This year's nominees:

Traditional Album of the Year

    * Colette Cheverie – Hours Before Dawn (Charlottetown, PE)
    * Dave Gossage and the Celtic Mindwarp – Dave Gossage and the Celtic Mindwarp (Montréal)
    * James Hill & Anne Davison – True Love Don't Weep (Langley, BC)
    * Réveillons! – Malbrough n'est pas mort (Montréal)
    * The Haints Old Time Stringband – Shout Monah (Cobble Hill, BC / Victoria BC)

Contemporary Album of the Year

    * Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels (Toronto)
    * Jim Byrnes – My Walking Stick (Vancouver)
    * Joel Plaskett – Three (Halifax)
    * Ndidi Onukwulu – The Contradictor (Vancouver)
    * Romi Mayes – Achin in Yer Bones (Winnipeg)

Children's Album of the Year

    * Chris McKhool – FiddleFire! (Toronto)
    * Kathy Reid-Naiman – Zoom Zoom Cuddle and Croon (Aurora, ON)
    * Maggie G. – Around The House With Maggie G. (Thornhill, originally from Ottawa)
    * Tasha Platt – Big Bad Bantam Rooster (Calgary)
    * The Kerplunks – Walk On (Gabriola Island, BC)

Traditional Singer of the Year

    * Colette Cheverie – Hours Before Dawn (Charlottetown, PE)
    * Dave MacDonald – Lazy Jacks – East Coast Live (Charlottetown, PE)
    * Ian Bell – My Pious Friends & Drunken Companions (Paris, ON)
    * Monique Jutras – Le Chant de la Mariniere (Longueuil, QC)
    * Peter Wynne – Lazy Jacks – East Coast Live (Charlottetown, PE)

Contemporary Singer of the Year

    * Jessica Rhaye – Good Things (St. John, NB)
    * Jim Byrnes – My Walking Stick (Vancouver)
    * Marianne Girard – Pirate Days (Toronto)
    * Melissa McClelland – Victoria Day (Hamilton)
    * Suzie Vinnick – Happy Here (Toronto)

Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year

    * Guy Donis – Paroles d'arbre (Montréal)
    * Don Alder – Not A Planet (Vancouver)
    * Joel Fafard – Three Hens Escape Oblivion (Madeira Park BC, originally from Regina)
    * Karrnnel – Karrnnel (Saskatoon)
    * Tony McManus – The Maker's Mark (Elora ON)

Instrumental Group of the Year

    * De Lònga – À l'abri du temps (Montréal)
    * La Nef – Deserts (Montréal)
    * OktoEcho – OktoEcho (Montréal)
    * The Rakish Angles – The Rakish Angles (Gibsons BC)
    * Sultans of String – Yalla Yalla! (Toronto)

English Songwriter of the Year

    * Jon Brooks – Moth Nor Rust (Toronto)
    * Rob Heath – One More Day Above Ground (Edmonton)
    * Rob Lutes – Truth & Fiction (Montreal)
    * Susan Crowe – Greytown (Halifax)
    * William Hawkins – Various Artists – Dancing Alone: Songs by William Hawkins (Ottawa)

French Songwriter of the Year

    * Guillaume Monette, Guillaume Meloche-Charlebois & Nicola Morel – 3 Gars su'l sofa – Cerf-Volant (Montréal)
    * Caracol – L'Abre aux Parfums (Montréal)
    * Catherine Durand – Coeurs Migratoires (Montréal)
    * Maryse Letarte – Des Pas Dans la Neige (Montréal)
    * Paul Cargnello – Bras Coupé (Montréal)

Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year

    * Buffy Sainte-Marie – Running for the Drum (Qu'Appelle Valley, SK)
    * Don Amero – Deepening (Winnipeg)
    * Vince Fontaine, Jay Bodner & Chris Burke-Gaffney – Eagle & Hawk – Sirensong (Winnipeg)
    * Tagaq for Auk – Blood (Cambridge Bay, NT)
    * Violet Naytowhow – Wind of the North (Prince Albert, SK)

Vocal Group of the Year

    * Cantarra – Beautiful Air (Ottawa)
    * Dala – Everyone is Someone (Toronto)
    * Madison Violet – No Fool For Trying (Toronto)
    * Serre L'Ecoute – Buveurs Philosophes (Québec, QC)
    * The Breakmen – When You Leave Town (Vancouver)

Ensemble of the Year

    * Annie Lou – Annie Lou (Whitehorse YT)
    * OktoEcho – OktoEcho (Montréal)
    * Sultans of String – Yalla Yalla! (Toronto)
    * The Deep Dark Woods – Winter Hours (Saskatoon)
    * The Haints Old Time Stringband – Shout Monah (Cobble Hill BC, Victoria BC)

Solo Artist of the Year

    * Catherine MacLellan – Water in the Ground (Charlottetown, PE)
    * Ian Tyson – Yellowhead to Yellowstone and Other Love Stories (Longview, AB)
    * Joel Plaskett – Three (Halifax)
    * Maria Dunn – The Peddler (Edmonton, AB)
    * Suzie Vinnick – Happy Here (Toronto)

World Solo Artist of the Year

    * Florent Vollant – Eku Mamu (Montreal)
    * George Koufogiannakis – Generations – Greek Oud Jazz (Edmonton)
    * Karim Saada – La Danse de l'Exilé (L'Assomption, QC)
    * Lorraine Klaasen – Africa Calling (Montréal)
    * Wesli – Kouraj (Montreal)

World Group of the Year

    * Ensemble Montreal Tango – Enamorada (Montréal)
    * Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko – Africa to Appalachia (Toronto / Québec, QC)
    * La Nef – Deserts (Montréal)
    * OktoEcho – OktoEcho (Montréal)
    * The Huppa Project – Under the Canopy (Toronto)

New/Emerging Artist of the Year

    * David Baxter – Day & Age (Toronto)
    * The Good Lovelies – Good Lovelies (Toronto)
    * Kate Reid – I'm Just Warming Up (Vancouver)
    * Lynne Hanson – Eleven Months (Ottawa)
    * The Breakmen – When You Leave Town (Vancouver)

Producer of the Year

    * Jocelyn Tellier & Catherine Durand / Catherine Durand – Coeurs Migratoires (Montréal)
    * Mike Roth / Dala – Everyone is Someone (Toronto)
    * David Travers-Smith / Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko – Africa to Appalachia (Toronto)
    * Jonathan Goldsmith / Jenn Grant – Echos (Toronto area)
    * Joel Plaskett / Joel Plaskett – Three (Halifax)

Pushing the Boundaries

    * Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt – Slide to Freedom 2 – Make a Better World (Cumberland, BC)
    * Joel Plaskett – Three (Halifax)
    * Steve Dawson – Telescope (Vancouver)
    * Sultans of String – Yalla Yalla! (Toronto)
    * Wendy McNeill – A Dreamer's Guide to Hardcore Living (Edmonton)

Young Performer of the Year

    * Ariana Gillis – Ariana Gillis (Vineland, ON)
    * Chrissy Crowley – The Departure (Margaree, NS)
    * Qristina and Quinn Bachand – Relative Minors (Victoria, BC)
    * Sierra Noble – Possibilities (Winnipeg)
    * Taylor Mitchell – For Your Consideration (Toronto)