Album of the Year

• Alannah Myles - Alannah Myles Lyrics
• Rita MacNeil - Rita
• Rita MacNeil - Now the Bell Rings
• Jeff Healey Band - See The Light Lyrics
• Tom Cochrane & Red Rider - Victory Day

Best Album Design

• Rush - Presto Lyrics
• Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America
• Manteca - Perfect Foot
• Kim Mitchell - Rockland
• Men Without Hats - The Adventures of Women & Men in the 21st Cnetury

Best Children's Album

• Susan Hammond, Barbara Nichol - Beethoven Lives Upstairs
• Bob King - The People on My Street
• Eric Nagler - Improvise with Eric Nagler
• Norman Foote - Footeprints
• Robert Minden Ensemble - The Boy Who Wanted to Talk to Whales

Best Classical Album - Large Ensemble

• Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - Boccherini: Cello Concertos and Symphonies
• Louis Lortie, Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Fete a la Francais
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Prokofiev: Sympohonies Nos. 1 and 5
• National Arts Centre Orchestra - Hadyn Symphonyies Nos. 1 and 5

Best Classical Album - Solo or Chamber Ensemble

• Louis Lortie - 20th Century Original Piano Transcriptions
• Canadian Brass - Gabrielli & Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music
• Kevin McMillan - Kevin McMillan, Baritone
• Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - Corelli: Concerti Grossi
• The Orford String Quartet - Beethoven: The Complete Quartets

Best Classical Composition

• Oskar Morawetz - Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra
• Gary Kulesha - Third Chamber Concerto
• Jean Coulthard - Introduction and Three Folk Songs
• Sid Robinovitch - The Sons of Jacob
• T.P. Carrabre - Sonata No. 1

Best Dance Recording

• Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
• Candi - Under Your Spell
• Candi - Missing You
• Maestro Fresh Wes - Let Your Backbone Slide Lyrics
• Yada Yada - Jam Jam Jam

Best Jazz Album

• Jon Ballantyne Trio featuring Joe Henderson - Skydance
• Bernie Senesky - Friday the 14th
• The Edmonton Jazz Ensemble - Something's Here
• The Hugh Fraser Quintet - Pas de Problem
• Time Warp - Off Centre

Best R&B / Soul Recording

• Billy Newton-Davis - Spellbound
• Debbie Johnson - Mega Love
• George Banton - Your Love
• Jay W. McGee - Another Love in Your Life
• Lorraine Scott - Never Be Lonely

Best Reggae / Calypso Recording

• Sattalites - Too Late to Turn Back Now
• Clifton Joseph - Chuckie Prophesy
• Elsworth James - Tribute to Ben Johnson
• Elsworth James - Soca Band
• Leroy Sibbles - South Africa is a Disgrace

Best Roots & Traditional Album

• La Bottine Souriante - Je Voudrais Changer d'Chapeau
• Jesse Winchester - Humour Me
• Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir - Jubilation II
• Sylvia Tyson - You Were On My Mind
• Amos Garrett - I Make My Home in My Shoes

Best Video

• Andrew Cash - Boomtown
• Grapes of Wrath - All the Things I Wasn't
• Luba - Giving Away A Miracle Lyrics
• Lee Aaron - Watcha Do To My Body
• Spoons - Waterline

Canadian Entertainer of the Year

• Jeff Healey Band Lyrics
• Blue Rodeo Lyrics
• Kim Mitchell
• K. D. Lang Lyrics
• Tom Cochrane & Red Rider

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

• Maureen Forrester

Composer of the Year

• David Tyson, Christopher Ward
• Greg Keelor, Jim Cuddy
• Luba Lyrics
• Jim Vallance
• Eddie Schwartz

Country Female Vocalist of the Year

• K. D. Lang Lyrics
• Anne Murray Lyrics
• Rita MacNeil
• Carroll Baker
• Lori Yates

Country Group or Duo of the Year

• The Family Brown
• Great Western Orchestra
• Stoker Brothers
• Silver & Degazio
• Alibi

Country Male Vocalist of the Year

• George Fox
• Ian Tyson Lyrics
• Gary Fjellgaard
• Jesse Winchester
• Handsome Ned

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Rita MacNeil
• Anne Murray Lyrics
• Candy Pennella
• Lee Aaron
• Sass Jordan

Group of the Year

• Blue Rodeo Lyrics
• Jeff Healey Band Lyrics
• Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
• Cowboy Junkies Lyrics
• Rush Lyrics

Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year

• Manteca
• Canadian Brass
• Tafelmusik Baroque Chamber Orchestra
• Liona Boyd
• Frank Mills

International Album of the Year

• Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True Lyrics
• Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked
• New Kids on the Block - Hanging Touch
• Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl Lyrics
• The Travelling Wilburys - The Travelling Wilburys Vol. 1

International Entertainer of the Year

• Melissa Etheridge Lyrics
• Randy Travis Lyrics
• Rod Stewart Lyrics
• Steve Earle Lyrics
• Crowded House Lyrics

International Single of the Year

• Jive Bunny & The Master Mixers - Swing the Mood
• Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy Lyrics
• Madonna - Like A Prayer Lyrics
• New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough Lyrics
• Paula Abdul - Straight Up Lyrics

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Kim Mitchell
• Bruce Cockburn Lyrics
• David Wilcox Lyrics
• Neil Young Lyrics
• George Fox

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

• Alannah Myles Lyrics
• Mary Margaret O'Hara
• Anita Perras
• Mitsou
• Annette Ducharme

Most Promising Group of the Year

• Tragically Hip Lyrics
• Indio
• Paradox Lyrics
• Brighton Rock
• Sons of Freedom

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

• Daniel Lanois Lyrics
• Roch Voisine
• Ray Lyell
• Rufus Wainwright Lyrics
• Niel James Harnett

Producer of the Year

• Aerosmith - Pump Lyrics
• Daniel Lanois - Acadie
• Alannah Myles - Alannah Myles Lyrics
• Rush - Force Ten
• Motley Crue & Blue Murder
• Rush - Prest

Recording Engineer of the Year

• Alannah Myles - Alannah Myles Lyrics
• Chalk Circle - As the Crow Flies
• Bruce Cockburn - Big Cirumstance
• Lee Aaron; She - BodyRock
• Manteca - Perfect Foot
• Sass Jordan - Tell Somebody

Single of the Year

• Alannah Miles - Black Velvet
• Alannah Miles - Love Is
• Candi - Under Your Spell
• Grapes of Wrath - All the Tings I Wasn't
• Kim Mitchell - Rock 'n Roll Duty

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

• Raffi Lyrics