List of bands from Canada

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This is a list of bands and artists originating from Canada. Please note that the cities that are listed are just where the band was based and not all of the members are from that particular city.

Contents 1 Alberta 2 British Columbia 3 Manitoba 4 Newfoundland & Labrador 5 New Brunswick 6 Northwest Territories 7 Nova Scotia 8 Ontario 9 Prince Edward Island 10 Québec 11 Saskatchewan 12 See also

[edit] Alberta

Calgary

• Chixdiggit!
• Big Sugar
• Falconhawk
• Hot Nasties
• Ian Tyson
• Inner Surge
• Jann Arden
• Melissa O'Neil
• Loverboy
• Paul Brandt
• Reverie Sound Revue
• The Stampeders
• Tegan and Sara
• Tetrix_(band)
• Leslie Feist
• Chad VanGaalen
• The Pants Situation
• Melissa O'Neil

Consort

• k.d. lang

Edmonton

• Captain Tractor
• Cadence Weapon
• Psyche
• SNFU
• Social Code
• Our Mercury
• Shout Out Out Out Out
• Ten Second Epic

Fort McMurray

• Aaron Lines

Hanna

• Nickelback (Now based out of Vancouver, British Columbia)

Medicine Hat

• Terri Clark
• Kalan Porter

[edit] British Columbia

Abbotsford

• Kenneth Montgomery Keillor
• Hedley
• You Say Party! We Say Die!

Burnaby

• Matthew Good
• Michael Bublé

Chilliwack

• New world on fire

Cranbrook

• Lillix

Kelowna

• Cry of the Afflicted
• The Grapes of Wrath
• Stutterfly

Nanaimo

• Diana Krall

Port Moody

• Trooper

Vancouver

• 3 Inches of Blood
• 54-40
• A Spectre Is Haunting Europe
• Black Mountain
• Blaise Pascal
• Bryan Adams
• Chilliwack
• Cub
• Crowned King
• Destroyer
• Devin Townsend
• The Devin Townsend Band
• DOA
• Default
• Econoline Crush
• Five Alarm Funk
• Flybanger (aka Jar.)
• Front Line Assembly
• Gob
• Heart
• LiveonRelease
• Lights Below
• Matthew Good Band
• Ox
• P:ano
• Pink Mountaintops
• Precious Fathers
• Removal
• Skinny Puppy
• Spirit of the West
• Stabilo
• Strapping Young Lad
• Sweatshop Union
• Swollen Members
• State of Shock
• TAS 1000
• Theory of a Deadman
• The Devin Townsend Band
• The Manvils
• The New Pornographers
• The Organ
• The Subhumans
• They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
• Trooper
• You Say Party! We Say Die!

Vernon

• Daniel Powter

Victoria

• Big Muff
• Carolyn Mark
• Dayglo Abortions
• Hot Hot Heat
• Jets Overhead
• Kincaide
• Moneyshot
• Morning Call
• NoMeansNo
• Theset
• Nelly Furtado
• Swollen Members
• Immaculate Machine
• Christine Evans
• Shapes and Sizes

[edit] Manitoba

Boissevain

• Rick Neufeld

Brandon

• James Ehnes
• Mae Moore
• Amanda Stott

Churchill

• Susan Aglukark

Dunrea

• Daniel Lavoie

Hochfield

• Ed Bickert

Landmark

• The Home Team

Lynn Lake

• Tom Cochrane

Morden

• Loreena McKennitt

Portage La Prairie

• Doc Walker

Selkirk

• Farrell Brothers

Steinbach

• The Pets
• The Undecided
• The Waking Eyes

Winnipeg

• Tal Bachman
• Randy Bachman
• Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• Ballroom Zombies
• Steve Bell
• Robin Black
• The Harlots
• Bif Naked
• Heather Bishop
• Oscar Brand
• Brave Belt
• Lenny Breau
• Buffalo Springfield
• Jon Buller
• burnthe8track
• Burton Cummings
• The Canadian Sweethearts
• Chantal Kreviazuk
• One of These Days
• Comeback Kid
• Cone Five
• The Consumer Goods
• Crash Test Dummies
• Diz Disley
• Doctor (band)
• Mitch Dorge
• The Duhks
• Ed Evanko
• Amanda Falk
• Christine Fellows
• Figure Four
• Fresh I.E.
• Daniel Greaves
• Joey Gregorash
• The Guess Who
• Harlequin
• Ironhorse
• Terry Jacks
• Tom Jackson
• Jet Set Satellite
• Juliette
• James Keelaghan
• Alana Levandoski
• MacLean and MacLean
• Gisele MacKenzie
• Fraser MacPherson
• Greg MacPherson
• Holly McNarland
• McMaster & James
• Mood Ruff
• Mr. Pine
• Nemo
• Nathan
• Zara Nelsova
• Bob Nolan
• Paper Moon
• The Paperbacks
• Fred Penner
• The Perpetrators
• Projektor
• Propagandhi
• John K. Samson
• Remy Shand
• Al Simmons
• Starfield
• Lucille Starr
• Ray St. Germain
• Sugar Jones
• Swallowing Shit
• Fred Turner
• Tin Foil Phoenix
• Under Pressure
• Unravelled Broken Orchestra
• Venetian Snares
• The Wailin' Jennys
• Michael Walker of The Shys
• The Watchmen
• The Weakerthans
• The Wyrd Sisters
• Neil Young

[edit] Newfoundland & Labrador

St. John's

• Great Big Sea
• Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers

Burlington

• Rex Goudie

Carbonear

• Jenny Gear And The Whiskey Kittens

Upper Island Cove

• Craig Sharpe
• Jason Greeley

[edit] New Brunswick

Saint John

• Grand Theft Bus

Moncton

• The Peter Parkers
• Eric's Trip
• Elevator
• Earth A.D.
• The Turning
• Rick White

Bouctouche

• CrossFire

Fredericton

• Obsidian Reign

[edit] Northwest Territories

Yellowknife

• The Godson
• Leela Gilday
• Namullim

[edit] Nova Scotia

Antigonish

• The Trews

Cape Breton

• Aselin Debison
• The Rankin Family
• Richmond Hill

Cole Harbour

• Matt Mays and El Torpedo

Creignish

• Ashley MacIsaac

Dartmouth

• Joel Plaskett
• Gary Beals

Halifax

• April Wine
• In-Flight Safety
• Jale
• Travis MacRae
• Sarah McLachlan
• Sixtoo
• Sloan
• Thrush Hermit
• Wintersleep

Mount Uniacke

• Buck 65

New Glaskow

• JD Fortune (INXS)

Springhill

• Anne Murray

[edit] Ontario

Ajax

• Sum 41
• Toya Alexis
• Closet Monster

Bramalea

• Jason Collett

Brampton

• The End
• The Junction
• Abandin Theory
• Moneen

Burlington

• Boys Night Out
• Finger Eleven
• Grade
• Idle sons
• Mare
• Silverstein
• Spoons

Cornwall

• Barstool Prophets

Dundas

• Caribou
• Junior Boys
• Winter Equinox

Guelph

• Constantines
• Royal City
• Jim Guthrie
• King Cobb Steelie
• The Kramdens

Hamilton

• A Northern Chorus
• Chore
• Cursed (Members of)
• Forgotten Rebels
• Junkhouse
• The Reason
• Stan Rogers
• Sons of Butcher
• Teenage Head
• Ian Thomas
• Tomi Swick
• Warsawpack

Huntsville

• Hawksley Workman

Kingston

• The Arrogant Worms
• Bedouin Soundclash
• Sarah Harmer
• The Headstones
• Ryan Malcolm
• The Tragically Hip
• Moist

Kitchener-Waterloo

• Helix (band)
• Rotting (band)

London

• Kittie
• Machete Avenue
• The Gandharvas
• The Weekend
• Thine Eyes Bleed
• Two-Minute Miracles

Milton

• The Most Serene Republic

Mississauga

• Billy Talent
• The End
• Triumph

Napanee

• Avril Lavigne

Newmarket

• Glass Tiger
• Rush
• Tokyo Police Club

Niagara Falls

• Honeymoon Suite

North Bay

• High Holy Days

Oakville

• Saga

Orillia

• Gordon Lightfoot

Oshawa

• Cuff the Duke
• Anagram

Ottawa

• Alanis Morissette
• Annihilator
• Bruce Cockburn
• Five Man Electrical Band
• Furnaceface
• Iszoloscope
• Massari

Peterborough

• Hawk Nelson
• Three Days Grace

Sault Ste. Marie

• Treble Charger

Scarborough

• Barenaked Ladies

St. Catharines

• Alexisonfire
• City and Colour
• Ron Sexsmith

Sudbury

• CANO
• Dead Celebrity Status
• Ox
• Project Wyze

Thornhill

• Moxy Früvous

Timmins

• Shania Twain

Toronto

• Andrew Cash
• Armed and Hammered
• Augusta (band)
• Barenaked Ladies
• The Band
• The Battered Wives
• The Birthday Massacre
• The Black Maria
• Blue Peter
• Broken Social Scene
• By Divine Right
• Cancer Bats
• controller.controller
• Cowboy Junkies
• The Deadly Snakes
• Death from Above 1979
• dodger
• Do Make Say Think
• Elliott Brood
• Femme Fatale
• Fifth Column
• Final Fantasy
• Fucked Up
• The Government
• Hayden
• I Mother Earth
• I am Robot and Proud
• Key Witness
• Lava Hay
• The Lowest of the Low
• Magneta Lane
• The Meligrove Band
• Metric
• MSTRKRFT
• Moxy
• Nash the Slash
• Our Lady Peace
• Pilot Speed (formerly known as Pilate)
• Rheostatics
• Sebastian Bach
• Stars
• Tin Bangs
• Thornley
• Thousand Foot Krutch

Whitby

• Protest the Hero
• k-os
• The Mark Inside

Windsor

• 13 Engines
• The Tea Party

[edit] Prince Edward Island

• The Chucky Danger Band
• Haywire
• Two Hours Traffic

[edit] Québec

Nicolet

• Cookie Monster

Montréal

• AIDS Wolf
• Aldo Nova
• The Arcade Fire
• A Silver Mt. Zion
• Melissa Auf der Maur
• Ballast
• Bootsauce
• Born Dead Icons
• The Box
• Carole Laure
• Corey Hart
• Cryptopsy
• The Dears
• Doughboys
• Electrocutionerdz
• Esmerine
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• Tim Hecker
• Hrsta
• Ion Dissonance
• Islands
• Kataklysm
• Kate and Anna McGarrigle
• Kiss Me Deadly
• Kulcha connection
• Les Colocs
• Les Cowboys Fringants
• Les Georges Leningrad
• Les Trois Accords
• Lesbians on Ecstasy
• Lewis Furey
• The Lovely Feathers
• Mahogany Rush
• Me Mom and Morgentaler
• Men Without Hats
• Mobile (band)
• A Perfect Murder
• The Planet Smashers
• Pulse Ultra
• Quo Vadis
• Reset
• The Sainte Catherines
• Sam Roberts
• Set Fire to Flames
• Shalabi Effect
• Simple Plan
• The Stills
• Sunset Rubdown
• Tiga
• The Unicorns
• Martha Wainwright
• Rufus Wainwright
• Wolf Parade

Charlemagne

• Celine Dion

Jonquiere

• Voivod

Repentigny

• La Bottine Souriante
• Les Cowboys Fringants

[edit] Saskatchewan

Regina

• Into Eternity
• The Orchard
• Sylvie
• The Shackshakers (originated in Carlyle)
• Queen City Kids
• Means
• Colin James
• Kick Axe
• Despistado

Saskatoon

• Volcanoless in Canada
• The Northern Pikes
• Wide Mouth Mason
• Susan Jacks
• Joni Mitchell
• Theresa Sokyrka
• The Charlies

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian musicians
• Category:Canadian rock groups
• Category:Canadian musical groups
• Category:Canadian music festivals
• Category:Canadian record labels