8 time Canadian Country Music Association's  Vocal Duo or Group of the Year
nominees (1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)

2 time Canadian Country Music Association's  Independent Group of the Year recipient (2001,  2006)

The Hit Single "Sister Golden Hair" stays in the Top 10 for seven weeks and is the #1 Canadian song for 2 of those

6 time Saskatchewan Country Music Association's Vocal Duo or Group of the Year
recipient (1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)

2 time Saskatchewan Country Music Association's National Achievement Award of Merit recipient (2002, 2004)

Canadian Music Week's 2001 Independent Country Album recipient ("There's No Lookin' Back")

Prairie Music Week's 2000 Outstanding Independent Album recipient ("There's No Lookin' Back")

The Single "Eternal Love" from the "There's No Lookin' Back" album hits #1 in Country Music News

The Poverty Plainsmen were the first act to play in Calgary's McMahon Stadium.

The Poverty Plainsmen were one of the many featured artists at Canada's most successful farm relief concerts hosted in Edmonton's Sky Reach Center and Calgary's Saddledome. The "Say Hay" concerts raised over one million dollars to help the western farmers get hay to their herds of livestock across the prairies. They not only performed their own music, but were also on board as one of the house bands backing several of Canada's top stars.