Community Recognition

Celebrate the community members who are making a difference.

The Town of Bracebridge's Community Recognition Committee invites you to nominate members of the community for one or more Community Recognition Awards. The Town awards within two categories including the Community Service Awards and the Community Sport Awards. Details on each of these categories, and the specific awards within each, is outlined below. 

Congratulations to the 2024 Community Recognition Award recipients.

• Pat Best, Bracebridge Seniors Achievement Award
• Evelyn Finlayson-Kelly, Bracebridge Community Arts and Culture Award
• Shawn Forth, Bracebridge Good Citizenship Award
• Shirley Gates, Bracebridge Senior of the Year Award
• Paul Hammond, Award of Merit
• Cathy Janke, Bracebridge Volunteer Service Award
• Zoe Janke, Bracebridge Young Volunteer Award
• Peggy Anne McLeod, Bracebridge Volunteer Service Award
• Nancy Thompson, Bracebridge Community Heritage Award
• Kalleen Turchet, Bracebridge Volunteer Service Award
• Marg Young, Christopher Todd Lang Accessibility Award
• OPP Auxiliary Bracebridge, Outstanding Volunteer Achievement Award
• Muskoka Pioneer Power and Bracebridge Agricultural Society, Mayor's Award of Excellence

Community Sports Awards

• Mel Dart and Alison Parsons, Bracebridge Community Coach of the Year Award
• Mary Jibb, Jim Quigley Memorial Athlete of the Year Award
• Muskoka Aquatic Club, Norm Harkness Memorial Team of the Year Award

Details for 2025 awards will be available early next year.

Local award recipients within the Community Service Award category will automatically have an application prepared and forwarded to the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism for consideration for a provincial level award. Once a nomination is received the Community Recognition Committee will place it in the most appropriate category.