Album of the Year

• Loverboy - Loverboy Lyrics
• April Wine - The Nature of the Beast
• Bob & Doug McKenzie - The Great White North
• Rush - Exit...Stage Left
• Rush - Moving Pictures Lyrics

Best Album Graphics

• Moving Pictures Lyrics
• But I'm Just A Kid - Dean Motter
• Butler - Richard Desmarais
• Rush - Exit...Stage Left
• Footloose

Best Children's Album

• Sandra Beech - Inch By Inch
• various artists - Camping in Canada
• Children's Hour Productions - The Cats
• Fred Penner - The Polka Dot Pony

Best Classical Album of the Year

• Orchestre symphonique de Montreal - Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet)
• Orchestre symphonique de Montreal - Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez / Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre Calos Bonell
• The Toronto Chamber Winds - W.A. Mozart: Serenade for Twelve Winds and Double Bass
• The Toronto Symphony Orchestra - Rossini: Respighi-La Boutique Fantasque
• York Winds - The York Winds
• Glenn Gould - Bach: Preludes, Fughettas & Fugues

Best Jazz Album

• The Brass Connection - The Brass Connection
• Dave Young - Au Privave / Wray Downes
• Joe Sealy - Clear Vision
• Peter Leitch - Jump Street
• Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Live in Digital

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

• Neil Young Lyrics

Comedy Album of the Year

• Bob & Doug McKenzie - The Great White North
• Don Harron - Charlie Farquharson's Bible Stories
• John Stark - An Evening with Stephen Leacock
• Ted Woloshyn - It's Not the Heat...It's the Humility

Composer of the Year

• Loverboy - Turn Me Loose Lyrics
• Baron Longfellow - Amour
• Rough Trade - High School Confidential
• Chilliwack - My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)
• Powder Blues - Thirsty Ears

Country Female Vocalist of the Year

• Anne Murray Lyrics
• Carroll Baker
• Iris Larratt
• Laura Vinson
• Marie Bottrell

Country Group or Duo of the Year

• The Good Brothers
• Family Brown
• The Rovers
• The Mercey Brothers
• Showdown Lyrics

Country Male Vocalist of the Year

• Ronnie Hawkins
• Wilf Carter
• Harold MacIntyre
• Terry Carisse
• Lee Marlow

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Anne Murray Lyrics
• Carole Pope
• Joni Mitchell Lyrics
• Carroll Baker
• Lisa Dal Bello

Folk Artist of the Year

• Bruce Cockburn Lyrics
• Gordon Lightfoot Lyrics
• Joni Mitchell Lyrics
• Valdy
• The Rovers

Group of the Year

• Loverboy Lyrics
• The Rovers
• Prism
• Rush Lyrics
• April Wine Lyrics

Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year

• Liona Boyd
• The Emeralds
• Andre Gagnon
• Hagood Hardy
• Frank Mills

International Album of the Year

• John Lennon - Double Fantasy Lyrics
• Barbra Streisand - Guilty
• Pat Benatar - Crimes Of Passion Lyrics
• R.E.O. Speedwagon - Hi-Infidelity
• Stars On - Stars on Long Play

International Single of the Year

• Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes Lyrics
• Blondie - The Tide Is High Lyrics
• Diana Ross, Lionel Richie - Endless Love
• Kool & The Gang - Celebration Lyrics
• Stars On - Stars on 45

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Bruce Cockburn Lyrics
• Gino Vannelli Lyrics
• Gordon Lightfoot Lyrics
• Neil Young Lyrics
• Burton Cummings

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

• Shari Ulrich
• Terry Crawford
• Rita Johns
• Salome Bey
• Karen Silver

Most Promising Group of the Year

• Saga Lyrics
• Red Rider Lyrics
• Goddo
• Martha & The Muffins
• The Kings

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

• Eddie Schwartz
• Gary O
• Peter Pringle
• B.B. Gabor
• Jim Byrnes

Producer of the Year

• Loverboy - Working for the Weekend, It's Over
• Eddie Schwartz - All Our Tomorrows, Tonight
• Ian Thomas - Hold On, Stringing A Line
• Ronnie Hawkins - Only the Lucky, Lodi
• Bob & Doug McKenzie - Take Off

Recording Engineer of the Year

• Rough Trade - Attitude, For Those Who Think Young
• Loverboy - When It's Over, It's Your Life
• Max Webster - Battlescar, Blue River...Shine
• Frank Mills - Plaisir d'Amour, Prelude to Romance
• Rush - Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta

Single of the Year

• Loverboy - Turn Me Loose Lyrics
• Baron Longfellow - Amour
• Chilliwack - My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)
• Powder Blues - Thirsty Ears
• Rough Trade - High School Confidential