2024 Winners

Meet the 2024 Grand Prize Winners

Congratulations to our three grand prize winners
who won a $30,000 grant for their local Habitat

An illustrated image of a house with various workers and volunteers outside smiling

Read the illustrated book for Kashvi's winning entry!

Hannah

Hannah

Grade 6
grand prize winner

Hannah is the Grade 6 grand prize winner, from Toronto, ON. Her grant will help build homes with Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area.

Read Hannah's winning poem, "My Home"

Kateryna

Kateryna

Grade 5
grand prize winner

Kateryna is the Grade 5 grand prize winner, from Hamilton, ON. Her grant goes to Habitat for Humanity Hamilton.

Read Katy's winning entry, "What does home mean to me?"

Kashvi

Kashvi

Grade 4 

grand prize winner

Kashvi is the Grade 4 grand prize winner, from Burlington, Ontario. Her grant goes to Habitat for Humanity Halton-Mississauga-Dufferin.

Read Kashvi's winning poem, "A Home Is Not A House"

2024 Runners Up

Congratulations to our nine runner-up winners
who won a $10,000 grant for their local Habitat

Emily

Emily

Grade 5

Sofia

Sofia

Grade 5

Xuyuan (Alec)

Xuyuan (Alec)

Grade 5

Isla

Isla

Grade 4

Karyssa

Karyssa

Grade 4

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As the founding sponsor of the Meaning of Home Contest, we continue to believe our children will help build a better future and promote a stronger understanding of affordable housing in their communities. We are honoured to be a part of this contest that reaches teachers, parents and students across the country and grateful that we get to read the heartwarming entries and select the winners.

Sagen

founding sponsor

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