Chronological list of Canadian classical composers

Baroque

Charles-Amador Martin (1648–1711)

Classical

Joseph Quesnel (1746–1809)

Romantic

Stephen Codman (c. 1796–1852)
James P. Clarke (1807/8–1877)
Robert Ambrose (1824–1908)
Jean-Baptiste Labelle (1825–1898)
Ernest Gagnon (1834–1915)
Adélard Joseph Boucher (1835–1912)
Frantz Jehin-Prume (1839–1899)
Calixa Lavallée (1842–1891)
Gustave Gagnon (1842–1930)
Joseph-A. Fowler (1845–1917)
Guillaume Couture (1851–1915)
J. E. P. Aldous (1853–1934)
Alexis Contant (1858–1918)
Alfred De Sève (1858–1927)
W. O. Forsyth (1859–1937)
Louis-Phillipe Laurendeau (1861–1916)
Humfrey Anger (1862–1913)
Charles A.E. Harriss (1862–1929)
Achille Fortier (1864–1939)
Clarence Lucas (1866–1947)

Modern/Contemporary

Paul Ambrose (1868–1941)
W. H. Hewlett (1873–1940)
Joseph Allard (1873–1947)
Donald Heins (1878–1949)
Henri Miro (1879–1950)
Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943)
Alfred La Liberté (1882–1952)
W.H. Anderson (1882–1955)
Robert Graham Manson (1883–1950)
J.-J. Gagnier (1885–1949)
Albertine Morin-Labrecque (1886 or 1890–1957)
Albert Chamberland (1886–1975)
Frank Marsales (1886–1975)
Henri Gagnon (1887–1961)
Allard de Ridder (1887–1966)
Rodolphe Mathieu (1890–1962)
Lydia Boucher (1890–1971)
Claude Champagne (1891–1965)
Alexander Chuhaldin (1892–1951)
René Gagnier (1892–1951)
Omer Létourneau (1891–1983)
Léo-Pol Morin (1892–1941)
Ernest MacMillan (1893–1973)
Alfred Mignault (1895–1961)
Joseph Beaulieu (1895–1965)
Eugène Lapierre (1899–1970)
Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899–1974)
Leila Fletcher (1899–1988)
Colin McPhee (1900–1964)
Hector Gratton (1900–1970)
Isabelle Delorme (1900–1991)
Lionel Daunais (1901–1982)
Gabriel Cusson (1903–1972)
Morris Davis (1904–1968)
Allan McIver (1904–1969)
Conrad Bernier (1904–1988)
Charles Houdret (1905-after 1964)
Bruce Holder (1905–1987)
Albertine Caron-Legris (1906–1972)
Murray Adaskin (1906–2002)
Boris Berlin (1907–2001)
Lucien Martin (1908–1950)
Jean Coulthard (1908–2000)
Jean Deslauriers (1909–1978)
Walter MacNutt (1910–1996)
Charles Jones (1910–1997)
Patricia Blomfield Holt (1910–2003)
Otto Joachim (1910–2010)
Keith Bissell (1912–1992)
Graham George (1912–1993)
Johana Harris (1912–1995)
Lucio Agostini (1913–1996)
Violet Archer (1913–2000)
Henry Brant (1913–2008)
Hugh Le Caine (1914–1977)
Émilien Allard (1915–1977)
Ricky Hyslop (1915–1998)
Alexander Brott (1915–2005)
James Gayfer (1916–1997)
Gaston Allaire (born 1916)
Richard Johnston (1917–1997)
Herbert Belyea (1917–2001)
Samuel Dolin (1917–2002)
Robert Farnon (1917–2005)
Oskar Morawetz (1917–2007)
Gordon Delamont (1918–1981)
Lorne Betts (1918–1985)
Louis Applebaum (1918–2000)
Gerald Bales (1919–2002)
Talivaldis Kenins (1919–2008)
István Anhalt (born 1919)
Udo Kasemets (born 1919)
Neil Chotem (1920–2008)
Howard Cable (born 1920)
Robert Fleming (1921–1976)
Kelsey Jones (1922–2004)
Harry Freedman (1922–2005)
Jocelyne Binet (1923–1968)
Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004)
Jack Kane (1924–1961)
Mort Garson (1924–2008)
Pierre Brabant (born 1925)
Gérald Gagnier (1926–1961)
Victor Bouchard (1926–2011)
Alan Detweiler (1926–2012)
Raymond Daveluy (born 1926)
François Morel (born 1926)
Pierre Mercure (1927–1966)
John Beckwith (born 1927)
Dolores Claman (born 1927)
Moe Koffman (1928–2001)
Carleton Elliott (1928–2003)
Lloyd Blackman (born 1928)
André Mathieu (1929–1968)
Serge Garant (1929–1986)
Alfred Kunz (born 1929)
Alcides Lanza (born 1929)
Roger Matton (born 1929)
Ron Collier (1930–2003)
Gustav Ciamaga (born 1930)
Hugh Davidson (born 1930)
Richard Hunt (born 1930)
Ruth Lomon (born 1930)
Milton Barnes (1931–2001)
F. R. C. Clarke (1931–2009)
Derek Holman (born 1931)
Rudolf Komorous (born 1931)
Glenn Gould (1932–1982)
Michael Colgrass (born 1932)
Boyd McDonald (born 1932)
Walter Buczynski (born 1933)
Ben McPeek (1934–1981)
Srul Irving Glick (1934–2002)
Norma Beecroft (born 1934)
Jack Behrens (born 1935)
John Arpin (1936–2007)
Milan Kymlicka (1936–2008)
Léon Bernier (1936-2011)
Malcolm Forsyth (born 1936)
Hagood Hardy (1937–1997)
Michael Conway Baker (born 1937)
Diana McIntosh (born 1937)
Jacques Hétu (1938–2010)
Alain Gagnon (born 1938)
Robert Aitken (born 1939)
Victor Davies (born 1939)
Bruce Mather (born 1939)
Marc Bélanger (born 1940)
Brian Cherney (born 1942)
José Evangelista (born 1943)
Larry Lake (born 1943)
Anne Lauber (born 1943)
John Mills-Cockell (born 1943)
James Montgomery (born 1943)
John Hawkins (1944–2007)
John Fodi (1944–2009)
Bruce Carlson (born 1944)
Raynald Arseneault (1945–1995)
Bruce Cockburn (born 1945)
Yves Daoust (born 1946)
René Dupéré (born 1946)
Yves Lapierre (born 1946)
Michel Longtin (born 1946)
Nikolai Korndorf (1947–2001)
Walter Boudreau (born 1947)
Clifford Ford (born 1947)
Steven Gellman (born 1947)
Peter Paul Koprowski (born 1947)
Gene Martynec (born 1947)
Stephen Brown (born 1948)
Jim Hiscott (born 1948)
Lubomyr Melnyk (born 1948)
Marjan Mozetich (born 1948)
Chan Ka Nin (born 1949)
David Foster (born 1949)
Fariborz Lachini (born 1949)
Alexina Louie (born 1949)
Denis Bédard (born 1950)
Christian Calon (born 1950)
Stephen Chatman (born 1950)
Michael Matthews (born 1950)
Alan Belkin (born 1951)
John Burke (born 1951)
Lisle Ellis (born 1951)
Denis Gougeon (born 1951)
Peter Allen (born 1952)
Gilles Bellemare (born 1952)
Jacques Faubert (born 1952)
David MacIntyre (born 1952)
Peter Hannan (born 1953)
Christos Hatzis (born 1953)
Scott Irvine (born 1953)
Robin Minard (born 1953)
Gary Kulesha (born 1954)
Denys Bouliane (born 1955)
Eleanor Joanne Daley (born 1955)
Jean Derome (born 1955)
William Beauvais (born 1956)
Timothy Brady (born 1956)
Paul Dolden (born 1956)
Larysa Kuzmenko (born 1956)
Linda Bouchard (born 1957)
René Lussier (born 1957)
Mychael Danna (born 1958)
Colin Eatock (born 1958)
Andrew Paul MacDonald (born 1958)
John Abram (born 1959)
James Gelfand, (born 1959)
James Keelaghan (born 1959)
Omar Daniel (born 1960)
Amin Bhatia (born 1961)
John Burge (born 1961)
David MacDonald (born 1961)
Andrew Ager (born 1962)
Ned Bouhalassa (born 1962)
Arne Eigenfeldt (born 1962)
Alain Lefèvre (born 1962)
Leo Marchildon (born 1962)
Allison Cameron (born 1963)
Veronika Krausas (born 1963)
Edwin Orion Brownell (born 1964)
Benoît Charest (born 1964)
Jeff Danna (born 1964)
Brent Lee (born 1964)
Allan Gilliland (born 1965)
John Estacio (born 1966)
Melissa Hui (born 1966)
David Kristian (born 1967)
André Éric Létourneau (born 1967)
Lesley Barber (born 1968)
Éric Morin (born 1969)
Jocelyn Morlock (born 1969)
Desmond Gaspar (born 1970)
Chris Harman (born 1970)
Wolf Edwards (born 1972)
Analia Llugdar (born 1972)
Derek Charke (born 1974)
Kati Agócs (born 1975)
Jimmie LeBlanc (born 1977)
Aaron Gervais (born 1980)
Christopher Mayo (born 1980)
Samuel Andreyev (born 1981)
Trevor Grahl (born 1984)
Iman Habibi (born 1985)
Kyle Bobby Dunn (born 1986)

Phil Nimmons (born 1923)
Robert Normandeau (born 1955)
Deane Nesbitt, Jr. (born 1940)
Oscar O'Brien (1892–1958)
Michael Oesterle (born 1968)
John Oliver (born 1959)
Charles O'Neill (1882–1964)
John Oswald (born 1953)
Owen Pallett (born 1979)
Jean Papineau-Couture (1916–2000)
Donald Patriquin (born 1938)
Trevor W. Payne (born 1948)
Kenneth Peacock (1922–2000)
Paul Pedersen (born 1935)
Frédéric Pelletier (1870–1944)
Romain Pelletier (1875–1953)
Romain-Octave Pelletier I (1843–1927)
Oscar Peterson (1925–2007)
Barbara Pentland (1912–2000)
Clermont Pépin (born 1926)
Michel Perrault (born 1925)
Jean Piché (born 1951)
Dave Pierce (born 1972)
Randolph Peters (born 1959)
Benoît Poirier (1882–1965)
Paul Pratt (1894–1967)
Albert Pratz (1914–1995)
André Prévost (1934–2001)
Harry Puddicombe (1870–1953)
Donald Quan (born 1962)
Allan Rae (born 1942)
Imant Raminsh (born 1943)
Jan Randall (born 1952)
Eldon Rathburn (1916–2008)
Elizabeth Raum (born 1945)
John Rea (born 1944)
William Reed (1859–1945)
Bill Richards (1923–1995)
Godfrey Ridout (1918–1984)
Doug Riley (1945–2007)
André Ristic (born 1972)
Normand Roger (born 1949)
Stan Rogers (1949–1983)
James Rolfe (born 1961)
Ivan Romanoff (1914–1997)
Clark Ross (born 1957)
Myke Roy (born 1950)
Stéphane Roy (born 1959)
Welford Russell (c.1901-1975)
Jeffrey Ryan (born 1962)
Marc Sabat (born 1965)
Charles Wugk Sabatier (1819–1862)
Patrick Saint-Denis (born 1975)
Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (1938–1985)
Herbert Sanders (1878–1938)
Armando Santiago (born 1932)
Charles Sauvageau (1807–1849)
Giancarlo Scalia (born 1990)
R. Murray Schafer (born 1933)
Oliver Schroer (1956–2008)
Ernest Seitz (1892–1978)
Paul Shaffer (born 1949)
Rodney Sharman (born 1958)
Howard Shore (born 1946)
Anita Sleeman (1930 – 2011)
Linda Catlin Smith (born 1957)
Leo Smith (1881–1952)
Harry Somers (1925–1999)
Ann Southam (1937–2010)
David Squires (born 1957)
Paul Steenhuisen (born 1965)
Ben Steinberg (born 1930)
Donald Steven (born 1945)
Fred Stone (1935–1986)
Timothy Sullivan (born 1954)
Norman Symonds (1920–1998)
Boleslaw Szczeniowski (1898–1995)
Robert Talbot (1893–1954)
Georges-Émile Tanguay (1893–1964)
Oscar Ferdinand Telgmann (1855–1946)
Steve Tittle (born 1935)
Peter Togni (born 1959)
Roman Toi (born 1916)
Jerry Toth (1928–1999)
Rudy Toth (1925–2009)
Bramwell Tovey (born 1953)
Jiří Traxler (born 1912)
Amédée Tremblay (1876–1949)
George Tremblay (1911–1982)
Gilles Tremblay (born 1932)
Barry Truax (born 1947)
Robert Turner (1920–2012)
Ian Tyson (born September 25, 1933)
Owen Underhill (born 1954)
Jean Vallerand (1915–1994)
Stéphane Venne (born 1941)
Benoît Verdickt (1884–1970)
Joseph Vézina (1849–1924)
Albert Viau (1910–2001)
Michael Vincent (composer) (born 1976)
Claude Vivier (1948–1983)
Augustus Stephen Vogt (1861–1926)
Calvin Vollrath (born 1960)
Arnold Walter (1902–1973)
Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932)
John Weinzweig (1913–2006)
Frank Welsman (1873–1952)
John Welsman (born 1955)
Hildegard Westerkamp (born 1946)
Dinuk Wijeratne
Eric Wild (1910–1989)
Rick Wilkins (born 1937)
Healey Willan (1880–1968)
Charles Wilson (born 1931)
Scott Wilson (born 1969)
Édouard Woolley (1916–1991)
John Wyre (1941–2006)
Kathleen Yearwood (born 1958)
Gayle Young (born 1950)
Maurice Zbriger (1896–1981)
Rui Shi Zhuo (born 1956)
Joel Zimmerman (born 1981)
León Zuckert (1904–1992)