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ANNOUNCING THE

2025 SALTY AWARD FINALISTS!

Get Tickets for the Award Gala Evening on Nov 6th, 2025



BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

  • Gulf Island Veterinary Clinic 

  • Jane's Dough 

  • Windsor Plywood

EMERGING BUSINESS

  • Sweetwater Distilling Co.

  • Ganges Dental Hygiene Corp. 

  • SALT JAR refillery

ISLAND AMBASSADOR

  • Pitchfork Social 

  • Salt Spring National Art Prize 

  • Salt Spring Visitor Information Centre

COMMUNITY IMPACT

  • Country Grocer 

  • Salt Spring Island Foundation 

  • Salt Spring Arts Council

GREEN BUSINESS AWARD

  • Positive Power Systems & Off Grid Salt Spring 

  • SALT JAR refillery 

  • Feast

TRADES

  • Diggin'it Excavating

  • Fresco Refrigeration 

  • Victor Mauroy Carpentry

CORNERSTONE

  • Royal Canadian Legion Branch 92 

  • Salt Spring Visitor Information Centre

  • Windsor Plywood

HAND + LAND

  • Salt Spring Wild Cider 

  • Stowel Lake Farm 

  • Sweetwater Distilling Co.

TOURISM + HOSPITALITY

  • Ciderworks & Salt Spring Apple Company

  • Salt Spring Visitor Information Centre 

  • Tour Salt Spring

The Salty Awards Are Back!

Honouring the Heart of Salt Spring

After a four-year pause, we’re thrilled to bring back the Salty Awards—Salt Spring’s celebration of the incredible businesses and individuals who shape our island with creativity, care, and courage.

This is the first time the awards have been offered since 2020, and we’ve taken the time to reimagine them with purpose.

This year—and going forward—we’re proud to offer thoughtful new award categories that reflect the values, ingenuity, and diversity of our business community. We’ve removed distinctions between small and large businesses, because excellence is excellence—whether you're a solo entrepreneur or a team of fifty.

Why It Matters

Salt Spring businesses work hard.


They’re often too busy serving others to stop and realize just how much they’re appreciated.


The Salty Awards are our way of saying:

You matter. What you’re doing is seen, valued, and celebrated.

Being recognized by your peers, customers, and community isn’t just a nice gesture—it’s powerful.
These awards represent love, respect, and gratitude from the people whose lives you touch every day.




A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR's 




A BIG THANKS TO OUR TITLE SPONSORS OF THE 2025 SALTY AWARDS!











Media Sponsor 



See what nominees from the 2017 Salty Awards had to say about what it meant to them to be nominated - as well as snippets from the award evening

Let's Celebrate Each Other

The Salty Awards aren’t just about plaques or podiums—they’re about connection, community spirit, and cheering each other on.

When you nominate someone, you’re helping them see the impact they’ve made. When you vote, you’re lifting up local stories of hard work, creativity, and perseverance.

So let’s make it count.

Let’s show the businesses of Salt Spring what they mean to us.

Let’s celebrate loudly, joyfully, and with deep appreciation.

Because when one of us rises, we all do.



GET TICKETS!!!

GET TICKETS HERE


Join us on November 6th at Mahon Hall for an unforgettable evening honoring the island’s most outstanding businesses and community champions. Hosted by Michael Bean and Michael Mann, the night promises sips, seat snacks, and plenty of sparkle as we gather to celebrate and connect with fellow islanders.

The awards will be presented across nine categories:

  • Business of the Year

  • Community Impact Award

  • Cornerstone Award

  • Emerging Business Award

  • Green Business Award

  • Hand + Land Award

  • Island Ambassador Award

  • Tourism & Hospitality Award

  • Trades Award

Cheer on your favourites as the winners are revealed, and enjoy a few surprises along the way. This is more than an awards night — it’s an evening of celebration, camaraderie, and recognition for the creativity, resilience, and spirit that make Salt Spring’s business community so remarkable.

This event is about making everyone feel special — the finalists, the attendees, the sponsors, and yes, even the organizers too ;) It’s also about having a fun and glitzy night out — a chance to give those fabulous outfits in your closet (you know, the ones usually reserved for fancier places than Salt Spring) a proper airing!

And that’s not all — Mr. Mann will be bringing his piano and may even have written a song just for the occasion. Plus, rumor has it there might be impromptu prizes… Best Dressed, anyone?

Doors open at 5:30 PM; Award Presentation begins at 6 PM.
Cash bar + light refreshments.

DRESS TO IMPRESS — Show us just how stunning you are, Salt Spring: Formal Wear & Your Very Best is Encouraged!


Michael Bean 

Michael is a relatively new transplant to Salt Spring Island, and loves it. He has an extensive background as a film and television actor and acting teacher. He currently works as Coordinator of the Saturday Market and Admin Coordinator for the Gulf Islands Families Together Society (GIFTS), in addition to teaching on-camera classes for adults www.confidenceoncamera.com

Michael A. Mann 

Salt Spring–based animation director and improv performer Michael has 20+ years bringing stories to life. Known for blending humour, heart, and imagination in everything from animated films to live improv shows, Michael brings his signature spark and deep love for Salt Spring’s weird, wonderful entrepreneurial spirit to this year’s Salty Awards, to honour the creativity, grit, and heart that local businesses pour into making this island thrive.

Together Michael Bean + Michael Mann co-founded Creative Spring, a monthly support group for creative professionals and entrepreneurs to connect, encourage each other, and share laughter. The group helps combat the isolation often experienced in creative work, fostering a supportive community where local creatives can meet, collaborate, and thrive together.

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121 Lower Ganges Rd
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