| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
| The Duhks - Migrations Jim Bryson – Where the Bungalows Roam Oh Susanna – Short Stories David Francey – Right of Passage Jenny Whiteley – Dear |
| Children's Album | Contemporary Singer |
| Pied Pumkin - Pumkids: Tuneful Tales for Kids & Kin Debbie Carroll – Simply Beautiful Geneviève Bilodeau & Connie Kaldor – Un Canard à New York Laura Vinson & Free Spirit – Mossbag Lullaby Alex Mahé – Wakin' Up the Sunshine | David Francey - Right of Passage Jill Barber – For All Time Jeremy Fisher – Goodbye Blue Monday Dawn Tyler Watson – En Duo T. Nile – At My Table Bruce Cockburn – Life Short Call Now |
| Instrumental Solo Artist | Instrumental Group |
| Anne Lindsay - News From Up the Street Trish Clair-Peck – Dawson's Tumble Brian Thomas – Prairie Rain Les Finnigan – Things My Guitar Said Gordon Quinton – The Yellow Sky | Creaking Tree String Quartet - The Soundtrack Foggy Hogtown Boys – Pigtown Fling Sultans of String – Luna Les Chauffeurs à Pieds – Au Studio des Trois Lits Jaime RT & Andy Hillhouse – Spark |
| English Songwriter | French Songwriter |
| Suzie Ungerleider - Short Stories Emm Gryner – The Summer of High Hopes David Francey – Right of Passage Bruce Cockburn – Life Short Call Now Jon Brooks – Ours and the Shepherds Keri Latimer, Shelley Marshall – Key Principles | Hugo Fleury of Polémil Bazar - Avale ta montre Sylvie Jean – Déjouer le vent Guillaume Monette, Guillaume Meloche-Charlebois, Nicola Morel of 3 Gars Su'L'Sofa – Des Cobras, des Tarentules Guillaume Arsenault – Le rang des Îles Michel Marchildon - Fragments d'Identité |
| Aboriginal Songwriter | Vocal Group |
| Sandy Scofield - Nikawiy Askiy Leela Gilday – Sedze Ry Moran – Groundwater Laura Vinson – Mossbag Lullaby Karen Donaldson Shepherd of The Crow Girls – Where the Green Grass Grows | Tanglefoot - Dance Like Flames Nathan – Key Principles The Be Good Tanyas – Hello Love Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Let's Frolic Sirens – Look Up |
| Ensemble | Solo Artist |
| Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer - À la grâce de Dieu Creaking Tree String Quartet - The Soundtrack The Duhks – Migrations John Reichman & The Jaybirds – Stellar Jays Harry Manx & Kevin Breit – In Good We Trust | Sarah Noni Metzner - Daybreak Mourning Jeremy Fisher – Goodbye Blue Monday Rose Cousins – If You Were For Me Ian Tamblyn – Superior : Spirit and Light Bruce Cockburn – Life Short Call Now |
| World Solo Artist | World Group |
| Rita Chiarelli - Cuore : The Italian Sessions Duane Andrews – Crocus Kiran Ahluwalia – Wanderlust Alex Cuba – Agua del Pozo Sara Renelik – Aube | Mighty Popo - Muhazi Kobo Town – Independence Labess – Tout Va Bien Autorickshaw – So the Journey Goes Les Gitans de Sarajevo – Opa! |
| New/Emerging Artist | Producer |
| Brigitte Saint-Aubin - Être The Gruff – The Gruff Kim Beggs – Wanderer's Paean Jacob & Lily – The Cathedral Notre Dame de Grass – New Canada Road | Anne Lindsay and Oliver Schroer - News From Up the Street Joby Baker, Alexis Puentes - Agua del Pozo Colin Linden – Let's Frolic Lewis Melville – Lucky Blue Jonathan Goldsmith – Life Short Call Now |
| Pushing the Boundaries | Young Performer |
| Creaking Tree String Quartet - The Soundtrack Harry Manx & Kevin Breit – In Good We Trust Joey Wright – Jalopy The Fugitives – In Streetlight Communion Autorickshaw – So the Journey Goes | Kyrie Kristmanson - The Kyrie K Groove The Vissia Sisters – Chrysalis Chrissy Crowley – Chrissy Crowley Nerea – Footprints John Fettes – Poor Art for Poor People |
