7th Canadian Folk Music Awards
The 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards were held on December 4, 2011, at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.
Nominees and recipients
Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
| Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs ...a tribute to John Allan Cameron | Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort |
| Children's Album | Traditional Singer |
| Benoît Archambault - Les pourquoi | Dave Gunning - ...a tribute to John Allan Cameron |
| Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
| Suzie Vinnick - Me 'n' Mabel | Jayme Stone - Room of Wonders |
| Instrumental Group | English Songwriter |
| Creaking Tree String Quartet - Sundogs | Lynn Miles - Fall for Beauty |
| French Songwriter | Aboriginal Songwriter |
| Alexandre Poulin - Une lumière allumée | Vince Fontaine - Songs for Turtle Island |
| Vocal Group | Ensemble |
| The Good Lovelies - Let The Rain Fall | Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs |
| Solo Artist | World Solo Artist |
| Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort | Kiran Ahluwalia - aam zameen : common ground |
| World Group | New/Emerging Artist |
| Minor Empire - Second Nature | Dave Gunning - ...a tribute to John Allan Cameron |
| Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
| Mark Howard & David Travers-Smith - Bright Morning Stars | Geoff Berner - Victory Party |
| Young Performer | |
| Molly Thomason - Beauty Queen |