The Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Album of the Year is an annual music award, presented by the Canadian Folk Music Awards to honour the best albums in contemporary folk music by Canadian artists.
2000s Year Nominee Album Ref 2005 1st Canadian Folk Music Awards Nathan Jimson Weed "Canada's Folk Music Awards begin a tradition". The Globe and Mail, December 12, 2005. The Bills Let 'Em Run "Sampson, Nathan among inaugural folk nominees". Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune, November 4, 2005. The Clumsy Lovers Smart Kid David Francey Waking Hour Jenny Whiteley Hopetown 2006 2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards Penny Lang Stone & Sand & Sea & Sky "Veteran Lang tops Canadian folk awards". CBC News, December 11, 2006. Jim Byrnes House of Refuge "Wailin' Jennys, Madrigaia nominated for Canadian Folk Music Awards". CBC News, November 1, 2006. Bruce Cockburn Life Short Call Now Corb Lund Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer The Wailin' Jennys Firecracker 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards The Duhks Migrations Greg Quill, "Toronto roots musicians snag prizes". St. Catharines Standard, December 3, 2007. Jim Bryson Where the Bungalows Roam "Bruce Cockburn up for 4 Canadian Folk Music Awards". CBC News, October 17, 2007. David Francey Right of Passage Oh Susanna Short Stories Jenny Whiteley Dear 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards Luke Doucet and the White Falcon Blood's Too Rich "Late Toronto fiddler honoured at Folk Music Awards". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, November 24, 2008. Annabelle Chvostek Resilience "Late fiddler Oliver Schroer leads Canadian Folk Music nominations". CBC News, October 8, 2008. NQ Arbuckle XOK Justin Rutledge Man Descending Oliver Schroer Hymns and Hers 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards Joel Plaskett Three Lynn Saxberg, "Folk musicians honoured". Regina Leader-Post, November 23, 2009. Jim Byrnes My Walking Stick "Results 2009" . Canadian Folk Music Awards. Great Lake Swimmers Lost Channels Romi Mayes Achin in Yer Bones Ndidi Onukwulu The Contradictor
2010s Year Nominee Album Ref 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards John Wort Hannam Queen's Hotel Greg Quill, "Top Canadian Folk Music Awards announced". Toronto Star, November 21, 2010. Amelia Curran Hunter, Hunter "Folk music award nominations released". CBC News, October 6, 2010. Dala Girls from the North Country Lennie Gallant If We Had A Fire / Le coeur hante Old Man Luedecke My Hands Are on Fire and Other Love Songs 2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards Bruce Cockburn Small Source of Comfort "Bruce Cockburn nabs two Canadian Folk Music Awards". CTV News, December 5, 2011. Les Charbonniers de l'enfer Nouvelles fréquentations Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, October 22, 2011. The Good Lovelies Let The Rain Fall Lynn Miles Fall for Beauty Twilight Hotel When the Wolves Go Blind 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards The Deep Dark Woods The Place I Left Behind "Canadian Folk Music Award winners". Roots Music Canada, November 21, 2012. Rose Cousins We Have Made a Spark "Results 2012". Canadian Folk Music Awards. Old Man Luedecke and Lake of Stew Sing All About It Linda McRae Rough Edges and Ragged Hearts Whitehorse Whitehorse 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards Justin Rutledge Valleyheart Brad Wheeler, "Good Lovelies among winners at Canadian Folk Music Awards". The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2013. Annabelle Chvostek Rise Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 29, 2013. David Francey So Say We All Lynn Miles Downpour Ruth Moody These Wilder Things 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards The Strumbellas We Still Move on Dance Floors Lynn Saxberg, "Ottawa singer-songwriter Amanda Rheaume among folk music award winners". Ottawa Citizen, November 30, 2014. Matt Andersen Weightless Lynn Saxberg, "Folkies set to honour their own". Ottawa Citizen, September 25, 2014. The Bros. Landreth Let it Lie Colleen Rennison See the Sky About to Rain Jill Zmud Small Matters of Life and Death 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards Catherine MacLellan The Raven's Sun "Canadian Folk Music Awards recipients announced in Edmonton". CBC News, November 9, 2015. Jon Brooks The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 9, 2015. Jenn Grant Compostela The Once Departures Gabrielle Papillon The Tempest of Old 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards David Francey Empty Train "Rail yard labourer-turned-musician David Francey wins big at Canadian Folk Music Awards". Toronto Star, December 3, 2016. Big Little Lions Just Keep Moving Calum Slingerland, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2016 Winners". Exclaim!, December 4, 2016. Corin Raymond Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams The Strumbellas Hope Donovan Woods Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards Abigail Lapell Hide Nor Hair Lynn Saxberg, "Canadian Folk Music Awards celebrate music, artists old and new". Ottawa Citizen, November 19, 2017. The Fretless Bird's Nest Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Reveal 2017 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 21, 2017. Tomato Tomato I Go Where You Go Braden Gates Much Rather Be Sleeping Leif Vollebekk Twin Solitude 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards Donovan Woods Both Ways "The LYNNeS, Pharis Romero Win Multiple CFMAs". FYI Music News, December 3, 2018. Dave Gunning and J.P. Cormier Two Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2018 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 22, 2018. The Lynnes Heartbreak Song for the Radio Gabrielle Papillon Keep the Fire The Wailin' Jennys Fifteen
2020s Year Nominee Album Ref 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards The Small Glories Assiniboine & The Red Allie Gregory, "Here Are All the 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 5, 2020. Lennie Gallant Time Travel "Dave Gunning gets four nominations for Canadian Folk Music Awards". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, November 20, 2019. Ariana Gillis The Maze Jenn Grant Love, Inevitable Dave Gunning Up Against the Sky Abigail Lapell Getaway Leaf Rapids Citizen Alien Various Artists The Al Purdy Songbook 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards William Prince Reliever "Pharis & Jason Romero Head CFMA Winners List". FYI Music News, April 11, 2021. Basia Bulat Are You in Love? Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020. The Dead South Sugar & Joy The East Pointers Yours to Break Stephen Fearing The Unconquerable Past Catherine MacLellan Coyote Mike McKenna Jr. At the Edge of the World Joe Nolan Drifters 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards Allison Russell Outside Child Heather Kitching, "The Canadian Folk Music Awards 2022 – winners and highlights". Roots Music Canada, April 2, 2022. Beyries Encounter Megan Lapierre, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2022 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 28, 2021. Craig Cardiff All This Time Running Rick Fines Solar Powered Too David Leask Voyageur in Song Rob Lutes Come Around Ryland Moranz XO, 1945 Reney Ray À l'ouest du réel 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards John Wort Hannam Long Haul "CFMAs Are Handed Out In Vancouver". FYI Music News, April 5, 2023. Shawna Caspi Hurricane Coming Stephen Cooke, "Madison Violet, Shannon & Tony Quinn among 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees". SaltWire Network, October 5, 2022. Digging Roots Zhawenim Madison Violet eleven Kyle McKearney Down-Home Sultans of String Sanctuary Tanya Tagaq Tongues Ken Yates Cerulean 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards William Prince Stand in the Joy Calum Slingerland, "Here are the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 10, 2024. Jill Barber Homemaker Nika Petrosian, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2024 Nominees". Exclaim!, October 18, 2023. 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, Ben Caplan Old News 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards Boy Golden For Jimmy Kerry Doole, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Turn 20: Full Winners List". Billboard, April 8, 2025. Sandra Bouza A Sound in the Dark Heather Kitching, "Here are your nominees for the 2025 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Roots Music Canada, October 30, 2024. Lynne Hanson Just a Poet Juurini Aqqutinni Kaia Kater Strange Medicine Abigail Lapell Anniversary 2026 21st Canadian Folk Music Awards AHI The Light Behind the Sun "Here are your 2026 Canadian Folk Music Award winners". Roots Music Canada, April 12, 2026. Boreal Winterbirds Heather Kitching, "Here are your Canadian Folk Music Award nominees for 2025". Roots Music Canada, October 31, 2025. The Fretless Glasswing Claire Morrison Where Do You Go at Night? Sacred Wolf Singers and Simon Walls L’nu’k Mawiejik
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