2018 Polaris Music Prize

Grand jury

Shortlist

Longlist

Heritage Prize

1960–1975

• Public: Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
• Jury: Jean-Pierre Ferland, Jaune
• 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
• Buffy Sainte-Marie, It's My Way!
• Jackie Shane, Jackie Shane Live

  1976–1985

• Public: Rush, 2112
• Jury: 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
• Stan Rogers, Fogarty's Cove
• Rough Trade, Avoid Freud
• Leroy Sibbles, On Top

  1986–1995

• Public: Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill
• Jury: Dream Warriors, And Now the Legacy Begins
• Daniel Bélanger, Les Insomniaques s'amusent
• k. d. lang, Ingénue
• Daniel Lanois, Acadie
• Maestro Fresh Wes, Symphony in Effect
• Main Source, Breaking Atoms
• Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
• John Oswald, Plunderphonics
• Voivod, Nothingface

  1996–2005

• Public: Broken Social Scene, You Forgot It in People
• Jury: Kid Koala, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Bran Van 3000, Glee
• Constantines, Shine a Light
• The Dears, No Cities Left
• Destroyer,
• Esthero, Breath from Another
• Sarah Harmer, You Were Here
• The New Pornographers, Mass Romantic
• The Weakerthans, Left and Leaving