Best Addition/Change to City Life
1. Improved bike lanes
2. New Evergreen Line
3. New Mobi Bike Share
Honourable mention: "My baby bunny rabbit"
Best Bathroom in the City
1. Cactus Club Café
cactusclubcafe.com
2. Fairmont Hotels
fairmont.com/vancouver
3. Starbucks
starbucks.ca
Best Beach
1. Kitsilano
2. Wreck
3. Spanish Banks
Best Building
1. Marine Building
355 Burrard St.
2. Dominion Building
207 W. Hastings St.
3. Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
900 W. Georgia St.
Best Bus Route
1. 99, Commercial/Broadway/UNC
2. 3, Main/Downtown
3. 20, Victoria/Downtown
Best Charity
1. Food Bank of Greater Vancouver
foodbank.bc.ca
2. Union Gospel Mission
ugm.ca
3. Vancouver SPCA
spca.bc.ca
Best Green/Eco-friendly Company
T-1. MEC
130 W. Broadway
mec.ca/en/stores/vancouver
T-1. Mattress Recycling
11571 Twigg Pl., Richmond
mattressrecycling.ca
2. The Soap Dispensary
3718 Main St.
thesoapdispensary.com
3. Lush
Various locations
lush.ca
Best College/University
1. University of British Columbia
ubc.ca
2. Simon Fraser University
sfu.ca
3. Langara College
langara.ca
Best Community Centre
1. Roundhouse
181 Roundhouse Mews
2. Hillcrest
4575 Clancy Loranger Way
3. Trout Lake
3360 Victoria Dr.
Best Company to Work For
1. MEC
mec.ca
2. Vancity
vancity.com
T-3. Hootsuite
hootsuite.com
T-3. JQ Clothing
jqclothing.com
Best Day Trip From the City
1. Whistler
2. Squamish
3. Bowen Island
Best Free Public Event
1. Honda Celebration of Light
hondacelebrationoflight.com
2. Car Free Day
carfreevancouver.org
3. Pride Parade
vancouverpride.ca
Hidden Gem: Business
1. Attic Thrift Store
1019 Broughton St.
gordonhouse.org/the-attic-thrift-store/
2. JQ Clothing
2120 Commercial Dr.
jqclothing.com
3. Strategies Games
3878 Main St.
strategiesgames.ca
Hidden Gem: Place
1. Crab Park
2. Pacific Spirit Park
3. Wreck Beach
Best High School
1. Vancouver Technical Secondary School
2600 E. Broadway
vantech.vsb.bc.ca
2. Lord Byng Secondary School
3939 W. 16th Ave.
byng.vsb.bc.ca
T-3. Pattison High School
981 Nelson St.
pattisonhighschool.ca
T-3. Kitsilano Secondary School
2706 Trafalgar St.
kitsilano.vsb.bc.ca
T-3. Eric Hamber Secondary School
5025 Willow St.
hamber.vsb.bc.ca
Best Hotel
1. Fairmont Pacific Rim
1038 Canada Place
fairmont.com/pacific-rim-vancouver/
2. Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
900 W. Georgia St.
fairmont.com/hotel-vancouver/
3. Rosewood Hotel Georgia
801 W. Georgia St.
rosewoodhotels.com/en/hotel-georgia-vancouver
Best Local Ski Mountain
1. Cypress
cypressmountain.com
2. Grouse
grousemountain.com
3. Seymour
mountseymour.com
Best Neighbourhood to Hang Out In
1. Main Street/Mount Pleasant
2. Commercial Drive
3. English Bay/West End
Biggest Local News Story of 2016
1. Donald Trump/US election
2. Real estate/15% foreign buyers’ tax
3. "Snowpocalypse"
Best Park
1. Stanley Park
2. Queen Elizabeth Park
3. Dude Chilling Park
Best Place to Go on a First Date
1. Granville Island
2. Stanley Park seawall
3. English Bay
Best Place to Hike
1. Grouse Grind
2. Anywhere on the North Shore
3. The Chief
Best Place to Watch the Sunset
1. English Bay
2. Jericho Beach
T-3. Sunset Beach
T-3. Third Beach
Best Public Pool
1. Kits Pool
2. Hillcrest
3. 2nd Beach
Best Public Gathering Place
1. Art Gallery Steps/Robson Square
2. Jack Poole Plaza/Vancouver Convention Centre
3. Canada Place
Best Skate Park
1. Hastings Skate Park
175 Renfrew St.
vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/hastings-skateboard-park
2. Plaza Skate Park (under Georgia Viaduct)
vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/downtown-skateboard-plaza
3. Leeside Tunnel (under Cassiar Street Connector)
vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/leeside-tunnel-skateboard-park.aspx
Best SkyTrain Station
1. Waterfront
2. Broadway-City Hall
3. Commercial-Broadway
Best Parade
1. Pride
2. Santa Claus Parade
T-3. Parade of Lost Souls
T-3. Chinese New Year
Best Street/Viewpoint to Instagram
1. Cambie Street Bridge looking north
2. Gastown/Water Street
3. Granville Street
Best Tourist Attraction
1. Stanley Park
2. Granville Island
3. Grouse Mountain
Best Unique/Quirky Business
1. Storm Crow Alehouse
1619 W. Broadway
2. Regional Assembly of Text
3934 Main St.
T-3. Welks
3511 Main St.
T-3. Catfé
2035-88 W. Pender St.
Best Weekend Escape
1. Whistler
2. Tofino
3. Victoria
Vancouver’s Coolest Company/Brand
1. Lululemon
lululemon.com
2. Herschel Supply
herschelsupply.com
3. Hootsuite
hootsuite.com
