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Juno Awards 2022: Full list of winners

The 2022 Juno Awards honouring the best in Canadian music kicked off Sunday at 8 p.m. ET in Toronto, hosted by Canadian actor Simu Liu, and went on to honour big names like Charlotte Cardin, Shawn Mendes, Deborah Cox and Avril Lavigne.

Charlotte Cardin adds to Juno wins, Shawn Mendes honoured and gets fan choice award

A woman holds an award statue high in the air with one hand, and a microphone in front of her face with the other.
Charlotte Cardin holds an award statue during the 51st Juno Awards, in Toronto, on May 15, 2022. It's the first in-person show celebrating Canadian music since 2019 following pandemic pauses. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

The 2022 Juno Awards kicked off on Sunday in Toronto withwhirlwind performances by HamiltonrockersArkells and Regina-born Tesher.

Tesher'shit Jalebi Babyeven had a cameo by Junos host Simu Liu.

TheShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsstar opened with a very Canadian monologue, celebrating his hometown of Toronto. The show was backin person, following a period off during the pandemic, for the first time since 2019. For 2022, it was held outdoors at the Budweiser Stage.

WATCH |Juno Awards host Simu Liu's opening monolgue:

Haviah Mighty picked up the first award of the evening -Rap album of the year becoming the first winner of this award category.

A person with big gold chains and a cool dress shirt looks awesome and holds a Juno award.
Rapper Haviah Mighty became the first winner of the rap album of the year category, during Sunday's Juno Awards. (CARAS/iPhoto)

"This one's for women in hip hop," the rapper said during her acceptance speech.

Following their opening performance, Arkellswon for group of the year.

Later, Shawn Mendes, originally from Pickering, Ont., was honoured with the International Achievement Award. He also won theTikTok Juno fan choice award that was announced by Avril Lavigne.

B.C.'s Jessia won breakthrough artist of the year, and Montreal's Charlotte Cardin, coming off three awards Saturday night, took the honourforalbum of the year Sunday.

The 51st Junosalso featured performances by Lavigneand Cardin. The night included special presentations for both Mendes and Deborah Cox.

Cox accepted her honour by talking about the hardships getting into the ears of Canada's music industry executivesin the '90s andas a Black woman from Scarborough, in suburban Toronto.

Toronto entertainment icon Deborah Cox was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame during the 2022 Juno Awards. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

"It wasn't easy to leave my home but it was necessary," she said. "I'm not sure I'd be standing here this evening. Those rejections became my redirection and only added fuel to my fire."

A full list of winners from opening night on Saturday can be found here.

And here are Sunday night's winners:

  • Rap album of the year:Haviah Mighty.
  • Group of the year:Arkells.
  • Canadian Music Hall of Fame: Deborah Cox.
  • International Achievement Award: Shawn Mendes.
  • Breakthrough artist of the year: Jessia.
  • Album of the year:Charlotte Cardin.
  • TikTok Juno fan choice:Mendes.

The 2023 Juno Awards will be held in Edmonton.