Polaris Music Prize
From Polaris Music Prize (prize courtesy of Slaight Family Foundation)
Album prize with $30,000 to the winner for the best Canadian album, judged by music critics; entries are free.
- Amount
- Up to $30,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists; Groups and collectives
- Where you must live
- Canada
- Art forms
- Music
- Application fee
- Not stated
- Kind
- Prize or award
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What is offered
Money to you
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- The Album Prize winner receives a $30,000 cash prize.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 26, 2026.
Eligibility
Solo artists must be citizens or landed immigrants; groups 50 percent Canadian; album of 20+ minutes or 5+ songs released in the window.
What to send
Submit through the portal.
Checked against the funder's page, September 26, 2026.
Funder's page last updated October 23, 2025.
Source: https://polarismusicprize.ca/album-prize/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on September 26, 2026.
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