Competition Timeline

Positive change in Canadian communities is only a short way away! The countdown to the winners' announcement has already begun.

How long is the competition?

Ideas will compete over the course of about 3 months. People will vote on their favourites. Then, the top ideas to help benefit the community will be funded by the Aviva Community Fund.

The Competition is held in 3 phases:

1. Idea Entry: held from October 13th through November 29th.
We'll hold 3 opening rounds when you can enter your idea or support your favourites. That means you've got up to 3 chances to compete to be one of the 60 semi-finalists.

2. Semi-Finals: held from December 2nd through December 16th.
Here's when people can vote for their favourite semi-finalist ideas. Votes will be tallied and the top 25 ideas that get the most votes will become finalists and move on to the Judging phase.

3. Judging: held from December 17th through January 25th.
Our panel of impartial judges will review all of the finalist ideas and rank them based on our pre-determined criteria to determine which will get funded. (Learn more about the judging process.) Winning ideas will be made public on January 25th, 2010.

The clock is ticking!
The competition closes to new entrants on November 29th, 2009 so enter your idea now.