This week, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) announced the launch of its Canadian Realtors Care Award 2025. The award recognizes the long-lasting impact of realtors nationwide who dedicate their time and efforts to charities and causes important to them.

Nominations are now open to recognize a realtor who has played a vital role in lifting their communities. The recipient of this year’s award will be announced at CREA’s Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

10th anniversary of the award

To celebrate the award’s 10th anniversary, the recipient will receive a $10,000 contribution to their charity of choice in their honour.

Latest recipient and past nominees

Since 2016, 10 realtors from five provinces have received the award, including 2024’s recipient, Kelly Byers of Woodstock, Ontario.

“It feels awesome to know that we are able to do so much for our community and for those who are struggling,” says Byers. “And it’s pretty cool to see how many realtors step up year after year.”

The award has also helped highlight the many stories of realtors across Canada who give back through their own charitable endeavors. Past nominees include Crystal Hung of Vancouver and Chris Dunlop of Toronto.

Nominations for the Canadian Realtors Care Award 2025 are open until Sunday, December 1, 2024. Learn more and nominate a realtor here.

Rate-My-Agent.com published its Top 100 Giving Agents for the first time in 2022. Recently, it did the same for 2023.

The list celebrates real estate agents who have made an impact on their communities through charitable giving. With the list, agents can highlight the causes they support and help consumers find agents who align with their values. 

“The Top Giving Agent Ranking is a natural extension of that commitment and a testament to the fact that we can do more good when we work together,” says  AJ van Creveld, operations manager at Rate-My-Agent.com.

Top Giving Agent rankings go through the company’s triple-verification of reviews and are based on agents’ 2023 donations of at least $1,000 to registered charities, which the company verifies to ensure ranking accuracy and integrity.

$349,955 given in 2023

A total of $349,955 was given last year. These are the top 10 Giving Agents according to the ranking:

1. Jon Lumer
2. Jim Gordon
3. Tammy Evans
4. Susan Toledo
5. Anita Sharma Turner
6. Linda Van Den Broek
7. Krishna Bhure
8. Amber Van Den Broek
9. Rick the Realtor
10. Louis-Philippe Pidgeon

“Many of the top-rated agents on Rate-My-Agent.com are not only dedicated to providing excellent service to their clients, but they also have a strong commitment to giving back to their communities,” notes van Creveld. “It gives us great pleasure to see how much good we can do together.”

Rate-My-Agent.com donates half of its profits to worthy causes, particularly those working to prevent and end youth homelessness and its intersecting social issues.

Check out the full top giving agents in Canada list.