# Juno Award for Group of the Year

The Juno Award for Group of the Year has been awarded annually since 1970 in recognition of the best musical group or band in Canada. It is presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). The five nominees in the category are decided through a combination of sales and CARAS member voting, and the recipient is chosen from among these nominees by member voting.
The award was previously named as Top Vocal Instrumental Group (1970–1971), Vocal Instrumental Group of the Year (1972–1973), and Best Group (1999–2002). In 1972 and 1973, awards were also given for Outstanding Performance of the Year – Group.

## Achievements

With six wins, the alternative rock band Arkells is the most winning group in the category. Arkells is also tied for most consecutive wins, three, with rock band Loverboy and country rock band Blue Rodeo. Blue Rodeo's 13 total nominations is slightly edged out by the 14 garnered by hard rock and progressive rock band Rush, including a record eight consecutive nominations from 1977 to 1984. The record for the most nominations without ever winning is held by April Wine, who were nominated 8 times from 1975 to 1983.
Country and folk group The Rankin Family, winners in 1994, are the first non-rock group to ever win the award. The next were electronic dance music groups A Tribe Called Red in 2018 and Loud Luxury in 2020. Though several French-language groups have been nominated, none has ever won the award.
In 2014, Tegan and Sara became the first all-female band and the first duo to win this award.

## Recipients
### Top Vocal Instrumental Group (1970–1971)

| Year | Winner | Ref. |
| 1970 | The Guess Who | |
| 1971 | The Guess Who | |

### Vocal Instrumental Group of the Year and Outstanding Performance of the Year – Group (1972–1973)

In 1972 and 1973, two awards were given for group of the year and outstanding performance by a group.
| Year | Vocal Instrumental Group of the Year | Outstanding Performance of the Year – Group | Refs. |
| 1972 | The Stampeders | Lighthouse | |
| 1973 | Lighthouse | Edward Bear | |

### Group of the Year (1974–1998)

| Year | Winner | Nominees |
| 1974 | Lighthouse | Gary & Dave The Guess Who The Stampeders |
| 1975 | Bachman–Turner Overdrive | April Wine Lighthouse The Guess Who The Stampeders |
| 1976 | Bachman–Turner Overdrive | April Wine Beau Dommage Harmonium The Stampeders |
| 1977 | Heart | April Wine Bachman–Turner Overdrive Rush The Stampeders |
| 1978 | Rush | April Wine Bachman–Turner Overdrive The Stampeders Trooper |
| 1979 | Rush | Chilliwack Prism Triumph Trooper |
| 1980 | Trooper | April Wine Max Webster Prism Rush |
| 1981 | Prism | April Wine Harlequin Max Webster Rush |
| 1982 | Loverboy | April Wine Prism Rush The Rovers |
| 1983 | Loverboy | April Wine Chilliwack Rush Saga |
| 1984 | Loverboy | Chilliwack Payola$ Red Rider Rush |
| 1985 | The Parachute Club | Helix Honeymoon Suite Strange Advance Triumph |
| 1986 | Honeymoon Suite | Loverboy Platinum Blonde Rush Triumph |
| 1987 | Tom Cochrane and Red Rider | The Parachute Club Rock and Hyde The Box Triumph |
| No award ceremony was held in 1988 ||||
| 1989 | Blue Rodeo | Glass Tiger Honeymoon Suite Rush Tom Cochrane and Red Rider |
| 1990 | Blue Rodeo | Cowboy Junkies Rush The Jeff Healey Band Tom Cochrane and Red Rider |
| 1991 | Blue Rodeo | Cowboy Junkies Rush The Jeff Healey Band The Northern Pikes |
| 1992 | Crash Test Dummies | Blue Rodeo Glass Tiger Rush The Tragically Hip |
| 1993 | Barenaked Ladies | 54-40 Blue Rodeo Les B.B. The Tragically Hip |
| 1994 | The Rankin Family | Blue Rodeo Moxy Früvous Rush The Jeff Healey Band |
| 1995 | The Tragically Hip | Barenaked Ladies Crash Test Dummies Spirit of the West The Watchmen |
| 1996 | Blue Rodeo | Headstones Odds The Rankin Family The Tea Party |
| 1997 | The Tragically Hip | 54-40 I Mother Earth Moist Noir Silence [fr] |
| 1998 | Our Lady Peace | Big Sugar Blue Rodeo Great Big Sea The Tea Party |

### Best Group (1999–2002)

| Year | Winner | Nominees |
| 1999 | Barenaked Ladies | Matthew Good Band Philosopher Kings The Rankins The Tragically Hip |
| 2000 | Matthew Good Band | La Chicane Moist Our Lady Peace The Tea Party |
| 2001 | Barenaked Ladies | Blue Rodeo soulDecision The Moffatts The Tragically Hip |
| 2002 | Nickelback | Matthew Good Band Our Lady Peace Sum 41 The Tea Party |

### Group of the Year (2003–present)

| Year | Winner | Nominees |
| 2003 | Sum 41 | Blue Rodeo Our Lady Peace Swollen Members The Tragically Hip |
| 2004 | Nickelback | Barenaked Ladies Finger Eleven La Chicane Our Lady Peace |
| 2005 | Billy Talent | Great Big Sea Simple Plan Sum 41 The Tragically Hip |
| 2006 | Nickelback | Barenaked Ladies Blue Rodeo Our Lady Peace Theory of a Deadman |
| 2007 | Billy Talent | Alexisonfire Hedley The Tragically Hip Three Days Grace |
| 2008 | Blue Rodeo | Arcade Fire Finger Eleven Hedley Kaïn |
| 2009 | Nickelback | Great Big Sea Simple Plan The Trews Tokyo Police Club |
| 2010 | Metric | Billy Talent Blue Rodeo Hedley The Tragically Hip |
| 2011 | Arcade Fire | Broken Social Scene Down With Webster Great Big Sea Three Days Grace |
| 2012 | Arkells | Down With Webster Hedley Nickelback Sam Roberts Band |
| 2013 | Marianas Trench | Billy Talent Metric Rush The Sheepdogs |
| 2014 | Tegan and Sara | Arcade Fire Blue Rodeo Hedley Walk Off the Earth |
| 2015 | Arkells | Chromeo Mother Mother Nickelback You+Me |
| 2016 | Walk Off the Earth | Hedley Marianas Trench Metric Three Days Grace |
| 2017 | The Tragically Hip | Arkells Billy Talent Tegan and Sara The Strumbellas |
| 2018 | A Tribe Called Red | Alvvays Arcade Fire Broken Social Scene Hedley - nomination withdrawn |
| 2019 | Arkells | Chromeo Metric The Sheepdogs Three Days Grace |
| 2020 | Loud Luxury | 88Glam Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine The Reklaws Walk Off the Earth |
| 2021 | Arkells | Half Moon Run Loud Luxury The Glorious Sons The Reklaws |
| 2022 | Arkells | Loud Luxury Mother Mother The Reklaws Valley |
| 2023 | Arkells | Arcade Fire Billy Talent Metric The Reklaws |
| 2024 | The Beaches | Arkells Loud Luxury Nickelback Walk Off the Earth |
| 2025 | TBA | The Beaches Crash Adams Mother Mother Spiritbox Sum 41 |