| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
 The Once - The Once- Le Vent du Nord - La Part du Feu
- Foggy Hogtown Boys - Scotch and Sofa
- David Francey & Mike Ford - Seaway
- The Sojourners - The Sojourners
| - John Wort Hannam - Queen's Hotel
- Amelia Curran - Hunter, Hunter
- Dala - Girls from the North Country
- Lennie Gallant - If We Had A Fire / Le coeur hante
- Old Man Luedecke - My Hands Are On Fire And Other Love Songs
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| Children's Album | Traditional Singer |
- Andrew Queen - Too Tall
- Kathy Reid-Naiman - Sing The Cold Winter Away
- The Kerplunks - Number 3
- Madame Diva - Madame Diva
- Peter Puffin's Whale Tales - Proud Like A Mountain
| - Yves Lambert - Bal à l'Huile
- Emma Beaton and Nic Gareiss - Emma Beaton and Nic Gareiss
- Woody Holler and his Orchestra - Western Skies
- Rebecca Barclay - Cinnabar
- Rik Barron - Never So Far
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| Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
| | - Wendell Ferguson - Ménage à Moi
- Brad Keller - House on Fire
- Colin Grant - Fun For The Whole Family
- Sahra Featherstone - Born of a Summers's Day
- Samantha Robichaud - Collected
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| Instrumental Group | English Songwriter |
- Beyond the Pale - Postcards
- Duo Duval-Boulanger - Pièces sur Pièces
- Daniel Koulack and Karrnnel - Fiddle and Banjo
- Oliver Schroer & Stewed Tomatoes - Freedom Row
- Sokoun Trio - Zanneh
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| French Songwriter | Aboriginal Songwriter |
- Francis d'Octobre - Ma bête fragile
- Lennie Gallant - If We Had A Fire / Le coeur hante
- David Jalbert - Le Journal
- Fredric Gary Comeau - Effeuiller les vertiges
- Geneviève Toupin - Geneviève Toupin
| - Asani - Listen
- Brenda MacIntyre - Medicine Song
- Eagle and Hawk - The Great Unknown
- Tom Racine - Three Mile Junction
- Wayne Lavallee - Trail of Tears
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| Vocal Group | Ensemble |
| | - Le Vent du Nord - La Part du Feu
- The Sojourners - The Sojourners
- Beyond the Pale - Postcards
- Les Tireux d'Roches - Les Tireux d'Roches Cé qu'essé?
- Nicolas Pellerin - et les Grands Hurleurs
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| Solo Artist | World Solo Artist |
| | - Dominic Mancuso - Comfortably Mine
- Briga - Diaspora
- Élage Diouf - Aksil
- Jeff Bien - Songs of Forgiveness and Prayer
- Jocelyn Pettit - Jocelyn Pettit
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| World Group | New/Emerging Artist |
- Sokoun Trio - Zanneh
- Le Vent du Nord - La Part du Feu
- Beyond the Pale - Postcards
- Roberto López - Project Soy Panamericano
- Apadooraï - Kinda Roots
| - The Once - The Once
- Jack Marks - Two of Everything
- Jadea Kelly - Eastbound Platform
- Jay Aymar - Halfway Home
- Peter Katz - First of the Last to know
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| Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
| | - Beyond the Pale - Postcards
- Daniel Koulack and Karrnnel - Fiddle and Banjo
- Oliver Schroer & Stewed Tomatoes - Freedom Row
- Mauvais Sort - Droit Devant
- Miss Emily Brown - In Technicolor
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| Young Performer | |
- Alexandre Boivin-Caron - La Tradition
- Kierah - A Fiddle Affair
- Jocelyn Pettit - Jocelyn Pettit
- Lucas Chaisson - No Loitering
- Rachel Davis - Rachel Davis
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