To celebrate Canada Day we have asked ten influential Canadian artists, musicians and personalities to give us their “Top 10” Canadian songs! It’s a fun way to highlight our countries diverse musical landscape and expose our multi-talented friends in the process (in no particular order)! We stand on guard for thee!

Bif Naked bifnaked.com

It’s All Coming Back to Me Now – Celine Dion
We Appreciate Power – Grimes
Two Spirit – Tony Enos
One More Time – Streetheart
Little Star – Iskwé
Ready to Start – Arcade Fire
Hideaway – Kiesza
Sweet City Woman – The Stampeeders
Don’t Wanna Fall In Love – Jane Child
One Fine Morning – Lighthouse

Biddell evanbiddell.com

Turn me loose – Loverboy
Out of my Head – Begonia
Rébellion (lies) – Arcade Fire 
Lagerfeld lady – Fritz Helder and the phantoms 
I want What I want – Joseph of Mercury 
Promiscuous – Nelly Fertado
Thé Hills – the WKND
Dead Disco- Metric 
Baby’s Got it – Maylee Todd 
You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette

Jaik Puppyteeth jaikpuppyteeth.com

Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under – Shania Twain
Two For The Show – Trooper
When You Play Your Last Card – Alberta Slim
IThink of Her – Forgotten Rebels
Between You and Me – Jody Glenham
You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
If You Could Read my Mind – Gordon Lightfoot
Smack Water Jack – Buffy Sainte-Marie
A Man Needs a Maid – Neil Young
Famous Blue Raincoat – Leonard Cohen

Florence Gagnon lezspreadtheword.com

So Jealous (Full Album) – Tegan and Sara
Ironic – Alanis Morissette
Afterlife – Arcade Fire
Work – Charlotte Day Wilson
Sedition – Lesbians on Ecstasy
Deception Bay – Milk and Bone
Shaky Hands – FOXTROTT
Sais-tu vraiment qui tu es – Pierre Lapointe
Point de mire – Ariane Moffatt
Immortality – Céline Dion

Amber Dawn amberdawnwrites.com

Angry – Too Attached
Listen to the Wind Blow – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Tom Sawyer – Rush
Sweet Jane – Cowboy Junkies
Rise Up – Parachute Club
Knock Loud – Sook-Yin Lee
Don’t – Fifth Column
Sad Femme Club – Kimmortal
My Chinchilla – Cub
Don’t Forget Me When I’m Gone – Glass Tiger

Michael Chambers michaelchambers.ca

Signs – Drake
My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
In Your Eyes – Dan Hill
Complicated- Avril Lavigne
Devil May Cry – The Weeknd
Seven Day Fool – Jully Black
Run Up – PartyNextDoor
The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot
Comme Des Enfants – Coeur De Pirate
Ironic – Alanis Morissette
The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot

Leanne Davies leannedavies.com

Citizen – Nash The Slash
He’s A Keeper Of The Fire – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Raised On Robbery – Joni Mitchell
Home – King Cobb Steelie
Lightening – The Mean
Electric Pow Wow Drum – A Tribe Called Red
Pretty Flowers – Corpusse
My Radio – Solvent
Joyful Reunion – No Means No
Top Down – Teenage Head

Daniel Seligman popmontreal.com

Tuff Ghost – The Unicorns   
Hard to Say Bye – Yves Jarvis  
Ludi – Dream Warriors  
Work With What You Got – Socalled   
The Vanishing – Stars    
Rise Up – Parachute Club  
Bye bye mon cowboy – Mitsou   
Black Velvet – Alannah Myles
Universal Soldier – Buffy Ste Marie
I’m Your Man – Leonard Cohen

Andrew Tay ccov.org/en/commissaire-artistique/

Plastikman – Spastik
Junior boys – Teach me how to fight
Jessy Lanza – If it means I love you
Kaytranada – Lite Spots
Marc Houle – Edamame
Callisto – Get House
Mozart’s Sister – Don’t Leave it to Me
Akufen – I love 2 Wiggle
Hollis p Monroe – I’m Lonely
Circlesquare – 7 minutes

Veronique Mystique veroniquemystique.com

Metal Queen – Lee Aaron
Warpath – Drezus
Michelle – Gorilla Gorilla
Sex Gorilla – National Velvet
Shakedown – Rough Trade
Run to you – Brian Adams
Métal – Soupir
Beat my Daddy to the Grave – Condition
Maladie d’Amour – Corbeau
Black Flag – Duchess Says