The Call for Small submission period begins at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”) on October 1, 2025 and ends at 11:59 p.m. EDT on October 31, 2025 (the “Submission Period”).
Moneris Call for Small program is open to Canadian small businesses that are currently operational, legally registered, and have been in operation for at least one (1) year.
Entrants must be residents of Canada and have reached the age of majority according to the laws of the Province where they reside. Additionally, entrants must be either:
The Moneris Call for Small Program excludes submissions from:
Upon request by Moneris, each entrant must provide proof of their identity and qualification as an eligible entrant. Submissions may be disqualified where such proof is not provided upon request.
No purchase necessary. Entrants must apply in either of the following ways:
No other form of submission is accepted. Only one entry per eligible entrant will be accepted for the duration of the contest.
Only one (1) entrant, as determined by the judging panel, will be selected to receive a prize valued at $10,000 CAD.
One (1) winner will be selected based on the following judging criteria:
The winner will be selected by the judging panel, consisting of Moneris representatives at approximately 12:00 p.m. EDT on or about November 30, 2025.
Moneris will attempt to contact the winner through the social media platform through which Moneris received their submission, or using the email they provided if they submitted their entry from the Call for Small webpage. To be confirmed as a winner, the selected winner must:
Moneris may determine the selected winner to be ineligible and, therefore, disqualified for reasons including, but not limited to, failure to comply with the Contest Rules, failure to be contacted or failure to respond to contact attempts within the designated timeframe. In addition, if it is determined that an entrant/selected winner has a conflict of interest with Moneris, they will be deemed ineligible for participation and disqualified.
If a selected winner is deemed ineligible, Moneris reserves the right to award the Prize to the entrant whose submission was awarded the next highest score in accordance with the judging criteria in their sole discretion. Moneris may, at its sole discretion, profile the confirmed winner and their submissions in print, digital, electronic, mobile and social media formats of Moneris. The selected winner hereby consents to the profiling and publication of their submissions in accordance with these guidelines, and will use reasonable efforts to cooperate in the preparation of such profiles and publicity by Moneris.
Moneris agrees not to disclose any proprietary or confidential business information contained in the entry to a third party without the Entrant's consent, except where required by law or as reasonably necessary for the purposes of administering the Contest, including judging or prize fulfillment.
By submitting a submission, entrants acknowledge and agree that Moneris is under no obligation to delete, destroy, or return any submission or any portion thereof, even if requested by the entrant.
Moneris may retain submissions for record-keeping, audit, or legal compliance purposes.
Moneris assumes no responsibility for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or submission to be received by Moneris on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from this submission. Moneris reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, cancel or suspend the Call for Small Program should a virus, bug or other cause beyond the reasonable control of Moneris, corrupt the security or proper administration of the contest or for any other reason.
Submissions are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, mechanically reproduced, falsified, altered, tampered with or unlawful in any way. Submissions submitted by unauthorized means or by spamming will be disqualified. In the event that it has been determined that a submission has been made in a manner not sanctioned by these rules and/or an entrant has submitted more than the number of entries permitted by these rules, the entrant and all of his/her entries will be disqualified. Entrants agree to abide by the submission guidelines and the decisions of the judges, which are final. This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations.
You hereby warrant that your submission is wholly original and that you are the copyright owner of the submission. You warrant that your submission does not infringe or violate any intellectual property rights, including copyrights and trademarks, proprietary rights, privacy or publicity rights, or any other rights of any kind whatsoever, including any federal, provincial or municipal laws. You further warrant that your submission has not been created using any pirated or unlicensed content, or other materials that include copyrighted or trademarked material.
Moneris reserves the right to conduct a background check on the potential winner and reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entrant based on such background check if, in its sole discretion, it determines that awarding the prize to such potential winner might reflect negatively on the image or reputation of Moneris.
By participating in the Call for Small Program, you hereby waive and release Moneris and each of its respective affiliates, officers, directors, agents, representatives, successors and assigns from any and all liability, claims, losses or damages, whether direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive, and regardless of whether the claim or action is based in contract, tort (including negligence), or any other legal or equitable grounds, that may arise in connection with the Program, your submission, and/or the use/misuse of all or any portion of the prize.
Winners of the Prize are solely responsible for all federal, provincial, and local taxes, if any, that may be incurred by accepting the Prize.
This Moneris Call for Small Program shall be governed by and interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, and is void in all geographic locations where prohibited by law. All entrants hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts located in Toronto, Ontario, in any action to enforce (or otherwise relating to) these Program Terms and Conditions or otherwise relating to the Program.
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