# Canadian Folk Music Award for Ensemble of the Year

The Canadian Folk Music Award for Ensemble of the Year is a Canadian award, presented as part of the Canadian Folk Music Awards to honour the year's best work by duos and bands in Canadian folk music and related genres. Albums officially credited to solo artists can be nominated for the award, in consideration of the collective work by all musicians participating in the recording.

## 2000s

| Year | Nominee | Album |
| 2005 1st Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2005 1st Canadian Folk Music Awards | Genticorum | Malins plaisirs |
| 2005 1st Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Bills | Let 'Em Run |
| 2005 1st Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Clumsy Lovers | Smart Kid |
| 2005 1st Canadian Folk Music Awards | Nathan | Jimson Weed |
| 2005 1st Canadian Folk Music Awards | Le Vent du Nord | Les Amants du Saint-Laurent |
| 2006 2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2006 2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards | Mauvais Sort | Koru |
| 2006 2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards | Bebop Cowboys | Canadian Dance Hall |
| 2006 2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards | The McDades | Bloom |
| 2006 2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards | Polémil Bazar | Avale ta montre |
| 2006 2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards | Tandava | Tandava |
| 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards | Les Charbonniers de l'enfer | À la grâce de Dieu |
| 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards | Creaking Tree String Quartet | The Soundtrack |
| 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Duhks | Migrations |
| 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards | Harry Manx and Kevin Breit | In Good We Trust |
| 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards | John Reichman and The Jaybirds | Stellar Jays |
| 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Yves Lambert et Le Bébert Orchestra | Le Monde à Lambert |
| 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Rita Chiarelli | Uptown Goes Downtown |
| 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Foggy Hogtown Boys | The Golden West |
| 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Hungry Hill | Ride |
| 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Le Vent du Nord | Dans les airs |
| 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Deep Dark Woods | Winter Hours |
| 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Annie Lou | Annie Lou |
| 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Haints Old Time Stringband | Shout Monah |
| 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Oktoécho | Oktoécho |
| 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Sultans of String | Yalla Yalla! |

## 2010s

| Year | Nominee | Album |
| 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Le Vent du Nord | La Part du feu |
| 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Beyond the Pale | Postcards |
| 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Nicolas Pellerin | et les Grands Hurleurs |
| 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Sojourners | The Sojourners |
| 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Les Tireux d'Roches | Les Tireux d'Roches Cé qu'essé? |
| 2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Genticorum | Nagez rameurs |
| 2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Creaking Tree String Quartet | Sundogs |
| 2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Harry Manx and Kevin Breit | Strictly Whatever |
| 2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Maz | Télescope |
| 2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Wailin' Jennys | Bright Morning Stars |
| 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Fretless | Waterbound |
| 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards | La Bottine Souriante | Appellation d'origine côntrolée |
| 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Oliver Schroer and Nuala Kennedy | Enthralled |
| 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Le Vent du Nord | Tromper le temps |
| 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Whitehorse | Whitehorse |
| 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Good Lovelies | Live at Revolution |
| 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Genticorum | Enregistré Live |
| 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Mary Jane Lamond and Wendy MacIsaac | Seinn |
| 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Corin Raymond and the Sundowners | Paper Nickels |
| 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Vishtèn | Mosaïk |
| 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Fretless | The Fretless |
| 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Quinn Bachand | Brishen |
| 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The High Bar Gang | Lost and Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion |
| 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Notre Dame de Grass | That's How the Music Begins |
| 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Ventanas | Ventanas |
| 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Big Little Lions | A Little Frayed, a Little Torn |
| 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Once | Departures |
| 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Jayme Stone | Jayme Stone's Lomax Project |
| 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Sweet Lowdown | Chasing the Sun |
| 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Whitehorse | Leave No Bridge Unburned |
| 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The East Pointers | Secret Victory |
| 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Les Frères Berthiaume | Le temps des fêtes est terminé |
| 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Ten Strings and a Goat Skin | Auprès du poêle |
| 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Whitehorse | The Northern South, Vol. 1 |
| 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Yves Lambert Trio | Laissez courir les chiens |
| 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Mama's Broke | Count the Wicked |
| 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards | 100 mile house | Hiraeth |
| 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Cassie and Maggie | The Willow Collection |
| 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Jerry Cans | Inuusiq |
| 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Silent Winters | Fireworks and a Small Brigade |
| 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Lynnes | Heartbreak Song for the Radio |
| 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The East Pointers | What We Leave Behind |
| 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Fretless | Live from the Art Farm |
| 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Genticorum | Avant l'orage |
| 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Pharis and Jason Romero | Sweet Old Religion |

## 2020s

| Year | Nominee | Album |
| 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Small Glories | Assiniboine & The Red |
| 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Haley Richardson and Quinn Bachand | When the Wind Blows High and Clear |
| 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Oliver the Crow | Oliver the Crow |
| 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Slocan Ramblers | Queen City Jubilee |
| 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Vishtèn | Horizons |
| 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Pharis and Jason Romero | Bet on Love |
| 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Dead South | Sugar & Joy |
| 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards | OKAN | Sombras |
| 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Sultans of String | Refuge |
| 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Sussex | The Ocean Wide |
| 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Elliott Brood | Keeper |
| 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Fugitives | Trench Songs |
| 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Hello Darlins | Go by Feel |
| 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards | OKAN | Espiral |
| 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Whitehorse | Modern Love |
| 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Slocan Ramblers | Up the Hill and Through the Fog |
| 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Dead South | Easy Listening for Jerks, Part 1 |
| 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Fretless | Open House |
| 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The McDades | The Empress |
| 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Over the Moon | Chinook Waltz |
| 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Genticorum | Au coeur de l'aube |
| 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Bombadils | Dear Friend |
| 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The East Pointers | House of Dreams |
| 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Jackson Hollow | Roses |
| 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Whitehorse | I'm Not Crying, You're Crying |
| 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Rachel Davis and Darren McMullen | Home |
| 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Fugitives | No Help Coming |
| 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards | The Good Lovelies | We Will Never Be the Same |
| 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Rum Ragged | Gone Jiggin' |
| 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Sultans of String | Walking Through the Fire |