This year's winning companies have been profiled in the Investor Perception Study, Canada 2012, which is available to order here. The report contains quotes from buy-side and sell-side analysts on why these companies were chosen as the best exponents of IR in the region, as well as their comments on corporate IR and wider topical IR issues.

Full list of winners:

Best corporate governance
TD Bank Group

Best investor relations for an IPO
Dundee International REIT    

Best investment community meetings  
TD Bank Group

Best use of technology
Agnico-Eagle Mines

Best investor relations during a corporate transaction  
Scotiabank    

Best investor relations by a TSX Venture Exchange-listed company
Energold Drilling

Best crisis management
Agnico-Eagle Mines

Best financial reporting
TELUS

Best practice of corporate social responsibility   
Barrick Gold

Most progress in investor relations
Precision Drilling


Best IR by a CFO
Small cap
Tom Weber, CML Healthcare
Mid-cap
Thomas Peddie, Corus Entertainment
Large cap
Colleen Johnston, TD Bank Group


Best IR by a CEO
Small cap
Jacques L’Écuyer, 5N Plus
Mid-cap
Anthony Marino, Baytex
Large cap
Ed Clark, TD Bank Group


Best investor relations by a Canadian company in the US market  
lululemon


Best investor relations officer   
Small cap
Didier Filion, Cascades
Mid-cap
Trent Stangl, Crescent Point Energy
Large cap  
Robert Noorigian, CN

Lifetime achievement in investor relations
John Wheeler, TELUS
 

Grand prix for best overall investor relations
Small cap  
Cascades
Mid-cap
ARC Resources
Large cap  
TD Bank Group

Best IR by sector