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The BDC Young Entrepreneur Award is Canada's longest-running national award for young business owners, offering a $100,000 grand prize to an outstanding entrepreneur aged 18–35 who has demonstrated exceptional business achievement, innovation, and community impact. Running since 1988, the award is administered by BDC and judged by a combination of regional selection committees and a national panel, with finalists also subject to a public vote. The selection process runs from mid-winter through mid-summer annually. The dedicated award website (bdcyoungentrepreneuraward.ca) has been intermittently inactive — monitor BDC's newsroom (bdc.ca/en/about/mediaroom) and social channels for the current-year intake announcement.
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