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.
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.
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.
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 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 will receive the Juno Humanitarian Award.
Singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
The first performers announced were Arkells, 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.
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