Congratulations to the 2026 CSA nominees proudly sponsored by Ontario Creates
Film Nominees
Honey Bunch
Sk+te'kmujue'katik (At the Place of Ghosts)
Out Standing
Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie
Nika and Madison
Modern Whore
Mile End Kicks
Deathstalker
MEASURES FOR A FUNERAL
IT'S ALL GONNA BREAK
THE WELL
40 Acres
TV / Digital Nominees
SETTLE DOWN
Get Hooked
Cows come home
Play it Loud! How Toronto Got Soul
You're my hero
Go Togo
Digital Tsunami
The Loneliest Race
The Pitch
ghosting with luke hutchie and matthew finlan
Exclusion: Beyond the Silence
Blue Rodeo Lost Together
Dying Seconds
2026 Trillium Book Award Finalists
Ontario Creates is proud to announce the 2026 Trillium Book Award Finalists, the province’s most prestigious literary prize for English and French-language Ontario authors. The Trillium Book Awards/Prix Trillium spotlight local authors and publishers; encouraging Canadians to enjoy homegrown stories and support the provincial economy.
Now in its 39th year, the Trillium Book Award has a proud tradition of recognizing excellence in writing.
Congratulations to all the authors and their publishers on their nominations!
Trillium Book Award
- Julie Chan is Dead, Liann Zhang (Simon & Schuster Canada)
- Suddenly Light, Nina Dunic (Invisible Publishing)
- We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada's Troubled Hockey Culture, Rick Westhead (Random House Canada / Penguin Random House Canada)
- We, The Kindling, Otoniya J. Okot Bitek (Alchemy by Knopf Canada / Penguin Random House Canada)
- You Will Not Kill Our Imagination, Saeed Teebi (Simon & Schuster Canada)
Trillium Book Award for Poetry
- Revolutions, Hajer Mirwali (Talonbooks)
- Shadow Price, Farah Ghafoor (House of Anansi Press)
- The World After Rain, Canisia Lubrin (McClelland & Stewart / Penguin Random House Canada)
Prix Trillium
- Des silences et des murmures, Maeva Guedjeu (Éditions L'Interligne)
- Maman bleue, Sarah Migneron (Prise de parole)
- Mes morts jeune, Sylvie Bérard (Prise de parole)
- L’équation avant la nuit, Blaise Ndala (Mémoire d'encrier)
- Les visages de Rembrandt, Alain Bernard Marchand (Les éditions du passage)
Prix de poésie Trillium
- En terrain miné, Véronique Sylvain (Prise de parole)
- Haus, Lisa L'Heureux (Prise de parole)
- L’épingle filante, Noémie Roy (Les Herbes rouges)
Learn more about the 2026 Trillium Book Award finalists here.
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2026 AWARD NOMINEE
MICO
"It means a lot to be put alongside a lot of artists that have genuinely shaped music." - MICO
2026 AWARD NOMINEE
The OBGMs
"We spent a lot of time wanting to be included in the industry, but not necessarily knowing how to go about that. And, to have this album recognized at the JUNOs, it is one of the greatest honours that I know, I personally have felt in music." - The OBGMs
2026 AWARD NOMINEE
Sacha
"I feel like music and art is a form of love, and I hope that people feel that way when they hear me sing." - Sacha
2026 AWARD NOMINEE
Sister Ray
"And I like hearing the imperfections. It reminds me that I was actually present in that moment." - Sister Ray
2026 WALT GREALIS SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT
Sandy Pandya
"I think whenever you do anything from a place of love, it will always be fruitful." - Sandy Pandya
2025 AWARD NOMINEE
DijahSB
"Whatever you're trying to pursue is a process, similar to a flower's process (...), it's not going to look the best all the time. But eventually if you keep watering and maintaining as best you can, you'll see yourself bloom." - DijahSB
2025 AWARD NOMINEE
Aaron Paris
"There's a lot of talented producers [in Toronto]. I don't know if it's the snow or something that makes us hibernate and just make like the craziest music." - Aaron Paris
2025 AWARD NOMINEE
Abigail Lapell
"Growing up there was a lot of music around. My mother was a pianist and my brother had different instruments lying around the house. I remember finding a guitar that was held together with duct tape and figuring out how to play on that." - Abigail Lapell
2025 AWARD NOMINEE
AR Paisley
"I think we have a specific sound (...) if they're from Ontario you can hear it. I think there's something special out here, there's something in the water for sure." - AR Paisley
FOLLOW
2025 AWARD NOMINEE
Owen Riegling
“Growing up in small-town Ontario, it is basically the lifeblood of all my music. That’s all I really know, so that’s all I write about, growing up in Mildmay and all the surrounding towns.” - Owen Riegling
2024 AWARD NOMINEE
Softcult
"For us, it's very validating to be nominated. We write and record everything ourselves, we film all our own music videos - so everything we do is very DIY - and to be recognized by the JUNOS, it just feels like we're being seen and appreciated.
- Softcult
2024 AWARD NOMINEE
Luna Elle
"Music helps me get through everything. I honestly don't know what I would do without music. I feel like life would be so bland." - Luna Elle
2024 AWARD NOMINEE
Logan Staats
"There was one place that I knew that I belonged – and it was inside of a song."
- Logan Staats
2024 AWARD NOMINEE
Good Kid
"Ontario definitely influences our music, partly because a lot of the bands that influence our band are from here, and we get to meet them, play with them, hang out." - Good Kid
2024 AWARD NOMINEE
Nonso Amadi
"This is my first nomination ever for a JUNO, so it means a lot to be here. It is such a symbolic award for Canada and Canadian artists." - Nonso Amadi
Ontario music
New releases
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Shooting in Ontario
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Games from Ontario
Play the north
We are many things. We are makers - we are players. We are urban - we are rural. We are vibrant - we are chill. We are diverse - we are reliable. We are Loonies - we are Toonies. We are snowy - we are sunny. We are funny - we are scary. We are irreverent - we are serious. We are cities - we are nature, from Toronto and Ottawa to London, Sudbury and everywhere in between.
WE ARE ONTARIO. The largest province in Canada with the most game studios in the country. We've been making games forever at indie and AAA studios alike. Hundreds of world-class game companies call Ontario home, creating games played and loved around the world.
This is a collection of games from our best and brightest, both released and coming soon. We are very pleased to meet you. We are Ontario. And we invite you to...
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