For the 2025 edition of the Heritage Toronto Awards, a total of six winners were named from 60 nominees in three categories: Book, Public History, and Built Heritage.

Five of the categories were independently judged by a jury of experts, with the sixth category, the People’s Choice Award, chosen by Heritage Toronto donors and Awards ticket holders.

The 2025 Special Achievement Award was presented to architect and advocate, Michael McClelland.

Michael McClelland at ERA Town Hall, 2024. Image courtesy of ERA Architects.
Presented for the first time since 2019 by the Heritage Toronto Board of Directors, the Special Achievement Award celebrates contributions by individuals or organizations to Toronto’s heritage.