| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
| Abigail Lapell, Hide Nor Hair The Fretless, Bird's Nest Tomato Tomato, I Go Where You Go Braden Gates, Much Rather Be Sleeping Leif Vollebekk, Twin Solitude |
| Children's Album | Traditional Singer |
| Fred Penner, Hear the Music Jessie Farrell, Chirp Chirp Happy Ginalina, Home Is Family Stella Swanson and the Rosie Joyfuls, Pants on Backwards Madame Diva et Micah le jeune voyageur, Zing-E-Zing! | Hannah Shira Naiman, Know the Mountain Dave Penny, All Turned Around Mélisande Gélinas-Fauteux, Les millésimes Maggie MacDonald, The Willow Collection Sarah Jane Scouten, When the Bloom Falls From the Rose |
| Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
| Stephen Fearing, Every Soul's a Sailor Oh Susanna, A Girl in Teen City Abigail Lapell, Hide Nor Hair Lisa LeBlanc, Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen? Coco Love Alcorn, Wonderland | André Brunet, La grosse maison rouge Don Ross, A Million Brazilian Civilians Roberto López, Criollo Electric Glenn Chatten, Dragonfly Maneli Jamal, The Mardom Movement |
| Instrumental Group | English Songwriter |
| Scott Macmillan and Colin Grant, Good2go Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, A Celtic Family Christmas The Fretless, Bird's Nest Beyond the Pale, Ruckus MacIsaac and MacKenzie, The Bay Street Sessions | Ken Yates, Huntsville Oh Susanna, A Girl in Teen City Stephen Fearing, Every Soul's a Sailor Scott Cook, Further Down the Line Amelia Curran, Watershed |
| French Songwriter | Aboriginal Songwriter |
| Luc de Larochellière, Autre monde Patrice Michaud, Almanach Vivianne Roy, Katrine Noël, Julie Aubé, La 4ième dimension Philippe B, La grande nuit vidéo Catherine Durand, La pluie entre nous | Twin Flames, Signal Fire Lisa Muswagon, Buffalo and Rabbits Julian Taylor, Kinnie Starr, John Parente and Bill Bell, Desert Star Cindy Paul, The Flight Desiree Dorion, Tough Street |
| Vocal Group | Ensemble |
| Coco Méliès, The Riddles The Big East, Hungry Ghosts The Bombadils, New Shoes Twin Flames, Signal Fire Cassie and Maggie, The Willow Collection | Mama's Broke, Count the Wicked Silent Winters, Fireworks and a Small Brigade 100 mile house, Hiraeth The Jerry Cans, Inuusiq Cassie and Maggie, The Willow Collection |
| Solo Artist | World Solo Artist |
| Leeroy Stagger, Love Versus Stephen Fearing, Every Soul's a Sailor Zachary Lucky, Everywhere a Man Can Be Beyries, Landing Amelia Curran, Watershed | Louis Simão, A Luz Farnaz Ohadi and the Mashregh Ensemble, Bird Dance Kelly Bado, Entre deux Briga, Femme Maneli Jamal, The Mardom Movement |
| World Group | New/Emerging Artist |
| Kobo Town, Where the Galleon Sank MAZ, ID Turkwaz, Nazar Beyond the Pale, Ruckus Twin Flames, Signal Fire | Ken Yates, Huntsville Hidden Roots Collective, Come Up, Honey Silent Winters, Fireworks and a Small Brigade Braden Gates, Much Rather Be Sleeping The Bombadils, New Shoes |
| Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
| Danny Michel and Rob Carli, Khlebnikov Jim Bryson, A Girl in Teen City Stephen Fearing and David Travers-Smith, Every Soul's a Sailor Joel Plaskett, Solidarity Amelia Curran and Chris Stringer, Watershed | Danny Michel, Khlebnikov Shreem, Celtic Remixing Mélisande, Les millésimes Turkwaz, Nazar Tanya Tagaq, Retribution |
| Young Performer | |
| Moscow Apartment, Demo Quin Etheridge-Pedden, Embark Keltie Monaghan, Someone Tell Her The Wolfe, The Wolfe John Muirhead, Yesterday's Smile | |
