Best Female Vocalist edit

Winner: Celine Dion

Other Nominees:

• Deborah Cox
• Lara Fabian
• Amanda Marshall
• Alannah Myles

Best Male Vocalist edit

Winner: Bryan Adams

Other Nominees:

• Paul Brandt
• Corey Hart
• John McDermott
• Neil Young

Best New Solo Artist edit

Winner: Terri Clark

Other Nominees:

• Damhnait Doyle
• Chantal Kreviazuk
• Wendy Lands
• Duane Steele

Group of the Year edit

Winner: The Tragically Hip

Other Nominees:

• 54-40
• I Mother Earth
• Moist
• Noir Silence

Best New Group edit

Winner: The Killjoys

Other Nominees:

• Limblifter
• Pluto
• Starkicker
• Victor

Songwriter of the Year edit

Winner: Alanis Morissette (Glen Ballard, co-songwriter)

Other Nominees:

• Bryan Adams (with Robert John "Mutt" Lange)
• Dean McTaggart
• Amy Sky
• The Tragically Hip

Best Country Female Vocalist edit

Presented by Sloan

Winner: Shania Twain

Other Nominees:

• Terri Clark
• Patricia Conroy
• Rachel Matkin
• Michelle Wright

Best Country Male Vocalist edit

Winner: Paul Brandt

Other Nominees:

• Chris Cummings
• Charlie Major
• Jason McCoy
• Duane Steele

Best Country Group or Duo edit

Winner: The Rankin Family

Other Nominees:

• Farmer's Daughter
• Prairie Oyster
• Quartette
• Thomas Wade and Wayward

International Achievement Award edit

Winners:

• Celine Dion
• Alanis Morissette
• Shania Twain

Best Instrumental Artist edit

Winner: Ashley MacIsaac

Other Nominees:

• Richard Abel
• Hennie Bekker
• Samuel Reid and Ernest Lyons
• Sandule and Nikolai

Best Producer edit

Winner: Garth Richardson, "Bar-X-the Rocking M" by Melvins and "Mailman" by The Jesus Lizard

Other Nominees:

• Bryan Adams (with Robert John "Mutt" Lange), "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" and "Let's Make a Night to Remember" by Bryan Adams
• Bruce Fairbairn (with The Cranberries), "Free to Decide" and "When You're Gone" by The Cranberries
• David Foster, "Runaway" by The Corrs and "Both Sides Now" by Natalie Cole
• Corey Hart, "Black Cloud Rain" and "Simplicity" by Corey Hart

Best Recording Engineer edit

Winner: Paul Northfield, "Another Sunday" and "Leave It Alone"

Other Nominees:

• Stuart Bruce, "Seeds of Love" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Loreena McKennitt
• Colin Nairne, "Secrets in Your Heart" and "White Water" by Murray McLauchlan
• Lenny de Rose, "Get Up" by Starkicker and "Huron Carol" by Don Ross
• Randy Staub, "Until it Sleeps" and "Hero of the Day" by Metallica

Canadian Music Hall of Fame edit

Winner: Lenny Breau (posthumously), Gil Evans (posthumously), Maynard Ferguson, Moe Koffman, Rob McConnell

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award edit

Winner: Dan Gibson

Best Album edit

Winner: Trouble at the Henhouse, The Tragically Hip

Other Nominees:

• Amanda Marshall, Amanda Marshall
• 18 til I Die, Bryan Adams
• Falling Into You, Celine Dion
• Hi™ How Are You Today?, Ashley MacIsaac

Best Children's Album edit

Winner: Songs from The Tree House, Martha Johnson

Other Nominees:

• Jumpin' Jack, Jack Grunsky
• Like a Ripple on the Water, Kim Brodey and Jerry Brodey
• Maestro Orpheus and the World Clock, R.H. Thomson
• Walking in the Sun, Jake Chenier

Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble) edit

Winner: Scriabin: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Marc-André Hamelin

Other Nominees:

• Bach: French Suites, Angela Hewitt
• Fialkowska Plays Szymanowski, Janina Fialkowska
• Music of Bach's Sons, Les Violins du Roy
• Paganini: 24 Caprices, James Ehnes

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble) edit

Winner: Ginastera/Villa-Lobos/Evangelista, I Musici de Montréal

Other Nominees:

• Handel: Water Music, Tafelmusik, musical director Jeanne Lamon
• Kodaly: Hary Janos, Peacock Variations, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
• Mussrogsky: Pictures of an Exhibition, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
• Ravel: The Piano Concertos, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit, soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance) edit

Winner: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Choeur et orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Charles Dutoit

Other Nominees:

• Benjamin Britten: The Canticles, tenor Benjamin Butterfield, baritone Brett Polegato, countertenor Daniel Taylor
• Chi il Bel Sogno... What a Beautiful Dream, l'Orchestre symphonique de Laval, soprano Manon Feuble
• Purcell: Halcyon Days, soprano Nancy Argenta
• Richard Margison Sings French and Italian Arias, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, tenor Richard Margison

Best Album Design edit

Winner: John Rummen and Crystal Heald, Decadence - Ten Years of Various Nettwerk

Other Nominees:

• Doug Aucoin, Living River by Rawlins Cross
• Eve Hartling, Jeff Kleinsmith, and Jannie McInnes, So Wound by Jale
• John Rummen, Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff by Sarah McLachlan
• Paolo Venturi, Wayne Hoecherl, Nest by Odds

Best Blues/Gospel Album edit

Winner: Right to Sing the Blues, Long John Baldry

Other Nominees:

• Alive and Loose, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
• Fire, Tongues of Fire
• If My Daddy Could See Me Now, Johnny V
• Sixteen Shades of Blue, The Whiteley Brothers

Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) edit

Winner: Falling Into You, Céline Dion

Other Nominees:

• Daydream, Mariah Carey
• Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, The Smashing Pumpkins
• The Score, Fugees
• (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis

Best Mainstream Jazz Album edit

Winner: Ancestors, Renee Rosnes

Other Nominees:

• Even Canadians Get the Blues, Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass
• Live at Bourbon St., Lenny Breau with Dave Young
• Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore, Oscar Peterson
• Two by Two, Piano Bass Duets Vol II, Dave Young

Best Contemporary Jazz Album edit

Winner: Africville Suite, Joe Sealy

Other Nominees:

• FireWater, NOJO
• Spirit in the Air, Sonny Greenwich
• Time Zones, James Gelfand
• Touché, Paul Bley and Kenny Wheeler

Best Roots or Traditional Album - Group edit

Winner: Matapédia, Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Other Nominees:

• En Spectacle, La Bottine Souriante
• High or Hurtin', Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
• Living River, Rawlins Cross
• Victory Train, Bill Bourne and Shannon Johnson

Best Roots or Traditional Album - Solo edit

Winner: Drive-In Movie, Fred Eaglesmith

Other Nominees:

• Bal Canaille, Danielle Martineau
• Gulliver's Taxi, Murray McLauchlan
• Life on a String, Daniel Koulack
• No Boundaries, Natalie MacMaster

Best Alternative Album edit

Winner: One Chord to Another, Sloan

Other Nominees:

• It's Sydney or the Bush, The Inbreds
• Limblifter, Limblifter
• Purple Blue, Eric's Trip
• Self=title, Treble Charger

Best Selling Francophone Album edit

Winner: Live à Paris, Celine Dion

Other Nominees:

• Luce Dufault, Luce Dufault
• Noir Silence, Noir Silence
• Pure, Lara Fabian
• Quatre saisons dans le désordre, Daniel Bélanger

North Star Rock Album of the Year edit

Winner: Trouble at the Henhouse, The Tragically Hip

Other Nominees:

• Brand New Day, The Watchmen
• Hemi-Vision, Big Sugar
• Scenery and Fish, I Mother Earth
• Test for Echo, Rush

Single of the Year edit

Winner: "Ironic", Alanis Morissette

Other Nominees:

• "Ahead by a Century", The Tragically Hip
• "Because You Loved Me", Celine Dion
• "Birmingham", Amanda Marshall
• "Sleepy Maggie", Ashley MacIsaac

Best Classical Composition edit

Winner: Picasso Suite (1964), Harry Somers

Other Nominees:

• "The Charmer", Chan Ka Nin
• "Quintette for Winds", Malcolm Forsyth
• "Lyric for Orchestra (1960)", Harry Somers
• "Lonely Child", Claude Vivier

Best Rap Recording edit

Winner: What It Takes, Choclair

Other Nominees:

• Bright Lights, Big City, Scales Empire
• FitnRedi, Rascalz
• The Master Plan, Dream Warriors
• Naughty Dread, Kardinal Offishall

Best R&B/Soul Recording edit

Winner: Feelin' Alright, Carlos Morgan

Other Nominees:

• Blindfolded and Ready, The Earthtones
• In Another Lifetime, The McAuley Boys
• Never Stop, George St. Kitts
• Can I Get Close, Gavin Hope

Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording edit

Winner: Up Where We Belong, Buffy Sainte-Marie

Other Nominees:

• Freedom, Chester Knight and the Wind
• Innu Town, Claude McKenzie
• Go Back, Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat
• Tudjaat, Tudjaat

Best Reggae/Calypso Recording edit

Winner: Nana McLean, Nana McLean

Other Nominees:

• Just the Other Night, Lenn Hammond
• Rise Up!, Kali and Dub (Hayes Thurton)
• Rude Boy on the Bus, Adrian Miller
• time bomb, Tatix

Best Global Album edit

Winner: Africa Do Brasil, Paulo Ramos Group

Other Nominees:

• Anhata, Randev Pandit
• Asza, Asza
• Futur, Alpha Yaya Diallo
• Gravity, Jesse Cook

Best Dance Recording edit

Winner: "Astroplane (City of Love Mix)", BKS

Other Nominees:

• "All My Dreams (Don't Ever Leave) (Extended Skywalkers Mix)", Laya
• "Forever Young (Tempered Club Mix)", Temperance
• "Happy Days (original)", Paul Jacobs
• "In Your Arms (album version)", Emjay

Best Video edit

Winner: Jeth Weinrich, "Burned Out Car" by Junkhouse

Other Nominees:

• Andrew MacNaughtan, "Run Runaway" by Great Big Sea
• Stephen Scott and James Cooper, "Soaked" by The Killjoys
• Curtis Wehrfritz, "Someone Who's Cool" by Odds
• Eric Yealland, "Ahead by a Century" by The Tragically Hip

• Renzetti, Elizabeth (30 January 1997). "Dion, Tragically Hip lead Juno nomination pack". The Globe and Mail. pp. C1, C2.
• Miller, Mark (8 March 1997). "The essential Gil Evans (inset: Four for the record)". The Globe and Mail. pp. C12.
• Renzetti, Elizabeth (10 March 1997). "Dion, Tragically Hip dominate Junos". The Globe and Mail. pp. C1.
• Ohler, Shawn (10 March 1997). "A Hip night at The Junos; Celine Dion won more trophies, but The Tragically Hip took the most prestigious Juno -- album of the year; Junos quotes and backstage banter". Edmonton Journal). pp. B6.

• Juno Awards site