The Canadian Cannabis Awards (CCAs) are an annual celebration recognizing excellence and innovation in Canada’s cannabis industry. The CCAs highlight the best people, products and companies in Canadian cannabis.

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The CCAs started in 2014.

Entries open Aug. 23, 2019. The entry process for cannabis products is different than the other CCA categories. 

For Cannabis Products

To enter/vote for a cannabis product in the 2019 Canadian Cannabis Awards, users must visit lift.co and submit a review and/or a receipt. Each review and receipt will be part of the calculation in determining the top products for 2019. Entries/voting will be open until Oct. 25.

For All Other Categories

To enter submissions for all categories (except products), users must register for the CCA voting platform and complete their entries for each category they wish to submit for. Entries that receive the most submissions will be calculated and the top five for each category will advance to the judging round. Entries for all categories other than products will be open until Sept. 20.

To submit entries for the following categories you must be part of the cannabis industry: Top Budtender, Startup of the Year, Innovation of the Year, Top Non-Profit/Charity/Community Initiative, Brand of the Year, Employer of the Year, Top Testing Lab, Top Trimmer, Top Extraction Company, Top Lighting Company, Top Nutrients Company, Top Master Grower. 

Lift & Co. curated a list of the most talented and knowledgeable cannabis industry professionals to judge a variety of CCA categories. The panelists come from a variety of sectors in the cannabis space. The judging panel will follow the process below:

The judging panel will be provided with a list of nominees for each category, based on the nominations received during the nomination period, as well as a list of key criteria to consider for each category.

Panelists will be asked to recuse themselves from voting in categories where they are conflicted; for instance, if a panelist is employed full-time with a nominated company.

The judging panel will be asked to score each nominee from 1-10 (10 being the highest) for each question. Nominees with the highest average score will win the CCA.

There are four judging panels for the 2019 CCAs and each is assigned the following categories:

Industry Panel

Top Retail Store

Executive Panel

Entrepreneur of the Year

Startup of the Year

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Innovation of the Year

Top Non-Profit/Charity/Community Initiative

Brand of the Year

Cultivation Panel

Top Testing Lab

Top Trimmer

Top Extraction Company

Top Nutrients Company

Top Lighting Company

Top Master Grower

Budtender Panel

Top Vaporizer

Top Rolling Paper & Cones

Top Pipe & Bong

Top Home Growing Kit

Winners will be announced on Nov. 8, 2019 at the Canadian Cannabis Awards Gala. We’ll also provide a list of winners online at lift.co.

For the third year in a row, the CCAs will feature an awards gala dinner and ceremony where industry leaders will come together to eat, drink, and celebrate excellence in Canadian cannabis. The gala takes place Nov. 8 in Toronto. Learn more about the gala here.

Tickets to the gala are limited to partners and industry professionals only. 

Tickets to the gala are limited to partners and industry professionals. To inquire about purchasing a table or individual tickets, please contact sales@lift.co