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Each year, the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) honours its members who have excelled during the past year, with a Canadian Country Music Association Award. CCMA Awards are presented each fall during Country Music Week.

The CCMA Awards are voted upon by the membership* in a three stage ballot process; during the first of which, potential Candidates who have released product within the eligibility period and meet the criteria outlined in the Rules & Regulations, are brought forward for consideration and nominated by the voting membership through a 'write-in' ballot. The Second Ballot presents the top ten eligible contenders, as verified by the Awards and Balloting Committee, who have received the most votes in each category to be voted upon for the Third (and final) Ballot, which contains the top five contenders in each category, who become the final five nominees.

The 2025 CCMA Awards, presented by TD, will be held in Kelowna, British Columbia, at Prospera Place, on Saturday, September 13. The show will be broadcast live on CTV, CTV.ca, and the CTV app, with an encore available on Crave. The awards ceremony will be a part of Country Music Week 2025, which will take place from September 10-13.

The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label. Established in 2006, the event was first sponsored by Slaight Music in 2011, when a cash award of $2000 for all nominated artists was added to the prize pool. In 2015, Slaight increased its support with an additional $20,000 commitment that saw the grand prize increase from $30,000 to $50,000.  The award is also sponsored by Sirius XM, the Government of Canada, FACTOR, Radio Starmaker Fund, SOCAN, Stingray Music and The Carlu among others. The Polaris Music Prize gala is broadcast live via Sirius XM, and video streamed live on YouTube via the CBC Music channel.

The 2025 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize will be presented on September 16, 2025 at Massey Hall. The prize for the winning album will be reduced to $30,000, rather than the $50,000 awarded to recent winners, but will be supplemented with a new $10,000 SOCAN Polaris Song Prize to honour individual songs.

Slaight Music is also proud to support the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize. You can read more about that initiative here.

Kensington Market Jazz Festival is proud to showcase established jazz musicians on the Toronto scene in one of the city's most vibrant neighbourhoods. Participating artists are curated by committee, and we do not accept submissions at this time.