Competition Winners – 2026 Canada: My Country – Individual Competition
Gold, Silver & Bronze Medal Winners
Merit Awards
Honourable Awards
Medal Winners
Gold Medal – Zhenhuan Zhou
Silver Medal – Jonathan Sau
Bronze Medal – Lesleyanne Ryan
Merit Awards
1st Merit Award – Atlantic – Rae McLeod’s image “Weathered by Every Tide”
2nd Merit Award – Atlantic – Lois McNiven’s image “The Sun’s Last Passage”
3rd Merit Award – Atlantic – Greg O’Leary-Hartwick’s image “A Dominating Presence”
1st Merit Award – Ontario – Harvey Ash’s image “Gillies & Poirier – Stars on Ice”
2nd Merit Award – Ontario – Zhenhuan Zhou’s image “Dreamy Paradise”
3rd Merit Award – Ontario – Jonathan Sau’s image “Drama in the October Sky”
1st Merit Award – Quebec – Helen Slaght’s image “Balade dans le vieux”
2nd Merit Award – Quebec – Edith Dupuis’ image “Le tournis Canadien”
3rd Merit Award – Quebec – Michel Brodeur’s image “Sous Autoroute”
1st Merit Award – Prairie – Lesleyanne Ryan’s image “Magestic Sunrise”
2nd Merit Award – Prairie – Marianna Armata’s image “The Rockies”
3rd Merit Award – Prairie – David Oman’s image “Diamond in the Rough”
1st Merit Award – Pacific – Terry Webb’s image “Canadian River Family”
2nd Merit Award – Pacific – Andrea Altherr’s image “Cold gets cozy”
3rd Merit Award – Pacific – Jeff Belza’s image “A Love for Wild”
Honourable Mention Awards
Honour Award – Andrea Altherr
Honour Award – David Oman
Honour Award – Harvey Ash
Honour Award – Michel Brodeur
Honour Award – Rae McLeod
Honour Award – Greg O’Leary-Hartwick
Honour Award – Jia Chen
Honour Award – Christy Grinton (Martin)
Honour Award – Chuck Fowler
Honour Award – Cathleen Mewis
Honour Award – Kathryn McGarvey
Honour Award – Bob Friesen
Honour Award – Helen Slaght
Honour Award – Lorna Scott
Honour Award – Marianna Armata
Honour Award – Natalya Gunde
Honour Award – Rene Bastien
Honour Award – Terry Webb
Following a period of 3 weeks after the competition’s closing date, you can access the final competition report by logging into the CAPA website and navigating to the ‘Competition Reports’ under the ‘Competitions’ dropdown menu.
