One thing we can absolutely be proud of this Canada Day is how amazingly kick-butt Canadian music is (and has been, over the years). From ’70s folk icons Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, to ’90s rockers Sloan and The Tragically Hip, to our current crop of singer-songwriters, among them Joel Plaskett, Jason Collett, and Feist, there’s no shortage of patriotic tune-age for your July 1st party or long weekend road trip.
Here are a few of our favourites to get you started! And please share your favourite Canadian songs in the comments below!
Love Song to Canada – Jason Collett
Soft Revolution – Stars
I Feel It All – Feist
Helpless – Neil Young
Book Club – Arkells
Juliette – Hollerado
Crabbuckit – k-os
Hard Road – Sam Roberts
Oh Canada – Classified
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
So Long, Marianne – Leonard Cohen
Underwhelmed – Sloan
True Patriot Love – Joel Plaskett Emergency
Hometown Waltz – Rufus Wainwright
Escarpment Blues – Sarah Harmer
From Blown Speakers – The New Pornographers
Hockey Teeth – Bahamas
Brighter Still – Ron Sexsmith
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot
The Old Apartment – Barenaked Ladies
Young Leaves – Attack in Black
Almost Crimes – Broken Social Scene
Youth Without Youth – Metric
The Weight – The Band
Canadian Dream – Rheostatics
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
416 to the 905 – Maestro Fresh Wes
The Con – Tegan and Sara
Tournament of Hearts – The Weakerthans
Fireworks – The Tragically Hip
Enjoy, and Happy Canada Day!