Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Instrumental Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best instrumental album in Canada. The award was originally called the "Instrumental Artist of the Year".

Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year (1976 - 1987)

 * 1976 - Hagood Hardy
 * 1977 - Hagood Hardy
 * 1978 - André Gagnon
 * 1979 - Liona Boyd
 * 1980 - Frank Mills
 * 1981 - Frank Mills
 * 1982 - Liona Boyd
 * 1983 - Liona Boyd
 * 1984 - Liona Boyd
 * 1985 - Canadian Brass
 * 1986 - David Foster
 * 1987 - David Foster

Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year (1989 - 1998)

 * 1989 - David Foster
 * 1990 - Manteca
 * 1991 - Ofra Harnoy
 * 1992 - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
 * 1993 - Ofra Harnoy
 * 1994 - Ofra Harnoy
 * 1995 - André Gagnon
 * 1996 - Liona Boyd
 * 1997 - Ashley MacIsaac
 * 1998 - Leahy

Best Instrumental Album (1999 - 2002)

 * 2000 - Natalie MacMaster, In My Hands
 * 2001 - Jesse Cook, Free Fall
 * 2002 - Oscar Lopez, Armando's Fire

Instrumental Album of the Year (2003 - Present)

 * 2003 - Robert Michaels, Allegro
 * 2004 - I Sorenti, Italian Love Songs
 * 2005 - Oscar Lopez, Mi Destino/My Destiny
 * 2006 - Daniel Lanois, Belladonna
 * 2007 - Sisters Euclid, Run Neil Run
 * 2008 - Jayme Stone, The Utmost
 * 2009 - DJ Brace, DJ Brace presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra, Nostomania
 * 2010 - Bell Orchestre, As Seen Through The Windows
 * 2011 - Fond of Tigers, Continent & Western
 * 2012 - Stretch Orchestra, Stretch Orchestra
 * 2013 - Pugs and Crows, Fantastic Pictures
 * 2014 - Esmerine, Dalmak
 * 2015 - Quartango, Encuentro
 * 2016 - Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld, Never Were the Way She Was
 * 2017 - The Fretless, Bird's Nest
 * 2018 - Do Make Say Think, Stubborn Persistent Illusions
 * 2019 - Gordon Grdina, China Cloud
 * 2020 - Alexandra Stréliski, Inscape
 * 2021 - Blitz//Berlin, Movements III
 * 2022 - David Myles, That Tall Distance
 * 2023 - Esmerine, Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More
 * 2024 - Colin Stetson, When we were that what wept for the sea