Place de Arts du Grand Sudbury receives the 2026 Community Builders Award for the Arts

Greater Sudbury, November 5, 2026 – Place des Arts du Grand Sudbury (PdA) is the recipient of the 2026 Community Builders Award for the Arts. This distinction, presented today by Sudbury.com and United Steelworkers Local 6500, “recognizes an individual or group that has significantly strengthened the artistic community. Their work has amplified the arts and contributed to the community’s growth and vitality”. 

The award was presented to PdA during a ceremony held at noon today at the Caruso Club.

Denis J. Bertrand, Co-Executive Director of Place des Arts, accepted the honour on behalf of the organization.

“Place des Arts welcomes approximately 40,000 to 50,000 visitors annually. It contributes to the revitalization of downtown and generates $15 million in annual economic impact,” he said. “We have projects in the works, in collaboration with partners, that will allow us to increase our contribution to the artistic and economic development of Greater Sudbury. This Community Builders Award is another string to our bow that will help us achieve our goals.”

Place des Arts is the brainchild of seven local Francophone arts organizations, including the Carrefour francophone de Sudbury, Centre franco-ontarien de folklore, Concerts La Nuit sur l’étang, Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario, Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Éditions Prise de parole, and Salon du livre du Grand Sudbury. These organizations spent fourteen
years designing a venue for arts and events equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment.

PdA will celebrate the fifth anniversary of its official opening in April 2027.

Information:
Denis J. Bertrand
Co-Executive Director
Place des Arts du Grand Sudbury
705 507 8472
dbertrand@maplacedesarts.ca