ONTARIO POISON CENTRE WEBSITE CONTEST (the “Contest”)
OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES (the “Rules”)
1. CONTEST PERIOD. The Contest commences on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 9:00am ET and ends at 9:00pm ET on Thursday, October 8, 2026 (the “Contest Period”). The Contest is sponsored by The Hospital for Sick Children operating as Ontario Poison Centre (the “Contest Sponsor”).
2. ELIGIBILITY. The Contest is open to all legal residents of Ontario who are at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry. Entries are limited to individuals only; commercial enterprises and business entities are not eligible. By participating in the Contest, each participant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by the terms and conditions stated in these Rules, which shall be final and binding in all respects, agrees to be bound by the decisions of Contest Sponsor, and warrants that they are eligible to participate in the Contest.
Contest Sponsor’s staff, board members, and volunteers directly involved in the conduct of the Contest are prohibited from entering the Contest and being declared the winner of the Prize (defined below).
3. HOW TO ENTER. No purchase necessary. To enter the Contest, a participant must complete and submit the survey about Contest Sponsor’s website, available at Public Website Feedback Survey – Fill in form during the Contest Period. A successfully submitted survey response will result in one (1) ballot entry into a draw for the Prize (defined below). Participants must provide all required information to be eligible to enter and win. There is a limit of one (1) survey response for any one participant. The survey responses become the property of Contest Sponsor, and may be used by Contest Sponsor, in its sole discretion. By entering the Contest, participants acknowledge that they have read and understand these Rules and accept and agree to be bound by these Rules, including eligibility requirements, and that the decisions of Contest Sponsor are final, binding, and conclusive on all matters relative to the Contest.
4. PRIZE. The prize is one (1) electronic gift card to Amazon.ca valued at $150 CAD. The Prize is non-transferable and must be accepted as awarded, as there will be no substitutions and no cash equivalents. Any terms and conditions of the Prize provider shall be applicable. The Prize will expire one year from the date of issue. Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize of equal or greater value.
5. DRAW. There will be one (1) draw, which will take place on Friday, October 9, 2026 at The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto ON M5G 1X8 at approximately 11:00am ET.
Eligible entrants will be selected by random draw from among the eligible entries received during the Contest Period. Odds of being selected depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period. After the draw, the selected entrant will be recorded. Contest Sponsor will contact the selected entrant by email shortly after the date of the draw, using the email address provided with the selected entry. The notification will include instructions for how to contact Contest Sponsor to provide name, address, and other information that may be required to complete validation of eligibility and delivery of the Prize. No liability is assumed for any notification that is lost, intercepted, or not received by the selected entrant for any reason.
Before being declared the winner of the Prize, the selected entrant must correctly answer, unaided, a mathematical skill-testing question within five (5) business days after the first notification attempt (the “Prize Claim Date”). The Prize must be claimed by the Prize Claim Date.
If the selected entrant does not respond within five (5) business days after the first notification attempt, is not in compliance with these Rules, incorrectly answers the skill-testing question, or declines the Prize as awarded, the Prize may be forfeited to Contest Sponsor and Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to randomly select an alternate eligible entrant from among the remaining eligible entries.
6. Each entrant agrees to abide by all the instructions and decisions of Contest Sponsor. In the event of any dispute regarding the interpretation of these Rules, the decision or interpretation of Contest Sponsor shall be final and binding.
7. No communications about being a selected entrant will be conducted except with selected entrants.
8. All entries become the property of Contest Sponsor. Any entry that is illegible, incomplete, altered, or contains false information, is invalid. Contest Sponsor is not responsible for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, or misdirected claims or entries or for any problems or technical malfunction of any internet or telephone network or transmission during the Contest Period. Contest Sponsor is not responsible for any errors or omissions with respect to the printing or advertising of the Contest and reserves the right to withdraw, amend, or cancel the Contest in the event of a printing or administrative error.
9. Contest Sponsor may, at their sole discretion and without liability, terminate the Contest in whole or in part, without notice, or modify or suspend the Contest at any time, if fraud, technical failures including any network server or hardware failure, viruses, bugs, errors in programming, or communications, or any other errors or other causes beyond the control of Contest Sponsor corrupt the administration, integrity, or security of the Contest or if any other factor interferes with the conduct of the Contest as contemplated by these Rules.
10. The Hospital for Sick Children, their employees, directors, officers, members, agents, successors, or assigns accept no responsibility for loss, damage, or claims caused by the awarded Prize or the Contest itself. By entering the Contest, entrant releases and holds harmless The Hospital for Sick Children, the Prize provider, and all their respective directors, officers, members, employees, agents, successors, and assigns (the “Contest Group”) from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the Contest or the Prize. Entrant further agrees that entrant will from time to time and at all times hereafter jointly and severally hold harmless and fully indemnify Contest Group from any and all actions, causes of actions, claims, and demands whatsoever which may be brought against or made upon Contest Group and against all loss, liability, judgements, costs, or expenses which Contest Group may sustain, incur, or be put to resulting from or arising out of any act or omission on the entrant’s part or entrant’s servants, agents, successors, or assigns which was done, or purported to have been done, in connection with the Contest or the Prize.
11. Contest Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any entrant from the Contest if Contest Sponsor finds or believes such entrant (i) to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest, (ii) to be acting in violation of the Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or (iii) with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass Contest Sponsor, other entrants, or any other person. Any attempt by an entrant or any other person to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.
12. For the purposes of these Rules, the entrant is the person whose personal information is provided in the survey response. It is to this person that the mathematical skill-testing question will be asked, and the Prize awarded if selected and declared the winner. If there is a dispute as to the identity of any entrant, all determinations made by Contest Sponsor as to who is the entrant will be final and binding.
13. The personal information gathered about entrants in the course of the Contest may be retained by Contest Sponsor and may be used by Contest Sponsor, in its sole discretion, for the administration of the Contest, to update Contest Sponsor’s new website, and to comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
14. Contest Sponsor shall not be responsible for any damages for a failure to operate the Contest in accordance with these Rules in any case where their incapacity to act results from circumstances or a situation beyond their reasonable control or because of a strike, lock-out, or any other labour dispute in the hospital or those of businesses which services are used for holding the Contest, war, riot, insurrection, earthquake, terrorism, civil commotion, fire, power outage, internet service interruption, flood, accident, storm, epidemic, pandemic, government order, court order, national or regional emergency, or any other act of nature.
15. These Rules and the rights and obligations and relations of the parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, excluding any choice of law principles that would require application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. Each party hereto does hereby attorn to the jurisdiction of the Courts of the Province of Ontario located in Toronto.
16. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.