The Canadian Music Hall of Fame was established in 1978 by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) to honour individuals or groups who have made an outstanding contribution to the international recognition of Canadian artists and music. It is presented annually at the Juno Awards.

To date, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame does not occupy a physical space. In 2005, CARAS announced that a three-storey, 60,000 square-foot hall would open in 2007 at Toronto’s Dundas Square, but that project never materialized. In 2011, CARAS announced that it had teamed with the National Music Centre in Calgary and the Canadian Country Music Association to build a 160,000 square-foot facility in Calgary’s East Village that would house the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, as well as performance spaces, recording studios, broadcast facilities, artist-in-residence programs, and the country's biggest collection of musical instruments and sound equipment. Construction on the $168-million facility began in early 2013. It is scheduled to open in spring 2016.

Inductees

1978 — Guy Lombardo (posthumously), Oscar Peterson

1979 — Hank Snow

1980 — Paul Anka

1981 — Joni Mitchell

1982 — Neil Young

1983 — Glenn Gould (posthumously)

1984 — The Crew-Cuts, The Four Lads, The Diamonds

1985 — Wilf Carter

1986 — Gordon Lightfoot

1987 — The Guess Who

1988 — no induction

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 (see Steppenwolf), Domenic Troiano, Zal Yanofsky

1997 — Lenny Breau, Gil Evans, Maynard Ferguson, Moe Koffman, Rob McConnell

1998 — David Foster

1999 — Luc Plamondon

2000 — Bruce Fairbairn (posthumously)

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