Canadian Music Hall of Fame
The Canadian Music Hall of Fame was established in 1978 by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to honour Canadian musicians for their lifetime achievements in music. The award presentation is held each year as part of the Juno Award ceremonies. Since 2012, the inductee also performs at the ceremony as the final performer.
A hall facility was opened in Calgary in 2016 located within The National Music Centre in Calgary, Alberta. It can be found on level five of the Studio Bell, a floor entirely dedicated to celebrating and recognizing Canadian music creators and artists who have left their mark on this country and beyond.Inductees
As of 2020 CARAS has honoured 58 bands or individual musicians, as follows.
- 1978 - Guy Lombardo, Oscar Peterson
- 1979 - Hank Snow
- 1980 - Paul Anka
- 1981 - Joni Mitchell
- 1982 - Neil Young
- 1983 - Glenn Gould
- 1984 - The Crew-Cuts, The Diamonds, The Four Lads
- 1985 - Wilf Carter
- 1986 - Gordon Lightfoot
- 1987 - The Guess Who
- 1989 - The Band
- 1990 - Maureen Forrester
- 1991 - Leonard Cohen
- 1992 - Ian and Sylvia
- 1993 - Anne Murray
- 1994 - Rush
- 1995 - Buffy Sainte-Marie
- 1996 - David Clayton-Thomas, Denny Doherty, John Kay, Domenic Troiano, Zal Yanovsky
- 1997 - Gil Evans, Lenny Breau, Maynard Ferguson, Moe Koffman, Rob McConnell
- 1998 - David Foster
- 1999 - Luc Plamondon
- 2000 - Bruce Fairbairn
- 2001 - Bruce Cockburn
- 2002 - Daniel Lanois
- 2003 - Tom Cochrane
- 2004 - Bob Ezrin
- 2005 - The Tragically Hip
- 2006 - Bryan Adams
- 2007 - Bob Rock
- 2008 - Triumph
- 2009 - Loverboy
- 2010 - April Wine
- 2011 - Shania Twain
- 2012 - Blue Rodeo
- 2013 - k.d. lang
- 2014 - Bachman–Turner Overdrive
- 2015 - Alanis Morissette
- 2016 - Burton Cummings
- 2017 - Sarah McLachlan
- 2018 - Barenaked Ladies and Steven Page
- 2019 - Corey Hart, Andy Kim, Bobby Curtola, Chilliwack, Cowboy Junkies
- 2020 - Jann Arden