| Album of the Year | Aboriginal Album of the Year |
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| Loose – Nelly Furtado | Sedzé – Leela Gilday- Blood Red Earth – Susan Aglukark
- Burn – Jason Burnstick
- Seeds – Digging Roots
- Stay Red – Northern Cree
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| Adult Alternative Album of the Year | Alternative Album of the Year |
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The Light That Guides You Home – Jim Cuddy- I'm a Mountain – Sarah Harmer
- Living with War – Neil Young
- Time Being – Ron Sexsmith
- When the Angels Make Contact – Matt Mays
| Sometimes – City and Colour- Skelliconnection – Chad VanGaalen
- Return to the Sea – Islands
- Trompe-l'œil – Malajube
- Not Saying/Just Saying – Shout Out Out Out Out
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| Blues Album of the Year | Children's Album of the Year |
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House of Refuge – Jim Byrnes- Colin James & The Little Big Band 3 – Colin James
- Easin' Back To Tennessee – Colin Linden
- Acoustic – David Gogo
- The Way It Feels – Roxanne Potvin
| My Beautiful World – Jack Grunsky- Dinosaurs, Dragons and Me – Donna & Andy
- Join the Band – Ken Whiteley
- Snooze Music – Rick Scott
- Murmel Murmel Munsch! – Robert Munsch
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| Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble) | Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble) |
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| Piazzolla – Jean-Marie Zeitouni and Les Violons du Roy | Mozart: Violin Concerti – James Ehnes and the Mozart Anniversary Orchestra |
| Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance) | Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year |
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| Mozart: Arie e Duetti – Isabel Bayrakdarian, Michael Schade and Russell Braun with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra | Wide-Eyed and Mystified – Downhere- Beauty in the Broken – Starfield
- Glory – Manafest
- Pollyanna's Attic – Carolyn Arends
- Smile, It's The End of the World – Hawk Nelson
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| Francophone Album of the Year | Instrumental Album of the Year |
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Il était une fois dans l'est – Antoine Gratton- Le coeur dans la tête – Ariane Moffatt
- Trompe-l'œil – Malajube
- La Forêt des mal-aimés – Pierre Lapointe
- Compter les corps – Vulgaires Machins
| Run Neil Run – Sisters Euclid- ...and another thing – Joël Fafard
- Café Tropical – Johannes Linstead
- Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light – Bell Orchestre
- Yours Truly – Natalie MacMaster
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| International Album of the Year | Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year |
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| Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks | From the Heart – Hilario Durán and his Latin Jazz Big Band- At Sea – Ingrid Jensen
- Hugmars – Hugh Marsh
- Moment in Time – Richard Underhill
- Obsession – Kent Sangster
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| Traditional Jazz Album of the Year | Vocal Jazz Album of the Year |
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Avenue Standard – Jon Ballantyne- Mnemosyne's March – Mike Murley and The David Braid Quartet
- Movin‘ and Groovin‘ – Jake Langley
- Other Stories – William Carn
- ZHEN: The David Braid Sextet Live, Volume II – David Braid
| From This Moment On – Diana Krall- Calling for Rain – Lori Cullen
- Fight or Flight? – Kellylee Evans
- Messin' Around – Molly Johnson
- Start to Move – Elizabeth Shepherd
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| Pop Album of the Year | Rock Album of the Year |
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| Loose – Nelly Furtado | Billy Talent II – Billy Talent |
| Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo | Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group |
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Yellowjacket – Stephen Fearing- An Ancient Muse – Loreena McKennitt
- Milly's Cafe – Fred Eaglesmith
- We Belong to the Gold Coast – Steve Dawson
- When We Get There – Lennie Gallant
| Bloom – The McDades- Firecracker – The Wailin' Jennys
- Hello Love – Be Good Tanyas
- Let's Frolic – Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
- Migrations – The Dukhs
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| World Music Album of the Year | |
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Kaba Horo – Lubo Alexandrov- African Guitar Summit II – Alpha Ya Ya Diallo, Mighty Popo, Adam Solomon, Pa Joe, Madagascar Slim and Donné Robert
- Bahiatronica – Monica Freire
- Coeur vagabond – Bïa
- The Edge – Mr. Something Something
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