| Year | Nominee | Category | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Eclipse Kate Hammett-Vaughan Quintet | Vocal Jazz Album of the Year | No |
| 2005 | Make Believe Ballroom Marc Jordan | Vocal Jazz Album of the Year | No |
| 2005 | That's For Me Susie Arioli Band featuring Jordan Officer | Vocal Jazz Album of the Year | No |
| 2005 | Allan Slaight | Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award | Yes |
| 2005 | Four Higher autorickshaw | World Music Album of the Year | No |
| 2005 | Dho-Mach (Sacred Gift) King Achilla Orru Apaa-idomo | World Music Album of the Year | No |
| 2005 | En Voyage Les Gitans de Sarajevo | World Music Album of the Year | No |
| 2005 | African Guitar Summit Mighty Popo, Madagascar Slim, Donné Robert, Alpha Ya Ya Diallo, Adam Solomon, Pa Joe | World Music Album of the Year | Yes |
| 2005 | Road To Kashgar Orchid Ensemble | World Music Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Burnt Project 1 "The Avenue" Burnt | Aboriginal Recording of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Mother Earth Eagle & Hawk | Aboriginal Recording of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Ketwam Sandy Scofield | Aboriginal Recording of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Big Feeling Susan Aglukark | Aboriginal Recording of the Year | Yes |
| 2004 | In Honour Of Percy Dreaver Whitefish Jrs | Aboriginal Recording of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Handmade- Jimmy Rankin Benjamin Fong (Director/Designer/Illustrator), Janet Kimber (Photographer) | Album Design of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Love Is The Only Soldier- Jann Arden Garnet Armstrong/Susan Michalek (Director/Designer), Andrew MacNaughtan (Photographer) | Album Design of the Year | Yes |
| 2004 | Talkin' Honky Blues- Buck 65 Jenn McIntyre (Director/Designer/Illustrator), Ingram Barss/Jenn McIntryre (Photographers) | Album Design of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Battle Of The Nudes- Gord Downie Megan Oldfield (Director/Designer), Jon Claytor (Illustrator), Richard Beland (Photographer) | Album Design of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Jubilee- Harry Manx& Kevin Breit Michael Wrycraft (Director/Designer/Illustrator), Kevin Kelly (Photographer) | Album Design of the Year | No |
| 2004 | One Heart Celine Dion | Album of the Year Sponsored by Music Canada | No |
| 2004 | Michael Bublé Michael Bublé | Album of the Year Sponsored by Music Canada | No |
| 2004 | Folklore Nelly Furtado | Album of the Year Sponsored by Music Canada | No |
| 2004 | We Were Born In a Flame Sam Roberts | Album of the Year Sponsored by Music Canada | Yes |
| 2004 | Afterglow Sarah McLachlan | Album of the Year Sponsored by Music Canada | No |
| 2004 | Talkin' Honky Blues Buck 65 | Alternative Album of the Year | Yes |
| 2004 | Shine A Light Constantines | Alternative Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Truthfully, Truthfully Joel Plaskett Emergency | Alternative Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Heart Stars | Alternative Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Reconstruction Site The Weakerthans | Alternative Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Celine Dion | Artist of the Year Presented with Apple Music | No |
| 2004 | Nelly Furtado | Artist of the Year Presented with Apple Music | No |
| 2004 | Sam Roberts | Artist of the Year Presented with Apple Music | Yes |
| 2004 | Sarah McLachlan | Artist of the Year Presented with Apple Music | No |
| 2004 | Shawn Desman | Artist of the Year Presented with Apple Music | No |
| 2004 | Sweet Taste Harrison Kennedy | Blues Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Jubilee Harry Manx & Kevin Breit | Blues Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Painkiller Morgan Davis | Blues Album of the Year | Yes |
| 2004 | Roll It Down Ray Bonneville | Blues Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Too Much Fun The Rockit 88 Band | Blues Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Bob Ezrin | Canadian Music Hall of Fame | Yes |
| 2004 | A Duck In New York City Connie Kaldor | Children's Album of the Year | Yes |
| 2004 | Like A Flower to the Sun Jack Grunsky | Children's Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | The Children of Lir Loretto Reid | Children's Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Sing Out Summer Fun Mary Lambert | Children's Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Dodo la planète do- Dream songs night songs 2 Pelican Music Project | Children's Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Conertos: Matthieu, Addinsell, Gershwin Alain Lefèvre & Quebec Symphony Orchestra | Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment | No |
| 2004 | Concertos: Music of Jacques Hétu André Laplante- piano, Christopher Millard- Bassoonn, Robert Cram-Flute, Joaquin Valdepenas- Clarinet, CBC Radio Orchestra, Mario Bernardi- Conductor | Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment | Yes |
| 2004 | Bach Orchestral Suites Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment | Yes |
| 2004 | Mozart Noir Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon | Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment | No |
| 2004 | Nino Rota: La Strada Yannick Nézet-Séguin- artistic director, Orchestra Métropolitain du Grand Montréal | Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment | No |
| 2004 | Francois Couperin: Keyboard Music-1 Angela Hewitt | Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber | No |
| 2004 | Graupner Cantatem Sonate, Ouverture: Instrumental and Vocal Music, Vol 2 L'Ensemble des Ideés heureuses | Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber | No |
| 2004 | Szymanowski: The Complete Mazurkas Marc-André Hamelin | Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber | No |
| 2004 | Mozart*Zukerman Pinchas Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth, Jane Logan, Kimball Sykes, Jethro Marks, Donnie Deacon, Jessica Linnebach | Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber | No |
| 2004 | Murphy, Chan, Hatzis, Kulescha`Canadian Premieres The Gryphon Trio | Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber | Yes |
| 2004 | Ideale: Songs of Paolo Tosti Ben Heppner | Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral | No |
| 2004 | Azulão Isabel Bayrakdarian, James Parker, Cello Ensemble | Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral | Yes |
| 2004 | Chants d'Auvergne Karina Gauvin, Raffi Armenian, Canadian Chamber Ensemble | Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral | No |
| 2004 | Handel: Love Duets Suzie LeBlanc, Daniel Taylor, Arion Ensemble, Stephen Stubbs | Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral | No |
| 2004 | Chants Sacrés et Profances Tafelmusik Chamber Choir & Ivars Taurins | Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral | No |
| 2004 | Everlasting Light Christos Hatzis | Classical Composition of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Piano Concerto No. 2 Jacques Hétu | Classical Composition of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Amplified String Quartet with Tape Norma Beecroft | Classical Composition of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Credo R. Murray Schafer | Classical Composition of the Year | No |
| 2004 | String Quartet No. 8 R. Murray Schafer | Classical Composition of the Year | Yes |
| 2004 | Shine Like Stars Bec Abbot | Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | So Much For Substitutes downhere | Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Jill Paquette Jill Paquette | Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year | Yes |
| 2004 | Forgiveness Jim Witter | Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Forward To Forever Jody Cross | Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Suite For New York D.D. Jackson | Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Indefinite Time François Bourassa Quartet | Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | bLOW tHE hOUSE dOWN Great Uncles of the Revolution | Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year | Yes |
| 2004 | Chronic Metalwood | Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Strut Michael Kaeshammer | Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Living Out Loud Aaron Lines | Country Recording of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Free Brad Johner | Country Recording of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Everyone Aboard Doc Walker | Country Recording of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Up! Shania Twain | Country Recording of the Year | Yes |
| 2004 | Pain To Kill Terri Clark | Country Recording of the Year | No |
| 2004 | I Know Audrey | Dance Recording of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Chimera Delerium | Dance Recording of the Year | No |
| 2004 | All That I Like M.C. Mario | Dance Recording of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Give You Love Original 3 | Dance Recording of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Something About You Sound Bluntz | Dance Recording of the Year | Yes |
| 2004 | 1 Fille & 4 Types Celine Dion | Francophone Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Reviens Garou | Francophone Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Marie Chantal Tupin Maudit Bordel | Francophone Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Wilfred Le Bouthillier Wilfred Le Bouthillier | Francophone Album of the Year | Yes |
| 2004 | Barenaked Ladies | Group of the Year Presented with Apple Music | No |
| 2004 | Finger Eleven | Group of the Year Presented with Apple Music | No |
| 2004 | La Chicane | Group of the Year Presented with Apple Music | No |
| 2004 | Nickelback | Group of the Year Presented with Apple Music | Yes |
| 2004 | Our Lady Peace | Group of the Year Presented with Apple Music | No |
| 2004 | Stress Less George Carlaw | Instrumental Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Italian Love Songs I Sorenti | Instrumental Album of the Year | Yes |
| 2004 | Un Homme et son Péché Michel Cusson | Instrumental Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Romance Richard Abel | Instrumental Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Country Christmas The Convingtons | Instrumental Album of the Year | No |
| 2004 | Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 50 Cent | International Album of the Year | Yes |
