2025 Visitor Survey Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions

1. Sweepstakes is open to people who are not Squamish residents (District of Squamish, Britannia Beach, Paradise Valley, Upper Squamish Valley/Ring Creek) and who are 19 or older. No purchase necessary. Skill-testing question required. The “Sweepstakes Period” starts at 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 11, 2025 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, October 2, 2025 Pacific Standard time.

2. To enter, complete the online 2025 Visitor Survey and complete the entry form.

3. A random draw from all eligible entries received by Politikos Research on behalf of Tourism Squamish will be made on October 9, 2025. Selected entrants will be contacted by telephone or email, as set out on their entry form.

4. If a selected entrant cannot be reached within one (1) day following the draw, declines the prize, or fails to return a release of liability as specified below, another eligible entrant will be selected.

5. Participants are eligible to win one (1) of 4 prizes having an approximate retail value of $2,500.00.

6. Prize(s) must be accepted as awarded and may not be transferred or exchanged. Tourism Squamish reserves the right to substitute a prize of greater or equal value in the event of the unavailability, for whatever reason, of the advertised prize(s).

7. To be declared a winner, selected entrants must first acknowledge receipt of the prize either by email or telephone within (1) day of being announced the winner and return a signed release of liability and acknowledgement form. Sweepstakes judges' rulings are final and without appeal in all matters related to the promotion and the awarding of prizes. Entrants cannot have won anything from Tourism Squamish in the past 90 days.

8. This sweepstakes is not open to employees of Tourism Squamish, its parent and affiliated companies, representatives, dealers and agents, sweepstakes suppliers and judges, and those with whom they are domiciled. This sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations.

9. No communications will be entered into except with selected entrants.

10. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period. All entries that are incomplete, illegible, damaged, irregular, have been submitted through illicit means, or do not conform to or satisfy any condition of the rules may be disqualified. Tourism Squamish takes no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, misdirected, late or destroyed entries, or for typographical or other production errors. Tourism Squamish is not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this sweepstakes.

11. Politikos Research and Tourism Squamish are collecting personal data about entrants for the purpose of administering this sweepstake. Please review the Politikos Research privacy policy at https://politikosresearch.ca/privacy and the Tourism Squamish Privacy Policy at https://www.exploresquamish.com/privacy-policy for information on their policies towards maintaining the privacy and security of user information.

12. By entering this sweepstakes, entrants consent to the use of their entry, name, city of residence and/or any photograph of or that may be taken in publicity carried out by Tourism Squamish, and/or its advertising agencies, without further notice or compensation.

13. By entering this sweepstakes, entrants release and hold harmless Tourism Squamish and its advertising and promotional agencies and the sweepstakes judge(s), their affiliates and respective directors, officers, owners, partners, employees, agents, dealers, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively the “Releasees”) from any liability in connection with this sweepstakes or, if declared a winner, the prize(s). Before being declared a winner, entrants may be required to sign and return, within a stipulated period of time, a Declaration of Compliance with the Sweepstakes Rules and a full Liability and Publicity Release. If the prize includes a trip, the winner’s guest(s) must also sign and return a Declaration and a Liability/Publicity Release prior to being ticketed or within such other period as Tourism Squamish may specify. Trip winner’s guest(s) cannot be changed after the Declaration and Release are received. By accepting a prize, all winners consent to the use of their name, place of residence, voice, statements, photographs or other likenesses for publicity, advertising or informational purposes in any medium or format without further compensation or notice.

14. This sweepstakes will be run in accordance with these rules, subject to amendment by Tourism Squamish. Contestants must comply with these rules, and will be deemed to have received and understood the rules by participating in the sweepstakes. The terms of this sweepstakes, as set out in these rules, are not subject to amendment or counter-offer, except as set out herein.

15. Tourism Squamish assumes no responsibility for failure of the internet, survey instrument or the website during the Sweepstakes Period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email 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 viewing, playing or downloading any material in the promotion. Tourism Squamish reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, suspend or otherwise modify this sweepstakes, cancel any method of entry or void any entries submitted fraudulently should unauthorized human intervention, or other causes corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper operation of this contest. In the event of cancellation, Tourism Squamish may elect to identify the winner and award the prizes by way of random drawing from among all non-suspect, eligible entries received up to the time of such cancellations. Any attempt to deliberately damage any web site or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, Tourism Squamish reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.

16. If the identity of an entrant is disputed, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant. The individual assigned to the e-mail address for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address is considered the authorized account holder. A selected entrant may be required to provide proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the selected entry. All entries must be submitted from a valid e-mail 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 sweepstakes will be the sweepstakes server machine(s).

17. This sweepstakes will close on at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, October 2, 2025. Winners will be announced on the Tourism Squamish website and via other social media outlets as determined by Tourism Squamish. The winner will be contacted by a Tourism Squamish representative and must follow the instructions to claim their prize within (1) day of receiving notification or the prize will be forfeited.