People's Choice Awards Gala, finalists showing their awards

People’s Choice Awards

The fourth annual Sunshine Coast People’s Choice Awards(SCPCAs) are proudly presented by the Sunshine Coast Chamber of Commerce and the Coast Reporter.

The 2025 People’s Choice Awards are all about celebrating the amazing local businesses that make the coast so special. It’s a chance to share positive stories, highlight the people behind the scenes, and bring our community together through a fun, inclusive online event.

People's Choice Awards Gala, finalists showing their awards

🗳️ Step 1: Nominations – How it Works

The 2025 People’s Choice Awards kick off with nominations, running from Thursday, May 1 to Thursday, May 15.

This isn’t voting just yet – it’s your chance to nominate your favourite local businesses (or your own!) to be included on the official summer voting ballot. Think of it as the shortlisting round!

There are 131 subcategories within four main categories:

Retail · Health, Wellness & Lifestyle · Services · Food & Drink

How to Nominate:

Head to the People’s Choice Awards page on the Sunshine Coast Chamber of Commerce website and click on the “It’s Time to Nominate” buttons to get started.

✔️ You can nominate in one, some, or all subcategories.

✔️ One nomination per subcategory.

✔️ Businesses must offer a category-appropriate product or service.

✔️ Don’t see a business listed? There’s a space to write it in!

✔️ See a business that is no longer operating, a spelling mistake, or have a question? Email info@sunshinecoastchamber.ca

To Qualify for the Voting Round:

  • Each subcategory must receive a minimum of 3 nominees.
  • A maximum of 10 businesses will move forward – if more than 10 are nominated, the top 10 most-nominated will advance.
  • Nominated businesses will be notified by email one week before voting begins.

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🥇 Step 2: Voting – How it Works

Once nominations are in, it’s time to Coast Your Vote and help choose this year’s People’s Choice!

Voting is split into four separate two-week rounds, each focused on one of the main categories:
Retail · Health, Wellness & Lifestyle · Services · Food & Drink

To keep things fair, only one category is open at a time, so each nominee has the same window of opportunity to receive votes.

  • All voting takes place online through the Coast Reporter’s website, with links to each ballot and nominee also available on the Chamber’s People’s Choice Awards page.
  • The top 3 businesses in each subcategory will be recognized as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place favourites of the 2025 Sunshine Coast People’s Choice Awards.

Nominated businesses will be notified by email one week before their voting round begins – so they have time to spread the word and encourage community support!

Summer Voting Schedule:

Ballot 1 RETAIL

  • Opens: Friday, July 4 at 10:00 AM
  • Closes: Thursday, July 17 at 11:59 PM

Ballot 2 HEALTH, WELLNESS & LIFESTYLE

  • Opens: Friday, July 18 at 10:00 AM
  • Closes: Thursday, July 31 at 11:59 PM

Ballot 3 SERVICES

  • Opens: Friday, August 1 at 10:00 AM
  • Closes: Thursday, August 14 at 11:59 PM

Ballot 4 ‘FOOD & DRINK’

  • Opens: Friday, August 15 at 10:00 AM
  • Closes: Thursday, August 28 at 11:59 PM

Finalists will be notified via email by mid-September, and official results will be announced on October 17, 2025, both in a special Coast Reporter feature and right here on the Chamber’s People’s Choice Awards webpage.

Download the PDF version of ‘HOW IT WORKS 2025 Sunshine Coast People’s Choice Awards’

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Become a Sponsor of the People’s Choice Awards!

The Sunshine Coast People’s Choice Awards have succeeded in capturing the attention of Sunshine Coast residents and business owners alike.

In 2024, over 6700 participants voted for over 775 local businesses across 131 different categories, and 1st place favourites received their awards at a sold out gala event at the Gibsons Public Market. The positive response for this campaign has exceeded our expectations, and we are proud to have come together to create a new way to celebrate the unique, vibrant and resilient local business community that plays a vital role in making the Sunshine Coast such a special place.

This year we will have a two week community-driven nomination period during the month of May, an 8-week summer voting period accompanied by an exciting ‘Coast your Vote’ marketing campaign, and winners will be presented their locally made awards at gala event to be held in late October.

Interested in learning more about becoming a sponsor? Contact Us or check out the Sponsorship Package for more information.

2025 Sponsorship Opportunities for People’s Choice Awards
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Nomination Companion

Check out the businesses who have currently been nominated (this list is currently being updated). If you don’t see a business listed, be sure to write them in when the nominations are live from May 1, 2025 to May 15, 2025. Remember, only the top 10 most-nominated businesses move on to the voting ballot this summer!

Retail:

  1. The Painted Lady Art Supplies and Framing
  2. Dollar Tree
  3. Pastime Toy Store

  1. Kenmac Autoparts
  2. Lordco
  3. Canadian Tire

  1. Talewind Books
  2. Reasons To Live Books & Records
  3. London Drugs Gibsons

  1. The Gibsons Butcher
  2. Butcher Dave’s Meat Market
  3. Noble Meats & Cheeses

  1. Coastal Bay Cannabis
  2. WEEDS
  3. Coastal Green

  1. Sunshine Coast GM
  2. Haley Dodge SC
  3. South Coast Ford

  1. Peggy Sue’s
  2. Coast Kids Reshop
  3. Moorestock Mini

  1. Fong’s Market & Gifts Shop
  2. Sunshine Coast Olive Oil Co.
  3. A Little Brit of Heaven

  1. Dollar Tree
  2. Your Dollar Store with More
  3. Great Canadian Dollar Store

  1. London Drugs Gibsons
  2. The Source Sechelt
  3. Soundwerks Audio Video Systems & Rentals

  1. Custom Flooring Centres
  2. Gibsons Building Supplies
  3. Bravo Floors and Decor Inc.

  1. RainFlorist
  2. Wildflower & Twigs
  3. Ann-Lynn Flowers & Gifts

  1. Quality Garden & Pet
  2. B&K Garden & Landscape Supply
  3. Sunshine Coast Nursery

  1. Fong’s Market & Gifts Shop
  2. Good Fridays General Store
  3. Mike’s Gelato-Mike’s Place

  1. Dave Coyle’s Antique Reproductions
  2. Fresh from the Coast
  3. The Salty Sailor

  1. Gibsons IGA
  2. SuperValu Gibsons
  3. Claytons Heritage Market

  1. Seaweeds Health Food Store
  2. Roberts Creek Wellbeing
  3. Shaggy Jack’s Market

  1. Dreamland Sleep Shop
  2. The Restore (Habitat For Humanity Sunshine Coast)
  3. Gibsons Home Hardware

  1. Dave Coyle’s Antique Reproductions
  2. Redecor + Design
  3. Ikhaya Home & Lifestyle Boutique

    1. Gibsons Building Supplies
    2. Gibsons Home Hardware
    3. Canadian Tire

 

  1. B&K Garden & Landscape Supply
  2. Quality Garden & Pet
  3. Salish Soils

  1. Underwire Bra Boutique
  2. SWISH Apparel
  3. The Landing Clothing Co.

 

  1. Blackfish Liquor Store
  2. BC Liquor Store
  3. Lighthouse Liquor Store

  1. Mark’s Gibsons
  2. Mark’s Sechelt
  3. Georgian Trading Company

  1. Reasons To Live Books & Records
  2. MELOmania
  3. Strait Music

  1. FYidoctors
  2. Dr. Brian Nelson and Dr. Philip Kraukamp
  3. Eye Deal Optical

  1. Paul’s Paintin’ Place (Benjamin Moore)
  2. Gibsons Building Supplies
  3. Splatters Paint & Decorating

  1. Pet Valu
  2. All for Pets
  3. Quality Garden & Pet

  1. Howe Sound Pharmacy
  2. London Drugs Gibsons
  3. Pharmasave Sechelt

  1. Henry the Corn Man
  2. The Farm West Sechelt
  3. Mycelyum

  1. Henry Reed Organic Produce
  2. Little Red Wagon Farm
  3. Grounded Acres Organic Farm

  1. Fisherman’s Market
  2. Sharkey’s Fish Locker
  3. Sechelt Fish Market

  1. Trail Bay Source for Sports
  2. Mark’s Gibsons
  3. Palmeros

  1. Trail Bay Source for Sports
  2. Alpha Adventures-Outdoor Adventure Store
  3. Canadian Tire

  1. Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary Thrift Store
  2. The Prancing Pony Community Thrift Shop
  3. Coast Kids Reshop

  1. Kal Tire
  2. OK Tire Sechelt
  3. Canadian Tire

  1. Pastimes Toy Store
  2. London Drugs Gibsons
  3. Game Point

  1. Moorestock Outfitters
  2. SWISH Apparel
  3. The Landing Clothing Co.

  1. Sunshine Coast Lavender Shop
  2. Redecor + Design
  3. Shaggy Jack’s Market

Health, Wellness & Lifestyle:

  1. Hideaway Creek
  2. Tin Can Ranch
  3. Burchill’s B&B

  1. The Oceanside, a Coast Hotel
  2. Gibsons Garden Hotel
  3. The Tuwanek Hotel and Spa

  1. Painted Boat Resort Spa & Marina
  2. Ruby Lake Resort
  3. Bonniebrook Lodge

  1. Gibsons Public Art Gallery
  2. The Kube
  3. Motoko Fine Art Sudio & Gallery

1. Theo’s Barber Stories
2. Cardinal Barbershop (tied for 2nd)
2. John’s Barber Shop (tied for 2nd)
3. Rain’er’ Shine Barber Shop

  1. Coastline Health & Performance
  2. Gibsons Chiropractic, Health and Wellness Centre
  3. Coast Chiropractic Wellness Centre

  1. Coast Academy Of Dance & Performing Arts
  2. Gibsons Dance Centre
  3. Waldorf Ballet

  1. A Smart Smile: Dr. Bland’s Family Dentistry
  2. Advantage Dental
  3. Village Dental House

  1. Sunshine Coast Art Crawl
  2. Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
  3. Sunshine Coast Pride Festival

  1. Gibsons Night Market at Gibsons Public Market
  2. Creek Daze
  3. Davis Bay Sandcastle Competition

  1. Festival of Lights
  2. syiyaya Days (Sechelt Canada Day Parade)
  3. Pender Harbour May Day

  1. Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden
  2. Gibsons Public Market
  3. High Beam Dreams

  1. Sechelt Aquatic Center
  2. Raven’s Cry Theater
  3. TidePools Aquarium (formerly Nicholas Sonntag Marine Education Centre)

  1. Sechelt Farmers’ & Artisans’ Market
  2. Gibsons Night Market at Gibsons Public Market
  3. Roberts Creek Community Farm Market

  1. Sunshine Coast Golf & Country Club
  2. Blue Ocean Golf Club
  3. Pender Harbour Golf Club

  1. BigRiggs Fitness & GM Fitness
  2. LIFTED Fitness Studio
  3. Anytime Fitness

  1. Salt Hair Co
  2. Fade ‘n’ Dye
  3. Dorado Beauty Bar

  1. Connect Hearing
  2. Hear on the Coast
  3. Anchor Hearing

  1. Nurse Next Door
  2. Better at Home
  3. Home Healthcare Network

  1. Sunshine Coast Martial Arts Centre
  2. Tidal Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
  3. Gibsons Gracie Jiu Jitsu

  1. Painted Boat Resort Spa & Marina
  2. Fainting Couch Spa
  3. Time To Glow Mobile Spa

  1. PerfectioNails
  2. Fainting Couch Spa
  3. Sechelt Nails Spa

  1. Alpha Adventures-Outdoor Adventure Store
  2. Pedals & Paddles
  3. Coast Gravity Park

  1. Raven’s Cry Theater
  2. Heritage Playhouse
  3. Tapworks Brewing Company

  1. Coastline Health & Performance
  2. Coast Physiotherapy Sechelt
  3. Backstream Physiotherapy

  1. Glo Laser & Skin Bar
  2. Fainting Couch Spa
  3. NKD Med Spa

  1. Sunshine Coast Air
  2. Alpha Adventures-Outdoor Adventure Store
  3. Slo Cat Pender Harbour Tours

  1. Janet Belliveau: Coastline Health & Performance
  2. Devon Lachance: Gibsons Chiropractic, Health and Wellness Centre
  3. Carly Mattson: Coastline Health & Performance

  1. Coast Flow Yoga
  2. Yoga by the Sea
  3. Gibsons Senior Centre Harmony Hall

Services:

  1. Crowe Mackay LLP
  2. Ocean Breeze CPA
  3. Alvarez CPA Inc. Chartered Professional Accountants

  1. Pawsitive Adventures
  2. B&K Canine Services
  3. Rain Coast Dogs (RainCoast Dog Hikes)

  1. OK Tire
  2. Park Road Automotive
  3. CARS – Coastal Auto Repair and Service

  1. Big Al’s Auto Details
  2. Sandra’s Car Cleaning Vehicles (Sandra’s Car Cleaning Ad’s)
  3. Foxham Detail Studio (aka Foxham Auto Detailing)

1. Ferreira Collision Centre
2. Fred’s Autobody & Painting
3. Richie’s Autobody and Painting (tied for 3rd)
3, Sechelt Collision Repairs (tied for 3rd)

  1. Sunshine Coast Credit Union
  2. RBC – Royal Bank of Canada
  3. TD Canada Trust

  1. Luna Bookkeeping
  2. Ocean Breeze CPA
  3. Alvarez CPA Inc. Chartered Professional Accountants

  1. Coast Cleaning
  2. Terra Verde Cleaning Company
  3. House Mouse Residential Cleaning Services

  1. Rain Coast Dogs (RainCoast Dog Hikes)
  2. Sunshine Coast Dog Walkers
  3. Peaks ‘N’ Creeks

  1. Hemingway Electrical Contracting
  2. Olson Electric
  3. Thomas Heating & Electric

  1. Longman Developments
  2. Spani Developments
  3. Jenkins Construction

  1. Examina Inspections
  2. Tantalus Appraisals
  3. True Star Home Inspectoion Services

  1. Spani Developments
  2. Jenkins Construction
  3. Summerhill Fine Homes

1. Paul’s Chimney
2. Thomas Heating & Electric
3. Coastal Wood & Gas Guy (tied for 3rd)
3. Hayden Ace Plumbing, Heating & Gas (tied for 3rd)

  1. Westland Insurance
  2. Talbot Insurance Services
  3. Sechelt Insurance Agency

  1. Mainstay Computing Ltd.
  2. London Drugs
  3. Geek in the Creek

  1. Creekers Containers
  2. Coast Bin Rentals
  3. Sunshine Bins

  1. Human Nature Landscapes
  2. Marsh Landscaping
  3. Tapestry Gardens Landscaping

  1. Shoreline Law (merged with McLash Law Corp.)
  2. Flemming and Sombrowski General Law Practice
  3. Charthouse Lawyers

  1. Sunshine Coast Water Taxi
  2. The Bitter End Boater’s Exchange
  3. Gibsons Marina

1. Blue Lotus Creative
2. Charm & Gusto
3. Ocean Valley Designs (tied for 3rd)
3. Vaka Marketing (tied for 3rd)

1. Kim Darwin – Bayfield Mortgage Professionals
2. Erin Gillespie – Mortgage Alliance
3. Darnelda Siegers – Mortgage Alliance (tied for 3rd)
3. Natasha Pahljina – Bayfield Mortgage Professionals (tied for 3rd)

  1. Len Wrays Moving & Storage
  2. Bigfoot Storage
  3. Moving Buddies

  1. Coady Boys Painting
  2. Kim’s Painting & Decorating
  3. Matthew Kliewer Painting

  1. Castle Rock Kennels
  2. Nopawblems K9 Camp Campanion Animal Care
  3. Cedar Creek Kennels and Cat Cottage

  1. Babette’s Barber
  2. Salty Paws Spa
  3. Cedar Creek Kennels and Cat Cottage

  1. Dolf Vermeulen Creative
  2. Kelly Schuster Photography
  3. Paige Lorraine Photography

  1. Sechelt Plumbing
  2. Big Mustache Dave
  3. Hayden Ace Plumbing, Heating & Gas

  1. Coast Home & Patio Solutions (Beachcomber)
  2. Suncoast Waterworks
  3. Valley Grove Pool & Construction

  1. Gibsons Copy Shop
  2. Sechelt Copy Shop & Signs
  3. Sechelt Sign and Printing

  1. Ali Khan
  2. Nico Coastal Homes (Nicole Arnett)
  3. Cody Robinson

  1. RentalEquip
  2. Creekers Containers
  3. Polished Event Rentals (formerly Rent-It Canada)

  1. Walt’s Towing and Automotive Services
  2. Day & Nite Towing
  3. All Coast Towing

  1. Gibsons Veterinary Hospital
  2. Sechelt Animal Hospital
  3. The Landing Veterinary Clinic

  1. Spiderplus Graphics
  2. Blue Lotus Creative
  3. Topshelf Creative

Food & Drink:

  1. Black Bean Café
  2. The Bakery
  3. Strait Coffee

  1. The Mad Hen
  2. The Gumboot Café
  3. Black Bean Café

  1. The Mad Hen
  2. The Gumboot Restaurant
  3. Gourmet Girl Café & Catering

1. Tapworks Brewing Company
2. Banditry Cider
3. Persephone Brewing Company (tied for 3rd)
3. The Bricker Cider Company (tied for 3rd)

  1. PKLS Burgers
  2. Tapworks Brewing Company
  3. Blackfish Pub

  1. Gourmet Girl Café & Catering
  2. TK’s Gourmet Turkish Cuisine
  3. Emelle’s Market Bistro & Catering

  1. Christopher Norman Chocolates
  2. The Sweet Shoppe
  3. The Chocolate Spell

  1. Lunitas Mexican Eatery
  2. Twenty Two Taphouse
  3. Buono Osteria

  1. Strait Coffee
  2. Black Bean Café
  3. Beachcomber Coffee Company

  1. Sharkey’s Fish Locker
  2. Smitty’s Oyster House
  3. Gourmet Girl Café & Catering

  1. Beachcomber Coffee Company
  2. Strait Coffee
  3. Mamma Musey’s Pierogi

  1. Tapworks Brewing Company
  2. El Segundo
  3. Blackfish Pub

  1. Sushi Bar Nagomi
  2. The Gumboot Restaurant
  3. The Gumboot Café

  1. Mike’s Gelato – Mike’s Place
  2. e.b.’s Ice Cream
  3. Little Spoon Ice Cream

  1. Black Bean Café
  2. Gibsons IGA
  3. Strait Coffee

  1. Gourmet Girl Café & Catering
  2. The Gumboot Restaurant
  3. Sharkey’s Fish Locker

  1. Tapworks Brewing Company
  2. Blackfish Pub
  3. Twenty Two Taphouse

  1. Joe’s Cabin
  2. The Bay Gibsons
  3. Ocean Club Cafe

  1. Sushi Bar Nagomi
  2. Friendly Thai Restaurant
  3. Won Japanese Restaurant

  1. Tapworks Brewing Company
  2. Lighthouse Marine Pub
  3. Lunitas Mexican Eatery

  1. Buono Osteria
  2. Pepper Creek
  3. The Bay Gibsons

  1. TK’s Gourmet Turkish Cuisine
  2. Aqui es Mexico
  3. Salt & Swine

  1. Buono Osteria
  2. Lunitas Mexican Eatery
  3. Lighthouse Marine Pub

  1. Sushi Bar Nagomi
  2. Sima Sushi
  3. Won Japanese Restaurant

  1. Lunitas Mexican Eatery
  2. Salt & Swine
  3. Aqui es Mexico

  1. Buono Osteria
  2. Chasters Restaurant
  3. The Pink House Bistro

  1. The Gumboot Restaurant
  2. The Gumboot Café
  3. Lunitas Mexican Eatery
Voting for the 2024 Season is Now Closed
Voting for Retailers is now closed
Voting for Health, Wellness and Lifestyle is now closed
Voting for Services is now closed
Voting for Food and Drink is now closed

Explore Last Year’s Favourites

Congrats to all the 2024 People’s Choice Award winners, finalists, and nominees!

From local eats to essential services, last year’s favourites reflect the favourites of our Sunshine Coast business community.

Explore the full list, download the Coast Reporter special edition, and view gala photos on our new People’s Choice Awards Archive Page.

Let’s keep celebrating and supporting the incredible local businesses that make the coast one-of-a-kind.

Photo: SCPCA’s Gala 2023,
Bronwyn Beairsto, Coast Reporter Editor

Photo: SCPCA’s Gala 2022, 
Dave Moorman Photography

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