The Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award is awarded by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to "individuals who have contributed to the growth and development of the Canadian music industry." It is given annually every Juno Awards ceremony and named after one of the founders of the awards.
Recipients 1984 - J. Lyman Potts 1985 - A. Hugh Joseph 1986 - Jack Richardson 1987 - Bruce Allen 1989 - Sam Sniderman 1990 - Raffi 1991 - Mel Shaw 1992 - William Harold Moon 1993 - Brian Robertson 1994 - John Mills 1995 - Louis Applebaum 1996 - Ronnie Hawkins 1997 - Dan Gibson 1998 - Sam Feldman 1999 - Allan Waters 2000 - Emile Berliner 2001 - Daniel Caudeiron 2002 - Michael Cohl 2003 - Terry McBride 2004 - Walt Grealis 2005 - Allan Slaight 2006 - Bernie Finkelstein 2007 - Donald K. Tarlton 2008 - Moses Znaimer 2009 - Fred Sherratt 2010 - Ross Reynolds 2011 - Deane Cameron 2012 - Gary Slaight 2013 - Larry LeBlanc 2014 - Frank Davies 2015 - Ray Danniels 2016 - Rosalie Trombley 2017 - Randy Lennox 2018 - Denise Donlon 2019 - Duff Roman 2021 - Pegi Cecconi 2022 - Denise Jones 2023 - Ron SakamotoEric Volmers, "Nickelback to enter Canadian Music Hall of Fame at 2023 Juno Awards". Edmonton Journal, November 14, 2022. 2024 - Chip Sutherland 2025 - Riley O’Connor 2026 - Sandy Pandya (ArtHaus), Vinny Cinquemani (Paquin Entertainment), Alexander Mair (Attic Records)
See also
Music of Canada
References