| Album of the Year | Aboriginal Album of the Year |
| The Look of Love – Diana Krall | On and On – Eagle & Hawk - Crazy Maker – Marcel Gagnon
- Dark Realm – Nakoda Lodge
- My Ojibway Experience, Strength & Hope – Billy Joe Green
- Riel's Road – Sandy Scofield
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| Alternative Album of the Year | Blues Album of the Year |
Poses – Rufus Wainwright - Constantines – The Constantines
- Down at the Khyber – The Joel Plaskett Emergency
- (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves – Hawksley Workman
- Night of the Shooting Stars – Rheostatics
| 6 String Lover – Jack de Keyzer - Breakfast at Midnight – Rita Chiarelli
- Drive On – Michael Jerome Browne
- Double Shot! – Mel Brown & Snooky Pryor
- Rattlebag – Paul Reddick and The Sidemen
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| Children’s Album of the Year | Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble) |
A Classical Kids Christmas – Susan Hammond - Call of the Wild – Aaron Burnett
- Chase a Rainbow – The Just Kidding Band
- Red's in the Hood – Judy & David
- Songs from the Boom Box – Judy & David
| Bach Arrangements – Angela Hewitt - Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin – Jane Coop (Piano), Andrew Dawes (Violine)
- Schumann: Fantasy in C Major – Marc-Andre Hamelin
- Somers String Quartets – Accordes String Quartet
- Transcendental Liszt – Janina Fialkowska
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| Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble) | Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance) |
| Max Bruch, Concertos 1 & 3 – James Ehnes (Violine), Montreal Symphony Orchestra | Airs Francais – Ben Heppner - Exsultate, Jubilate – Karina Gauvin (Sopran), CBC Radio Orchestra
- Forgotten Songs, Forgotten Loves – Wendy Nielsen
- Handel: Sacred Arias – Daniel Taylor
- Singing Somers Theatre – Monica Whicher (Sopran), Robert Cram (Flöte)
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| Gospel Album of the Year | Best Global Album |
Downhere – Downhere - Imagerical – Matt Brouwer
- Love Letters – Londa Larmond
- Travelers – Carolyn Arends
- Waiting for Aidan – Steve Bell
| The Journey – Alpha Yaya Diallo - Alma De Santiago – Jane Bunnett
- Distant Wind – Mei Han, Randy Raine-Reusch
- Havana Remembered –Hilario Durán
- Kashish Attraction – Kiran Ahluwalia
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| Francophone Album of the Year | Instrumental Album of the Year |
| Les vents ont changé – Kevin Parent | Armando's Fire – Oscar Lopez - Angel's Embrace – Dan Gibson, David Bradstreet
- Fiesta Del Sol – Kenny Vehkavaara
- Inspiration Classique – Richard Abel
- The English Country Garden – Dan Gibson, John Herberman
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| Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) | Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year |
| Hot Shot – Shaggy | Live – François Bourassa Trio and Andre LeRoux - Nuage – Jeff Johnston
- Of Battles Unknown Mysteries – Chris Tarry
- Sigame – D.D. Jackson
- The Recline – Metalwood
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| Traditional Jazz Album of the Year | Vocal Jazz Album of the Year |
Live at the Senator – Mike Murley, Ed Bickert and Steve Wallace - And It Really Was... – The Brigham Phillips Big Band
- Forgotten Memories – Don Thompson
- Spectacular – Campbell Ryga
- Street Culture – Paul Tobey
| The Look of Love – Diana Krall |
| Pop Album of the Year | Rock Album of the Year |
| Morning Orbit – David Usher | Silver Side Up – Nickelback |
| Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo | Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group |
Far End of Summer – David Francey - Beyond the Storm – Eileen McGann
- For a Song – Maria Dunn
- Gather Honey – Penny Lang
- Verchuosity – April Verch
| Cordial – La Bottine Souriante - Petit fou – Matapat
- Post Atomic Hillbilly – Undertakin' Daddies
- Sin & Other Salvations – The Wyrd Sisters
- Songs of Work & Freedom – The Brothers Cosmoline
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| World Music Album of the Year | |
Balagane – Jeszcze Raz - la fiesta mondiale de percussion – The Beat
- Cuban Odyssey – Jane Bunnett
- Raphael Geronimo's Rumba Calzada Vol. 3 – Raphael Geronimo
- Hypnotika – Maza Mezé
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