Riverside Local Love invites everyone to shop, dine and use local services and submit their proof of payment or leave a Google Review to enter our raffle for fabulous local prizes. But WAIT…it’s not just raffle prizes, there’s so much more (read on below)!!!
It’s ON October 6th to November 6th, 2025!
Riverside Local Love – Contest Rules & Raffle Information
1) Must be 19+ in age to enter.
2) You can enter our raffle once a day by submitting a new Receipt or unique Review for a business located within the Riverside BIA – see map ABOVE.
3) a) If submitting a receipt: Purchase must be made from a business located within the Riverside BIA during the week of submission (for Weekly Raffles) or during the contest period (for Grand Prize Raffle) – see directory here
4) Minimum spend of $10 required to enter the raffle, b) If submitting a Google review: it must be viewable publicly with name of business clearly shown in screenshoot and within the Riverside BIA boundaries, per map above.
5) Weekly Raffles will be drawn from weekly entries and announced on: Oct 13, 20, 27, and Nov 3
6) Grand Prize Raffles will be drawn from ALL entries and announced on: Nov 7
7) Weekly Prizes will include = $250 gift card to a local independent business of choice from our list, for 3 lucky winners per week. Winners will be asked to provide their top three choices from our list and Riverside BIA will select and procure one gift card from one of these top three in order to help distribute support equitably among local businesses.
8) Grand Prizes = A $500 gift card for two (2) lucky winners to a local independent business of choice from our list.
9) Winners will be contacted by email to inform them of their prize. If no response is received within 3 days, then the prize is forfeited and will be redrawn or used for another prize.
10) Weekly Raffle and Grand Prize winners will be contacted and asked to choose their gift card from among a list of approved local independent businesses which will be provided by the Riverside BIA at the time of contact.
11) Winners must be available to book a date and time within one week of prize announcement to meet with Riverside BIA staff to claim their prize, take a photo in front of the business and agree to have their photo shared on social media. No personal information will be shared, only first name. We respect the privacy of the participants and will not disclose last names, email addresses, phone numbers, etc.
12) The Riverside BIA is NOT responsible for lost or stolen prizes after delivery to the winner.
13) Winner’s will NOT hold the Riverside BIA liable for any loss, damage, or injury endured or suffered using the raffle prizes provided by the Riverside BIA.
14) Chances of winning depend on the number of entries. Only one winning prize per participant or name.
15) We can only award prizes to winners who live in Ontario, Canada and who are able to come in person to claim the prize per above noted timeline.
Thank you to the City of Toronto and Government of Canada’s Transit Construction Mitigation Fund for support of Riverside Local Love as part of the ‘Riverside Ramps It Up’ project.