CSLA Announces the Recipients of the 2026 Awards of Excellence
Landscape Carbon Benchmarking Study (City of Toronto) by DTAH is Awarded the Jury's Award of Excellence
OTTAWA - May 2026 - Today, the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) announced the recipients of the 2026 Awards of Excellence. This year, 12 projects received a national award. Landscape Carbon Benchmarking Study (City of Toronto) by DTAH is Awarded the Jury's Award of Excellence.
These award-winning projects are preeminent examples of Canadian landscape architecture. They illustrate the range of what landscape architects do and how landscape architects are helping to reshape our communities by defining the places where we live, work, and play.
Winners were selected by a national jury of landscape architects. They were Carol Craig (Chair), Marie-Claude Quessy, Travis Martin, Doug Fountain, Wanda Dalla Costa (external juror), and Lea Papillon, recipient of the 2025 Frederick Gage Todd National Scholarship. A total of 54 submissions were received.
Criteria applied by the jurors included:
- demonstration of a deep understanding of the craft of landscape architecture and attention to composition and detail,
- demonstration of excellence in leadership, project management, breadth of work, new directions, or new technology,
- innovation in concept, process, materials, or implementation,
- promotion of the discipline amongst related professions, clients, and the general public,
- demonstration of exemplary environmental and/or social awareness.
National Awards are for work that demonstrate excellence against all judging criteria. These projects are nominated for the Jury's Award of Excellence, which is given to the project that best demonstrates the CSLA's vision (advancing the art, science, and practice of landscape architecture).
The Awards of Excellence Ceremony will take place during the 2026 CSLA-APALA Congress in Halifax from June 4-6, 2026.
The recipient of the 2026 Jury's Award of Excellence and a National Award is:
Landscape Carbon Benchmarking Study (City of Toronto)
DTAH
Lead landscape architect(s): Colin Berman OALA, CSLA
Category: Research
The 2026 National Award Recipients are:
 | Wheaton Walk Through Time (Vancouver, BC)PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc. Category: Communication | |
 | Playfield and Grande Poudrière Pond Redevelopment, Parc Jean-Drapeau (Montréal, QC)NIPPAYSAGE Category: Large-Scale Public Landscapes | |
 | DeHart Community Park (Kelowna, BC)BENCH Site Design Inc. Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes | |
 | Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in collaboration with Musqueam First Nation (Vancouver, BC)Hapa Collaborative Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes | |
 | Zibi - Tesasini Flood Park (Gatineau, QC)CSW Landscape Architects Limited Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes | |
 | Espace citoyen des Confluents (Laval, QC)Projet Paysage Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes | |
 | Imagine West End Waterfront Vision Plan (Vancouver, BC)PFS Studio & Snohetta Category: Planning and Analysis | |
 | Anwebiiwining (Thunder Bay, ON)Architecture49 Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes | |
 | Place Banque Nationale - Parc Michel-Bélanger (Montréal, QC)CCxA Architectes paysagistes Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes | |
 | Leslie Lookout Park (Toronto, ON)CCxA Architectes paysagistes and gh3* Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes | |
 | CASA Paradise Courtyard (Toronto, ON)PUBLIC WORK Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes OR Residential Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect |