Contest rules

By entering the contest, you agree to these rules.

Submission period

The Contest begins at November 20, 2025 at 10 a.m. CST and runs through December 5 at 11:59 p.m. CST (“Submission Period”).

How to enter

To enter the Contest, visit winnipeg.ca/namethatplow during the submission period and follow the instructions for submitting a name entry for the contest. We will not accept entries submitted via any other means. The Name must meet the “Name Requirements,” described below.

There are two streams of Name submissions:

1. “Individual entry”: We will select 12 names: one for each of our six in-house graders and six in-house loaders:
   This is open to all City of Winnipeg residents with a limit of four entries per person.
2. “Classroom entry”: One name will be selected for our team of 45 push-plow sidewalk cleaners:
   This is open to submission by individual teacher representatives of any school classrooms within Winnipeg with a limit of four entries per classroom.

In the case a name selected to be a finalist has been submitted by more than one individual, all who submitted the name will be entered into a random draw. One single entrant will be drawn at random from the submissions to move forward as a finalist to the judging period.

Name requirements

Name submissions must:

• Be under 50 characters and five words or fewer
• Not contain profanity or inappropriate language
• Not contain the entrant's name (though plays on celebrity or fictional character names are allowed)

Judging

A panel of City of Winnipeg Staff will evaluate the names and select up to 30 individual names and up to 30 classroom entries for our push-plow fleet. These names which will be available for members of the public to view and vote on from 12 p.m. on December 8 through 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2025.

Winners

• We will notify the winners of each category on January 7, 2026 and announce them publicly on or around January 13, 2026.
• The 12 winning individual entries will be invited to an announcement event on or around January 13, 2026.
• The classroom that submits the winning team name will be invited to a pizza party with the Mayor on a date to be mutually arranged.

General conditions

• All federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations apply. The City of Winnipeg reserves the right to disqualify any entrant from the contest if, in the City of Winnipeg’s sole discretion, it reasonably believes that the entrant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the contest by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices or annoys, abuses, threatens or harasses any other entrants, viewers, or the judges.
• Entrants represent that they hold any applicable intellectual property rights necessary to submit a Name for consideration under this Contest.
• Your personal information is being collected by The City of Winnipeg pursuant to Section 36(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This information will be used to administer the contest and will not be used or disclosed for any other purposes, except as authorized by law or as outlined in these Official Rules. If you have any questions about the collection or use of this information, contact the Corporate FIPPA Coordinator by mail to City Clerk’s Department, Administration Building, 510 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 1B9, or by telephone at 311.
• Entrants understand that contest administration may include and this data may be used to verify an Entrant’s identity, postal address and telephone number in the event an entry qualifies as a winner. If an Entrant does not provide the data required at registration, that entry will be ineligible.
• The City of Winnipeg reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest for any reason, in the City’s sole discretion.