Congratulations to the 2017 Canadian Business Excellence Awards for Private Businesses Recipients
AppCentrica is a Toronto-based IT services company that focuses on Digital Transformation. Since 2011, through the design and development of innovative technology for the enterprise, they have helped their customers run more efficiently, reach new markets, and manage risks. AppCentrica applies modern technology design and implementation methods to ensure exceptional results in each of its disciplines: Analytics, business insight and continuous improvement; Automation of process, decisions and transactions; Compelling customer experiences and self service (web and mobile); Data and systems integration; Application security.
AppCentrica also provides IT consulting services, designed to help their customers conceptualize, plan and execute the delivery of projects to fulfill a strategic vision with technology.
Arrow Engineering delivers integrated Mechanical, Electrical, Structural, and Civil engineering consulting services for the buildings industry throughout Western Canada and the North. With headquarters in Edmonton and a branch office in Saskatoon, over 75 professional engineers and technical employees work to deliver projects to clients across all sectors. Over the last decade, the Arrow team has become widely recognized for their collaborative, friendly approach to the design of efficient, functional projects.
Arrow’s flexible, people-first approach has helped them to achieve great success since inception. Through the delivery of nearly 4,000 projects, an average yearly growth of 32%, and countless years of collective experience, the Arrow team has cultivated a significant knowledge base which aids them in the delivery of practical, yet innovative designs to project teams and building owners.
Belmar was founded in 2002 by Scott Billows, and is a leading Canadian CRM consulting firm with outstanding expertise in delivering business solutions on the number one cloud platform, Salesforce. They draw on experience with over 500 projects in various industries and create unique business solutions that empower organizations to perform at a greater speed, with greater efficiency and achieve greater success.
They are proudly an equal opportunity employer, with talent from various countries around the world including New Zealand, India, Kenya, America and China, plus many local Canadian experts who have in-depth knowledge and experience creating innovative solutions.
Founded in 2003, Brainworks is a medical rehabilitation company working hard to become Canada’s premier multidisciplinary rehabilitation solution. Managed from its offices in London and Huntsville Ontario, Brainworks provides direct rehabilitation services throughout approximately half of Ontario. Innovative and secure eRehabilitationTM programs, including a multidisciplinary pain coaching program, reach clients in the most remote areas of the province, throughout the rest of Canada, and beyond.
Creative injury awareness campaigns, business and clinical excellence, support to the community and outstanding reputation with both clients and peers have resulted in local, provincial, national and even international recognition thirteen times since 2013.
Darrell Keezer, founder of the marketing agency Candybox Marketing, strives to make digitalmarketing sweet. Through creating engaging websites that convert visitors into customers, and building authentic relationships on social platforms, the Candybox team proves how digital marketing methods can help businesses increase revenue and gain relevancy in today’s marketplace.
Candybox Marketing’s fully-managed services include website design and development, search engine marketing, social media management and content marketing. Since 2008, their goal is to make the entire process easy and simple for clients so that they can focus on their business and their customers.
Hanson Canada is a private education group company headquartered in Ontario that owns and operates schools ranging from secondary to post-secondary, as well as English as a Second Language, with locations in both Ontario and British Columbia. With a primary focus on the international student market, Hanson Canada strives to provide the best and most innovative, practical and superior quality education products and services to approximately 2000 students each year.
Since 2001, Hanson Canada has been a registered education provider with the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development and Languages Canada. In 2005, Hanson Canada entered into a licensing agreement with Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology, to form Cambrian at Hanson. Hanson Canada delivers Cambrian College programs exclusively to international students.
Interwork Technologies is a North American value-added specialty distributor of cyber security and service provider solutions. Established in 1991, with its North American head office in Toronto and US sales office located in Buffalo, New York, it has 25 years of distribution channel experience offering a diverse portfolio of security technologies through its network of 2,000 resellers and 20 security technology partners. They distribute leading edge products to protect cloud and data center environments, detect threats, securely back up & recover information, simplify compliance, and protect networks.
For their Solution Provider/Value Added Resellers customers, they provide expertise on the technologies they bring to market, and how to support them. For their security technology partners, they provide partner recruitment, development, and demand generation programs by leveraging their 2,000+ reseller customer relationships.
Established in 1985, Medgate sells environmental, health and safety (EHS) software to global corporations, particularly in hazardous industries such as oil and gas, mining, manufacturing, utilities and government.
Medgate offers software to help track and manage the data in the areas of Occupational Health, Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental, and Ergonomics. The software is used by EHS professionals – doctors, nurses, safety professionals, environmental professionals, and industrial hygienists employed by corporations – to analyze and protect workers from hazards in these dangerous workplaces. These are highly-skilled individuals, working on complex programs to reduce the risk of injuries and illnesses to their employees and return them home safely each day.
O2E Brands was unveiled in 2014 to amalgamate Brian Scudamore’s four home-service brands. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the uniquely branded companies –1-800-GOT-JUNK?, WOW 1 DAY PAINTING, You Move Me, and Shack Shine – strive to be leaders in customer experience, innovation and franchise development.
Today, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? operates more than 2,000 trucks in three countries, WOW 1 DAY PAINTING has more than 35 locations across North America, You Move Me has grown to 36 locations and counting, and the newest addition to O2E, Shack Shine, already has businesses operating in both Canada and the United States. Together, the four companies strive make the ordinary businesses of junk removal, painting, moving, and house detailing exceptional. O2E = Ordinary to Exceptional!
Established in 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Pound & Grain expanded their business in Toronto in 2014, and has grown to more than 25 employees.
RANA Respiratory Care Group is a diversified respiratory service company providing community based sleep and respiratory programs that serve western Canadians. Founded in 1987, RANA’s head office is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba with branch offices/clinics in Morden, Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon and Calgary.
RANA’s mission is to develop and deliver community based programs and services that ensure clients can live within their own home with confidence and comfort. RANA provides therapy to clients with respiratory diseases and conditions including: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
R. Khanuja Dentistry Professional Corporation’s mission statement is to provide state of the art dental services to clients that are best suited to their needs with respect and care. Dr. Raj firmly believes in four principles: honesty, listening to clients, sound relations with staff, and delivering service with passion.
The Company found organic growth in the renewable energy sector under its Spark Solar brand, formed in 2009 to pursue development opportunities around Ontario’s Green Energy Act. Spark completed five synergistic acquisitions in four years, including a renewable maintenance and operations specialist and four power services companies. These companies include Northwind Renewable Power Services, Rondar Power Services, Tal Trees Power Services, Tiltran Power Services, Pelikan Power Services, and Lizco Sales & Rentals. In 2016, Spark launched Dundee Spark Land Lease Partners; a partnership between leading investment management firm, Dundee Corporation and Spark Power Corp.
Established in 1998, Stanhope Simpson Insurance Ltd. is an independent and privately owned family business. They are an industry leader among insurance brokers in Atlantic Canada for commercial insurance, risk management and surety bonding solutions, with a strong focus on the construction, development and seafood/hospitality industries. They provide automobile, home, marine and other personal insurance advice and product selection for individuals and groups throughout the Atlantic Provinces.
Symplicity Designs is a team of Organizational Designers in New Brunswick whose purpose is to make the word a better place, one organization at a time. Established in 2013, their mission is to discover, design and deploy a better way to lead and manage your organization.
They provide a range of services aimed to help their clients to clarify purpose and strategy, identify the improvement opportunities that will deliver the most value, pinpoint leading performance indicators and metrics, create a culture for continuous improvement, focus on the customer experience, build confidence and capability to execute with excellence, and lead change successfully for a variety of business, government and non-profit sectors.
Founded in 2001 as an alternative to the “one-to-many” teaching model offered by most extra-curricular learning centers, Tutor Doctor provides a personalized, one-to-one, in-home tutoring service to students of all ages. They offer specialized tutoring to address all their clients’ needs and to help them achieve their academic goals. They proudly utilize an Academic Success Formula, which identifies two critical components of academic success: Academic Knowledge and Academic Discipline.
With nearly 450 territories in 15 countries, Tutor Doctor was named the No. 1 In-Home Tutoring Franchise by Entrepreneur.com in 2015. Now with offices internationally, the Tutor Doctor vision is becoming a reality, positively impacting students and their families worldwide. To date, over 50,000 tutors have helped over 200,000 people.
United Van Lines (Canada) Ltd. is a domestic and international network of moving companies. As a co-operatively owned organization with over 125 offices across Canada, they are the only 100% Canadian owned Van Line, owned 100% by their Members and privately held since their inception in 1953.
UVL’s core business is long-distance moving. Their Members execute the elements of the full-service move including the survey, estimate, pack/unpack, and the hauling. The Van Line manages the equipment sharing and coordination between Members. UVL has expanded to two domestic brands (United Van Lines (Canada) Ltd and Mayflower Canada), a global division (Mover One International), and a leasing company (Univan Leasing).
ValueTrend Wealth Management is the trade name used by Keith Richards, an independent Portfolio Manager with a well-informed dedication to risk management strategies.
WalterFedy’s journey began in 1951 when HK Walter and Associates was formed in Kitchener, Ontario as a small firm of mechanical and electrical engineers. After joining forces with three different structural and civil engineering firms, they became Walter Fedy McCargar Hachborn in 1969. Two years later, they added architects Horton & Ball Limited and created one of Canada’s first integrated design firms. In 2011, they marked their 60th anniversary by consolidating their team at a new LEED® CI-certified head office and introducing their new brand, WalterFedy. Today, they have offices in Kitchener and Hamilton, Ontario.