| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
Còig, Five
The CapeThe High Bar Gang, Lost and Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass CompanionPoor Angus, GatheringMoustafa Kouyaté & Romain Malagnoux, Les frontières imaginaires | The Strumbellas - We Still Move on Dance FloorsThe Bros. Landreth - Let it LieMatt Andersen - WeightlessColleen Rennison - See The Sky About To RainJill Zmud - Small Matters of Life and Death |
| Children's Album | Traditional Singer |
| Fred Penner, Where In The WorldHelen Austin, Colour ItKathy Reid-Naiman, When It's AutumnRattle and Strum, Rattle and StrumAlex Mahé, Réveillons les bonnes chansons | Mélisande Gélinas-Fauteux, Les métamorphosesTamar Ilana of Ventanas, VentanasSarah Jane Scouten, The CapeKim Beggs, Beauty and BreakingFafard & Schwartz, Borrowed Horses |
| Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
| Matt Andersen, WeightlessJadea Kelly, CloverDel Barber, PrairieographyJames Keelaghan, HistoryMatthew Barber, Big Romance | Jayme Stone, The Other Side of the AirMaxim Cormier, 2Gillian Boucher, AttunedSteve Dawson, Rattlesnake CageRobert Michaels, Via Italia |
| Instrumental Group | English Songwriter |
| The Andrew Collins Trio, A Play On WordsQuinn Bachand, BrishenThe Fretless, The FretlessMAZ, Chasse-GalerieCòig, Five | Shari Ulrich, Everywhere I GoDel Barber, PrairieographyJames Keelaghan, HistoryLennie Gallant, Live Acoustic at The CarletonChris Ronald, Timeline |
| French Songwriter | Aboriginal Songwriter |
| Les Hay Babies, Mon Homesick HeartAntoine Corriveau, Les Ombres LonguesAlexandre Poulin, Le mouvement des maréesKlô Pelgag, L'Alchimie des monstresLaurence Hélie, À Présent le Passé | Amanda Rheaume & John MacDonald, Keep a FireTanya Tagaq, AnimismJasmine Netsena, Take You With MeBuffy & Larry, SurroundedVince Fontaine, Colors |
| Vocal Group | Ensemble |
| The High Bar Gang, Lost and Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass CompanionGathering Sparks, Gathering SparksThe Marrieds, Saving HopeSweet Alibi, We've Got ToThe Fugitives, Everything Will Happen | The Fretless, The FretlessQuinn Bachand, BrishenVentanas, VentanasThe High Bar Gang, Lost and Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass CompanionNotre Dame de Grass, That's How the Music Begins |
| Solo Artist | World Solo Artist |
| Lennie Gallant, Live Acoustic at The CarletonDel Barber, PrairieographyShari Ulrich, Everywhere I GoJames Keelaghan, HistoryMatthew Barber, Big Romance | Quique Escamilla, 500 Years of NightSusan Aglukark, Dreaming Of HomeJorge Martinez, CarnavalAmanda Martinez, MañanaRobert Michaels, Via Italia |
| World Group | New/Emerging Artist |
| Moustafa Kouyaté & Romain Malagnoux, Les frontières imaginairesQuinn Bachand, BrishenTanga, HavanaElectroMAZ, Chasse-GalerieShtreiml, Eastern Hora | The Bros. Landreth, Let it LieQuinn Bachand, BrishenRobyn Dell'Unto, Little LinesKacy & Clayton, The Day Is Past & GoneScott Cook, One More Time Around |
| Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
| Tom Terrell and Karl Falkenham, City Ghosts The Fretless with Joby Baker, The Fretless Luke Doucet, Éphémère sans repère Marc Maziade, Chasse-Galerie Steve Dawson, St. Louis Times | Tanya Tagaq, AnimismWest My Friend, When The Ink DriesThe Fretless, The FretlessMark Berube, Russian DollsMAZ, Chasse-Galerie |
| Young Performer | |
| Kacy & Clayton, The Day Is Past & GoneQuinn Bachand, BrishenKeiffer Mclean, Drama in the AtticRebecca Lappa, Ode to TennysonBenjamin Dakota Rogers, Wayfarer | |