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The following musical events and releases that happened in 2021 in Canada.
Events
- April 10 – 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards [1]
- April 12 - CBC Music launches Canada Listens, a new musical version of the CBC's long-running literature debate show Canada Reads. Kardinal Offishall's album Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1 is announced as the winner of the competition at the end of the week.
- June 6 – Juno Awards of 2021 [2]
- June 15 - Initial longlist for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize announced
- July 15 - Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize announced
- July 26 - Prism Prize winners announced
- July 28 - SOCAN Songwriting Prize winners announced
- September 27 - Cadence Weapon wins the 2021 Polaris Music Prize for his album Parallel World [3]
- November 7 - 43rd Félix Awards
- November 29 - 2021 Canadian Country Music Awards [4]
Albums released
0-9
A
- Afrikana Soul Sister, Kalasö
- AHI, Prospect
- Alaskan Tapes, For Us Alone
- Alee, Feels Like This - July 16 [6]
- All Hands Make Light, All Hands Make Light [7]
- a l l i e, Tabula Rasa [8]
- Arkells, Blink Once - September 30
- Tenille Arts, Girl to Girl - October 22 [9]
B
- Backxwash, I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses - May 28 [10]
- BadBadNotGood, Talk Memory - October 8
- James Baley, A Story [11]
- Ashleigh Ball, Before All the Magic's Gone [12]
- Gord Bamford, Diamonds in a Whiskey Glass - June 4 [13]
- Barenaked Ladies, Detour de Force - July 16
- The Beaches, Sisters Not Twins (The Professional Lovers Album)
- Beatchild, Unselfish Desires - August 13
- Bell Orchestre, House Music - March 19
- Belly, See You Next Wednesday - August 27
- Beppie, Dino-Mite!
- Art Bergmann, Late Stage Empire Dementia - May 21 [14]
- Bernice, Eau de Bonjourno
- The Besnard Lakes, The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings - January 29 [15]
- Justin Bieber, Justice - March 19
- Big Wreck, Big Wreck 7.1 - November 19
- Blue Rodeo, Many a Mile - December 3 [16]
- The Blue Stones, Hidden Gems - March 19
- Born Ruffians, Pulp - April 16
- Boslen, Dusk to Dawn [17]
- Boys Night Out, Nevermind 2 - July 16
- Jon Bryant, Psychidyllic Salutations - November 26
- Spencer Burton, Coyote [18]
C
- Cadence Weapon, Parallel World - April 30 [19]
- Alessia Cara, In the Meantime - September 24
- Casey MQ, babycasey: ultra [20]
- Charlotte Cardin, Phoenix - April 23 [21]
- Casper Skulls, Knows No Kindness - November 12 [22]
- Annabelle Chvostek, String of Pearls
- Cœur de pirate, Perséides (April 30); Impossible à aimer (October 15)
- Louis-Jean Cormier, Le ciel est au plancher - April 16 [23]
- Charlotte Cornfield, Highs in the Minuses - October 29 [24]
- Crown Lands, White Buffalo
D
- Death From Above 1979, Is 4 Lovers - March 26
- Art d'Ecco, In Standard Definition
- The Deep Dark Woods, Changing Faces
- Del Barber, Stray Dogs (Collected B-Sides / Vol. 1) - August 20 [25]
- Devours, Escape from Planet Devours
- The Dirty Nil, Fuck Art - January 1
- Julie Doiron, I Thought of You - November 26 [26]
- Drake, Certified Lover Boy - September 3
- Drake, Scary Hours 2 - March 5
- Kevin Drew, Influences - July 16
- Dru, The Rebirth MMXX - May 27
- Ducks Ltd., Modern Fiction
- Willie Dunn, Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies [27]
- Melanie Durrant, Where I'm At - May 7
- Dvsn, Amusing Her Feelings - January 15
- Dvsn and Ty Dolla Sign, Cheers to the Best Memories - August 20
E
- Jade Eagleson, Honkytonk Revival - November 12
- Efajemue, Aesthetics
- Emanuel, Alt Therapy
- André Ethier, Further Up Island
F
- Michael Feuerstack, Harmonize The Moon - March 19
- Dominique Fils-Aimé, Three Little Words - February 12 [12]
- Jeremy Fisher, Hello Blue Monday
- The Franklin Electric, This Time I See It - September 24
G
- The Garrys, Get Thee to a Nunnery
- Gayance, No Toning Down
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! - April 2
- Great Aunt Ida, Unsayable - September 7 [28]
- Great Lake Swimmers, Live at the Redeemer 2007 - May 14 [29]
- Grievous Angels, Summer Before the Storm [30]
- G. R. Gritt, Ancestors [10]
H
- Half Moon Run, Inwards & Onwards
- Hillsburn, Slipping Away [10]
- Home Front, Think of the Lie
- TheHonestGuy, Love Songs for No One
- Hunter Brothers, Been a Minute - June 30 [31]
- Nate Husser, Adult Supervision [32]
- Andrew Hyatt, The Wanderspace Sessions (February); Wild Flowers (July)
I
- Islands, Islomania - June 11
J
- JayWood, Some Days
- Jazz Cartier, The Fleur Print - September 10
- Sean Jones, Weekend Lover - November 5
K
- Greg Keelor, Share the Love
- Mo Kenney, Covers - February 26 [33]
- Shawnee Kish, Shawnee Kish - June 25 [34]
- Brett Kissel, What Is Life? - April 9 [35]
- Kiwi Jr., Cooler Returns - January 22
- Korea Town Acid, Metamorphosis (April); Cosmos (October)
- Nicholas Krgovich, This Spring [36]
L
- Land of Talk, Calming Night Partner - November 12
- Daniel Lanois, Heavy Sun - March 19 [12]
- Thierry Larose, Cantalou
- Sook-Yin Lee and Adam Litovitz, jooj two [19]
- Hubert Lenoir, Pictura de Ipse: Musique directe - September 15 [37]
- Loony, Soft Thing; Turf
- Loscil, Clara - May 28
- Russell Louder, Humor
- The Lowest of the Low, Taverns and Palaces - December 10 [38]
M
- Majid Jordan, Wildest Dreams - October 22
- Manila Grey, No Saints on Knight Street
- Martha and the Muffins, Marthology: In and Outtakes - November 5 [39]
- Matt Mays, From Burnside with Love
- Kyle McKearney, Down-Home
- Kairo McLean, Easy Now
- Kelly McMichael, Waves
- Myst Milano, Shapeshyfter [40]
- Millimetrik, Sun-Drenched
- Ariane Moffatt, Incarnat - March 25 [41]
- Monowhales, Daytona Bleach
- Jess Moskaluke, The Demos - February 19 [42]
- Mother Mother, Inside - June 25
- Mouth Congress, Waiting for Henry - December 10 [43]
- Mustafa, When Smoke Rises - May 28 [10]
N
- N Nao and Joni Void, L’oiseau chante avec ses doigts
- Nimkii and the Niniis, Nang Giizhigoong
- Laura Niquay, Waska Matisiwin
- Safia Nolin, Seum
- Justin Nozuka, Then, Now & Again - April 9
O
- Ocie Elliott, Slow Tide [44]
- Odonis Odonis, Spectrums [45]
- Steven Lee Olsen, Relationship Goals - July 30 [46]
- The Oot n' Oots, Ponderosa Bunchgrass and the Golden Rule
- Ouri, Frame of a Fauna [47]
P
- Dorothea Paas, Anything Can't Happen - May 7 [48]
- Meghan Patrick, Heart on My Glass - June 25 [49]
- Nico Paulo, Live at First Light
- Dany Placard, Astronomie (suite)
- Planet Giza, Don't Throw Rocks at the Moon [50]
- The Joel Plaskett Emergency, Twenty Years Gone: The Joel Plaskett Emergency Revisits Down at the Khyber [51]
- Plaza, Nocturnes - October 1
- Postdata, Twin Flames - March 5 [12]
- Garth Prince, Falling in Africa
- Priyanka, Taste Test - July 16 [52]
R
- Raised By Swans, Raised By Swans Is the Name of a Man, Volume 1 - February 9
- Rare Americans, Rare Americans 2 (March); Jamesy Boy & The Screw Loose Zoo (November)
- Rhye, Home - January 22 [12]
- Daniel Romano, Cobra Poems
- Daniel Romano, Fully Plugged In
- Daniel Romano, Kissing the Foe
- Royal Canoe, Sidelining - July 9
- Justin Rutledge, Islands - March 26 [53]
- Ruth B., Moments In Between - June 11
- Serena Ryder, The Art of Falling Apart - March 12
S
- Julien Sagot, Sagot
- Said the Whale, Dandelion - October 22
- SATE, The Fool
- JP Saxe, Dangerous Levels Of Introspection - June 25
- Jay Scøtt, Ses plus grands succès
- Joseph Shabason, The Fellowship - April 30
- Shabason, Krgovich and Harris, Florence [54]
- Shad, TAO - October 1
- Andy Shauf, Wilds
- Jairus Sharif, Mega Optics
- Tyler Shaw, Tyler Shaw - August 20
- Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Theory of Ice
- Skiifall, Woiiyoie Tapes Vol. 1 [55]
- Small Sins, Volume II - February 12 [12]
- Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Life After [56]
- Spiritbox, Eternal Blue - September 17
- Souldia, Dixque d'art
- Status/Non-Status, 1 2 3 4 500 Years [57]
- Emily Steinwall, Welcome to the Garden [58]
- Stripper's Union, The Undertaking [59]
- Adrian Sutherland, When the Magic Hits [60]
- Suuns, The Witness
T
- Talk, Talk to Me
- Tebey, The Good Ones - January 22 [61]
- TEKE::TEKE, Shirushi [62]
- TiKA, Anywhere But Here [63]
- Tommy Lefroy, Flight Risk
- Morgan Toney, First Flight
- The Tragically Hip, Saskadelphia (EP) - May 21 [64]
- The Tragically Hip, Road Apples: 30th Anniversary Edition - October 15 [65]
- The Trews, Wanderer - November 19
- TUNS, Duly Noted - March 26 [66]
U
- Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, Einsteins of Consciousness - January 8
- Suzie Ungerleider, My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider - August 13
V
- Mathew V, The Outer Circle
- Vincent Vallières, Toute beauté n'est pas perdue
- Chad VanGaalen, World's Most Stressed Out Gardener — March 19 [67]
- Jon Vinyl, Lost in You [68]
W
- Martha Wainwright, Love Will Be Reborn - August 20 [69]
- The Weather Station, Ignorance - February 5 [70]
- Whitehorse, Modern Love
- Whitehorse, Strike Me Down
- The Wilderness of Manitoba, Farewell to Cathedral - October 29
- Charlotte Day Wilson, Alpha - July 9 [71]
Y
- Yoo Doo Right, Don’t Think You Can Escape Your Purpose [72]
Deaths
- January 12 - Curtis "Shingoose" Jonnie, singer-songwriter (COVID-19) [73]
- January 28 - Jay W. McGee, R&B, soul and hip hop musician ("Ladies Delight", "Another Love in Your Life") [74]
- April 4 - Paul Humphrey, lead singer for Blue Peter (multiple system atrophy) [75]
- April 14 - Michel Louvain, singer (cancer) [76]
- April 19 - Bob Lanois, record producer and recording engineer [77]
- June 23 - Ellen McIlwaine, blues singer
- December 18 - Custom, filmmaker and musician (cardiac arrest) [78]
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- ^ David Friend, "Juno Awards postpone 50th anniversary show date to June 6 amid COVID-19 pandemic". Toronto Star, April 14, 2021.
- ^ "Cadence Weapon wins Polaris Music Prize for ‘Parallel World’". The Globe and Mail, September 27, 2021.
- ^ David Friend, "‘Drag Race’ winner Priyanka to co-host Canada’s country music awards with Lindsay Ell". Toronto Star, November 8, 2021.
- ^ Laura Robinson, "Viral Canadian Punk Star 347aidan Takes The Stage". Next Magazine.
- ^ Murray, Joshua (July 17, 2021). "Alee Releases New Album, Feels Like This". The Reviews Are In. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ Erik Leijon, "Two stars of the Montreal music scene unite for All Hands Make Light". Cult MTL, September 23, 2021.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "a l l i e Announces New Album 'Tabula Rasa'". Exclaim!, August 13, 2021.
- ^ "Tenille Arts Thinks If You Can Relate To It, You Can Listen To It". B104. August 19, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "21 Canadian albums we can't wait to hear in 2021". CBC Music, December 30, 2020.
- ^ Richard Trapunski, "Toronto’s best music 2021: albums, concerts and so many songs to stream" Archived 2022-07-02 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 9, 2021.
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- ^ Nicolson, Deb (May 26, 2021). "Award-Winning Country Star Gord Bamford". Patch.
- ^ Josiah Hughes, "Art Bergmann Details New Album 'Late Stage Empire Dementia,' Shares 'Entropy'". Exclaim!, March 19, 2021.
- ^ Alex Hudson, "The Besnard Lakes Share Trippy 'Feuds with Guns' Video". Exclaim!, December 29, 2020.
- ^ Bell, Kaelan (October 15, 2021). "Blue Rodeo Announce New Album 'Many a Mile'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Charlotte Cardin Readies Debut Album 'Phoenix'". Exclaim!, February 12, 2021.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Casper Skulls Detail Sophomore Album 'Knows No Kindness'". Exclaim!, August 26, 2021.
- ^ Louis-Philippe Labrèche, "Louis-Jean Cormier annonce son nouvel album : Le ciel est au plancher". Le Canal auditif, March 19, 2021.
- ^ Pappis, Konstantinos (August 5, 2021). "Charlotte Cornfield Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song 'Headlines'". Our Culture Mag. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ Schneider, Jason (August 18, 2021). "Essentials… with Del Barber". FYIMusicNews. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ Matt Bobkin, "Julie Doiron Announces 'I Thought of You,' First Solo Album in Nine Years". Exclaim!, September 21, 2021.
- ^ Sam Sodomsky, "Willie Dunn — Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology". Pitchfork, March 22, 2021.
- ^ Shawn Conner, "‘Great Aunt Ida’ Nilsen returns with the lush Unsayable". Vancouver Sun, September 1, 2021.
- ^ Brock Thiessen, "Great Lake Swimmers Announce 'Live at the Redeemer 2007'". Exclaim!, February 25, 2021.
- ^ Kerry Doole, "NDP MP Charlie Angus' Songwriting Remains Potent on Grievous Angels' 'Summer Before the Storm'". Exclaim!, January 13, 2021.
- ^ "Hunter Brothers Drop New Album, Been A Minute June 30th". Top Country. June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ Michael Meanchoff, "Montréal’s Nate Husser enlists Mick Jenkins, Jean Deaux & Eva Shaw for Adult Supervision". HipHopCanada, June 30, 2021.
- ^ Stephen Cooke, "Mo Kenney’s got this covered: new album offers fresh takes of favourite tunes". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, February 24, 2021.
- ^ Conchita Galvez, "'Music is medicine': Shawnee Kish on her new EP, identifying as two-spirit". CTV News Edmonton, June 15, 2021.
- ^ Meister, Lauren (March 4, 2021). "Brett Kissel says new record is heart driven not hit driven". CochraneNow.
- ^ Stuart Derdeyn, "Nicholas Krgovich releases collection of Veda Hille songs This Spring". Vancouver Sun, May 14, 2021.
- ^ Yara El-Soueidi, "Quebec Media Rejected Hubert Lenoir, So He's Taking Over the World Instead". Exclaim!, September 13, 2021.
- ^ Jason Schneider, "Essentials… with Lowest Of The Low’s Ron Hawkins". FYI Music News, December 9, 2021.
- ^ Nick Krewen, "Martha and the Muffins’ fresh batch almost ready — but in the meantime, their anthology lets them look back". Toronto Star, October 30, 2021.
- ^ "The Sound of September 2021: This Month's Essential New Releases". Exclaim!, September 14, 2021.
- ^ Josée Lapointe, "Le nouvel album d’Ariane Moffatt sortira le 26 mars". La Presse, February 26, 2021.
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- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini Detail Mouth Congress Retrospective Album". Exclaim!, October 26, 2021.
- ^ Kaitlin Irving, "Ocie Elliott Find Peace on 'Slow Tide' EP" Archived 2021-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, March 12, 2021.
- ^ Matt Bobkin, "Odonis Odonis Announce New Album 'Spectrums'". Exclaim!, March 9, 2021.
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- ^ Daniel McIntosh, "Ouri Offers Something for Everyone, from Electronic to Neo-Classical, on 'Frame of a Fauna'". Exclaim!, October 20, 2021.
- ^ Alex Hudson, "Dorothea Paas Shows That Anything Can Happen on 'Anything Can't Happen'". Exclaim!, May 5, 2021.
- ^ "Meghan Patrick Announces New 'Heart On My Glass' Album Out June 25th With New Single, "Mama Prayed For" Out Today (5.7)". Shore Fire Media. May 7, 2021.
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- ^ Richard Woodbury, "2 decades after Down at the Khyber, the Joel Plaskett Emergency re-records landmark album". CBC News Nova Scotia, October 16, 2021.
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- ^ Allie Gregory, "Toronto Saxophonist Emily Steinwall Is a Force for Unity on 'Welcome to the Garden'". Exclaim!, March 30, 2021.
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The following musical events and releases that happened in 2021 in Canada.
Events
- April 10 – 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards [1]
- April 12 - CBC Music launches Canada Listens, a new musical version of the CBC's long-running literature debate show Canada Reads. Kardinal Offishall's album Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1 is announced as the winner of the competition at the end of the week.
- June 6 – Juno Awards of 2021 [2]
- June 15 - Initial longlist for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize announced
- July 15 - Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize announced
- July 26 - Prism Prize winners announced
- July 28 - SOCAN Songwriting Prize winners announced
- September 27 - Cadence Weapon wins the 2021 Polaris Music Prize for his album Parallel World [3]
- November 7 - 43rd Félix Awards
- November 29 - 2021 Canadian Country Music Awards [4]
Albums released
0-9
A
- Afrikana Soul Sister, Kalasö
- AHI, Prospect
- Alaskan Tapes, For Us Alone
- Alee, Feels Like This - July 16 [6]
- All Hands Make Light, All Hands Make Light [7]
- a l l i e, Tabula Rasa [8]
- Arkells, Blink Once - September 30
- Tenille Arts, Girl to Girl - October 22 [9]
B
- Backxwash, I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses - May 28 [10]
- BadBadNotGood, Talk Memory - October 8
- James Baley, A Story [11]
- Ashleigh Ball, Before All the Magic's Gone [12]
- Gord Bamford, Diamonds in a Whiskey Glass - June 4 [13]
- Barenaked Ladies, Detour de Force - July 16
- The Beaches, Sisters Not Twins (The Professional Lovers Album)
- Beatchild, Unselfish Desires - August 13
- Bell Orchestre, House Music - March 19
- Belly, See You Next Wednesday - August 27
- Beppie, Dino-Mite!
- Art Bergmann, Late Stage Empire Dementia - May 21 [14]
- Bernice, Eau de Bonjourno
- The Besnard Lakes, The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings - January 29 [15]
- Justin Bieber, Justice - March 19
- Big Wreck, Big Wreck 7.1 - November 19
- Blue Rodeo, Many a Mile - December 3 [16]
- The Blue Stones, Hidden Gems - March 19
- Born Ruffians, Pulp - April 16
- Boslen, Dusk to Dawn [17]
- Boys Night Out, Nevermind 2 - July 16
- Jon Bryant, Psychidyllic Salutations - November 26
- Spencer Burton, Coyote [18]
C
- Cadence Weapon, Parallel World - April 30 [19]
- Alessia Cara, In the Meantime - September 24
- Casey MQ, babycasey: ultra [20]
- Charlotte Cardin, Phoenix - April 23 [21]
- Casper Skulls, Knows No Kindness - November 12 [22]
- Annabelle Chvostek, String of Pearls
- Cœur de pirate, Perséides (April 30); Impossible à aimer (October 15)
- Louis-Jean Cormier, Le ciel est au plancher - April 16 [23]
- Charlotte Cornfield, Highs in the Minuses - October 29 [24]
- Crown Lands, White Buffalo
D
- Death From Above 1979, Is 4 Lovers - March 26
- Art d'Ecco, In Standard Definition
- The Deep Dark Woods, Changing Faces
- Del Barber, Stray Dogs (Collected B-Sides / Vol. 1) - August 20 [25]
- Devours, Escape from Planet Devours
- The Dirty Nil, Fuck Art - January 1
- Julie Doiron, I Thought of You - November 26 [26]
- Drake, Certified Lover Boy - September 3
- Drake, Scary Hours 2 - March 5
- Kevin Drew, Influences - July 16
- Dru, The Rebirth MMXX - May 27
- Ducks Ltd., Modern Fiction
- Willie Dunn, Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies [27]
- Melanie Durrant, Where I'm At - May 7
- Dvsn, Amusing Her Feelings - January 15
- Dvsn and Ty Dolla Sign, Cheers to the Best Memories - August 20
E
- Jade Eagleson, Honkytonk Revival - November 12
- Efajemue, Aesthetics
- Emanuel, Alt Therapy
- André Ethier, Further Up Island
F
- Michael Feuerstack, Harmonize The Moon - March 19
- Dominique Fils-Aimé, Three Little Words - February 12 [12]
- Jeremy Fisher, Hello Blue Monday
- The Franklin Electric, This Time I See It - September 24
G
- The Garrys, Get Thee to a Nunnery
- Gayance, No Toning Down
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! - April 2
- Great Aunt Ida, Unsayable - September 7 [28]
- Great Lake Swimmers, Live at the Redeemer 2007 - May 14 [29]
- Grievous Angels, Summer Before the Storm [30]
- G. R. Gritt, Ancestors [10]
H
- Half Moon Run, Inwards & Onwards
- Hillsburn, Slipping Away [10]
- Home Front, Think of the Lie
- TheHonestGuy, Love Songs for No One
- Hunter Brothers, Been a Minute - June 30 [31]
- Nate Husser, Adult Supervision [32]
- Andrew Hyatt, The Wanderspace Sessions (February); Wild Flowers (July)
I
- Islands, Islomania - June 11
J
- JayWood, Some Days
- Jazz Cartier, The Fleur Print - September 10
- Sean Jones, Weekend Lover - November 5
K
- Greg Keelor, Share the Love
- Mo Kenney, Covers - February 26 [33]
- Shawnee Kish, Shawnee Kish - June 25 [34]
- Brett Kissel, What Is Life? - April 9 [35]
- Kiwi Jr., Cooler Returns - January 22
- Korea Town Acid, Metamorphosis (April); Cosmos (October)
- Nicholas Krgovich, This Spring [36]
L
- Land of Talk, Calming Night Partner - November 12
- Daniel Lanois, Heavy Sun - March 19 [12]
- Thierry Larose, Cantalou
- Sook-Yin Lee and Adam Litovitz, jooj two [19]
- Hubert Lenoir, Pictura de Ipse: Musique directe - September 15 [37]
- Loony, Soft Thing; Turf
- Loscil, Clara - May 28
- Russell Louder, Humor
- The Lowest of the Low, Taverns and Palaces - December 10 [38]
M
- Majid Jordan, Wildest Dreams - October 22
- Manila Grey, No Saints on Knight Street
- Martha and the Muffins, Marthology: In and Outtakes - November 5 [39]
- Matt Mays, From Burnside with Love
- Kyle McKearney, Down-Home
- Kairo McLean, Easy Now
- Kelly McMichael, Waves
- Myst Milano, Shapeshyfter [40]
- Millimetrik, Sun-Drenched
- Ariane Moffatt, Incarnat - March 25 [41]
- Monowhales, Daytona Bleach
- Jess Moskaluke, The Demos - February 19 [42]
- Mother Mother, Inside - June 25
- Mouth Congress, Waiting for Henry - December 10 [43]
- Mustafa, When Smoke Rises - May 28 [10]
N
- N Nao and Joni Void, L’oiseau chante avec ses doigts
- Nimkii and the Niniis, Nang Giizhigoong
- Laura Niquay, Waska Matisiwin
- Safia Nolin, Seum
- Justin Nozuka, Then, Now & Again - April 9
O
- Ocie Elliott, Slow Tide [44]
- Odonis Odonis, Spectrums [45]
- Steven Lee Olsen, Relationship Goals - July 30 [46]
- The Oot n' Oots, Ponderosa Bunchgrass and the Golden Rule
- Ouri, Frame of a Fauna [47]
P
- Dorothea Paas, Anything Can't Happen - May 7 [48]
- Meghan Patrick, Heart on My Glass - June 25 [49]
- Nico Paulo, Live at First Light
- Dany Placard, Astronomie (suite)
- Planet Giza, Don't Throw Rocks at the Moon [50]
- The Joel Plaskett Emergency, Twenty Years Gone: The Joel Plaskett Emergency Revisits Down at the Khyber [51]
- Plaza, Nocturnes - October 1
- Postdata, Twin Flames - March 5 [12]
- Garth Prince, Falling in Africa
- Priyanka, Taste Test - July 16 [52]
R
- Raised By Swans, Raised By Swans Is the Name of a Man, Volume 1 - February 9
- Rare Americans, Rare Americans 2 (March); Jamesy Boy & The Screw Loose Zoo (November)
- Rhye, Home - January 22 [12]
- Daniel Romano, Cobra Poems
- Daniel Romano, Fully Plugged In
- Daniel Romano, Kissing the Foe
- Royal Canoe, Sidelining - July 9
- Justin Rutledge, Islands - March 26 [53]
- Ruth B., Moments In Between - June 11
- Serena Ryder, The Art of Falling Apart - March 12
S
- Julien Sagot, Sagot
- Said the Whale, Dandelion - October 22
- SATE, The Fool
- JP Saxe, Dangerous Levels Of Introspection - June 25
- Jay Scøtt, Ses plus grands succès
- Joseph Shabason, The Fellowship - April 30
- Shabason, Krgovich and Harris, Florence [54]
- Shad, TAO - October 1
- Andy Shauf, Wilds
- Jairus Sharif, Mega Optics
- Tyler Shaw, Tyler Shaw - August 20
- Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Theory of Ice
- Skiifall, Woiiyoie Tapes Vol. 1 [55]
- Small Sins, Volume II - February 12 [12]
- Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Life After [56]
- Spiritbox, Eternal Blue - September 17
- Souldia, Dixque d'art
- Status/Non-Status, 1 2 3 4 500 Years [57]
- Emily Steinwall, Welcome to the Garden [58]
- Stripper's Union, The Undertaking [59]
- Adrian Sutherland, When the Magic Hits [60]
- Suuns, The Witness
T
- Talk, Talk to Me
- Tebey, The Good Ones - January 22 [61]
- TEKE::TEKE, Shirushi [62]
- TiKA, Anywhere But Here [63]
- Tommy Lefroy, Flight Risk
- Morgan Toney, First Flight
- The Tragically Hip, Saskadelphia (EP) - May 21 [64]
- The Tragically Hip, Road Apples: 30th Anniversary Edition - October 15 [65]
- The Trews, Wanderer - November 19
- TUNS, Duly Noted - March 26 [66]
U
- Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, Einsteins of Consciousness - January 8
- Suzie Ungerleider, My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider - August 13
V
- Mathew V, The Outer Circle
- Vincent Vallières, Toute beauté n'est pas perdue
- Chad VanGaalen, World's Most Stressed Out Gardener — March 19 [67]
- Jon Vinyl, Lost in You [68]
W
- Martha Wainwright, Love Will Be Reborn - August 20 [69]
- The Weather Station, Ignorance - February 5 [70]
- Whitehorse, Modern Love
- Whitehorse, Strike Me Down
- The Wilderness of Manitoba, Farewell to Cathedral - October 29
- Charlotte Day Wilson, Alpha - July 9 [71]
Y
- Yoo Doo Right, Don’t Think You Can Escape Your Purpose [72]
Deaths
- January 12 - Curtis "Shingoose" Jonnie, singer-songwriter (COVID-19) [73]
- January 28 - Jay W. McGee, R&B, soul and hip hop musician ("Ladies Delight", "Another Love in Your Life") [74]
- April 4 - Paul Humphrey, lead singer for Blue Peter (multiple system atrophy) [75]
- April 14 - Michel Louvain, singer (cancer) [76]
- April 19 - Bob Lanois, record producer and recording engineer [77]
- June 23 - Ellen McIlwaine, blues singer
- December 18 - Custom, filmmaker and musician (cardiac arrest) [78]
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