The Award of Merit was created in 1979 and there have been 353 recipients to date.
| 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
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| 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 |
2012 Awards of Merit Winners
Dr. Brahim Benmokrane
Mr. Michael Birks
Mr. Andrei Blahoianu
Mr. William Carson
Mr. Pierre Desilets
Mr. Gerry Granek
Mr. Gary Hamer
Mr. Roy Hughes
Mr. Dan Murray
Dr. A. Ghani Razaqpur
Mr. Peter Rogers
Ms. Linda Sagmeister
2011 Awards of Merit Winners
Mr. Richard Barnes
Mr. John Baron
Dr. Alfred Brunger
Dr. Eva Dickson
Mr. Eric Jones
Dr. Michael Noble
Mr. Tom Pesta
Mr. Brian Rolfe
Ms. Judy Ryan
Mr. Anthony Scarano
Mr. Ted Simmons
Dr. Michael Thomas
2010 Awards of Merit Winners
Mr. Neil Cumming, FACI, P. Eng.
Ms. Katherine Delves, P. Eng.
Dr. Peter Duinker
Dr. Simon Foo
John P. S. Froats, P. Eng.
Mr. W. (Bill) Hutton
Mr. Carey LaRose
Mr. George Lobay, B.Sc.E.E., P.Eng.
Dr. Robert (Bob) Loov, P. Eng., FCSCE, FEIC, FCPCI
Earle C. Morton, P. Eng.
Mr. Ted Pelling, P. Eng.
Dianne Trudeau, RN
2009 Awards of Merit Winners
Tom Akerstream
Ain Allas
Irvin Benovich
Dr. Gina Cody
Stephen W. Douglas
David Geddes
Dave Graham
Jane Larkworthy
Peter Lindsay
Bruce McWhirter
Per E. Paasche
2008 Awards of Merit Winners
Dr. Tarek Aziz
Douglas Cane
Frank Chan
Dr. Betty Crown
Jean-Robert Dufour
Benoît Fournier
Dr. Magdi Ishac
Mustafa Jaffer
Norman Kummerlen
Ken Sharp
Dr. V.S. Umamaheswaran
Dr. Carl Wilson
David Yarwood
2007 Awards of Merit Winners
Mac Braid
Bob Bryant
Shami Dua
Robert Frederking
Randy Gaw
Kevin Goerz
John Hull
Joshy Kallungal
Lisa Kozma
Pierre Landry
François Lemaire
Conroy Lum
Mike Smith
Ed Tymofichuk
2006 Awards of Merit Winners
Luc Boutin
Ronald Burpee
Bruce Fowlie
Ronald Lai
Steven Lee
John Marshall
Norma McCormick
William A. McCrum
Richard McGrath
Tomislav Mehes
Shawn Paulsen
Christine Simpson
Dr. Trevor Smith
2005 Awards of Merit Winners
Mike Chell
Stephen Duffy
Dennis A. Durrant
Rodney Karen
Alain LaBonté
Colleen Landers
Julie Roy
Rudy Rybansky
Jacques H. Schingh
Alice Sturgeon
Nick Surtees
Nicholas van den Brekel
2004 Awards of Merit Winners
Gerry L. Cornish
Elias Ghannoum
Susan Hadfield
Susana Katz
Dr. Ken T. Lau
René Leduc
Keith Powell
Jean-Louis Robert
Ruth Robinson
Dr. Doug Scarth
Dr. Ralph E. Southward
Susan Springthorpe
Gary R. Sturgeon
2003 Awards of Merit Winners
Jake Abes
Marcel Chabot
John K. Chan
Dr. Paul J. Dubord
James Dunsmuir
Gus Goba
Richard Grant
Arvin Hille
Michael J. Hopkins
Linda Jakeman
Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb
David Lucas
Tom McCavour
E.H. (Erni) Wiebe
Paul Young
2002 Awards of Merit Winners
W. Baigent
C. Bédard
W. Brunt
W. Buckson
D. Dueck
R. Edwards
P. Falta
Dr. D. Jones
D. Kent
O. Knezevic
Dr. D. Mitchell
A.J. Nathanielsz
G. Parker
J. Roberts
B. Rothwell
R. Stevenson
2001 Awards of Merit Winners
G. Beer
J. Bertin-Mahieux
W. Bryans
B. Cavens
R. Chu
M. Gilmor
J. Hopkinson
A. Knapp
S. Lafferty
G. Lever
M. Lortie
N. Mailvaganam
G. Mansour
K. Rodel
C. Rogers
J. Whitby
T. Wildi
2000 Awards of Merit Winners
R. Billing
G.D. Bonner
T. DeLong
Dr. P. E. Grattan-Bellew
R. Guinn
J. Justice
P. Labadie
W. Langley
D. G. Marshall
L. Marwah
C. Mondello
G. Potter
C. Sherry
T. Slimmon
T. Van Volsen
V. Whelan
1999 Awards of Merit Winners
J. Arteau
P. Ford
E. B. Heathcote
H. Hirschler
E. Johnston
J. Jones
B. Lagueux
C. Latter
R. T. Marshall
J. Marshall
J. Pedder
D. H. Reimer
S. Remedios
D. White
1998 Awards of Merit Winners
R. Abel
R. M. Bartholomew
L. Brautigam
Y. Brisette
W. Burr
P. F. Caillibot
L. Chanasyk
A.J. Flood
T. Kelsall
R. Nelson
G. Raymond
D. E. H. Reynolds
1997 Awards of Merit Winners
B. Catley
F. Hastie
D. Henriques
D. Hooton
T. D. Kiang
M. Liberatore
A. McCulloch
K. McLennan
A. Milne
V. Mulhall
P. Neufeld
S. Perrin
H. Vokey
M. Wojcik