2017 Polaris Music Prize

Shortlist

Longlist

Heritage Prize

1960–1975

• Public: Gordon Lightfoot, Lightfoot!
• Jury: The Band, The Band
• The Band, Music from Big Pink
• Beau Dommage, Beau Dommage
• Robert Charlebois and Louise Forestier, Lindberg
• Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark
• Jackie Mittoo, Wishbone
• The Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train
• Jackie Shane, Jackie Shane Live
• Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

  1976–1985

• Public: Harmonium, L'Heptade
• Jury: Glenn Gould,
• Bruce Cockburn, Stealing Fire
• D.O.A., Hardcore '81
• Fifth Column, To Sir With Hate
• Gowan, Strange Animal
• Martha and the Muffins, This Is the Ice Age
• Jackie Mittoo, Showcase Volume 3
• Rough Trade, Avoid Freud
• Leroy Sibbles, On Top

  1986–1995

• Public: The Tragically Hip, Fully Completely
• Jury: Eric's Trip, Love Tara
• Dream Warriors, And Now the Legacy Begins
• k. d. lang, Ingénue
• Daniel Lanois, Acadie
• Maestro Fresh Wes, Symphony in Effect
• Main Source, Breaking Atoms
• Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
• Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill
• John Oswald, Plunderphonics

  1996–2005

• Public: Feist, Let It Die
• Jury: k-os, Joyful Rebellion
• Bran Van 3000, Glee
• Broken Social Scene, You Forgot It in People
• Constantines, Shine a Light
• The Dears, No Cities Left
• Destroyer,
• Esthero, Breath from Another
• The New Pornographers, Mass Romantic
• The Weakerthans, Left and Leaving