The Juno Awards of 2016, honouring Canadian music achievements, were presented in Calgary the weekend of 2–3 April 2016. The ceremonies were held at the Scotiabank Saddledome and televised on CTV. It was the first televised awards show to be broadcast in 4K ultra high-definition.
Events The primary ceremony hosts were musician Jann Arden and athlete and television personality Jon Montgomery."CTV and Academy Announce Hosts for Broadcast of 2016 JUNO Awards" . Broadcaster, 4 March 2016. It included performances by Bryan Adams, Dean Brody, Alessia Cara, Dear Rouge, Coleman Hell, Scott Helman, Shawn Hook, Lights, Shawn Mendes, The Weeknd and Whitehorse. The television broadcast on CTV attracted ratings of 1.4 million viewers.
The Juno Cup charity hockey game was played at Max Bell Centre on 1 April.
Nominees and winners Musician Burton Cummings is the 2016 inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. His band, The Guess Who, was inducted in 1987. Rosalie Trombley, former music director for CKLW radio, will be presented with the year's Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award. Arcade Fire is the recipient of the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for their contributions to various non-profit organizations.
Nominees were announced on 2 February 2016. The lack of female nominees in categories such as Artist of the Year and Album of the Year resulted in social media discussions tagged "#JunosSoMale". Musicians Amy Millan and Grimes were also critical of the gender balance of this year's nominations.
People Artist of the Year Group of the Year The Weeknd City and Colour Drake Justin Bieber Shawn Mendes Walk off the Earth Hedley Marianas Trench Metric Three Days Grace Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Alessia Cara Coleman Hell Francesco Yates Scott Helman Tobias Jesso Jr. Dear Rouge Half Moon Run Milk & Bone The Elwins Young Empires Fan Choice Award Songwriter of the Year Justin Bieber Alessia Cara Carly Rae Jepsen Cœur de pirate Dean Brody Drake Shawn Hook Shawn Mendes The Weeknd Walk off the Earth Abel Tesfaye - "Can't Feel My Face" (co-songwriters Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Peter Svensson, Ali Payami), "In the Night" (co-songwriters Ahmad Balshe, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Peter Svensson, Ali Payami), "The Hills" (co-songwriters Ahmad Balshe, Emmanuel Nickerson, Carlo Mantagnese) from Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd Béatrice Martin - "Carry On", "Crier tout bas", "Oceans Brawl" from Roses by Cœur de pirate Buffy Sainte-Marie - "Farm in the Middle of Nowhere", "Ke Sakihitin Awasis (I Love You Baby)", "Love Charms (Mojo Bijoux)" from Power in the Blood by Buffy Sainte-Marie Dallas Green - "Blood", "Lover Come Back", "Wasted Love" from If I Should Go Before You by City and Colour Tobias Jesso Jr. - "When We Were Young" from 25 by Adele; "Alive" from This Is Acting by Sia; "Without You" from Goon by Tobias Jesso Jr. Producer of the Year Recording Engineer of the Year Bob Ezrin - "Honey Honey", "What Love Is All About" from What Love Is All About by Johnny Reid Dallas Green - "Lover Come Back", "Wasted Love" from If I Should Go Before You by City and Colour Henry "Cirkut" Walter - "Locked Away feat. Adam Levine" from What Dreams Are Made Of by Rock City; "Sugar" from V by Maroon 5 Steve Webster & Emilie-Claire Barlow - "La Llorona", "On a Clear Day" from Clear Day by Emilie-Claire Barlow Thomas "Tawgs" Salter - "Bungalow" from Augusta by Scott Helman; "Rule the World" from Sing It All Away by Walk off the Earth Shawn Everett - "Don't Wanna Fight", "Gimme All Your Love" from Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes Gus van Go - "Downtown", "Sweet Disaster" from Leave No Bridge Unburned by Whitehorse Liam O'Neil - "Celebrate", "The Governess" from Pagans in Vegas by Metric Noah "40" Shebib - "Jungle", "Know Yourself" from If You're Reading This It's Too Late by Drake Serban Ghenea - "Can't Feel My Face", "In the Night" from Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd
Albums Album of the Year Aboriginal Album of the Year The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late Jean Leloup, À Paradis City Justin Bieber, Purpose Shawn Mendes, Handwritten Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power in the Blood Armond Duck Chief, The One Black Bear, Come and Get Your Love: The Tribe Session Derek Miller, Rumble Don Amero, Refined
The award was rescinded in 2025, over citizenship requirements. Adult Alternative Album of the Year Adult Contemporary Album of the Year Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned Daniel Romano, If I've Only One Time Askin Joel Plaskett, The Park Avenue Sobriety Test Mo Kenney, In My Dreams Tobias Jesso Jr., Goon | valign="top" | Johnny Reid, What Love Is All About Diana Krall, Wallflower Don Amero, Refined Jann Arden, A Jann Arden Christmas The Tenors, Under One Sky |- ! style="width:50%" | Alternative Album of the Year ! style="width:50%" | Blues Album of the Year |- | valign="top" | BRAIDS, Deep in the Iris Destroyer, Poison Season Majical Cloudz, Are You Alone? U.S. Girls, Half Free Preoccupations (then-known as Viet Cong), Viet Cong | valign="top" | Harrison Kennedy, This Is from Here Big Dave McLean, Faded But Not Gone Blackburn Brothers, Brothers in This World David Gogo, Vicksburg Call Michael Jerome Browne, Sliding Delta |- ! style="width:50%" | Children's Album of the Year ! style="width:50%" | Classical Album of the Year – Solo or Chamber Ensemble |- | valign="top" | The Swinging Belles, More Sheep, Less Sleep Big Block SingSong, Greatest Hits Bobs and LoLo, Dirty Feet Ginalina, Forest Friends' Nature Club Album Splash'N Boots, Songs from the Boot | valign="top" | James Ehnes, Franck & Strauss: Violin Sonatas Angela Hewitt, Liszt: Piano Sonata & Sonnets ARC Ensemble, Chamber Works by Jerzy Fitelberg Cecilia String Quartet, Mendelssohn: Op. 44 nos. 1, 2 Elinor Frey, Berlin Sonatas |- ! style="width:50%" | Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment ! style="width:50%" | Classical Album of the Year – Vocal or Choral Performance |- | valign="top" | Montreal Symphony Orchestra with Olivier Latry and Jean-Willy Kunz, Symphony and New Works for Organ and Orchestra James Ehnes with the Sydney Symphony, Vivaldi: Four Seasons Orchestre Métropolitain, Mahler 10 Paul Merkelo, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Tomasi, Desenclos, Jolivet: French Trumpet Concertos Stewart Goodyear with the Czech National Symphony, Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3 | valign="top" | L'Harmonie des Saisons, Las Ciudades de Oro Claire de Sévigné, Maria Soulis, and Aradia Ensemble, Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 4 Canadian Chamber Choir, Sacred Reflections of Canada - A Canadian Mass Jeff Reilly with Andrea Ludwig, Charles Daniels, John Potter, and Suzie LeBlanc, Peter-Anthony Togni: Responsio Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Chansons Perpétuelles |- ! style="width:50%" | Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year ! style="width:50%" | Country Album of the Year |- | valign="top" | Dan Bremnes, Where the Light Is Amanda Cook, Brave New World Matt Maher, Saints and Sinners The City Harmonic, We Are Tim Neufeld, TREES - Chapter 2 | valign="top" | Dean Brody, Gypsy Road Autumn Hill, Anchor Brett Kissel, Pick Me Up High Valley, County Line Paul Brandt, Frontier |- ! style="width:50%" | Electronic Album of the Year ! style="width:50%" | Francophone Album of the Year |- | valign="top" | Pomo, The Other Day AM Static, A Life Well Lived Concubine, Concubine Discrete, The Midas Touch Humans, Noontide | valign="top" | Jean Leloup, À Paradis City Ariane Moffatt, 22h22 Galaxie, Zulu Louis-Jean Cormier, Les grandes artères Marie-Pierre Arthur, Si l'aurore |- ! style="width:50%" | Instrumental Album of the Year ! style="width:50%" | International Album of the Year |- | valign="top" | Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld, Never Were the Way She Was Afiara Quartet and Skratch Bastid, Spin Cycle Cris Derksen, Orchestral Powwow Esmerine, Lost Voices Jens Lindemann and Tommy Banks, Legacy Live | valign="top" | Adele, 25 Ciara, Jackie Hozier, Hozier Meghan Trainor, Title Vance Joy, Dream Your Life Away |- ! style="width:50%" | Jazz Album of the Year – Solo ! style="width:50%" | Jazz Album of the Year – Group |- | valign="top" | Robi Botos, Movin' Forward Al Muirhead, It's About Time Curtis Nowosad, Dialectics Rich Brown, Abend Tara Davidson, Duets | valign="top" | Allison Au Quartet, Forest Grove Brad Turner Quartet, Over My Head Jerry Granelli Trio, What I Hear Now Mark Kelso & The Jazz Exiles, Stealing From My Youth Peripheral Vision, Sheer Tyranny of Will |- ! style="width:50%" | Vocal Jazz Album of the Year ! style="width:50%" | Heavy Metal Album of the Year |- | valign="top" | Emilie-Claire Barlow, Clear Day Alex Pangman, New Dan Brubeck Quartet, Live from the Cellar Jaclyn Guillou, This Bitter Earth Tara Kannangara, Some Version of the Truth | valign="top" | Kataklysm, Of Ghosts and Gods Cancer Bats, Searching for Zero Diemonds, Never Wanna Die Fuck the Facts, Desire Will Rot KEN mode, Success |- ! style="width:50%" | Pop Album of the Year ! style="width:50%" | Rock Album of the Year |- | valign="top" | Justin Bieber, Purpose Hedley, Hello Scott Helman, Augusta Shawn Mendes, Handwritten Walk off the Earth, Sing It All Away | valign="top" | Death from Above 1979, The Physical World Bryan Adams, Get Up Matthew Good, Chaotic Neutral Nickelback, No Fixed Address The Sheepdogs, Future Nostalgia |- ! style="width:50%" | Contemporary Roots Album of the Year ! style="width:50%" | Traditional Roots Album of the Year |- | valign="top" | Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power in the Blood Alan Doyle, So Let's Go Fortunate Ones, The Bliss Frazey Ford, Indian Ocean LeE HaRVeY OsMOND, Beautiful Scars
The award was rescinded in 2025, over citizenship requirements. | valign="top" | Pharis and Jason Romero, A Wanderer I'll Stay J. P. Cormier, The Chance Jayme Stone, Jayme Stone's Lomax Project Old Man Luedecke, Domestic Eccentric The Wainwright Sisters, Songs in the Dark |- ! style="width:50%" | World Music Album of the Year |- | valign="top" | Boogat, Neo-Reconquista''' Alex Cuba, Healer Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra, Revuelta Danza Party The Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Moorka The Souljazz Orchestra, Resistance''
Songs and recordings Single of the Year Classical Composition of the Year The Weeknd, "Can't Feel My Face" Alessia Cara, "Here" Drake, "Hotline Bling" Justin Bieber, "What Do You Mean?" Ria Mae, "Clothes Off" Dinuk Wijeratne, "Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems" John Burge, "Piano Quartet" Jordan Pal, "The Afar" Michael Oesterle, "Centennials" Nicole Lizée, "Bookburners" Dance Recording of the Year R&B/Soul Recording of the Year Keys N Krates, "Save Me" feat. Katy B A-Trak, "We All Fall Down" feat. Jamie Lidell Autoerotique & Max Styler, "Badman (Torro Torro Remix)" Borgeous & Lights, "Zero Gravity" Sleepy Tom & Diplo, "Be Right There"
"At All" by Kaytranada was originally nominated in this category, but later review discovered that it was originally released outside the eligibility period and it was replaced on the nominee list by "Zero Gravity". The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness Alessia Cara, Four Pink Walls August Rigo, The Fall Out Dru, "Déjà Vu" Patrick Lehman, Butchy's Son Rap Recording of the Year Reggae Recording of the Year Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah, Sour Soul Kardinal Offishall, Kardi Gras, Vol. 1: The Clash k-os, Can't Fly Without Gravity SonReal, For the Town Kafinal, "Nah Complain" feat. Daddy U Roy Dubmatix, The French Sessions Exco Levi, "Hello Mama" Kreesha Turner, "Sexy Gal" feat. T.O.K. Lyndon John X, Escape from the Mongoose Gang
Other Recording Package of the Year Video of the Year Lost Voices - Esmerine