| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
| 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 |
| 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 - 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 |
| Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
| Rose Cousins - The Send Off James Keelaghan - House of Cards Justin Rutledge - The Early Widows Lynn Miles - Black Flowers Volume 1 & 2 Nathan Rogers - The Gauntlet | 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 |
| 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 | Ian Tamblyn - Gyre Amelia Curran - Hunter, Hunter Lennie Gallant - If We Had A Fire / Le coeur hante Justin Rutledge - The Early Widows Chris MacLean - Feet Be Still |
| 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 |
| Vocal Group | Ensemble |
| Dala - Girls from the North Country The Once - The Once The Sojourners - The Sojourners The Marigolds - That's The State I'm In The Wailin' Jennys - Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House | 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 |
| Solo Artist | World Solo Artist |
| Amelia Curran - Hunter, Hunter Old Man Luedecke - My Hands Are On Fire And Other Love Songs Justin Rutledge - The Early Widows David Myles - Turn Time Off Matt Andersen - Live From The Phoenix Theatre | Dominic Mancuso - Comfortably Mine Briga - Diaspora Élage Diouf - Aksil Jeff Bien - Songs of Forgiveness and Prayer Jocelyn Pettit - Jocelyn Pettit |
| World Group | New/Emerging Artist |
| Sokoun Trio - Zanneh Le Vent du Nord - La Part du Feu Beyond the Pale - Postcards Roberto Lopez - 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 |
| Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
| Steve Dawson - Various/Things About Comin' My Way David Gillis - Arianna Gillis/To Make it Make Sense Hawksley Workman - Justin Rutledge/The Early Widows Jory Nash - Jory Nash/New Blue Day Thom Swift and Charles Austin - Thom Swift/Blue Sky Day | 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 |
| Young Performer | |
| Alexandre Boivin-Caron - La Tradition Kierah - A Fiddle Affair Jocelyn Pettit - Jocelyn Pettit Lucas Chaisson - No Loitering Rachel Davis - Rachel Davis | |
