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Once again, the Ad Club hosted its annual Out Of Home (OOH) Day; this year's event attracted over 550 people from agencies, brands, and vendors from across Canada for a day of presentations, discussions, and the Showdown, awarding organizations for their best OOH campaigns.

Entries from various sectors participated in this year's Showdown, and the judging panel evaluated each submission.

Ad Club OOH Day 2025
The judging was conducted by a panel including:
  • Tonia Au, Director of Media & PR, AV Communications
  • Nitin Bagga, Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Operations Office, Barrett & Walsh
  • Michele Beaulieu, Director of Media, Subway Canada  
  • Rick Brown, Creative Director, VML  & Creative Chair, AdClub of Toronto  
  • Jill McDonald, President, M&K Media
  • Chris Seguin, Creative Director + CW at Large

Here are the 2025 Ad Club OOH Day Showdown winners:

This year, the awards program received over 100 entries from across the country and concluded with an unexpected twist.  

CAMPUS - WINNER

Google - Pixel 9

WPP MEDIA, ESSENCEMEDIACOM & UB MEDIA

WINNERS Out of Home Day 2025 - Campus (Ad Club OOH Day)

RESTOBAR - WINNER

CBC - Small Achievable Goals

INITIATIVE MEDIA & UB MEDIA

WINNERS Out of Home Day 2025 - Resto-Bar (Ad Club OOH Day)

ELEVATOR - WINNER

Diageo - Captain Morgan

TOUCHÉ, TALON OOH CANADA & UB MEDIA

WINNERS Out of Home Day 2025 - Elevator (Ad Club OOH Day)

VIDEO 15s+ - WINNER

Drake - Iceman Livestream

2SCOOPS MEDIA & BRANDED CITIES

WINNERS Out of Home Day 2025 - VIDEO (Ad Club OOH Day)

STREET LEVEL / TRANSIT SHELTER - WINNER

Tourism New Brunswick - Explore NB

TIME & SPACE MEDIA & Quebecor Out-of-Home

WINNERS Out of Home Day 2025 - StreetLevel-Transit Shelter (Ad Club OOH Day)

TRANSPORTATION - WINNER

Jolly Rancher Gummies - Unhinged

UM & PATTISON Outdoor

WINNERS Out of Home Day 2025 - Transportation (Ad Club OOH Day)

TRANSIT STATIONS+ - WINNER

LEGO - LEGO x F1

PUBLICIS ONE & BRANDED CITIES, CREATIVE AGENCY: MARKS

WINNERS Out of Home Day 2025 - Transit Stations+ (Ad Club OOH Day)

ACTIVATIONS - WINNER

Woodbine Entertainment Group - King’s Plate 2025

CLIENT DIRECT & BRANDED CITIES

WOODBINE - KING’S PLATE 2025 (Ad Club OOH Day)

LARGE FORMAT STATIC BILLBOARD - WINNER

Rona - Rona - COOP - SICO

COSSETTE MEDIA, billups & VARIOUS VENDORS

WINNERS Out of Home Day 2025 - Static Billboard (Ad Club OOH Day)

LARGE FORMAT DIGITAL BILLBOARD (NON-3D) - WINNER

IKEA - Actually, It’s IKEA

CARAT, billups & BRANDED CITIES

WINNERS Out of Home Day 2025 - Large Format Digital Billboard Non-3D (1)(Ad Club OOH Day)

LARGE FORMAT DIGITAL BILLBOARD 3D/FORCED PERSPECTIVE/ANAMORPHIC - WINNER

Calgary Stampede - 2025 Calgary Stampede

VOVIA (MEDIA), C & B ADVERTISING (CREATIVE), & PATTISON Outdoor

WINNERS Out of Home Day 2025 - Large Format Digital Billboard 3D (Ad Club OOH Day)

MULTI-FORMAT - WINNER

Molson - Heineken F1

billups & ASTRAL

WINNERS Out of Home Day 2025 - Multi Format (1) (Ad Club OOH Day)

BEST IN SHOW

(For 2025 there was a tie)

WINNER 1. WOODBINE - KING’S PLATE 2025

WOODBINE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP  &  BRANDED CITIES

WOODBINE - KING’S PLATE 2025

WINNER 2. MOLSON COORS - HEINEKEN F1

billups & ASTRAL

MOLSON COORS - HEINEKEN F1

The event was organized by the Ad Club OOH Committee, which includes the following members:

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Dave Forde

Dave “The Connector” Forde is a 20-year veteran of the Canadian marketing, PR, and tech industries. He is the founder of The Connected One network, including industry news sites Canadian Ad Insider and PR In Canada, and serves as a strategic business advisor. Connect with him on LinkedIn and X.


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