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Celebrating Rail Excellence—Canada’s First Rail Achievement Awards
Toronto – Thursday, November 13, 2025
We are honoured to announce the inaugural TRACCS Rail Achievement Awards, a milestone initiative that recognizes the individuals, teams, and organizations setting new benchmarks across the Canadian rail sector. With eleven prestigious categories, these Awards embody our commitment to driving standardization, training, assurance, and safety. By spotlighting the high achievers who excel in these domains, we reinforce our mission: to stabilize costs and ensure a qualified workforce capable of performing rail projects safely and efficiently.
Through celebrating excellence—whether among experienced individuals, seasoned leaders or exemplary companies—these Awards aim to inspire industry-wide adoption of best practices and consistent standards. They offer a platform for recognizing achievements that align with TRACCS’ core values and elevate the professionalism and safety of our rail workforce.
Winners, finalists, and sponsors will gather on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 12:00 pm in Toronto with well-respected industry leaders and dignitaries from government, the Ministry of Transportation and major Transit Agencies.
The ceremony will be held in the Churchill Ballroom at Chelsea Hotel, Toronto.
Space is limited—details on participation can be found on our website: www.traccs.ca/awards.
TRACCS members (and non-members, too!) are invited to submit nominations for all the industry leaders who embody the Transit Rail we aim to build. This is an opportunity to recognize talent, dedication, ingenuity, performance and leadership across our industry.
The eleven categories are:
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Outstanding Apprentice Award
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Best Graduate Award
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Safety Leadership Excellence Award
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Best Rail Innovation Award
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Best Safety on a Rail Project Award
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Best Canadian Transit Agency
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Project Achievement of the Year in Canadian Rail
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Outstanding Personal Railway Contribution
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Safety Achievement of the Year in Canadian Rail
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Great Company to Work for in Canadian Rail
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Environmental Excellence in Canadian Rail