Juno Award for Traditional Roots Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Traditional Roots Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the traditional roots genre. Prior to 2016, awards for this genre were awarded in two categories: Roots & Traditional - Solo and Roots & Traditional - Group. The awards categories were modified, to Traditional Roots and Contemporary Roots, beginning with the 2016 ceremony to "ensure two genres of music are not competing against each other in the same category".^[1]

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner(s)	Album	Nominees^[2]	Ref.
2016	Pharis and Jason Romero	A Wanderer I'll Stay	J. P. Cormier, The Chance Jayme Stone, Jayme Stone's Lomax Project Old Man Luedecke, Domestic Eccentric The Wainwright Sisters, Songs in the Dark	^[3]
2017	The East Pointers	Secret Victory	Maria Dunn, Gathering The High Bar Gang, Someday the Heart Will Trouble the Mind Ten Strings and a Goat Skin, Auprès du poêle Jenny Whiteley, The Original Jenny Whiteley	^[4]
2018	The Dead South	Illusion & Doubt	Cassie and Maggie, The Willow Collection Còig, Rove Jayme Stone, Jayme Stone's Folklife The East Pointers, What We Leave Behind	^[5]
2019	Pharis and Jason Romero	Sweet Old Religion	David Francey, The Broken Heart of Everything The Slocan Ramblers, Queen City Jubilee Vishtèn, Horizons The Wailin' Jennys, Fifteen
2020	The Dead South	Sugar & Joy	Natalie MacMaster, Sketches Miranda Mulholland, By Appointment or Chance The Small Glories, Assiniboine and the Red April Verch, Once a Day	^[6]
2021	Pharis and Jason Romero	Bet on Love	Beòlach, All Hands Le Diable à Cinq, Debout! Nick Hornbuckle, 13 or So Rum Ragged, The Thing About Fish	^[7]
2022	Maria Dunn	Joyful Banner Blazing	Alan Doyle, Back to the Harbour The Fugitives, Trench Songs Over the Moon, Chinook Waltz John Reischman, New Time & Old Acoustic	^[8]
2023	Pharis and Jason Romero	Tell 'em You were Gold	Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves, Hurricane Clarice Mama's Broke, Narrow Line The McDades, The Empress Le Vent du Nord, 20 printemps	^[9]
2024	David Francey	The Breath Between	Jackson Hollow, Roses James Keelaghan, Second Hand Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Paint Horse Morgan Toney, Resilience	^[10]
2025	Jake Vaadeland	Retro Man ... More and More	La Bottine Souriante, Domino! Inn Echo, Hemispheres Loreena McKennitt, The Road Back Home (Live) Sylvia Tyson, At the End of the Day	^[11]

References

^ "42nd Annual Juno Awards: 2016 CARAS Quick Reference Guide to the Submission Process" (PDF). JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
^ "Nomination Category: Traditional Roots Album of the Year". junoawards.ca. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "2016 Juno Award Winners" (PDF). junoawards,ca. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "Here Is the Full List of 2017 Juno Winners". exclaim.ca. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "Here's the Complete List of 2018 Juno Award Winners". exclaim.ca. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
^ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
^ Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.
^ Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
^ "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.
^ "Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025.

[1] "42nd Annual Juno Awards: 2016 CARAS Quick Reference Guide to the Submission Process" (PDF). JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.

[2] "Nomination Category: Traditional Roots Album of the Year". junoawards.ca. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[3] "2016 Juno Award Winners" (PDF). junoawards,ca. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[4] "Here Is the Full List of 2017 Juno Winners". exclaim.ca. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[5] "Here's the Complete List of 2018 Juno Award Winners". exclaim.ca. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[6] Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.

[7] Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.

[8] Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.

[9] Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.

[10] "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.

[11] "Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025.

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v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter Songwriter (Non-Performer)
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year South Asian Music Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Breakthrough Artist of the Year (1974–2024) Breakthrough Group of the Year (1974–2024) Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) International (1975–2024) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) Roots and Traditional Album (1989–1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996–2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996–2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards

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