Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira, All It Brings - The Bookends with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra, A Celtic Celebration
- Mary Beth Carty, Crossing the Causeway
- La Déferlance, Le feu aux poudres
- Meredith Moon, Constellations
| William Prince, Stand in the Joy - Jill Barber, Homemaker
- The East Pointers, House of Dreams
- Lynn Miles, TumbleWeedyWorld
- Tami Neilson, Kingmaker
- NQ Arbuckle, Love Songs for the Long Game
- The Sadies, Colder Streams
- Terra Spencer and Ben Caplan, Old News
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Children's Album | Traditional Singer |
Ginalina, Going Back: Remembered and Remixed Family Fold Songs - Darrelle London, Primary
- Mr. Ben, Here Comes the Train
- The Relative Minors, Minor Third
- The Swinging Belles, Welcome to the Flea Circus
| Mary Beth Carty, Crossing the Causeway - Tianna Lefebvre, Roses
- Hannah Shira Naiman, The Wheels Won't Go
- François-Félix Roy, Peines perdues
- La Yeni, Yarrow Under the Moon
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Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
Suzie Vinnick, Fall Back Home - Kaeley Jade, Turpentine
- Joe Nolan, Lost Verses
- Terra Spencer, Old News
- Julian Taylor, Beyond the Reservoir
| Aaron Collis, Before Daylight in the Morning - Steve Dawson, Phantom Threshold
- Joy Lapps, Girl in the Yard
- Troy McLaggan, Wood, Steel & Bones
- Paul Pike, Echoes of Our Ancestors
- Don Ross, Water
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Instrumental Group | English Songwriter |
Queen Kong, Fray - Archetype Trad, Explorer
- Medusa, Medusa
- So Long Seven, only elephants know her name
- Vinta, Beacons
| Jacob Brodovsky, I Love You and I'm Sorry - Noah Derksen, Sanctity of Silence
- Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland, I'm Not Crying, You're Crying
- Tim Chaisson, Koady Chaisson, Jake Charron, Colin MacDonald and Carleton Stone, House of Dreams
- Dave Gunning, The Same Storm
- Noah Zacharin, Points of Light
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French Songwriter | Indigenous Songwriter |
Aleksi Campagne and Michelle Campagne, For the Giving / Sans rien donner - Éric Dion and André Lavergne, La nouvelle saison
- Catherine Durand, La maison orpheline
- Catherine-Audrey Lachapelle and Léandre Joly-Pelletier, Là-bas-Veranda
- Marie-Ève Laure, Reviens
| Kaeley Jade Wiebe, Turpentine - Cynthia Hamar, Joint & Marrow
- Kyle McKearney, A Traveler's Lament
- Qattuu, Midnight Sun
- Geneviève Toupin, Maison vent
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Vocal Group | Ensemble |
The Bombadils, Dear Friend - Basset, In the Clay
- Big Little Lions, AMPM
- Musique à bouches, Il est grand temps
- Twin Flames, Twin Flames Unplugged Live
| Genticorum, Au coeur de l'aube - The Bombadils, Dear Friend
- The East Pointers, House of Dreams
- Jackson Hollow, Roses
- Whitehorse, I'm Not Crying, You're Crying
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Solo Artist | Global Roots Album |
| Sophie Lukacs, Bamako - Empress Nyiringango, Ubuntu
- Tarek Ghiri, Refugee in the Sea
- Roberto López, Ritual
- Taraf Syriana, Taraf Syriana
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Single of the Year | New/Emerging Artist |
William Prince, "When You Miss Someone" - Aruna and the Sirens, "Have You Seen My Sister?"
- Big Little Lions, "Worth the Time"
- The Bombadils, "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming"
- Barbra Lica, "In 40 Years"
- Moira & Claire, "Delaney's Dad"
- Zaac Pick, "Light Under the Door"
- Julian Taylor, "Seeds"
| Mia Kelly, Garden through the War - La Déferlance, Le feu aux poudres
- Kaeley Jade, Turpentine
- Moonfruits, Salt
- Steven Taetz, Late Bloom
- Youngtree and the Blooms, Youngtree and the Blooms
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Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
Drew Jurecka and Dan Rosenberg, Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango (Payadora Tango Ensemble) Jill Barber and Erik P. H. Nielsen, Homemaker (Jill Barber) - Steve Dawson, Eyes Closed, Dreaming (Steve Dawson)
- Jeremy Ledbetter, Seré Libre (Eliana Cuevas with the Angel Falls Orchestra)
- Kaitlin Milroy, Alex Millaire, Charles Fairfield and Olivier Fairfield, Salt (Moonfruits)
| Kuné, Universal Echoes - Al Qahwa, Weyn Allah
- De Lònga, Codex XXI
- Kyle McKearney, A Traveler's Lament
- So Long Seven, only elephants know her name
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Instrumental Composer | Young Performer |
Nathan Smith, Emilyn Stam, John David Williams and Alan Mackie, Beacons - Steve Dawson, Phantom Threshold
- Dario Montanino, Rio Lyon
- Don Ross, Water
- Lorie Wolf, Fray
| Mia Kelly, Garden Through the War - Abigale, Different Roads
- Fiddelium, Lit Up
- Irish Millie, The Trilogy
- La Famille LeBlanc, Perdrais-je mon temps… (Would I be losing my time…)
- Paige Penney, Game Changer
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