| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
- Metis Fiddler Quartet - Northwest Voyage Nord Ouest
- Nicolas Pellerin - Petit grain d'or
- Le Vent du Nord - Tromper le temps
- Sheesham and Lotus & 'Son - 1929
- Lenka Lichtenberg - Songs for the Breathing Walls
| The Deep Dark Woods - The Place I Left Behind Linda McRae - Rough Edges and Ragged Hearts Whitehorse - Whitehorse Old Man Luedecke and Lake of Stew - Sing All About It Rose Cousins - We Have Made a Spark |
| Children's Album | Traditional Singer |
| Henri Godon - Chansons pour toutes sortes d'enfants Kathy Reid-Naiman and Hannah Naiman - Here We Go Zodeo Andrew Queen - GROW Will Stroet - Ensemble, en cadence Shelley Bean & The Duckety Muds - Shelley Bean & The Duckety Muds | Lenka Lichtenberg - Songs for the Breathing Walls Peter Wynne - The Wynnes Kim Beggs - Pretty Good Fred Jorgensen - Soldiers & Sailors Sneezy Waters - Sneezy Waters |
| Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
| Rose Cousins - We Have Made a Spark Keri Latimer - Crowsfeet and Greyskull Geraldine Hollett - Row Upon Row of the People They Know Catherine MacLellan - Silhouette Craig Cardiff - Floods and Fires | Trent Freeman - Rock Paper Scissors Rik Barron - Speechless Darren McMullen - Shoes for Molly Andrew Collins - Cats and Dogs Shaun Ferguson - Ascensions |
| Instrumental Group | English Songwriter |
| The Fretless - Waterbound Sultans of String - MOVE Oliver Schroer and Nuala Kennedy - Enthralled Metis Fiddler Quartet - Northwest Voyage Nord Ouest Gypsophilia - Constellation | Catherine MacLellan - Silhouette Dala - Best Day The Deep Dark Woods - The Place I Left Behind Jon Brooks - Delicate Cages Annie Lou - Grandma's Rules for Drinking PEAR - Sweet 'n Gritty |
| French Songwriter | Vocal Group |
| Mes Aïeux - À l'aube du printemps Anique Granger - Les outils qu'on a Caracol - Blanc Mercredi André Dédé Vander - French toast et peines perdues Lisa LeBlanc - Lisa LeBlanc | The Once - Row Upon Row of the People They Know Scarlett Jane - Stranger Dala - Best Day Whitehorse - Whitehorse Sweet Alibi - Sweet Alibi |
| Ensemble | Solo Artist |
| The Fretless - Waterbound Whitehorse - Whitehorse Oliver Schroer and Nuala Kennedy - Enthralled Le Vent du Nord - Tromper le temps La Bottine Souriante - Appellation d'origine côntrolée | Michael Jerome Browne - The Road Is Dark Matt Andersen - Coal Mining Blues Del Barber - Headwaters Anne Louise Genest - Grandma's Rules for Drinking Rose Cousins - We Have Made a Spark |
| World Group | New/Emerging Artist |
| Sultans of String - MOVE Roberto Lopez Afro-Colombian Jazz Orchestra - Azul Zhambai Trio - Tambanavo Sagapool - Sagapool Surkalén - Essence de lumière | Pharis and Jason Romero - A Passing Glimpse Scarlett Jane - Stranger Lisa LeBlanc - Lisa LeBlanc Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers - In the Time of the Great Remembering Three Little Birds - Three Little Birds |
| Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
| Rob Szabo - A Natural Fact Chris McKhool - MOVE Mike Roth - Best Day Glen Simmons - Soldiers & Sailors François Couture - YAHNDAWA | Sagapool - Sagapool Sultans of String - MOVE Briga - Turbo Folk Stories Gadji-Gadjo - La Folle Allure The Fretless - Waterbound |
| Young Performer | |
| Lucas Chaisson - Growing Pains Emily Madronich - Take It Away The Archers - Much More Than Merry Men Rebecca Lappa - Myths and Monsters Cassie & Maggie MacDonald - Fresh Heirs'' | |
