# Canadian Folk Music Award for French Songwriter of the Year

The Canadian Folk Music Award for French Songwriter of the Year is a Canadian award, presented as part of the Canadian Folk Music Awards to honour the year's best French-language songwriting. Unlike many songwriting awards, the nomination is given in consideration of all of the songwriting on a whole album rather than singling out individual songs. Awards are also presented for English Songwriter of the Year and Indigenous Songwriter of the Year.

## 2000s

| Year | Nominee | Album | Ref |
| 2005 1st Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| No award presented |||
| 2006 2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards | No award presented | No award presented | No award presented |
| 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards | Hugo Fleury (Polémil Bazar) | Avale ta montre | |
| 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards | Guillaume Arsenault | Le rang des Îles | |
| 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards | Sylvie Jean | Déjouer le vent | |
| 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards | Michel Marchildon | Fragments d'Identité | |
| 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards | 3 Gars su'l sofa (Guillaume Monette, Guillaume Meloche-Charlebois, Nicola Morel) | Des Cobras, des Tarentules | |
| 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Tomas Jensen | Quelqu'un d'autre | |
| 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Yves Desrosiers | Chansons indociles | |
| 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Anique Granger | Pépins | |
| 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards | David Jalbert | Des Histoires | |
| 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Swing | Tradarnac | |
| 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Catherine Durand | Coeurs migratoires | |
| 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Caracol | L'Abre aux Parfums | |
| 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Paul Cargnello | Bras coupé | |
| 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Maryse Letarte | Des pas dans la neige | |
| 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards | 3 Gars su'l sofa (Guillaume Monette, Guillaume Meloche-Charlebois, Nicola Morel) | Cerf-volant | |

## 2010s

| Year | Nominee | Album |
| 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Francis d'Octobre | Ma bête fragile |
| 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Fredric Gary Comeau | Effeuiller les vertiges |
| 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Lennie Gallant | If We Had A Fire / Le coeur hante |
| 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards | David Jalbert | Le Journal |
| 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Geneviève Toupin | Geneviève Toupin |
| 2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Alexandre Poulin | Une lumière allumée |
| 2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Claude Cormier | Acoustique |
| 2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Jean-François Lessard | Jean-François Lessard |
| 2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Les Surveillantes | La racine carrée du coeur |
| 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Mes Aïeux | À l'aube du printemps |
| 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Caracol | Blanc Mercredi |
| 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Anique Granger | Les outils qu'on a |
| 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Lisa LeBlanc | Lisa LeBlanc |
| 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards | André Dédé Vander | French toast et peines perdues |
| 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Dany Placard | Démon vert |
| 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Chantal Archambault | Les Élans |
| 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Louis-Jean Cormier | Le treizième étage |
| 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Catherine Durand | Les murs blancs du Nord |
| 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Alexis Normand | Mirador |
| 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Les Hay Babies | Mon Homesick Heart |
| 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Antoine Corriveau | Les ombres longues |
| 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Laurence Hélie | À présent le passé |
| 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Klô Pelgag | L'Alchimie des monstres |
| 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Alexandre Poulin | Le mouvement des marées |
| 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Louis-Jean Cormier | Les grandes artères |
| 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Jocelyne Baribeau | Entre toi et moi |
| 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Benoit Pinette (Tire le coyote) | Panorama |
| 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Dany Placard | Santa Maria |
| 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Geneviève Toupin | Willows |
| 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Les soeurs Boulay | 4488 de l'Amour |
| 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Philippe Brach | Portraits de famine |
| 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Safia Nolin | Limoilou |
| 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Richard Séguin | Les horizons nouveaux |
| 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Mara Tremblay, Michel Rivard, Luc De Larochellière, Éric Goulet, Gilles Bélanger, Ariane Ouellet, Carl Prévost | Sept jours en mai |
| 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Luc de Larochellière | Autre monde |
| 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Philippe B | La grande nuit vidéo |
| 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Catherine Durand | La pluie entre nous |
| 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Patrice Michaud | Almanach |
| 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Vivianne Roy, Katrine Noël, Julie Aubé (Les Hay Babies) | La 4ième dimension (version longue) |
| 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Anik Bérubé, Natalie Byrns, Christian Bernard, Frédéric Joyal (Ancolie) | Le soleil en bulle |
| 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Danny Boudreau | Mon été |
| 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Étienne Fletcher | Face A |
| 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Benoit Pinette (Tire le coyote) | Désherbage |
| 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Kristine St-Pierre | La promesse |

## 2020s

| Year | Nominee | Album |
| 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Bernard Adamus | C’qui nous reste du Texas |
| 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Jordane Labrie, Clement Desjardins | 12 jours |
| 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Jean Leloup | L’étrange pays |
| 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Safia Nolin | Dans le noir |
| 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Caroline Savoie | Pourchasser l’aube |
| 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Marie-Ève Lapierre-Lemoyne | Onze |
| 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Guillaume Arsenault | La partie de moi qui tremble |
| 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Raphaël Delahaye | Le sens de la dérive |
| 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Flavie Léger-Roy | Ce chapeau est trop grand pour moi |
| 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Alexandre Poulin | Nature humaine |
| 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Reney Ray | À l'ouest du réel |
| 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Guillaume Beaulac | Guillaume Beaulac |
| 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Anne-Sophie Doré-Coulombe | Nos maisons |
| 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Émilie Landry | Arroser les fleurs |
| 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Flavie Léger-Roy | Les trous dans les coeurs |
| 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Geneviève Roberge-Bouchard, Alain Barbeau | J’attends encore |
| 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Anik Bérubé, Natalie Byrns | Les ébranlements |
| 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Sébastien Lacombe | Le chemin des possibles |
| 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Héra Ménard, Guylaine Saint-Pierre | Fleurs |
| 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Matt Stern | Rien qu'un animal |
| 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Aleksi Campagne, Michelle Campagne | For the Giving / Sans rien donner |
| 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Éric Dion, André Lavergne | La nouvelle saison |
| 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Catherine Durand | La maison orpheline |
| 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Catherine-Audrey Lachapelle, Léandre Joly-Pelletier | Là-bas-Veranda |
| 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Marie-Ève Laure | Reviens |
| 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards |
| 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Sara Dufour, Dany Placard | On va-tu prendre une marche? |
| 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Lennie Gallant, Patricia Richard (Sirène et Matelot) | Un monde de dissonances |
| 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Alexandre Poulin, | La somme des êtres aimés |
| 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Reney Ray | L'Album temporaire |
| 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards | Michel Robichaud | Rallumer l'effort |