All Awards except Small Firm Big Impact (OEPA 2027)

Submissions for OEPA 2027 are being accepted from August 18 till 4PM on November 27, 2026.

 If you are looking to submit for the Small Firm, Big Impact Award apply here.

About OEPA

The OEPA recognizes outstanding projects from ACEC-Ontario member firms of all sizes. Whether your team has 5 or 500 employees, and whether your project budget was $10,000 or $100 million, if it’s innovative or impactful—it deserves recognition.

We invite our member firms to showcase their best work by entering the 2027 OEPA program. This is your chance to highlight the innovation, dedication, and impact behind your projects.

Winners will be announced at the OEPA Gala on May 6, 2027 at the historic Liberty Grand, Toronto, ON. Winning projects will be professionally featured in videos for your firm’s use and promoted through press releases and social media—giving your work the spotlight it deserves. Tickets will be available in Winter 2027.

Award Categories

The OEPA aspires to celebrate the consulting engineering profession by honouring all projects submitted to the program by ACEC-Ontario member firms. The OEPA categories were designed to recognize consulting engineering excellence and award ACEC-Ontario member companies who put forth the strongest efforts over the year. The breakdown of the categories is described below:

• The Willis Chipman Award: The Willis Chipman award is the most prestigious award and is given independently, with no extra submission required.

• Sustainable Development Impact Award: The Sustainable Award recognizes the project that best demonstrates the three pillars of sustainable development: society, environment, and economy. No extra submission required.

• Internal Innovation Award: Includes all member company programs designed to attract and retain talent.

• People First Award: Includes all philanthropy / community engagement activities with impact at a local level.

• Municipal Impact Award: This new award recognizes an engineering project that delivers exceptional value to an Ontario municipality by improving infrastructure, enhancing community well-being, and addressing municipal challenges through innovative and sustainable solutions. No additional submission is required.

• Awards of Distinction: The Awards of Distinction may be presented to up to 10 outstanding projects.  These can include, but are not limited to, initiatives in Industrial, commercial, institutional buildings/building science; Environment; Municipal infrastructure; Industry, energy and resources; Project management; Studies and research; Transit / transportation; Housing, community and sustainability, etc.

• Small Firm, Big Impact Award: The Small Firm, Big Impact award, recognizes the significant impact and importance of the work our smaller companies do. Apply here: Small Firm Big Impact Award - (OEPA 2027)

• Jury’s Choice Awards: At their discretion, the jury may introduce additional award categories to recognize projects demonstrating exceptional impact beyond the listed categories, such as humanitarian efforts, climate resilience, or carbon impact.

To learn more, read our award guidelines here: OEPA-2027-Guidelines.pdf

Note: This submission page is for all award categories except Small Firm, Big Impact Award. If you are a member firm with total staff less than 100, then apply here: Small Firm Big Impact Award - (OEPA 2027)

Submissions for OEPA 2027 are being accepted from August 18, 2026, to November 27, 2026.

If you have any questions, email Priyanka Anand, Events & Marketing Specialist at panand@acecontario.ca.