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 Dave Gunning - ...a tribute to John Allan Cameron Finest Kind - For Honour and For Gain De Temps Antan - Les Habits de Papier La Volée d'Castors - Le Retour	Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort Twilight Hotel - When the Wolves Go Blind Les Charbonniers de l'enfer - Nouvelles fréquentations Lynn Miles - Fall for Beauty The Good Lovelies - Let The Rain Fall
Children's Album	Traditional Singer
Benoît Archambault - Les pourquoi Kathy Reid-Naiman - I Love to Hear the Sounds Marky Weinstock - Songs For Dreamers Colleen Power with Crooked Stovepipe - For Little Ones Will Stroet - Walk 'n' Roll	Dave Gunning - ...a tribute to John Allan Cameron Enoch Kent - Take A Trip With Me Lizzy Hoyt - Home Eileen McGann - Pocketful Of Rhymes Joel Fafard - Cluck Old Hen
Contemporary Singer	Instrumental Solo Artist
Suzie Vinnick - Me 'n' Mabel David Myles - Live at the Carleton Cat Jahnke - The Stories are Taking Their Toll Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort Matthew Barber - Matthew Barber	Jayme Stone - Room of Wonders Jaron Freeman-Fox - Manic Almanac : Slow Möbius Anne Lindsay - Hurry On Home April Verch - That's How We Run Don Ross - Breakfast for Dogs
Instrumental Group	English Songwriter
Creaking Tree String Quartet - Sundogs Qristina & Quinn Bachand - Family Maz - Télescope Eh?! - Eh?! Raz-de-Marée/Tidal Wave - Marche du St-Laurent	Lynn Miles - Fall for Beauty Ron Hynes - Stealing Genius David Francey - Late Edition Mae Moore - Folklore Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort
French Songwriter	Aboriginal Songwriter
Alexandre Poulin - Une lumière allumée Jean-François Lessard - Jean-François Lessard Claude Cormier - Acoustique Les Surveillantes - La racine carrée du coeur	Vince Fontaine - Songs for Turtle Island Robert Davidson & Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson - New Journeys Janet Panic - Samples Don Amero - The Long Way Home Kristi Lane Sinclair - I Love You
Vocal Group	Ensemble
The Good Lovelies - Let The Rain Fall Finest Kind - For Honour and For Gain Les Charbonniers de l'enfer - Nouvelles fréquentations The Wailin' Jennys - Bright Morning Stars Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs	Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs Creaking Tree String Quartet - Sundogs Maz - Télescope The Wailin' Jennys - Bright Morning Stars Harry Manx & Kevin Breit - Strictly Whatever
Solo Artist	World Solo Artist
Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort Ken Whiteley - Another Day's Journey David Francey - Late Edition Mae Moore - Folklore Ruth Moody - The Garden	Kiran Ahluwalia - aam zameen : common ground Lenka Lichtenberg - Fray Massiel Yanira - Una Voz Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson - New Journeys Zekuhl - I BOLO
World Group	New/Emerging Artist
Minor Empire - Second Nature Nizar Tabcharani & The Backstrings - Bayati Ana Trio Bembe - OH MY SOUL Maz - Télescope Ouzo Power - Ouzo Power Greatest Hits	Dave Gunning - ...a tribute to John Allan Cameron Andrea Ramolo - The Shadows and the Cracks Ruth Moody - The Garden Ashley Condon - Come In From The Cold Joe Nolan - Goodbye Cinderella
Producer	Pushing the Boundaries
Mark Howard & David Travers-Smith - Bright Morning Stars Dave Gunning w/ Allie Bennett & John Meir - a tribute to John Allan Cameron Paul Mills - Stealing Genius Dave Zeglinski, Steve Bell & Murray Pulver - Kindness David Travers-Smith - Soon The Birds	Geoff Berner - Victory Party New Country Rehab - New Country Rehab Twilight Hotel - When the Wolves Go Blind Jaron Freeman-Fox - Manic Almanac : Slow Möbius Ruth Moody - The Garden Evalyn Parry - SPIN
Young Performer
Molly Thomason - Beauty Queen Qristina & Quinn Bachand - Family Olivia Korkola - Playing in Traffic Rebecca Lappa - Not in Neverland The Doll Sisters - The Road EP