BUILDING A BETTER CANADA CONTEST (“Promotion”)OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram or Facebook. Entrants are providing their personal information to Sponsor, and not to Instagram or Facebook. The information you provide will be used for Promotion purposes, as well as for future marketing purposes.
1. PROMOTION PERIOD: The Promotion begins at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on January 1, 2025 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on December 15, 2025 (the “Promotion Period”). By participating in the Promotion, you agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules and all decisions of Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd. (the “Sponsor”), which shall be final and binding, without right of appeal, in all matters relating to this Promotion.
2. ELIGIBILITY: Open to individuals who are legal residents of Canada who are the age of majority or older in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry. Employees of Sponsor and its respective subsidiaries, agencies, affiliates, promotional partners (collectively, the “Promotion Entities”), and members of the immediate families (spouses and parents, siblings, children, and their spouses and in-laws) and persons living in the same household of such individuals are not eligible. Void where prohibited.
3. HOW TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To get one (1) entry, make a purchase of at least $500 CAD (before taxes/similar and after returns) during the Promotion Period of participating Sponsor product (as set out in Appendix A) (“Purchase”), and then visit Sponsor’s Promotion website at LPbettercanada.ca to upload your proof of purchase, following the instructions to provide the requested information (including your first name, last name, phone number, age, province, email address, and (optionally) your Facebook and/or Instagram handles). To get (1) bonus entry, post a picture or video of your new LP siding installation on Facebook or Instagram (account must be public), tag @LP Building Solutions for Homeowners, @LP Building Solutions for Professionals, and @lpbuildingsolutions and use the Promotion hashtags #BuildingABetterCanada and #Contest. For every 100 likes your qualifying social media post gets, you will earn one (1) additional entry.
To obtain one (1) entry without making a purchase, during the Promotion Period, email an original essay (minimum 250 words) describing what you love about Louisiana-Pacific or its products, together with your first name, last name, phone number, age, province, email address and (optionally) your Facebook and/or Instagram handles, to: [email protected].
Limit fifty (50) entries per person during the Promotion Period, regardless of method of entry. All entries must be received by Sponsor during the Promotion Period. Any attempt by any participant to obtain additional entries beyond the limit by using multiple/different email addresses, social media accounts, identities, registrations, or any other methods will void all of that entrant’s entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Proof of submission will not be deemed proof of receipt of entry by Sponsor.
Your entry materials, including, but not limited to, the photo, must be personal to you, must only include appropriate material, must reflect proper safety equipment and the project must reflect compliance with proper Sponsor installation instructions for the Multi-Use Panel products, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, must be without any political or social messages that may be unacceptable to Sponsor, must not include any people, and must not contain any inappropriate or offensive materials, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Any entry, which in the sole opinion of Sponsor, is deemed inappropriate in any way (e.g., defamation, nudity, pornography, gratuitous violence, inappropriate language, obscene, illegal, racially or morally offensive, or likely to transmit or contain a virus, corrupted file, or any similar element), is inconsistent with the theme or image of the Promotion, contains personally identifiable information, or otherwise violates the terms or the spirit of these Official Rules in any way, may be rejected and result in disqualification. Entries must comply with all laws, rules, and regulations including, but not limited to, those concerning copyright, plagiarism, trademark, defamation, and invasion of privacy. Sponsor has the right, but not the duty, to review and disqualify any entry submitted in connection with this Promotion.
By submitting an entry, you represent, warrant, and covenant as applicable (and agree to release and indemnify Promotion Entities from same) that: (i) your entry and all content therein is your original creation, has not been copied in whole or in part from any other work, and are your sole and exclusive property (or entrant has all necessary rights thereto); (ii) your entry and all content therein does not violate, misappropriate, or infringe any third party intellectual property rights, copyright, trademark, or other proprietary, publicity, privacy, or any other laws, rules, or regulations, nor the rights of any person or entity; (iii) any individuals who worked on or inadvertently appear in the photo in the entry in any manner, and any venues depicted therein, have given you their express consent to submit the entry for the use contemplated herein; (iv) you are the sole owner of the photo in your entry; (v) the photo in your entry is your original work; and (vi) no third party (e.g., the photographer, other people who are inadvertently included in the photo, the owners of any objects in the photo) can assert any ownership or other rights in the Photo in your entry. You release and discharge Sponsor Entities from any and all claims and demands arising out of or in connection with the use of the photo in your entry, including, but not limited to, any and all claims for privacy rights, libel, slander, or misappropriation. You hereby waive any “moral rights”, “droit moral” and any similar rights with respect to attribution of authorship or integrity that you or others may have in the photo in your entry, either now or in the future, anywhere in the world.
YOU WILL NOT BE PAID FOR YOUR ENTRY OR ANY USE OF YOUR ENTRY BY SPONSOR or for granting any rights therein. You agree to waive all claims and shall receive no royalties of any kind now or in the future from the Promotion Entities and their licensees, successors, and assigns for use of your entry materials or any publicity/privacy rights as outlined herein, and you represent, warrant, and agree that no other party is entitled to claim rights from the use of the entry materials and associated information.
Entries must include a valid e-mail address or Instagram/Facebook profile. In the event of disputes as to the identity or eligibility of a winner based on an online address, or if more than one person uses the same address or project, the winning entry will be declared made by the “Authorized Account Holder” of the address/profile used at the time of the entry, unless agreed otherwise. The “Authorized Account Holder” is the person to whom the applicable Internet service provider or social media platform has assigned the address/profile.
4. PRIZE: There is one (1) prize available to be won consisting of an amount equal to the selected entrant’s Purchase (before taxes/similar and after returns, and up to $10,000 CAD), to be awarded in a wire, cheque or other format at the sole discretion of Sponsor. If a no-purchase entrant is selected as a potential winner, the prize will be awarded as the maximum value of $10,000 CAD.
Prize must be accepted as awarded and may not be substituted or transferred, except in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of the same (or greater) approximate retail value. Prizes consist only of items specifically listed as part of the prize. Certain conditions and restrictions may apply. Prizes will be delivered to verified winners only to one financial institution in Canada. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prizes. All costs and expenses not specified herein, related to any prize or incurred by accepting or using a prize, are the sole responsibility of the winner, including without limitation any taxes and banking fees.
5. WINNER SELECTION: On or about December 21, 2025, a random draw will be conducted from among all eligible entries received during the Promotion Period for the purpose of selecting a potential winner (subject to satisfying the prize claim conditions below). Odds of being selected depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period.
6. LICENSE: In consideration for allowing you to submit your entry and all content therein to Sponsor as part of the Promotion, you agree to grant, and hereby grant, to the Promotion Entities a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, sub-licensable license to use any portion or all of the photo(s) in your entry, including any buildings, statues, artwork, people, or other objects in the photo(s), including the intellectual property rights, without any compensation owed to you, any third party, or anyone else in the photo. You agree to indemnify Promotion Entities and hold Promotion Entities harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, costs, or damages (including attorneys’ fees and court costs) arising out of or in any way related to Promotion Entities’ use of the photo(s).
7. NOTIFICATION: Selected entrant will be notified by email or Instagram/Facebook direct message at the address used for entry and must: (i) respond within three (3) business days; (ii) correctly answer a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question without assistance; (iii) sign and return to Sponsor, within five (5) business days of it being sent by Sponsor, a written declaration and release form, releasing the Promotion Entities from any liability in connection with this Promotion or the use, misuse, awarding or possession of any prize (the “Release”); and, (iv) otherwise comply with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to administer an alternate test of skill as it deems appropriate or necessary to comply with applicable law.
Return of any prize or winner notification as undeliverable, inability to reach selected entrant or failure of selected entrant to respond to notification, or failure to provide timely proof of eligibility, Release or other required documentation, failure to correctly answer the skill-testing question, or other non-compliance with these Official Rules may result in disqualification, forfeiture of the prize and, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, selection of an alternate eligible entrant, who will be subject to disqualification in the same manner.
8. PUBLICITY RELEASE; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE: Except where prohibited by law, participation in the Promotion constitutes entrant’s consent to Sponsor’s (and its designees’, successors’, and assigns’) use of the entry materials, name, biography, likeness, voice, photographs, video, opinions, statements, hometown, province, and country for promotional purposes in any manner or media (including, without limitation, online) now or hereafter known, worldwide, in perpetuity, and without further payment, consideration, notice, review, approval, or consent. Despite the above, Sponsor has no obligation to use such materials in any manner. You agree that Promotion Entities or its partners may, in their sole discretion and without your pre-approval, use (or not use) the photo(s) in your entry or modify or combine the photo(s) in your entry with other materials, with other messages, with other people, with other objects, or with other photos, in any online, digital, or print form internally or externally for business, promotional, or other communications purposes.
9. OPERATION/LIABILITY LIMITS: If for any reason the Promotion, including the online portion, is not capable of running as planned, including disruptions caused by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause that corrupts, affects, or compromises the administration, security, fairness, integrity, proper conduct, or intended play of the Promotion, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual Sponsor deems responsible and Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Promotion, and substitute an appropriate alternate method of prize award selection. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications failure, theft, destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries, including any erroneous appearance of qualification for a prize. Sponsor is not responsible for any problem or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or provider, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Sponsor due to technical problems or traffic, or congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Promotion. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION OR REPRESENT THEMSELVES AS SOMEONE THEY ARE NOT IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Promotion entries generated by a script, macro, or other mechanical or automated means are ineligible and will be disqualified.
10. ADDITIONAL TERMS/RELEASE: By entering, entrant agrees to accept and abide by the Official Rules of this Promotion and agrees that any dispute with regard to the conduct of this Promotion, rule interpretation, or award of prize, shall be resolved by Sponsor, whose decision shall be binding and final. By participating, entrant agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Instagram, Facebook, Meta Inc., promotional retail partners, and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, franchisees, service agencies, independent contractors, and the officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives of any of the above organizations from any injury, loss, or damage to person, including but not limited to death or property damage due in-whole or in-part, directly or indirectly, to the acceptance, use, or misuse of a prize, participation in any Promotion-related activity, or participation in the Promotion. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of this offer, administration of the Promotion, or in the announcement of prizes, including such error as may give an erroneous indication that a prize has been won. In the event the Sponsor is prevented from continuing with this Promotion, or the integrity and/or feasibility of the Promotion is undermined by any event including, but not limited to, fire, flood, epidemic, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, war (declared or undeclared), terrorist threat or activity, or any federal, state, or local government law, order or regulation, order of any court or jurisdiction, or other cause not reasonably within the Sponsor’s control (each a “Force Majeure” event), the Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to abbreviate, modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate the Promotion without notice or further obligation. If the Sponsor, in its discretion, elects to abbreviate the Promotion as a result of a Force Majeure event, the Sponsor reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to award the prizes from among all valid and eligible entries received up to the time of such Force Majeure event.
11. PERSONAL INFORMATION/PRIVACY POLICY: Information collected from entrants will be used for the purposes of the Promotion and be subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which is available at https://lpcorp.com/privacy-policy. In the event of any discrepancy between the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy and these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall control and govern.
APPENDIX AParticipating Sponsor product:
Lap Joint Siding
• 38 Series 6" x 16' – 5.84 in. (148 mm) x 192 in. (4.9 m)
• 38 Series 8" x 16' – 7.84 in. (199 mm) x 192 in. (4.9 m)
Nickel Gap
• Nickel Gap 8" x 16' – 7 in. (177 mm) x 192 in. (4.9 m)
Shakes
• 38 Series 12" x 48" – 11.624 in. (295 mm) x 48.63 in. (1.2 m)*
Panel
• 38 Series 4' x 8' – 48.56 in. (1234 mm) x 96 in. (2.4 m)
• 38 Series 4' x 10' – 48.56 in. (1234 mm) x 120 in. (3 m)*
Outside Corners
• 540 Series 4" x 10' – 3.625 in. (89 mm) x 120 in. (3.0 m)*
• 540 Series 6" x 10' –5.625 in. (140 mm) x 120 in. (3.0 m)*
Trim
• 540 Series 5" x 16' – 194 in. (4.9 m) (4.9 m) x 192 in. (4.9 m) Quebec only*
• 440/540 Series 4" x 16' – 3.50 in. (89 mm) x 192 in. (4.9 m)
• 440/540 Series 6" x 16' – 5.50 in. (140 mm) x 192 in. (4.9 m)
• 440/540 Series 8" x 16' – 7.21 in. (183 mm) x 192 in. (4.9 m)
• 440/540 Series 10" x 16' – 9.21 in. (234 mm) x 192 in. (4.9 m)
• 440/540 Series 12" x 16' – 11.21 in. (285 mm) x 192 in. (4.9 m)
• 190 Series 3" x 16' – 2.5 in. (64 mm) x 192 in. (4.9 m)