This is a list of Canadian musicians.

A

• Lee Aaron - jazz and rock singer-songwriter
• Bryan Adams - singer-songwriter
• Susan Aglukark - pop singer-songwriter
• Charlie Angus - alternative country singer/songwriter, writer and politician
• Paul Anka - 50's pop icon
• Appleton - British-based singing duo
• April Wine - hard rock group
• Jann Arden - pop singer-songwriter
• Melissa Auf Der Maur - rock guitarist (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins)

B

• Bachman Turner Overdrive - rock group (BTO)
• Randy Bachman - singer
• Tal Bachman - singer and the son of the above
• Long John Baldry - British-born blues singer
• Barenaked Ladies - pop group
• Barlow - singer/songwriter
• The Battered Wives - punk band
• Be Good Tanyas - contemporary old time music group
• Willie P. Bennett - folk/alternative country singer-songwriter
• Rob Benvie - alternative rock musician (Thrush Hermit, The Dears, Tigre Benvie )
• Moe Berg - singer/songwriter, lead singer for The Pursuit of Happiness
• Art Bergmann - punk/alternative singer-songwriter
• Billy Talent - rock band
• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings - alternative country supergroup (Stephen Fearing, Tom Wilson, Colin Linden)
• Blue Rodeo - roots influenced music group
• Madame Bolduc - singer, songwriter, harmonicist, violinist
• La Bottine Souriante - Québécois folk combo
• The Box - Montreal new wave band
• Liona Boyd - classical guitarist
• Russell Braun - operatic baritone
• Broken Social Scene - indie-rock "collective"
• Michael Buble - singer
• Buck 65 - hip-hop artist
• Buffalo Springfield - Neil Young's first international success
• By Divine Right - alternative/indie-rock group

C

• Meryn Cadell - rock singer/songwriter and performance artist
• The Canadian Sweethearts - 1960s-70s pop duo
• Andrew Cash - singer-songwriter
• Keshia Chanté - urban/R&B singer
• Chilliwack - rock band
• Choclair - hip-hop artist
• Jarvis Church - R&B singer/producer (real name Gerald Eaton)
• Eric Clapton - Blues/Classic Rock musician, (father was Edward Fryer, a Canadian soldier stationed in England during WWII)
• Terri Clark - country singer & songwriter
• Classic Albums Live - rotating group of musicians who perform a classic rock album each month
• David Clayton-Thomas - singer
• Tom Cochrane - singer-songwriter
• Bruce Cockburn - singer-songwriter
• Leonard Cohen - singer-songwriter, poet
• Holly Cole - jazz singer
• Stompin' Tom Connors - country singer-songwriter
• The Constantines - indie rock group
• The Cottars - celtic group
• Cowboy Junkies - roots group
• Deborah Cox - pop/R&B singer
• Crash Test Dummies - pop group
• Crew-Cuts - 50s singing group
• Allison Crowe - singer-songwriter
• Crush - band
• Cryptopsy - death metal band
• Cub - pop-punk band
• Burton Cummings - rock musician (The Guess Who, solo)
• The Curse - punk band
• Bobby Curtola - singer

D

• Rick Danko - musician in The Band
• Thomas Danton - rock singer in The KNA
• Tracy Dares - pianist
• Dayglo Abortions - hardcore punk group
• The Dears - indie rock group
• Death From Above 1979 - indie rock group
• Default - rock group
• The Demics - punk rock group
• Dave "Rave" Desroches - singer/songwriter (Teenage Head, The Dave Rave Conspiracy)
• The Diodes - power pop/punk band
• Céline Dion - pop singer and diva
• D.O.A. - Vancouver-based hardcore punk band
• Melanie Doane - guitar hero and singer
• Fefe Dobson - singer/songwriter
• Denny Doherty - singer in The Mamas and the Papas
• Julie Doiron - singer-songwriter
• Gordon Downie - singer in Tragically Hip
• The Doughboys - Montreal punk/rock group
• Damhnait Doyle - pop singer-songwriter
• Drastic Measures - new wave band

E

• Fred J. Eaglesmith - alternative country singer/songwriter
• Kathleen Edwards - singer-songwriter
• James Ehnes - violin virtuoso
• Eric's Trip - 90s indie-rock band
• Gil Evans - pianist and arranger

F

• 54-40 - alternative rock band
• Mylène Farmer - singer
• Maynard Ferguson - jazz band leader, trumpet
• Fifth Column - experimental punk band
• FM - new wave band
• Forgotten Rebels - punk band
• Maureen Forrester - contralto
• Judith Forst - operatic mezzo soprano
• David Foster - composer
• Moxy Früvous - folk-pop/geek-rock band
• Nelly Furtado - pop singer

G

• B.B. Gabor - Hungarian-born new wave artist
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor - experimental post-rock band
• Matthew Good - singer-songwriter (Matthew Good Band)
• Gorguts - death metal band
• Glenn Gould - pianist, composer, philosopher
• Robert Goulet - singer, actor
• The Government - punk/new wave band
• The Grapes of Wrath - 1980s folk-pop band
• Great Big Sea - Newfoundland and Labrador folk-rock combo
• Grievous Angels - alternative country/folk band
• Emm Gryner - singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist
• The Guess Who - rock group, composed "American Woman" while jamming live in Ontario

H

• Gerry Hannah - bass player of Subhumans
• Hagood Hardy - jazz vibraphonist
• Sarah Harmer - singer
• Corey Hart - singer
• Ron Hawkins and the Rusty Nails - indie-rock band
• The Headstones - rock band
• Jeff Healey - blind guitar virtuoso and singer
• Ben Heppner - operatic tenor
• The Hidden Cameras - "gay church folk" band
• Dan Hill - pop singer
• Paul Horn - flute player
• Hot Hot Heat - rock band
• Garth Hudson - musician in The Band
• Heather Hutchison - singer/songwriter and pianist

I

• I Mother Earth - rock group
• The Inbreds - indie-rock group
• Ion Dissonance - hardcore/metalcore band
• May Irwin - vaudeville singer

J

• Susan Jacks - pop singer
• Terry Jacks- pop singer/songwriter/producer
• Jacksoul - soul/jazz group
• Jacynthe - pop singer
• Colin James - blues/rock musician
• Molly Johnson - rock/jazz vocalist
• Sass Jordan - rock singer, judge on Canadian Idol
• Jorane - singer, violoncellist
• Juliette - singer, television presenter

K

• Kashtin - aboriginal folk rock band
• Katakylsm - death metal band
• Joey "Shithead" Keithley - singer for D.O.A., author (I, Shithead)
• Kid Koala - hip-hop artist
• King Cobb Steelie - dub-punk/electronica group
• Kittie - hard rock group
• Diana Krall - jazz pianist
• Chantal Kreviazuk - singer

L

• k.d. lang - country punk and diva
• Daniel Lanois - composer, produced U2 albums
• Avril Lavigne - singer/songwriter
• Geddy Lee - singer, bassist, keyboardist Rush
• Glenn Lewis - R&B singer
• Gordon Lightfoot - singer
• Lillix - pop/rock group
• The Local Rabbits - rock group
• Guy Lombardo - Big Band Leader
• Oscar Lopez - Latin folk guitarist
• Loverboy - rock group
• The Lowest of the Low - alternative rock group

M

• Ashley MacIsaac - violinist
• Dave MacIsaac - guitarist/violinist
• Tara MacLean - singer/songwriter
• Buddy MacMaster - violinist
• Natalie MacMaster - violinist/stepdancer
• Maestro - hip-hop musician
• Kate Maki - country rock singer-songwriter
• Richard Manuel - musician in "The Band"
• Richard Margison - operatic tenor
• Marianas Trench
• Amanda Marshall - singer/songwriter
• Martha and the Muffins - new wave pop group
• Matt Mays - some sort of country
• Kate and Anna McGarrigle - folk singer-songwriters
• Loreena McKennitt - celtic inspired musician, vocalist and entrepreneur
• Sarah McLachlan - singer/songwriter
• Melissa McLelland - singer/songwriter
• Holly McNarland - singer/songwriter
• Don Messer - fiddler
• Metric - indie-rock band
• Joni Mitchell - folk and jazz artist, painter
• Mitsou - pop singer
• The Mods - punk band
• Alan Monk - operatic baritone
• Alanis Morissette - rock singer
• Mike Murley - jazz musician
• Anne Murray - singer
• Alannah Myles - singer

N

• Bif Naked - punk/pop singer
• National Velvet - 1980s goth rock band
• Nickelback - rock group
• Nomeansno - Vancouver punk group
• The Northern Pikes - Saskatoon rock group

O

• Patricia O'Callaghan - jazz singer
• Mary Margaret O'Hara - pop/rock singer-songwriter
• The Odds - indie-rock/power pop band
• Oh Susanna - alternative country singer
• Maren Ord - pop singer
• Peter Oundjian - violinist and conductor
• Our Lady Peace - rock group

P

• The Paperboys - folk/pop band
• Parachute Club - 1980s new wave synth pop band
• Jon Kimura Parker - classical pianist
• The Payola$ - new wave mand
• Oscar Peterson - jazz pianist
• Brett Polegato - operatic baritone
• The Poles - punk band
• Carole Pope - new wave rock/pop singer
• The Poppy Family, early 1970s pop group
• Bryan Potvin - singer-songwriter (also The Northern Pikes)
• The Pursuit of Happiness - 1980s/1990s indie rock group
• Don Pyle - drummer (Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Fifth Column)

Q

• Quo Vadis (band) - Thrash/death metal band

R

• The Rankin Family - folk-pop group
• Rational Youth - Montreal new wave group
• Sam Roberts - rock musician
• Robbie Robertson - musician in The Band
• Rock 'n Hyde - band formed out of The Payola$
• Stan Rogers - folk musician
• Royal City - indie rock group
• Rush - rock group

S

• Buffy Sainte-Marie - singer, songwriter, artist, activist
• Sandbox - rock group
• Ivana Santilli - R&B singer
• Jack Scott - early rock and roll singer
• Jonathan Seet - singer/songwriter
• Lorraine Segato - singer-songwriter (Parachute Club)
• Jay Semko - singer-songwriter (The Northern Pikes)
• Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - instrumental group
• Paul Shaffer - musical director on Late Show with David Letterman
• Shaye - pop "supergroup" (Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle, Tara Maclean)
• The Shuffle Demons - jazz fusion group
• Jane Siberry - singer entrepreneur
• Simple Plan - punk rock band
• Skinny Puppy - industrial band
• Sarah Slean - singer, songwriter, pianist
• Sloan - rock group
• SNFU - Punk rock band
• Hank Snow - country & western singer
• Harry Somers - composer
• Martina Sorbara - folk-pop singer
• Speed to Kill
• Spirit of the West - folk-rock combo
• Lucille Starr, singer
• Andy Stochansky - singer/songwriter and former drummer for Ani DiFranco
• Kim Stockwood - singer
• Skye Sweetnam - singer/songwriter
• Ember Swift - singer/songwriter
• Kurt Swinghammer - singer/songwriter
• Subhumans - Vancouver punk band
• Sum 41 - rock group
• Harold Sumberg - violinist

T

• Eva Tanguay, vaudeville singer
• The Tea Party - musical group
• Theory of a Deadman - rock music group
• Teenage Head - punk/new wave group
• Tegan and Sara - folk/rock duo
• Thornley
• Tin Foil Phoenix - musical group
• Toronto - hard rock band
• Devin Townsend - heavy metal musician of the bands Devin Townsend Band and Strapping Young Lad among others
• The Tragically Hip - musical group
• The Trews - rock band from Nova Scotia
• Tú - pop music duo
• Shania Twain - country/pop singer

U

• David Usher - rock singer-songwriter
• Uzeb - Jazz fusion group

V

• Jon Vickers - operatic tenor
• The Viletones - punk rock group
• Gilles Vigneault - singer-songwriter

W

• Rufus Wainwright - folk-pop singer
• The Weakerthans - indie rock group
• Weeping Tile - 1990s alternative rock group
• Wide Mouth Mason - blues/rock group
• David Wilcox - singer
• Simon Wilcox - singer/songwriter and daughter of the above
• Wintersleep - Indie-rock
• Hawksley Workman - singer/songwriter
• Luther Wright and the Wrongs - country rock group

X

Y

• Zal Yanovsky - member of Lovin' Spoonful
• Neil Young - singer
• Young Canadians - punk rock group

Z

• Maurice Zbriger - violinist, composer & conductor
• Zumpano - indie-rock band

See also

• Canadian music
• List of famous Canadians