List of musicians from Ontario

The following is a list of musicians and musical groups from the Canadian province of Ontario.

List of Ontario musicians by genre:

Uncategorized

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Anders - Mississauga
Eva Avila – Ottawa
Bryan Adams – Kingston
Wild Rivers - Toronto
The Beau-Marks - Montreal
Daniel Caesar - Oshawa
Magic! – Toronto
Jacksoul - Toronto
Parichay (singer) - Scarborough, Toronto
Blue Rodeo – Toronto
Kevin Spencer - Hamilton
Keshia Chanté – Ottawa
Bruce Cockburn – Ottawa
Deborah Cox – Toronto
Hugh Dillon – Kingston
Saga (band) – Oakville
Wednesday – Oshawa
J. D. Fortune – Mississauga
Sarah Harmer – Burlington
Kardinal Offishall – Scarborough, Toronto
James LaBrie – Penetanguishene
Avril Lavigne – Napanee
Gordon Lightfoot – Orillia
Lights – Timmins
Five Man Electrical Band – Ottawa
Little X – Toronto
Guy Lombardo – London
Brian Melo – Hamilton
Metric – Toronto
Alanis Morissette – Ottawa
Joey Muha - Port Dover
Our Lady Peace – Toronto (Raine Maida attended University of Toronto)
Peaches – Toronto
Protest The Hero – Whitby
Hail The Villain – Oshawa
Anastasia Rizikov – Toronto
Rush – Toronto
Paul Shaffer – Thunder Bay
Silverstein – Burlington
Skye Sweetnam – Bolton
Snow – Toronto
The Arrogant Worms-Kingston
The Tragically Hip – Kingston
Vanity – Niagara Falls
Tamia Washington – Windsor
Neil Young – Toronto
Joel Zimmerman (deadmau5) – Niagara Falls, Ontario
Vikas Kohli – Mississauga
Henry Lau – Toronto
Jeon Somi - Woodstock
Platinum Blonde – Toronto
Honeymoon Suite – Niagara Falls
The Spoons – Burlington
Tory Lanez - Brampton, Ontario
List of best-selling singles in Canada
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-ones by Canadian artists
Lawrence Gowan - Toronto

Alt-country

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Andrew Cash
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
Charlie Angus and Grievous Angels
Fred Eaglesmith
Lost Dakotas
Ron Sexsmith
The Sadies

Barbershop

MegaCity Chorus

Classical

Edwin Orion Brownell
Glenn Gould

Contemporary Christian

Article One
FM Static
Hawk Nelson
Manafest
Newworldson
Thousand Foot Krutch

Country and country rock

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Blue Rodeo
Cowboy Junkies
Leah Daniels
Handsome Ned
Tim Hicks
Kansas Stone
Lost Dakotas
Shae Dupuy
Prairie Oyster
Skydiggers
Shania Twain
Jason McCoy

Electronic

Dan Snaith (Caribou/Manitoba/Daphni)

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Deadmau5
DVBBS
Esthero
Junior Boys
Kids on TV
Lesbians on Ecstasy
Loud Luxury
MSTRKRFT
Crystal Castles
Rezz

Ethnic / Multicultural

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AfroNubians
Bedouin Soundclash
Beyond the Pale
Jaffa Road
Raghav
Souljazz Orchestra - Ottawa
Sultans of String
Vandana Vishwas

Folk

Ash & Bloom
Bruce Cockburn
City & Colour
Crash Vegas
Freeman Dre and the Kitchen Party
Kathleen Edwards
Justin Hines
Stephen Fearing
Great Lake Swimmers
Emm Gryner
Sarah Harmer
Gordon Lightfoot
Dayna Manning
Loreena McKennitt
Moxy Früvous
Sierra Noble – born in Ottawa, Ontario
Ian North
Red Dirt Skinners
Wade Hemsworth
Karen James
Wild Rivers
Chris McKhool - born in Ottawa, Ontario

Goth

National Velvet
The Birthday Massacre

Hip hop

Choclair
Dead Celebrity Status
Drake
Dream Warriors
Eternia
Houdini
Jazz Cartier
K'naan
k-os
Kardinal Offishall
Kid Twist
Maestro
Michie Mee
Nav
Night Lovell
Pressa
Saukrates
Smoke Dawg

Indie

Born Ruffians
Broken Social Scene
By Divine Right
The Constantines
Dala
Dizzy
Fifth Column
Furnaceface
Hayden
The Hidden Cameras
Junior Boys
King Cobb Steelie
Lights
Little Junior
Magneta Lane
Marlon Chaplin
Metric
Old World Vulture
Republic of Safety
Rheostatics
Saya Gray
Skydiggers
Sheep Look Up
Sweet Thing
Tokyo Police Club – Newmarket

Industrial

Ad·ver·sary
Ayria
Dandi Wind
Decoded Feedback
Digital Poodle
Epsilon Minus
Monster Voodoo Machine
Vampire Rodents
Zombie Girl

Jazz

John Alcorn
Jane Bunnett
Holly Cole
Molly Johnson
Richard Underhill

Metal

Lee Aaron
Abandon All Ships
Adytum
Annihilator
Anvil
Arise and Ruin
Baptized In Blood
Brand of Sacrifice
Cancer Bats
Crimson Shadows
Dead and Divine
Eidolon
Exciter
Farewell to Freeway
Helix
Infernäl Mäjesty
Killer Dwarfs
Kittie
Liferuiner
Piledriver
Protest the Hero
Razor
Structures
The End
Thine Eyes Bleed
Threat Signal
Woods of Ypres

Pop

Alanis Morissette
Alannah Myles
Alessia Cara
Alyssa Reid
Amanda Marshall
Annette Ducharme
Aviva Mongillo
Avril Lavigne
B4-4
Candy Coated Killahz
Dalbello
Down With Webster
Deborah Cox
Fefe Dobson
Jane Siberry
Justin Bieber
Love Inc.
Martha and the Muffins
One to One
The Partland Brothers
Paul Anka
Prozzak
Scott Helman
Shawn Mendes
Virginia to Vegas

Punk

The 3tards
Alexisonfire
Armed and Hammered
Bad Waitress
Billy Talent
Bunchofuckingoofs
Cauterize
Counterparts
Dear Jane, I...
The Diodes
The Flatliners
The Forgotten Rebels
Fucked Up
Grade
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Jolly Tambourine Man
Like Pacific
Moneen
Pkew pkew pkew
PUP
Seaway
Silverstein
Simply Saucer
Sum 41
Teenage Head
The Dirty Nil
The Fully Down
Treble Charger- Sault Ste. Marie
The Viletones

Rock and alternative

13 Engines
Arkells
The Band
Barenaked Ladies
Barstool Prophets
Basement Revolver
Big House
Big Sugar
Billy Talent
Bleeker
CANO
Change of Heart
Cleopatrick - Cobourg
Coney Hatch
Danko Jones
Death From Above 1979
Jason Englishman
Finger Eleven
FM
Frozen Ghost
Goddo
Hail The Villain
Harem Scarem
Ronnie Hawkins
Hawksley Workman
Jeff Healey
High Holy Days
Hollerado
I Mother Earth
Joydrop
Junkhouse
The Killjoys - Hamilton
The Kings
Graeme Kirkland
Daniel Lanois
Leslie Spit Treeo
The Lowest of the Low
Max Webster
Metric
Kim Mitchell
Mary Margaret O'Hara
My Darkest Days – Toronto
National Velvet
Neil Young
Our Lady Peace
Parachute Club
Project Wyze
Red Rider
Redlight King
Rough Trade
Rush
Saga (band)
Lorraine Segato
Sarah Slean
Steppenwolf
Skye Sweetnam
Sumo Cyco
Teenage Head
The Argues
The Black Maria
The Glorious Sons - Kingston
The Headstones
The Noolands
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Tea Party
The Tragically Hip
Ian Thornley
Three Days Grace
Toronto
Triumph
Wednesday

R&B

Toya Alexis
Bass is Base
Jully Black
Divine Brown
Jarvis Church
Jacksoul
Glenn Lewis
Billy Newton-Davis
The Philosopher Kings
Ivana Santilli
The Weeknd
PARTYNEXTDOOR
Roy Woods