Album of the Year

• Glass Tiger - Thin Red Line
• Honeymoon Suite - The Big Prize
• Loverboy - Lovin' Every Minute Of It Lyrics
• Platinum Blonde - Alien Shores
• Rush - Power Windows Lyrics

Best Album Graphics

• Rush - Power Windows Lyrics
• Luba - Between the Earth and the Sky
• Helmut Lipsky - Melosphere
• Peter Shelly - Robot Man and Friends
• M+M - The World is a Ball

Best Children's Album

• Charlotte Diamond - 10 Carrot Diamond
• Bob McGrath & Katharine Smithrim - Songs + Games for Toddlers
• Chris & Ken Whiteley - Lots More Junior Jug Band
• Eric Nagler - Come On In
• Fred Penner - A House for Me

Best Classical Album - Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment

• Toronto Symphony - Holst: The Planets
• Edmonton Symphony Orchestra - Great Verdi Arias
• National Arts Center Orchestra - Schubert: Symphony No. 8 & Strauss: Metamorphosen
• Orchesre symphonique de Montreal - Suppe: Overtures
• Vancouver Symphony Orchestra - Franck: Symphony in D Minor & Berlioz: King Lear

Best Classical Album - Solo or Chamber Ensemble

• James Campbell - Stolen Gems
• Jon Vickers - Vickers
• Louis Lorte - Louis Lortie Plays Maurice Ravel
• The Toronto Consort - La Chanson Francaise, Songs o fMedieva & Renaissance France
• New World Consort - Au Verd Boys - To the Greenwood

Best Jazz Album

• Oliver Jones - Lights of Burgundy
• Denny Chiristianson Big Band - Doomsday Machine
• New Music - The Rob McConnell Sextet - The Rob McConnell Sextet Old Friends
• Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Atras De Porta
• Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass featuring Phil Woods - Boss Brass & Woods

Best R&B / Soul Recording

• Billy Newton-Davis - Love is a Contact Sport
• Erroll Starr - The Key
• Glen Ricketts - I Found a Love
• Kenny Hamilton - Right Here is Where You Belong
• Liberty Silver - All in the Way

Best Reggae / Calypso Recording

• Lillian Allen - Revolutionary Tea Party
• George Banton - No One Can Love Me Like You Do
• Jayson - Free South Africa
• Messenjah - Night Rider
• Ras Lee - Moonlight Lover

Best Video

• Luba - How Man (Rivers to Cross)
• Gowan - Cosmetics Lyrics
• Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me (when I'm Gone) Lyrics
• Ian Thomas - Harmony
• The Parachute Club - Sexual Intelligence

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

• Gordon Lightfoot Lyrics

Composer of the Year

• Jim Vallance
• Luba Lyrics
• David Foster Lyrics
• Bryan Adams Lyrics
• Corey Hart Lyrics

Country Female Vocalist of the Year

• Anne Murray Lyrics
• Carroll Baker
• Marie Bottrell
• Kelita
• Anne Lord

Country Group or Duo of the Year

• Prairie Oyster
• Eddie Eastman & Carroll Baker
• C-Weed Band
• The Mercey Brothers
• The Family Brown

Country Male Vocalist of the Year

• Murray McLauchlan
• Frank Trainor
• Gilles Godard
• Matt Minglewood
• Eddie Eastman

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Luba Lyrics
• Carroll Baker
• Jane Siberry Lyrics
• Anne Murray Lyrics
• Martine St. Clair

Group of the Year

• Honeymoon Suite Lyrics
• Triumph Lyrics
• Rush Lyrics
• Platinum Blonde
• Loverboy Lyrics

Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year

• David Foster Lyrics
• Zamfir
• Moe Koffman
• Liona Boyd
• Canadian Brass

International Album of the Year

• Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms Lyrics
• Heart - Heart Lyrics
• John Mellencamp - Scarecrow
• various artists - Miami Vice
• ZZ Top - Afterburner Lyrics

International Single of the Year

• Opus - Live Is Life Lyrics
• Falco - Rock Me Amadeus Lyrics
• Kool & The Gang - Cherish Lyrics
• Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me Lyrics
• Elton John - Nikita Lyrics

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Bryan Adams Lyrics
• Gino Vannelli Lyrics
• Kim Mitchell
• Neil Young Lyrics
• Bruce Cockburn Lyrics

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

• Kim Richardson
• Chantal Condor
• Sheree Jeacocke
• Siobhan Crawley
• Francesca

Most Promising Group of the Year

• Glass Tiger Lyrics
• Eye Eye
• Cats Can Fly
• Chalk Circle
• One to One

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

• Billy Newton-Davis
• Doug Cameron
• Scott Merritt
• Stan Meissner
• Michel Lemieux

Producer of the Year

• Various artists - St. Elmo's Fire soundtrack
• One to One - Forward Your Emotions
• Eye Eye - Just In Time to Be Late
• Skywalk - The Bohemians
• The Arrows / Erroll Starr - The Lines Are Open / The Key

Recording Engineer of the Year

• Gino Vannelli - Black Cars Lyrics
• Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me, Thin Red Line
• One to One - Forward Your Emotions
• The Toronto Symphony Orchestra - Holst: The Planets
• Skywalk - The Bohemians

Single of the Year

• Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me (when I'm Gone) Lyrics
• Bryan Adams - Diana Lyrics
• Corey Hart - Everything In My Heart
• Martine St. Clair - L'amour Est Dans Tes Yeux
• Platinum Blonde - Crying Over You

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

• Jack Richardson