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".[ citation needed ]
| Year | Winner(s) | Video | Nominees | Ref. |
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| 2003 | Ante Kovac and Matthew Good | "Weapon" (Matthew Good) |
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| 2004 | Floria Sigismondi | "Fighter" (Christina Aguilera) |
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| 2005 | The Love Movement, k-os and Micah Meisner | "B-Boy Stance" (k-os) |
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| 2006 | Micah Meisner | "Devil's Eyes" (Buck 65) |
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| 2007 | Dave Pawsey and Jonathan Legris | "Bridge to Nowhere" (Sam Roberts) |
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| 2008 | Christopher Mills | "C'mon" (Blue Rodeo) |
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| 2009 | Anthony Seck | "Honey Honey" (Feist) |
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| 2010 | Marc Ricciardelli | "Little Bit of Red" (Serena Ryder) |
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| 2011 | Kyle Davison | "Perfect" (Hedley) |
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| 2012 | Mike Roberts | "Rumbleseat" (The Sadies) |
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| 2013 | Director X | "HYFR" (Drake) |
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| 2014 | Matt Barnes | "Feeling Good" (The Sheepdogs) |
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| 2015 | Kiesza, Blayre Ellestad, Rami Afuni and Ljuba Castot | "Hideaway" (Kiesza) |
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| 2016 | Xavier Dolan | "Hello" (Adele) |
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| 2017 | Claire Boucher | "Kill v Maim" (Grimes) |
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| 2018 | Claire Boucher | "Venus Fly" (Grimes) |
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| 2019 | Ali Eisner | "No Depression" (Bahamas) |
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| 2020 | Sarah Legault | "Little Star" (iskwē) |
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| 2021 | Emma Higgins | "No One's in the Room" (Jessie Reyez) |
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| 2022 | Xavier Dolan | "Easy on Me" (Adele) |
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| 2023 | Floria Sigismondi | "Unholy" (Sam Smith and Kim Petras) |
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| 2024 | Ethan Tobman | "Demons" (Allison Russell) |
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