Juno Award for Video of the Year explained

The Juno Award for "Video of the Year" has been awarded since 1984, as recognition each year for the best music video made by a Canadian video director. The award is presented based on the Canadian nationality of the director, not necessarily the song or recording artist; there have been a number of instances where directors have been nominated or won for videos that were created for songs by American or British artists.

The award used to be called "Best Video".

Winners

Best Video (1984 - 2002)

Year	Winner(s)	Video	Nominees	Ref.
1984	Rob Quartly	"Sunglasses at Night" (Corey Hart)	Robert Fresco — "Rise Up" (The Parachute Club) Rob Quartly — "Doesn't Really Matter" (Platinum Blonde) Rob Quartly — "Standing in the Dark" (Platinum Blonde) Rob Quartly — "I Want You Back" (Sherry Kean)	^[1]
1985	Rob Quartly	"A Criminal Mind" (Gowan)	Robert Bouvier — "Go for Soda" (Kim Mitchell) Rob Quartly — "Never Surrender" (Corey Hart) Rob Quartly — "You're a Strange Animal" (Gowan) Deborah Samuel and Lorraine Segato — "At the Feet of the Moon" (The Parachute Club)	^[2]
1986	Greg Masuak	"How Many (Rivers to Cross)" (Luba)	Rob Quartly — "Cosmetics" (Gowan) Rob Quartly — "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" (Glass Tiger) Rob Quartly — "Harmony" (Ian Thomas) Lorraine Segato — "Sexual Intelligence" (The Parachute Club)
1987	Ron Berti	"Love Is Fire" (The Parachute Club)	Ron Berti — "Waiting for a Miracle" (Bruce Cockburn) Mark Gane and Martha Johnson — "Only You" (M+M) Nelu Ghiran — "I'm an Adult Now" (The Pursuit of Happiness) Stephen Surjik — "Should I See" (Frozen Ghost) Rob Quartly — "Easy to Tame" (Kim Mitchell)
1989	Michael Buckley	"Try" (Blue Rodeo)	Ron Berti — "Wait for Me" (The Northern Pikes) James O'Mara and Kate Ryan — "Our Little Secret" (Art Bergmann) Donald Robertson — "Ingrid and the Footman" (Jane Siberry) Jean-Marc Pisapia — "Ordinary People" (The Box)
1990	Cosimo Cavallaro	"Boomtown" (Andrew Cash)	Don Allan — "Watcha Do to My Body" (Lee Aaron) Chris Hooper, Kevin Kane, Robert Longevall — "All the Things I Wasn't" (The Grapes of Wrath) Greg Masuak — "Giving Away a Miracle" (Luba) Kari Skogland — "Waterline" (Spoons)
1991	Joel Goldberg	"Drop the Needle" (Maestro Fresh-Wes)	Don Allan — "I Am a Wild Party" (Kim Mitchell) Don Allan — "I Wanna Know" (John James) Ron Berti — "She Ain't Pretty" (The Northern Pikes) Joel Goldberg — "Let Your Backbone Slide" (Maestro Fresh-Wes)
1992	Phil Kates	"Into the Fire" (Sarah McLachlan)	Lyne Charlebois — "Political" (Spirit of the West) Alain DesRochers — "Dis-moi, dis-moi" (Mitsou) Dale Heslip — "Superman's Song" (Crash Test Dummies) David Storey — "Life is a Highway" (Tom Cochrane)
1993	Curtis Wehrfritz	"Closing Time" (Leonard Cohen)	Lyne Charlebois — "Bohemia" (Mae Moore) Peter Henderson — "Locked in the Trunk of a Car" (The Tragically Hip) Curtis Wehrfritz — "No Regrets" (Tom Cochrane) Curtis Wehrfritz — "She La" (54-40)
1994	Jeth Weinrich	"I Would Die for You" (Jann Arden)	Don Allan — "Rain Down on Me" (Blue Rodeo) Dale Heslip — "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" (Crash Test Dummies) Curtis Wehrfritz — "The Future" (Leonard Cohen) Curtis Wehrfritz — "I Can See Clearly Now" (Holly Cole Trio)
1995	Lyne Charlebois	"Tunnel of Trees" (Gogh Van Go)	Curtis Wehrfritz — "Bad Timing" (Blue Rodeo) Jeth Weinrich — "Blame Your Parents" (54-40) Jeth Weinrich — "Insensitive" (Jann Arden) Brenton Spencer — "Push" (Moist)
1996	Jeth Weinrich	"Good Mother" (Jann Arden)	Alain DesRochers — "O Siem" (Susan Aglukark) Tim Hamilton — "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" (Crash Test Dummies) Stephen Scott — "Freedom" (Colin James) Curtis Wehrfritz — "Sister Awake" (The Tea Party)
1997	Jeth Weinrich	"Burned Out Car" (Junkhouse)	Andrew MacNaughtan — "Run Runaway" (Great Big Sea) Stephen Scott and James Cooper — "Soaked" (The Killjoys) Curtis Wehrfritz — "Someone Who's Cool" (Odds) Eric Yealland — "Ahead by a Century" (The Tragically Hip)
1998	Javier Aguilera	"Gasoline" (Moist)	Tim Hamilton — "A Little in Love" (Paul Brandt) Lisa Mann — "Elmo" (Holly McNarland) Bill Morrison — "Everything Is Automatic" (Matthew Good Band) Tony Pantages — "Pearly White" (Junkhouse)
1999	Javier Aguilera	"Forestfire" (David Usher)	Ulf Buddensieck — "Lukey" (Great Big Sea and The Chieftains) Bill Morrison — "Apparitions" (Matthew Good Band) Floria Sigismondi — "Sweet Surrender" (Sarah McLachlan) Jeth Weinrich — "Wishing That" (Jann Arden)
2000	Alanis Morissette	"So Pure" (Alanis Morissette)	Ulf Buddensieck — "Underground" (Moist) Marc Lostracco — "Strange Disease" (Prozzäk) Andrew MacNaughtan — "On the Scene" (Big Sugar) William Morrison — "Hello Time Bomb" (Matthew Good Band)
2001	Rob Heydon	"Alive" (Edwin)	Micha Dahan — "Drag You Down" (Finger Eleven) Micha Dahan — "Thief" (Our Lady Peace) William Morrison — "The Future is X-Rated" (Matthew Good Band) William Morrison — "Load Me Up" (Matthew Good Band)
2002	Sean Michael Turrell	"Jealous of Your Cigarette" (Hawksley Workman)	Oli Goldsmith — "In Repair" (Our Lady Peace) Josh Levy — "I Hear You Calling" (Gob) Stephen Scott — "Plumb Song" (Snow) Floria Sigismondi — "In My Secret Life" (Leonard Cohen)

Video of the Year (2003 - Present)

Year	Winner(s)	Video	Nominees	Ref.
2003	Ante Kovac and Matthew Good	"Weapon" (Matthew Good)	Craig Bernard — "Black Black Heart" (David Usher) Craig Bernard and Danko Jones — "Lovercall" (Danko Jones) Micah Meisner — "Superstarr Pt. 0" (k-os) Christopher Mills — "PDA" (Interpol)
2004	Floria Sigismondi	"Fighter" (Christina Aguilera)	Don Allan — "Heaven Only Knows" (k-os) Maxime Giroux — "Into Your Hideout" (Pilate) Christopher Mills — "Stars and Sons" (Broken Social Scene) Floria Sigismondi — "Untitled" (Sigur Rós)
2005	The Love Movement, k-os and Micah Meisner	"B-Boy Stance" (k-os)	Stephen Scott — "Perfect Wave" (Barlow) Floria Sigismondi — "The End of the World" (The Cure) George Vale — "One Evening" (Feist) Benjamin Weinstein — "The Reasons" (The Weakerthans)
2006	Micah Meisner	"Devil's Eyes" (Buck 65)	Ralph Dfouni, Brigitte Henry — "Con Toda Palabra" (Lhasa de Sela) Chris Grismer — "Rebellion (Lies)" (Arcade Fire) Plates Animation — "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" (Arcade Fire) Floria Sigismondi — "Bom Bom Bom" (Living Things)
2007	Dave Pawsey and Jonathan Legris	"Bridge to Nowhere" (Sam Roberts)	k-os, Micah Meisner and Zeb Roc — "ElectriK HeaT: The Seekwill" (k-os) Drew Lightfoot — "Coast Is Clear" (In-Flight Safety) Floria Sigismondi — "Hurt" (Christina Aguilera) Sean Michael Turrell — "Devil in a Midnight Mass" (Billy Talent)
2008	Christopher Mills	"C'mon" (Blue Rodeo)	Kyle Davison — "Shake Tramp" (Marianas Trench) Vincent Morriset — "Neon Bible" (Arcade Fire) Marc Ricciardelli — "Walls Fall Down" (Bedouin Soundclash) Sean Wainsteim — "Cheer It On" (Tokyo Police Club)
2009	Anthony Seck	"Honey Honey" (Feist)	Davin Black — "Blond Kryptonite" (Saint Alvia) Wendy Morgan — "Going On" (Gnarls Barkley) Dave Pawsey — "Detroit '67" (Sam Roberts) Dave Pawsey — "Them Kids" (Sam Roberts)
2010	Marc Ricciardelli	"Little Bit of Red" (Serena Ryder)	Harv Glazer — "Anybody Listening" (Classified) Ben Steiger-Levine — "Heavens to Purgatory" (The Most Serene Republic) Ben Steiger-Levine — "Mr. Hurricane" (Beast) WeWereMonkeys — "It's Okay" (Land of Talk)
2011	Kyle Davison	"Perfect" (Hedley)	Benjamin Lussier — "Chargez!" (Ariel) Adam Makarenko and Alan Poon — "Forced to Love" (Broken Social Scene) Michael Maxxis — "Saint Veronika" (Billy Talent) Christopher Mills — "Collect Call" (Metric)
2012	Mike Roberts	"Rumbleseat" (The Sadies)	Jon Busby — "Rows of Houses" (Dan Mangan) José Lourenço — "Stamp" (The Rural Alberta Advantage) Michael Maxxis — "Good Day at the Races" (Hollerado) John JP Poliquin — "The Stand" (Mother Mother)
2013	Director X	"HYFR" (Drake)	Margaret Malandruccolo — "Testify" (Alan Doyle) Margaret Malandruccolo — "Fire It Up" (Johnny Reid) Sean Wainsteim — "Little Boxes" (Walk Off the Earth) WeWereMonkeys — "Little Talks" (Of Monsters and Men)
2014	Matt Barnes	"Feeling Good" (The Sheepdogs)	Agathe Bray-Bourret — "Je t'aime comme tu es" (Daniel Bélanger) Briin Bernstein and Daniel AM Rosenberg — "Friend of Mine" (D-Sisive) John Poliquin — "Anything" (Hedley) WeWereMonkeys — "King and Lionheart" (Of Monsters and Men)
2015	Kiesza, Blayre Ellestad, Rami Afuni and Ljuba Castot	"Hideaway" (Kiesza)	Dane Collison — "Preach" (SonReal) Grandson & Son — "Lost You" (Zeds Dead feat. Twin Shadow) Natalie Rae Robison — "Not Up to Me" (Kandle) Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux and Chandler Levack — "Guilt Trip" (PUP)
2016	Xavier Dolan	"Hello" (Adele)	Peter Huang — "For the Town" (SonReal) Eva Michon — "Virgins" (Death from Above 1979) Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux and Chandler Levack — "Dark Days" (PUP) Philip Sportel — "Avalanche" (Kalle Mattson)
2017	Claire Boucher	"Kill v Maim" (Grimes)	Jodeb — "Killa" (Wiwek/Skrillex) Martin C. Pariseau — "Lite Spots" (Kaytranada) Yassin "Narcy" Alsalman — "R.E.D." (A Tribe Called Red feat. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear) Justin Stephenson — "The Stranger" (Gord Downie)
2018	Claire Boucher	"Venus Fly" (Grimes)	Christopher Mills — "Leaving the Table" (Leonard Cohen) Emma Higgins — "The Drugs" (Mother Mother) Peter Huang — "Gatekeeper" (Jessie Reyez) Shane Cunningham and Mark Myers — "Knocking at the Door" (Arkells)	^[3]
2019	Ali Eisner	"No Depression" (Bahamas)	Andrew De Zen — "Places" (Alaskan Tapes) Andrew Hines — "Powerless" (Classified) Ben Knechtel — "Hang Ups" (Scott Helman) Peter Huang — "Have a Nice Day" (SonReal)	^[4]
2020	Sarah Legault	"Little Star" (iskwē)	Caraz — "Bun Dem" (Sarahmée) Johnny Jansen — "Record Shop" (Said the Whale) Le GED — "Back Off" (Laurence Nerbonne) Jonathan Robert — "Topographe" (Corridor)	^[5]
2021	Emma Higgins	"No One's in the Room" (Jessie Reyez)	Ben Knechtel — "Wait No More" (Scott Helman) Brittney Canda, Vincent René-Lortie — "Wrap Me Up" (Sheenah Ko) Les Solis, Peter Huang — "Intruders" (Jessie Reyez) Nick DenBoer — "Pomegranate" (deadmau5 and the Neptunes)	^[6]
2022	Xavier Dolan	"Easy on Me" (Adele)	Vincent René-Lortie — "La nuée" (Simon Leoza) Adrian Villagomez — Ariane Roy, "Ta main" (Ariane Roy) Shan Vincent de Paul and Kalainithan Kalaichelvan — "Neeye Oli" (Shan Vincent de Paul, Navz-47 and Santhosh Narayanan) Norman Wong — "Meaningless" (Charlotte Cardin)	^[7]
2023	Floria Sigismondi	"Unholy" (Sam Smith and Kim Petras)	Emma Higgins — "Fraud" (Jessie Reyez) Karena Evans — "Have Mercy" (Chlöe) Mayumi Yoshida — "Different Than Before" (Amanda Sum) Sterling Larose — "Remember Me for Me" (SonReal and Lily Moore)	^[8]
2024	Ethan Tobman	"Demons" (Allison Russell)	Andrew De Zen — "Of Woods and Seas" (Alaskan Tapes) Jordan Clarke — "onetwostep" (des hume feat. juicelover) Sterling Larose — "DAMN RIGHT" (Snotty Nose Rez Kids) Sterling Larose and Zachary Vague — "feral canadian scaredy cat" (young friend)	^[9]

Notes and References

1. Liam Lacey, "Adams the big winner as Junos polish up act". The Globe and Mail, December 6, 1984.
2. Greg Quill, "Adams wins Juno's triple crown". Toronto Star, November 5, 1985.
3. [Ben Rayner]
4. https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/junos-2019-the-complete-list-of-winners-1.5056461 "Junos 2019: the complete list of winners"
5. Shakiel Mahjouri, "2020 Juno Awards Winners List: Find Out Who Came Out On Top". ET Canada, June 29, 2020.
6. Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
7. https://sorstu.ca/gala-des-prix-juno-2022-charlotte-cardin-devance-justin-bieber-et-the-weeknd-dans-les-nominations/ "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!"
8. Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
9. https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"