1. Contest starts at 11:01 am on October 26, 2024 and continues until 4:00 pm on October 27, 2024, the Contest Closing Date. No purchase necessary. Only one (1) entry per person. All times are Eastern Time.
(a) Entrants must complete the entry ballot available at the Canadian Franchise Association (CFA) booth at the Franchise Canada Show Toronto in full and submit prior to the Contest Closing Date. All ballots must be completed in full to be eligible.
(b) To be declared a winner, selected entrants must fully complete the entry form and correctly answer the mathematical skill-testing question.
(c) A random draw will be held by a representative of the Canadian Franchise Association (“CFA”), the Contest Sponsor, from all entries received as of October 28, 2024 at 4:00 pm. The draw will be made at approximately noon on October 29, 2024 at 116-5399 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. The selected winner will receive a $100 VISA gift card. The winner will be contacted via the email provided in the original submission. The CFA will then mail the gift card to the selected entrants at the address provided by email correspondence.
(d) If a selected entrant cannot be reached by email within 5 business days following the draw, declines the prize, or the email is returned undeliverable, the prize will be forfeited.
2. (a) Entrants are eligible to win one (1) VISA gift card having a total retail value of $100.
(b) Prizes must be accepted as awarded and may not be transferred or exchanged.
3. Contest judges’ rulings are final and without appeal in all matters related to the promotion and the awarding of prizes.
4. By entering this contest, entrants consent to the use of their entry, name, city of residence, without further notice or compensation.
5. This contest is open to all individuals over the age of majority in their province or territory of residence, excluding employees of the CFA and those with whom they are domiciled.
6. No communications will be entered into except with selected entrants.
7. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. All entries that are incomplete, illegible, damaged, irregular, have been submitted through illicit means, or do not conform to or satisfy any condition of the rules may be disqualified by the CFA. The CFA takes no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, misdirected, late or destroyed entries, or for typographical or other production errors. The CFA is not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this contest. All entries become the property of the CFA and will not be returned.
8. The CFA is collecting personal data about entrants for the purpose of administering this Contest. Entrants wishing to receive any other informational or marketing communications from the CFA should so indicate on the entry form. The CFA recognizes the importance of privacy to visitors to FranchiseCanada.Online. We do not collect personal-identifying information from this website unless visitors choose to provide that information to us. Anyone from whom we collect such information should expect that it will be carefully protected and that any use of or other dealing with this information is subject to consent.
9. By entering this Contest, entrants release and hold harmless the CFA and the contest judge(s), their affiliates and respective directors, officers, owners, partners, employees, agents, dealers, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively the “Releasees”) from any liability in connection with this Contest or, if declared a winner, the prize. By accepting a prize, winners consent to the use of their name for publicity or informational purposes in any medium or format without further compensation or notice.
10. This contest will be run in accordance with these rules, subject to amendment by the CFA. Contestants must comply with these rules, and will be deemed to have received and understood the rules by participating in the contest. The terms of this contest, as set out in these rules, are not subject to amendment or counter-offer, except as set out herein.
11. (a) The CFA assumes no responsibility for failure of the internet or the website during the promotional period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or traffic congestion on the internet or at any web site, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the promotion. The CFA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the email portion of this contest should a virus, bug, or other cause beyond their reasonable control corrupt the security or proper administration of the contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, the CFA reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.
(b) If the identity of an entrant is disputed, the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant. The individual assigned to the email address for the domain associated with the submitted email address is considered the authorized account holder. A selected entrant may be required to provide proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the selected entry. All entries must be submitted from a valid email account that may be identified by reverse domain name search. The sole determinant of time for the purposes of receipt of a valid entry in this contest will be the contest server machine(s).
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