Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

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The Juno Award for "Folk Artist of the Year" was awarded from 1971 - 1982 as recognition each year for the best new folk artist/musician in Canada.^{[citation needed]}

Winners

Top Folk Singer (1971 - 1971)

Year	Artist of the Year	Nominees	Ref.
1971	Bruce Cockburn	Great Speckled Bird Anthony Green and Barry Stagg Joni Mitchell Tom Northcott

Folksinger of the Year (1972 - 1979)

Year	Artist of the Year	Nominees	Ref.
1972	Bruce Cockburn
1973	Bruce Cockburn
1974	Gordon Lightfoot	Bruce Cockburn Murray McLauchlan Dave Nicol Valdy	^[1]^[2]
1975	Gordon Lightfoot	Bruce Cockburn Stompin' Tom Connors Murray McLauchlan Valdy
1976	Gordon Lightfoot	Bruce Cockburn Stompin' Tom Connors Murray McLauchlan Valdy
1977	Gordon Lightfoot	Stompin' Tom Connors Dan Hill Murray McLauchlan Valdy
1978	Gordon Lightfoot	Bruce Cockburn Dan Hill Murray McLauchlan Valdy
1979	Murray McLauchlan	Bruce Cockburn Dan Hill Gordon Lightfoot Valdy

Folk Artist of the Year (1980 - 1982)

Year	Artist of the Year	Nominees	Ref.
1980	Bruce Cockburn	Gordon Lightfoot Murray McLauchlan Joni Mitchell Valdy
1981	Bruce Cockburn	Gordon Lightfoot Murray McLauchlan The Rovers Valdy
1982	Bruce Cockburn	Gordon Lightfoot Joni Mitchell The Rovers Valdy

References

↑ "Congratulations Juno Award winners". Billboard, April 27, 1974.
↑ "Juno Award nominations". Ottawa Journal, March 22, 1974.

v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) Roots and Traditional Album (1989–1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996–2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996–2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards

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