organization and helps move the industry forward.