CONTEST RULES

Local Food Stories submission draw prize contest (“Contest”)

From 8:30 a.m. on June 24, 2026 EST to 11:59 p.m. on August 31, 2026 EST (“Contest Period”)

The Corporation of the City of Richmond Hill (“the Corporation”)

1. HOW TO ENTER

No purchase required. To enter the Contest, participants must complete the Local Food Stories Survey (“Survey”) available at RichmondHill.ca/LocalFood.

To be valid, your entry must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST on August 31, 2026 by completing the Survey.

Limit of one entry per person/business/organization. If you attempt or are suspected of attempting to enter more than once per the contest period or use robotic, automatic, programmed or any entry methods not authorized by these rules, it shall be deemed as tampering and will void your entry(ies).

2. ELIGIBILITY

The Contest is open to all residents of the City of Richmond Hill (“Richmond Hill”), and employees, members, and volunteers of Richmond Hill businesses and organizations, who are 18 years of age or older at the Contest opening date and who appropriately complete the Survey. Employees of the Corporation, as well as such employees’ immediate family (father/mother, brother/sister, son/daughter) or persons living under the same roof are not eligible to enter this Contest.

3. PROCEDURE FOR AWARDING PRIZES

On September 1, 2026, a random draw will be conducted by the Sustainability Section of the Corporation from among all eligible entries received during the Contest Period. The first (1st) randomly selected contestant to correctly answer the mandatory mathematical skill-testing question shall be declared the winner, subject to meeting all the conditions described in these rules.

The winner will be contacted by staff of the Corporation through phone number or email address they used to submit their entry during the week following the draw, and the prize will be provided to the winner by September 11, 2026. If a winner cannot be reached by this date, incorrectly answers the mathematical skill-testing question, or declines the prize, the prize shall be forfeited and the Corporation has the right, at its sole discretion, to select another winner.

4. DESCRIPTION OF PRIZE

There is one (1) prize available to be won.

The prize is:

One (1) local food gift basket consisting of food and beverage products made in Richmond Hill and gift card(s) for a Richmond Hill restaurant/bakery/café. The total approximate retail value of the prize is $150.

5. GENERAL RULES

5.1.

To be declared a winner, the selected contestant must first correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question.

5.2.

By entering the Contest you hereby (i) represent and warrant that you are eligible as stipulated in Section 2 of these rules; agree that your name may be used for advertising purposes related to this Contest free of charge; and releasing the Corporation as well as its respective directors, officers and employees (the “Contest Parties”) from all liability for any damage or loss arising from participation in this Contest or from the awarding, acceptance or use of the prize and waive any rights of compensations.

5.3.

The prize(s) shall be accepted as is and may not be exchanged or refunded for an amount of money, sold or transferred. No substitutions will be allowed. Any unused portion of a prize will be forfeited.

5.4.

If the prize cannot be awarded as described in these rules, the Corporation reserves the right to substitute a prize or prize component with another of comparable value, as determined in its sole discretion.

5.5.

Refusal to accept the prize releases the Contest Parties from any obligation toward the winner.

5.6.

If a contestant makes any false statement, (s)he will be automatically disqualified from the Contest.  The winner will have to validate their date of birth and mailing address prior to receiving the prize.

5.7.

The Contest Parties assume no liability for any loss, damage or injury, including without limitation: (i) lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, misdirected, late, destroyed, illegible or incomplete entries; (ii) loss, theft or damage to software or computer or telephone data, including any breach of privacy; (iii) fraudulent calls; (iv) inability of any person to participate in the Contest for any reason including mistaken addresses on mail or email; technical, computer or telephone malfunctions or other problems with computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, or software; congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination of the foregoing; (v) damage to any person’s computer, including as a result of playing or downloading any material relating to the Contest; (vi) any delay or inability to act resulting from any event or situation beyond their control whatsoever, including a public health or other emergency, or strike, lockout or other labour dispute at their location or the locations of the organizations and businesses whose services are used to administer this Contest; or (vii) prizes that are lost, damaged or misdirected during shipping.

5.8.

The Corporation reserves the right to cancel or suspend this Contest should a virus, bug or other cause beyond their reasonable control corrupt the security or proper administration of the Contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, the Corporation reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.

5.9.

All personal information, such as name and contact information, is collected by the Corporation solely for the purposes of administering this Contest and shall not be used for any other purpose without your express consent. By providing this information, you consent to it being used for the stated purposes. Please see the Corporation’s’ privacy policy at https://www.richmondhill.ca/en/our-services/privacystatement.aspx.

5.10.

All entries must be submitted from a valid email account that may be identified by reverse domain name search. The sole determinant of time for the purposes of receipt of a valid entry in this Contest will be the Contest server.

5.11.

Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries. All entries that are incomplete, illegible, damaged, irregular, have been submitted through illicit means, using any robotic, automatic programmed method that artificially increases the odds of winning or do not conform to or satisfy any condition of the rules may be disqualified by the Corporation. The Corporation is not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this Contest.

5.12.

The Corporation reserves the right to amend the Contest rules or to terminate the Contest at any time without any liability to any contestant. Any amendments to these Contest rules will be posted on RichmondHill.ca/LocalFood.

5.13.

By entering, you agree to abide by the Contest rules and the decisions of the City, whose decisions are final and binding on all contestants.