Large agencies, mid-size studios, freelancers and in-house designers are among the finalists of the 2012 Regional Design Awards. This year's awards had over 700 entries from across the country, with a great uptake in entries from the west coast and a strong contingent of in-house designers taking part.

Category and Best of Region winners will be announced in Toronto on June 26; work from the finalists will be exhibited at the evening event and will also be featured in Design Edge's 2 2012 Regional Design Awards Annual, copies of which will be handed out to those attending the party. Purchase your tickets here.

Entrants with three or more entries on the finalist list include: Bradbury Branding & Design, Compass 360, Departement, Extreme Group, Foundry Communications, Greenmelon, Hagon Design, L.A. Inc., Plumbheavy Design, RMP Athletic Locker Ltd., Seven25 Design & Typography, Shakatani Lacroix, SmashLAB, Soapbox Design Communications, Subplot Design, Target, Taxi, Trampline Branding, Touchwood Design, Up Inc. and ZuluAlphaKilo.

To view a complete list of finalists click here.