Everything you need to know about Top Choice Awards.
How can you vote?
Top Choice Awards receives votes through our website, phone calling centre, social media outlets, email and in person at community events and now on our all new social voting platform.
How many votes are allowed per person?
A voter is entitled to one vote per nominee.
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As great as it is to thank your community, we also like to give back to those who take their time to vote and participate in our survey. As a result, the 2021 prize includes 1 of 4 chances to win $500! The voters are chosen by a random ballot survey conducted by an unbiased third party endorsement. The winners are announced and contacted at the end of the surveying year. Contact information is gained through the surveying process, which asks the voter to leave behind their name and email address.
As a consumer your nomination, vote and feedback is an important part of the surveying process. It helps iTrustLocal discover new, noteworthy businesses, and helps other consumers in your city enjoy better overall products and services. By helping reduce the businesses and professionals in your city to a select group, you are contributing to a resource that benefits your city. In addition, you are also thanking those who proudly serve you and your community every day. Your feedback during the survey is a critical component, because even though you are voting for your favourite, you know better than anyone where that business or professional needs improvement. In then end, you are not just helping us identify the top, you are helping those on top get even better!
Now that's a recipe for success.
Not only does iTrustLocal receive nominations from first hand customers informing them of an outstanding service/product or location, iTrustLocal also goes through deep measures to ensure that each nomination is a reputable and trustworthy business.
The following is a list of criteria iTrustLocal reviews when qualifying a business, so you can trust that we are only connected with the best in your city.
Submissions are always open, all year round. Submit your favourite businesses and professionals now for the upcoming survey.
You can submit on our website at www.iTrustLocal.com/submit, through our social media outlets, email, our phone calling centre, mail and in person at community events. If you're a business owner, you can self submit here.
iTrustLocal has been expanding the Top Choice Awards survey to new business markets each year. Here is a list of the cities the survey is currently conducted in.
Barrie
Brampton
Durham Region
Guelph
GTA
Hamilton
Kitchener
London
Markham
Mississauga
New Market/Aurora
Oakville
Ottawa
Richmond Hill
Toronto
Vaughan
Windsor
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Victoria
Halifax
St. John's
Austin
Houston
Dallas
Los Angeles
Each year, iTrustLocal conducts a public survey that gives people like you the power to choose the Top Choice Award winners in your city. The survey acts like a bridge between you and the businesses and professionals you know and love, allowing you to support your favourites and giving you the opportunity to provide anonymous feedback to help their business.
Unlike traditional market research, iTrustLocal conducts its studies openly and Top Choice Awards interacts directly with participants of the survey. That's why we're "the award that's social™", because what we do revolves around you and we're always available to talk.
iTrustLocal has been expanding the Top Choice Awards survey to new business markets each year. Here is a list of the cities the survey is currently conducted in.
Barrie
Brampton
Durham Region
Guelph
GTA
Hamilton
Kitchener
London
Markham
Mississauga
Newmarket/Aurora
Oakville
Ottawa
Richmond Hill
Toronto
Vaughan
Windsor
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Victoria
Halifax
St. John's
Austin
Houston
Dallas
The iTrustLocal qualification process is based on points system where the business must reach a benchmark of 40/50 points. View the full iTrustLocal qualification process here.
There is no fee to be a nominee and you cannot buy your way into the voting process. Top Choice Awards lists and promotes all iTrust Qualified nominees as a public service. Not all nominees can be winners, but the nominees are the best in their field and a valuable asset to the public.
Being an official nominee, your company name is listed for free on our site throughout the voting period, where clients, family and friends can vote for you as their top choice. You are also given a free nominee badge found on the right hand side of your voting page in which you can post on your website and link straight to your voting page to make voting easier for your clients. View the benefits of being a nominee here.
Encourage your voters to vote through our new social voting app, www.VoteForUs.ca. The app allows voters to share their vote on Facebook and Twitter with the click of a button. A shared vote means free exposure and awareness for your business. What better online business review than that!
The Trademarked Top Choice Award Logo is available to winners who participate in the promotion system. Participation in the promotion system is optional and winners who decline participation are still listed in our online directory and can make the claim that they are a "Winner of the Top Choice Award" in their city for the year they were voted top choice.
Licensing of the Top Choice Award logo is done yearly, all logos must be accompanied by the respective year at all times as the results of winners change yearly and consumers need to have accurate and up to date information on who the Top Choice Award winner is for each respective year.
Use of the logo without a license is not permitted and will result in the removal of your company name from our competition/associations affective immidiately until further notice.
The studies are not funded by any of the businesses or professionals listed in the survey. Studies are solely based on customer opinions, which in turn, allows Top Choice Awards to become the voice of the people surveyed. After the results are published, nominees and winners may choose either or not to purchase the study. Full ownership to data collected during survey is critical to iTrustLocal's independence and unbiased position.
Competition is everywhere and it's healthy. At Top Choice Awards we are proud to say that as the leader in the business awards industry we will continue to inspire local award programs to stay innovative and highlight businesses in their city. Read Top Choice Awards' Google Reviews
Recognition, where it's due, is the core belief at Top Choice Awards. As the people vote for their favourite businesses in their city, others are graced with a list of trusted businesses that they can turn to for everyday services. At its core, Top Choice Awards is a research company. The conducted studies give consumers the power of choice and allow them to help their peers by providing honest information about the products and services they use every day. In the end, it's about them. We are in the business of providing a resource of trusted businesses to the public and promoting businesses that want to take advantage of their award-winning status.
You cannot buy your way into the top.
There are numerous benefits to winning the Top Choice Award and one is the privilege to participate in the Top Choice Awards promotion system. An optional system that helps winners make the most of their award. View the benefits of being a winner here.