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Bryan Adams
Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and photographer
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.
Finn Wolfhard
Finn Michael Wolfhard is a Canadian actor, musician, and film director. He received international attention for playing Mike Wheeler on the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He also played Richie Tozier in the horror film It (2017) and its sequel It Chapter Two (2019), and Trevor Spengler in the supernatural comedy Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and its sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024).
Deryck Whibley
Canadian rock musician (born 1980)
Robbie Robertson
Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist (1943–2023)
Chad Kroeger
Canadian rock musician
Mac DeMarco
Canadian musician
Alex Lifeson
Canadian guitarist
Adam Gontier
Canadian rock musician
Bob Rock
Canadian record producer
Jeff Healey
Canadian musician (1966–2008)
Daniel Lanois
Canadian record producer and musician
Jason McCaslin
Canadian musician (born 1980)
Rick Danko
Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician (1943–1999)
Skip Spence
Canadian-American musician (1946–1999)
Randy Bachman
Canadian musician
Marc Martel
Canadian rock musician
Frank Marino
Canadian guitarist
Mike Kroeger
Canadian bassist (born 1972)
Ryan Peake
Canadian guitarist
Logan Mader
Canadian guitarist and record producer (born 1970)
Jeff Waters
Canadian guitarist
Burton Cummings
Canadian musician
Tal Bachman
Canadian singer-songwriter
Aldo Nova
Canadian musician
Zal Yanovsky
Canadian singer (1944-2002)
Colin James
Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
Keith Scott
Canadian guitarist
Fred Mandel
Canadian session musician
Dalbello
Lisa Concetta Dal Bello (born 22 May 1959), also known as Dalbello, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She released three albums in the pop and pop/rock genre in her late teens, from 1977 through 1981 under her full name. In 1984, she re-emerged as Dalbello, with an edgier brand of alternative rock.
Sarah Harmer
musician, activist
Efrim Menuck
Canadian musician
Bruce Palmer
Canadian bassist (1946–2004)
Mackenzie Gray
Canadian actor
Pat Travers
Canadian rock musician
Denis D'Amour
Canadian guitarist (1959–2005)
Matt Walst
Canadian singer
Mike Smith
Canadian actor and musician (born 1972)
Barry Stock
Canadian guitarist
Raine Maida
Canadian musician
Alan Doyle
Canadian musician
A. C. Newman
Canadian musician and singer–songwriter
Paul Rudolph
Canadian musician
Kim Mitchell
Canadian musician and once member of Max Webster
Jesse F. Keeler
Canadian musician
Michel Pagliaro
Canadian rock singer
Amos Garrett
musician
Myles Goodwyn
Canadian musician (1948–2023)
Rik Emmett
Canadian rock musician; songwriter, vocalist, guitarist
René Lussier
Canadian musician
David Wilcox
Canadian musician
Brian Greenway
Guitarist and vocalist
Mars Bonfire
Canadian rock musician and songwriter
Chris Murray
Canadian musician
Brad Roberts
Canadian singer and guitarist
Bruce Watson
Canadian-born Scottish guitarist (born 1961)
Astrid Young
Canadian singer and songwriter
Kyle Riabko
Canadian actor and musician
Kurt Winter
Canadian musician (1946–1997)
Jay Malinowski
Canadian musician