Iain Klugman, the CEO of Communitech, has been awarded the 2015 Startup Canada Award for Entrepreneur Promotion.

Klugman is the driving force behind an organization that is not so much an accelerator as a diversified ecosystem all founded around a single facility. The Communitech Hub in Kitchener is the centre of a vast range of programs and facilities that drive the development of startups and high-growth companies.

"[We are a] community of engaged and creative entrepreneurs who are working hard – and often, collaboratively – to solve real and relevant problems quickly, across all industries," Klugman told Startup Canada.

Ottawa-based Startup Canada named Klugman and the other winners on Tuesday. Startup Canada has drawn the national awards from a group of regional winners, who were honoured at ceremonies across the country. The national winners will be presented their awards at a reception at the CN Tower in Toronto on Tuesday evening.

The other winners of the Startup Canada Awards are:

The Adam Chowaniec Lifetime Achievement Award -- The Rt. Hon. Paul Martin, founder of the Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative (MAEI) and the Capital for Aboriginal Prosperity and Entrepreneurship (CAPE) Fund;

Entrepreneur of the Year Award -- Natalie Dakers, the President and CEO of Accel-Rx of Vancouver, a health sciences accelerator;

Entrepreneur Promotion Award -- Iain Klugman, CEO of Communitech, an accelerator complex based in Kitchener;

Entrepreneurship Support -- Victory Square Labs, a Vancouver-based venture builder that supports start-ups in the web, mobile, gaming and film spaces;

Young Entrepreneur of the Year – Alex Gillis, CEO of Halifax-based Bitness.io;

Award for International Trade -- Medicine Hat-based Weddingstar, a designer, manufacturer, distributor and e-commerce seller of wedding related products;

Senior Entrepreneur Award -- Tom Fath, the President of The Fath Group of Edmonton, which has six operating companies under its umbrella, including O’Hanlon Paving;

Award for Innovation – RtTech Software of Moncton, an Industrial Internet of Things company;

Award for Sustainable Development -- Entomo Farms of Campbellford, Ont., a pioneer in the production and processing of insect and insect powder for human consumption.