IR Magazine Awards – Canada 2024 | IR Magazine | TBA

Since the annual event first launched in 1996, tens of thousands of analysts and investors have voted in the surveys that fuels the awards. The result: vital benchmarking information on which companies do the best IR. In recent years, the awards program has expanded to recognize more aspects of an IRO’s role as we add new categories to the list and give IR teams the opportunity to nominate themselves.

By popular demand, we present two types of award categories – researched and nominated – both celebrating the success of those individuals and companies that are leading the way in IR across Canada.

Nominated Categories
• Best crisis management
• Best ESG reporting
• Best innovation in shareholder communications
• Best investor event
• Best IR during a corporate transaction
• Best IR website
• Best use of technology & social media for IR
• Rising star

Researched Categories
• Best overall investor relations
• Best investor relations officer
• Best IR by a senior management team
• Best IR by a Canadian company in the US market
• Best in sector: consumer discretionary
• Best in sector: consumer staples
• Best in sector: energy
• Best in sector: financials & real estate
• Best in sector: industrials
• Best in sector: materials
• Best in sector: technology & communications
• Best in sector: utilities

2023 Winners

Awards by Research

Best overall investor relations (large cap)
• WSP Global

Best overall investor relations (mid-cap)
• Element Fleet Management

Best overall investor relations (small cap)
• Aecon Group

Best investor relations officer (large cap)
• Paul Butcher, CN

Best investor relations officer (mid-cap)
• Michael Barrett, Element Fleet Management

Best investor relations officer (small cap)
• Adam Borgatti, Aecon Group

Best IR by a senior management team (large cap)
• Alexandre L’Heureux, CEO & Alain Michaud, CFO, WSP Global

Best IR by a senior management team (small to mid-cap)
• Jay Forbes, CEO & Frank Ruperto, CFO, Element Fleet Management

Best IR by a Canadian company in the US market
• Canadian Pacific Railway

Best in Sector

Consumer discretionary
• BRP

Consumer staples
• Loblaw Companies

Energy
• Cenovus Energy

Financials & real estate
• Sun Life Financial

Industrials
• WSP Global

Materials
• Agnico Eagle Mines
• Alamos Gold

Technology & communications
• TELUS

Utilities
• TransAlta Corporation

Awards by Nomination

Best crisis management
• Cineplex

Best ESG reporting (large cap)
• Agnico Eagle Mines

Best ESG reporting (mid-cap)
• TransAlta Corporation

Best ESG reporting (small cap)
• Aecon Group

Best innovation in shareholder communications
• TransAlta Corporation

Best investor event (large cap)
• WSP Global

Best investor event (mid-cap)
• Air Canada

Best investor event (small cap)
• Calian Group

Best IR during a corporate transaction
• Agnico Eagle Mines

Best IR website
• CN

Best use of technology & social media for IR
• CN

Rising star
• Tricon Residential

Lifetime achievement
• Brian Christie