Canada

Artists from Canada

23 artists are on SongSuey from Canada, with 241 albums and 2,929 tracks between them, every track credited by hand. On average they wrote 88% of their own tracks, 5 points above the site average of 83%.

Artists
23
Bands
10
Solo acts
13
Albums
241
Tracks
2,929
Average authorship
88% site 83%
Toronto: 3 artists Montreal: 2 artists Scarborough: 2 artists Ajax: 1 artist Belleville: 1 artist Burnaby: 1 artist Charlemagne: 1 artist Halifax: 1 artist Hanna: 1 artist Kingston: 1 artist London: 1 artist Mission: 1 artist Mississauga: 1 artist Niagara Falls: 1 artist Ottawa: 1 artist Pickering: 1 artist St. Catharines: 1 artist Victoria: 1 artist Windsor: 1 artist

Each dot is a hometown in Canada; a bigger dot means more artists share it.

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What the credits say about Canada

  • A writers' town: 20 of the 23 artists from Canada wrote at least 80% of what they recorded.
  • The widest gap here is 99 points: Alanis Morissette at 100% against Celine Dion at 1%.
  • 18 of the 23 artists from Canada are Pop acts.
  • Acts from Canada with a start year on file got going between 1963 and 2015.
  • Max Martin turns up in the credits of 6 of the 23 artists from Canada, 38 tracks in all.
  • 9 of the 23 artists from Canada wrote every track on file: Alanis Morissette, Alessia Cara, Alexisonfire, Arcade Fire, Avril Lavigne, Barenaked Ladies, Nickelback, Rush and 1 more.

All 23 artists from Canada, best score first

The score is the share of an act's tracks with a member credited as lyricist or composer. The grid is split by hometown; a heading links through when that place has a page of its own.

Ontario 15 artists · 97% average

Alanis Morissette

100%

alternative rock, Pop Rock, alt-pop

1986-present  ·  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

New

Alessia Cara

100%

Pop, R&B

2014-present  ·  Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

New

Alexisonfire

100%

Post-Hardcore, Melodic Hardcore, Screamo

2001-present  ·  St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Avril Lavigne

100%

Pop Punk, Pop Rock, Alternative rock, Pop

1999-present  ·  Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Barenaked Ladies

100%

Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Folk Rock, Comedy Rock

1988-present  ·  Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Rush

100%

Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

1968-2015, 2025-present  ·  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Weeknd

100%

R&B, Pop, Dark R&B, Synth-Pop

2010-present  ·  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

deadmau5

99%

Electronic, Progressive House, Electro House, Techno, Ambient Electronic

2005-present  ·  Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Sum 41

99%

Pop Punk, Punk Rock, Alternative Rock

1996-2025  ·  Ajax, Ontario, Canada

Drake

97%

Hip Hop, Rap, R&B, Pop Rap, Trap

2006-present  ·  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bryan Adams

94%

Rock, Pop Rock, Soft rock, Arena rock, Heartland rock

1979-present  ·  Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Shawn Mendes

94%

Pop, Pop Rock, Acoustic Pop

2014-present  ·  Pickering, Ontario, Canada

Justin Bieber

93%

Pop, R&B, Dance-Pop, Teen Pop, Electropop

2008-present  ·  London, Ontario, Canada

Neil Young

92%

Folk Rock, Country Rock, Hard Rock, Soft Rock, Grunge

1963-present  ·  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Shania Twain

89%

Country, Country Pop, Pop Rock

1993-present  ·  Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Places in Canada

PlaceArtistsAverage
Ontario 15 97%
British Columbia 3 69%
Quebec 3 62%
Alberta on this page 1 100%
Nova Scotia on this page 1 78%

Also from Canada

Smaller hometowns inside Canada that do not have a page of their own yet. They get one once enough artists share them.

Nearby scenes

Other countries with a page, by distance from Canada.