Album of the Year

• Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
• Blue Rodeo - Outskirts Lyrics
• Glass Tiger - Diamond Sun
• Honeymoon Suite - Racing After Midnight
• Rita MacNeil - Reason to Believe

Best Album Graphics

• Ian Thomas - Levity
• Paul Cram Orchestra - Beyond Benghazi
• 13 Different Multicultural Groups - Celebration
• The Spoons - Vertigo Tango
• Body Electric - Walking Through Walls

Best Children's Album

• Connie Kaldor, Carmen Campagne - Lullaby Berceuse
• Fred Penner - Fred Penner's Place
• Charlotte Diamond - Diamonds & Dragons
• Charlotte Diamond - Qu'il Y Ait Toujours Le Soleil
• Matt Maxwell - Le Loup Du Nord
• Susan Hammond, The Toronto Boy's Choir, The Studio Arts Orchestra - Mr. Bach Comes to Call
• Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra - The Orchestra

Best Classical Album - Large Ensemble

• Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Berlioz: Harold in Italy; Rob Roy & Corsaire Overtures
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Faure: Requiem
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bare Moutain
• Toronto Symphony, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir - Handel: Messiah

Best Classical Album - Solo or Chamber Ensemble

• Ofra Harnoy - Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata
• Canadian Chamber Ensemble - Wagner, Francaix, Dvorak
• Desmond Hoebig, Andrew Tunis - Beethoven: Music for Cello and Piano
• Jon Kimura Parker - Chopin: Piano Works
• Jane Coop - Mozart - Piano Pices
• Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists - Master of the German Baroque

Best Classical Composition

• Alexina Louie - Songs of Paradise
• Brian Cherney - River of Fire
• Claude Vivier - Siddartha
• Jacques Hetu - Symphonie No. 3
• R. Mrray Schafer - Concerto for Harpsichord & Eight Wind Instruments

Best Jazz Album

• The Hugh Fraser Quintet - Looking Up
• Jane Bunnett - In Dew Time
• Jean Beaudet Quartet - Jean Beaudet Quartet
• Karen Young & Michel Donato - Contredanse
• Paul Cram Orchestra - Beyond Benhazi

Best R&B / Soul Recording

• Erroll Starr - Angel
• Candi - Dancing Under a Latin Moon
• Debbie Johnson & Demo Cates - Secret Love
• Liberty Silver - Private Property
• Lorraine Scott - Crying for Love

Best Reggae / Calypso Recording

• Lillian Allen - Conditions Critical
• Chester Miller - Shedrock
• Devon Haughton - War on Drugs
• Elsworth James - I Like Calypso
• Errol Blackwood - Give Peace a Chance

Best Roots & Traditional Album

• The Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor Band - The Return of the Formily Brothers
• Downchild - It's Been So Long
• King Biscuit Boy - King Biscuit Boy AKA Richard Newell
• Murray McLauchlan - Swingin on a Star
• Spirit of the West - Labour Day

Best Video

• Blue Rodeo - Try Lyrics
• Jane Siberry - Ingrid And The Footman Lyrics
• The Box - Ordinary People
• Art Bergmann - Our Little Secret
• The Northern Pikes - Wait for Me

Canadian Entertainer of the Year

• Glass Tiger Lyrics
• Bryan Adams Lyrics
• Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
• Bruce Cockburn Lyrics
• Leonard Cohen Lyrics
• Colin James Lyrics
• Blue Rodeo Lyrics
• K. D. Lang Lyrics
• Robbie Robertson Lyrics
• Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

• Band Lyrics

Composer of the Year

• Tom Cochrane Lyrics
• Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor
• David Foster Lyrics
• Jim Vallance
• Rita MacNeil
• Eddie Schwartz

Country Female Vocalist of the Year

• K. D. Lang Lyrics
• Michelle Wright Lyrics
• Carroll Baker
• Anne Murray Lyrics
• Sherry Kean

Country Group or Duo of the Year

• The Family Brown
• Colleen Peterson & Gilles Godard

Country Male Artist of the Year

• Murray McLauchlan
• George Fox
• Matt Minglewood
• Ian Tyson Lyrics
• Patrick Norman

Female Vocalist of the Year

• K. D. Lang Lyrics
• Anne Murray Lyrics
• Johanne Blouin
• Rita MacNeil
• Celine Dion Lyrics

Group of the Year

• Blue Rodeo Lyrics
• Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
• Rush Lyrics
• Glass Tiger Lyrics
• Honeymoon Suite Lyrics

Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year

• David Foster Lyrics
• Frank Mills
• Zamfir
• Canadian Brass
• Manteca

International Album of the Year

• various artists - Dirty Dancing Soundtrack
• Def Leppard - Hysteria Lyrics
• George Michael - Faith Lyrics
• Michael Jackson - Bad Lyrics
• various artists - Cocktail Soundtrack

International Entertainer of the Year

• U2 Lyrics
• Inxs Lyrics
• George Michael Lyrics
• Michael Jackson Lyrics
• Crowded House Lyrics

International Single of the Year

• M.A.R.R.S. - Pump Up the Volume
• George Michael - Faith Lyrics
• Kylie Minogue - Locomotion Lyrics
• Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind Of Love Lyrics
• Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now Lyrics

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Robbie Robertson Lyrics
• Neil Young Lyrics
• Leonard Cohen Lyrics
• Bruce Cockburn Lyrics
• David Wilcox Lyrics

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

• Sass Jordan
• Lisa Lougheed
• Jannetta
• Canid
• Michelle Wright Lyrics

Most Promising Group of the Year

• Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts
• Pursuit Of Happiness Lyrics
• Northern Pikes Lyrics
• The Jitters
• 54-40 Lyrics

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

• Colin James Lyrics
• Art Bergmann
• Andrew Cash
• Jeff Healey Band Lyrics
• Michael Breen

Producer of the Year

• Robbie Robertson - Big Sky; SomewhereDown the Crazy River
• Glass Tiger - Diamond Sun Lyrics
• Hugh Marsh - Purple Haze, Sempre Nel Mio Cuore
• Aerosmith / Bon Jovi - The Movie / Stick to Your Guns
• David Foster - Winter Games

Recording Engineer of the Year

• Tom Cochrane & Red Rider - Calling America, Different Drummer
• Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine Lyrics
• Glass Tiger - Diamdon Sun, I'm Still Searching
• Triumph; Dance Desire - Never Say Never
• Skywalk - Paradiso

Single of the Year

• Blue Rodeo - Try Lyrics
• Glass Tiger - Diamond Sun Lyrics
• Luba - When A Man Loves a Woman
• Men Without Hats - Pop Goes The World Lyrics
• Sway - Hands Up

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

• Sam Sniderman