Nominations in secondary categories (children's, video, producer, recording engineer, classical and jazz) were announced 27 September 1985.
These included performances by Liberty Silver, Kim Mitchell and a duet of Tina Turner and Bryan Adams.
Earlier in 1985, most major Canadian music artists joined each other to create the benefit single "Tears Are Not Enough".
It was not represented among the year's Juno nominations although it demonstrated strength in the Canadian music industry.
This marked the first year that a black female was awarded a Juno: Liberty Silver.