The Juno Awards of 2026 were held on March 29, 2026, at TD Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, to honour achievements in Canadian music in 2025. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Mae Martin, making them the first comedian since Russell Peters in 2017 to host the ceremony.Megan Lapierre, "Mae Martin to Host the 2026 JUNO Awards". Exclaim!, January 15, 2026.
Nominees were announced on January 27. Justin Bieber and Tate McRae were the most nominated artists, with six nominations each. McRae was the most awarded artist of the night, winning 4 out of the 6 awards she was nominated for, including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year. Meanwhile, The Beaches took home their third consecutive award for Group of the Year, the first for an all-women band. In addition, Daniel Caesar won Songwriter of the Year, Cirkut won Producer of the Year, Cameron Whitcomb won Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year, and bbno$ won the Fan Choice Award.
Ceremony
The majority of the awards were presented on March 28 during the Juno Awards Gala, which was co-hosted by Damhnait Doyle and Odario Williams and featured performances by Isabella Lovestory, Saya Gray, and Fredz. Williams also served as the announcer for the main ceremony.
During the ceremony, Furtado was paid tribute by Drake in a video message, who made his first appearance at the Juno Awards since 2011. In addition, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Joni Mitchell was introduced by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Special awards
Special award recipients included Joni Mitchell receiving the Lifetime Achievement award, and Daniel Caesar receiving the Juno International Achievement Award. The Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award was presented to Sandy Pandya of ArtHaus, Vinny Cinquemani of Paquin Entertainment and Alexander Mair of Attic Records, and rock band Billy Talent received the Juno Humanitarian Award.
Singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
Performers
The first performers announced were Arkells (with Grouplove), The Beaches and William Prince.
Sarah McLachlan and Allison Russell performed a Mitchell tribute, consisting of the songs "A Case of You" and "Both Sides, Now", with Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland performing as part of the backing band. The set transitioned into "Big Yellow Taxi", with Mitchell and Jully Black joining on some vocals.
A Furtado tribute set was performed by Alessia Cara, Jully Black, Shawn Desman and Tanya Tagaq. Special "surprise" guests for the Furtado performance, unnanounced in advance, were Lido Pimienta and Kardinal Offishall.
Other performers included MICO, Sofia Camara, Cameron Whitcomb and Daniel Caesar, as well as an unannounced performance by Rush, in their first-ever live performance with Anika Nilles on drums, to open the show.
Presenters Mustafa the Poet – presented International Achievement Award and introduced Daniel Caesar Renata Fast and Sarah Nurse – presented Group of the Year Billy Talent – presented Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording of the Year Arkells – presented MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Drake – introduced Nelly Furtado Begonia and Melanie Fiona – presented Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year Majid Jordan – presented Fan Choice Award Mark Carney – presented Canadian Music Hall of Fame and introduced Joni Mitchell
Winners and nominees Source for winners and nominees at: People Artist of the Year Group of the Year Tate McRae bbno$ Justin Bieber Daniel Caesar The Weeknd The Beaches Arcade Fire Mother Mother Peach Pit Three Days Grace Songwriter of the Year Songwriter (Non-Performing) of the Year Daniel Caesar — "Call On Me", "Moon", "Who Knows" The Beaches — "Can I Call You in the Morning", "Did I Say Too Much", "Lesbian of the Year" Justin Bieber — "Daisies", "Speed Demon", "Yukon" Tate McRae — "Purple Lace Bra", "Revolving Door", "Sports Car" Jessie Reyez — "Cudn't B Me", "Goliath", "Ocean" Tobias Jesso Jr. — "La Yugular" (Rosalia), "Daisies" (Justin Bieber), "Man I Need" (Olivia Dean) Elizabeth Lowell Boland — "World's Smallest Violin" (Ava Max), "Girls Like You" (Sofia Camara), "Too Pretty for Buffalo" (Baby Nova) Nathan Ferraro — "After You" (David Guetta, Kiko & Olivier Giacomotto), "Girls Like You" (Sofia Camara), "Parking Lot" (Sofia Camara) Mustafa — "Rearrange My World" (Daniel Caesar and Rex Orange County), "Have a Baby With Me" (Daniel Caesar), "There's a Field (That's Only Yours)" (Daniel Caesar and Rex Orange County) Hayley Gene Penner — "Small Hands" (Teddy Swims), "West End Girl" (Lily Allen), "Woman of Faces" (Celeste) Producer of the Year Recording Engineer of the Year Cirkut: "APT.", Rosé and Bruno Mars; "Abracadabra", Lady Gaga; "Disease", Lady Gaga; "A Little More", Ed Sheeran; "It Girl", Jade Thirlwall; "AEOMG", Coco Jones Karen Kosowski: "Feels Like Christmas" and "Sugar Cookie", Mickey Guyton; "Blood from a Stone", "Stoned Alone", "Jessica" and "Jezebel", Meghan Patrick; "You Don't Know Me At All", Mickey Guyton Joel Stouffer — "Body", Shawn Desman and Jamie Fine; "How to Sing for Money", Maggie Andrew; "Lie", Shawn Hook; "Revelation", The Knocks feat. Dragonette; "Talk About Me", Tedy; "Anyways How You Been?", Sofia Camara Gus van Go — "Killed for Sport", Baby Nova; "Can I Call You in the Morning?", The Beaches; "Did I Say Too Much", The Beaches; "Last Girls at the Party", The Beaches; "Fine, Let’s Get Married", The Beaches; "Too Pretty for Buffalo", Baby Nova Greg Wells — "Dancing Through Life", "Defying Gravity", "No One Mourns the Wicked", "Popular", "The Wizard and I" and "What Is This Feeling?", Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Wicked cast Shawn Everett — "12 to 12", sombr; "End of the World", Miley Cyrus John "Beetle" Bailey — "All I See", Molly Johnson feat. Cube; "Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em", Monkey House Jason Dufour — "Home (Phillip's Version)", Phillip Phillips; "Blue Sky Mystery", Finger Eleven feat. Filter Serban Ghenea — "The Fate of Ophelia", Taylor Swift; "That's So True", Gracie Abrams L. Stu Young - "Thus Is Why (I Don’t Spring for Love)", Saya Gray; "Lie Down", Saya Gray Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year Fan Choice Award Cameron Whitcomb Goldie Boutilier Sofia Camara Saya Gray Noeline Hofmann Jutes Jade LeMac MICO Sacha yung kai bbno$ Karan Aujla Justin Bieber James Barker Band Tate McRae Shawn Mendes Josh Ross Shubh The Weeknd Cameron Whitcomb
Albums Album of the Year Adult Alternative Album of the Year Tate McRae, So Close to What Justin Bieber, Swag II Josh Ross, Later Tonight The Weeknd, Hurry Up Tomorrow Cameron Whitcomb, The Hard Way Bahamas, My Second Last Album Begonia, Fantasy Life The Barr Brothers, Let It Hiss Patrick Watson, Uh Oh The Weather Station, Humanhood Adult Contemporary Album of the Year Alternative Album of the Year Sarah McLachlan, Better Broken Nuela Charles, NU2U Rose Cousins, Conditions of Love Vol. 1 Shawn Hook, Rebuild Sister Ray, Believer Aysanabee, Edge of the Earth Saya Gray, Saya Yves Jarvis, All Cylinders The OBGMs, Sorry, It's Over PUP, Who Will Look After the Dogs? Blues Album of the Year Children's Album of the Year Steve Marriner, Hear My Heart Miss Emily, The Medicine Secondhand Dreamcar, Answer the Call Crystal Shawanda, Sing Pretty Blues Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, Oooh Yeah! Young Maestro, Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro Rhyme Travellers - Back to the Time Machine Ari Cui Cui, Ari Cui Cui et les jeux d'rôles (Les contes classiques en musique) Ginalina, All the Earth Speaks Hip Kids Music, Hip Kids Music Vol. 1 Chris McKhool, Little Leaf Classical Album of the Year – Solo Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble Jan Lisiecki, Preludes by Chopin, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Messiaen, Górecki Katherine Dowling, Awake and Dreaming Haitham Haidar, Zaytoun Bruce Liu, Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Marie Nadeau-Tremblay, Obsession Axios Men’s Ensemble, the Tenors and Basses of Pro Coro Canada conducted by Michael Zaugg featuring John Tessier and Yuliia Zasimova, Benedict Sheehan: Ukrainian War Requiem Canadian Chamber Choir featuring Sherryl Sewepagaham, Where Waters Meet Les Violons du Roy conducted by Airat Ichmouratov featuring Elvira Misbakhova and Stéphane Tétreault, Ichmouratov: The Ninth Wave, Viola Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1 Tafelmusik conducted by Rachel Podger, Haydn: Symphony No. 43 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:43 "Mercury" & Symphony No. 49 in F Minor, Hob. I:49 "La passione" Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Gimeno, Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Le Baiser de la fée (Divertimento) Classical Album of the Year – Small Ensemble Comedy Album of the Year Mariko Anraku, Conrad Chow, Ron Korb and Rachel Mercer, Kevin Lau: Kimiko's Pearl CC Duo and collectif9, Re/String Ensemble Caprice with Matthias Maute, Vivaldi Les Quatres Nations (reconstruites) Standing Wave Ensemble, in an archipelago Timothy Long and the Continuum Ensemble, Current: Missing, ATOM (Artists of the Opera Missing) Adam Christie, Dragonflies Charlie Demers, Fish from the Jar Robby Hoffman, I'm Nervous Faris Hytiaa, Homesick Dave Merheje, Dawud Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year Aysanabee, Edge of the Earth Sebastian Gaskin, Lovechild Shawnee Kish, Chapter 1 Siibii, Siibii Tia Wood, Sage My Soul Bear Creek Singers, On the Move Bad Eagle, Battle at the Beach Manitou Mkwa Singers, Me & You Piunguałaq, Anirniliit Suli YB Nakota, Nakota Tayhunyabi Contemporary Roots Album of the Year Traditional Roots Album of the Year Mariel Buckley, Strange Trip Ahead Matt Andersen, The Hammer and the Rose Noeline Hofmann, Purple Gas William Prince, Further from the Country The Young Novelists, These Dark Canyons Morgan Toney, Heal the Divide Aerialists, I Lost My Heart on Friday Cassie and Maggie, Gold and Coal Heather MacIsaac, The Moon's Daughter The Southern Residents, Folk Signals Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year Country Album of the Year Ryan Ofei, Jubilate Bridge Music, Vulnerable Too Collect.assembly, Outlaw Gospel Kofi Dartey, Where the Heart Is Elenee, The Light That Leads to You Cameron Whitcomb, The Hard Way James Barker Band, One of Us Brett Kissel, Let Your Horses Run Meghan Patrick, Golden Child Josh Ross, Later Tonight Electronic Album of the Year Francophone Album of the Year Èbony, Shades of Meridian Cloverdale, Channel 303 Didon, Bab El Mdina Debby Friday, The of the Queen Life Korea Town Acid, Glow Up Lou-Adriane Cassidy, Journal d'un loup-garou Fredz, On s'enverra des fleurs Pierre Lapointe, Dix chansons démodées pour ceux qui ont le cœur abîmé Jean-François Pauzé, Les amours de seconde main Ariane Roy, Dogue Global Music Album of the Year Instrumental Album of the Year Kazdoura, Ghoyoum Didon, Bab El Mdina Kizaba, Future Village PIQSIQ, Legends Salin, Rammana Aaron Paris, Lotusland Viviane Audet, Le piano et le torrent Jean-Michel Blais and Lara Somogyi, Désert (deluxe) Crown Lands, Ritual II Colin Stetson, The Love It Took to Leave You Jazz Album of the Year – Solo Jazz Album of the Year – Group Renee Rosnes, Crossing Paths Anthony D'Alessandro, City Lights Justin Gray, Immersed Aretha Tillotson, Kinda Out West Nancy Walker, Deeper Down Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, East Meets West: Connections Alexis Baro y la Big Band, Afrokando Code Quartet, Code Red The Shuffle Demons, Are You Really Real Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet, Impact Vocal Jazz Album of the Year Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year Laura Anglade, Get Out of Town Atlantic Jazz Collective, Seascape feat. Norma Winstone & Joe LaBarbera Caity Gyorgy and Mark Limacher, Caity Gyorgy with Strings Ale Nuñez, Under the Lemon Tree Alex Samaras, Alex Samaras Meets Judy Garland Despised Icon, Shadow Work Counterparts, Heaven Let Them Die Cryptopsy, An Insatiable Violence Silverstein, Antibloom Unreqvited, A Pathway to the Moon Pop Album of the Year Rap Album/EP of the Year Tate McRae, So Close to What bbno$, bbno$ Justin Bieber, Swag II Nelly Furtado, 7 The Weeknd, Hurry Up Tomorrow SadBoi, Dry Cry