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21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters

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Avril Lavigne
Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1984)
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
Bryan Adams
Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and photographer
Nelly Furtado
Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter
Drake
Canadian-American rapper and singer (born 1986)
Alanis Morissette
Canadian-American singer
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. Son of journalist and author Scott Young, Young embarked on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s. He then moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. His solo career, often backed by the band Crazy Horse, includes critically acclaimed albums such as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969), After the Gold Rush (1970), Harvest (1972), On the Beach (1974), and Rust Never Sleeps (1979). Young was also a part-time member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with whom he recorded the chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu.
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
Shania Twain
Canadian country music singer and songwriter (born 1965)
The Weeknd
Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1990)
Carly Rae Jepsen
Canadian singer
Lara Fabian
Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter
Rufus Wainwright
American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer
Loreena McKennitt
Canadian musician and composer
Chris Jericho
American-Canadian professional wrestler (born 1970)
Tate McRae
Tate Rosner McRae is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and dancer based in the United States. She first gained prominence as a contestant on the American reality television series So You Think You Can Dance in 2016. She signed with RCA Records and gained early recognition for her extended plays (EPs) All the Things I Never Said (2020) and Too Young to Be Sad (2021); the latter became the most streamed female EP of 2021 on Spotify and was preceded by the single "You Broke Me First", her first US Billboard Hot 100 entry.
Alessia Cara
Italian-Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
Gordon Lightfoot
Canadian singer-songwriter (1938–2023)
Sarah McLachlan
Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter
Deryck Whibley
Canadian rock musician (born 1980)
Alissa White-Gluz
Canadian singer
k.d. lang
Canadian singer-songwriter
Feist
Canadian singer
Paul Rodgers
British-Canadian musician
Alexander Ludwig
Canadian actor, singer and model
Robbie Robertson
Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist (1943–2023)
Devin Townsend
Canadian singer, guitarist and record producer
Mac DeMarco
Canadian musician
Jill Hennessy
Canadian actor-singer (born 1968)
Geddy Lee
Canadian musician
Cœur de pirate
Canadian musician
Faouzia
Faouzia Ouihya (, ; ; born 5 July 2000), known mononymously as Faouzia, is a Moroccan-Canadian singer. Born in Casablanca, Morocco, she moved with her family to Canada at a young age. During that time she learned how to play various instruments, and began composing her first songs. She released several singles and collaborated with many musicians on vocals and songwriting prior to releasing her debut extended play (EP), Stripped, in August 2020. In 2023, she was nominated and was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards.
Martha Wainwright
Canadian-American singer-songwriter
Alannah Myles
Canadian singer and songwriter
Kate McGarrigle
Canadian singer and songwriter
Kiesza
Kiesa Rae Ellestad (born January 16, 1989), known professionally as Kiesza ( ), is a Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist from Calgary. She has released multiple singles, including "Hideway" and "Giant in My Heart", as well as the albums Sound of a Woman (2014) and Crave (2020). She has also toured, both as headliner and as opening act, and she has earned several nominations and won multiple awards.
Henry Lau
Taiwnanese-Canadian singer and musician
Peaches
Canadian electroclash musician
bbno$
Alexander Leon Gumuchian ( ; born June 30, 1995), known professionally as bbno$, is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. He became widely known for his 2019 single "Lalala" (featuring Y2K). He continued this success through collaborations with artists including Yung Gravy and his 2021 single "Edamame". In 2025, he won the Juno Fan Choice Award.
Melanie Fiona
Canadian singer
Terry Jacks
Canadian singer-songwriter and environmentalist
Tamia
Tamia Marilyn Washington Hill (born May 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Tamia performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. In 1994, after signing a development deal with Warner Bros. Records, she was asked by veteran producer Quincy Jones to appear on his album ''Q's Jook Joint (1995), earning her Grammy Award nominations for their collaboration on "You Put a Move on My Heart" and "Slow Jams". Her self-titled debut album was released in 1998 and followed by a series of successful albums with Elektra Records, including A Nu
Cree Summer
American actress
Ruth B.
Canadian singer-songwriter
Allie X
Canadian singer
Corey Hart
Canadian musician and singer
Jessie Reyez
Canadian singer-songwriter
Karen David
Canadian actress, singer and songwriter
PartyNextDoor
Jahron Anthony Brathwaite (born July 3, 1993), known professionally as PartyNextDoor, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the first artist to sign with Drake's record label OVO Sound, an imprint of Warner Records, in 2013. His self-titled debut mixtape was released through the label in July that year, and met with critical praise.
Tory Lanez
Canadian singer and rapper (born 1992)
Fefe Dobson
Canadian singer-songwriter
Lights
Canadian musician
Skye Sweetnam
Canadian singer
Kiawentiio Tarbell
Kiawenti:io Tarbell (, born 28 April 2006), known mononymously as Kiawentiio, is a Mohawk Canadian actress and singer. She made her television debut in the third season of the CBC series Anne with an E (2019) and her film debut in Beans (2020). She currently stars as Katara in the Netflix live-action remake of Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024–present).
Owen Pallett
Canadian musician
Alice Glass
Canadian electronic music singer
Chantal Kreviazuk
Canadian pop singer
Deborah Cox
Canadian R&B singer, songwriter and actress
Nav
Canadian rapper, singer, and record producer (born 1989)
Isabelle Boulay
Canadian singer