Nationality
Canada
498 composers from Canada, dated and grouped.
- Abie Rotenberg1950–
- Achille Fortier1864–1939
- Ada Kent1888–1969
- Adam Vincent Clarke1992–
- Adélard Joseph Boucher1835–1912
- Airat Ichmouratov1973–
- Alain Gagnon1938–2017
- Alain Mayrand1972–
- Alain Trudel1966–
- Alan Laurillard1946–
- Albert Chamberland1886–1975
- Albert Pratz1914–1995
- Albert Viau1910–2001
- Albertine Caron-Legris1906–1972
- Albertine Morin-Labrecque1886–1957
- Alcides Lanza1929–2024
- Alex Khaskin1961–
- Alex Pauk1945–
- Alexander Brott1915–2005
- Alexander Chuhaldin1892–1951
- Alexandra Fol1981–
- Alexandra Stréliski1985–
- Alexina Louie1949–
- Alexis Contant1858–1918
- Alexis Martin (musician)
- Alfred De Sève1858–1927
- Alfred Kunz (composer)1929–2019
- Alfred La Liberté1882–1952
- Alfred Mignault1895–1961
- Alice Ho (composer)1960–
- Allan Gilliland1965–
- Allan Gordon Bell1953–
- Allan McIver1904–1969
- Allan Rae (composer)1942–
- Allard de Ridder1887–1966
- Allison Cameron (composer)1963–
- Alpha Yaya Diallo
- Amédée Tremblay1876–1949
- Ana Sokolovic1968–
- Analia Llugdar1972–
- André Duchesne (musician)1949–
- André Gagnon1936–2020
- André Mathieu1929–1968
- André Prévost (composer)1934–2001
- André Ristic1972–
- Andrew Ager1962–
- Andrew Culver (composer)1953–
- Andrew Paul MacDonald1958–
- Anita Sleeman1930–2011
- Ann Southam1937–2010
- Anna Höstman1972–
- Anne Eggleston1934–1994
- Anne Lauber1943–
- Anslem Douglas1964–
- Ari Posner1970–
- Armando Santiago1932–2025
- Arne Eigenfeldt1962–
- Arnold Walter1902–1973
- Arthur Wellesley Hughes1870–1950
- Augustus Stephen Vogt1861–1926
- Barbara Monk Feldman1950–
- Barbara Pentland1912–2000
- Barry Truax1947–
- Ben McPeek1934–1981
- Ben Steinberg1930–2023
- Benoît Jutras1963–
- Benoît Poirier1882–1965
- Benoît Verdickt1884–1970
- Bill Richards (musician)1923–1995
- Bob Nolan1908–1980
- Bob Pritchard (composer)1956–
- Boleslaw Szczeniowski1898–1985
- Boris Berlin1907–2001
- Boris Brott1944–2022
- Boyd McDonald (composer)1932–
- Brent Lee1964–
- Brian Cherney1942–
- Bruce Carey1876–1960
- Bruce Carlson (composer)1944–
- Bruce Holder1905–1987
- Bruce Mather1939–
- Calixa Lavallée1842–1891
- Carleton Elliott1928–2003
- Carly Paradis1980–
- Carmen Lombardo1903–1971
- Carol Ann Weaver1948–
- Cassandra Miller1976–
- Cassandra Vasik
- Célestin Lavigueur1831–1885
- Chad Klinger
- Chan Ka Nin1949–
- Charles A. E. Harriss1862–1929
- Charles Houdret1905–1965
- Charles Jones (composer)1910–1997
- Charles O'Neill (musician)1882–1964
- Charles Sauvageau1807–1846
- Charles Wilson (composer)1931–2019
- Charles Wugk Sabatier1819–1862
- Chris Cummings1975–
- Christian Calon1950–
- Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux
- Christopher Mayo1980–
- Christos Hatzis1953–
- Clarence Lucas1866–1947
- Clark Ross1957–
- Claude Léveillée1932–2011
- Claude Vivier1948–1983
- Claudio Vena
- Clifford Ford1947–
- Colin McPhee1900–1964
- Conrad Bernier1904–1988
- D. D. Jackson1967–
- Dallas Harms1935–2019
- Dana Reason
- Daniel Ingram (composer)1975–
- Darcy Hepner1954–
- Dave Pierce1972–
- David Campbell (composer)1948–
- David Kristian1967–
- David MacIntyre (composer)1952–
- David Squires (composer)1957–
- Dean Burry1972–
- Deanna C. C. Peluso1982–
- Denis Bédard1950–
- Denis Gougeon1951–
- Denise Boucher1935–2025
- Denys Bouliane1955–
- Derek Charke1974–
- Derek Holman1931–2019
- Desmond Gaspar1970–
- Diane Juster1946–
- Djane Lavoie-Herz1888–1982
- Dolores Claman1927–2021
- Don Wright (composer)1908–2006
- Donald Alexander Cochrane
- Donald Heins1878–1949
- Donald Patriquin1938–
- Donald Quan1962–
- Donald Steven1945–
- Dorothy Dittrich
- Douglas Mews (composer)1918–1993
- Douglas September1972–
- Eddie Eastman1949–
- Édouard Woolley1916–1991
- Edward Laufer1938–2014
- Edwin Bélanger1910–2005
- Eldon Rathburn1916–2008
- Eleanor Daley (composer)1955–
- Elizabeth Raum1945–
- Émilien Allard1915–1976
- Éric Morin1969–
- Eric Wild (conductor)1910–1989
- Erik Mongrain1980–
- Ernest Gagnon1834–1915
- Ernest MacMillan1893–1973
- Ernest Seitz1892–1978
- Eugène Lapierre1899–1970
- Evalyn Parry
- F. R. C. Clarke1931–2009
- Farangis Nurulla-Khoja1972–
- Frances C. Robinson1858–1905
- François Dompierre1943–
- François Morel (composer)1926–2018
- Françoys Bernier1927–1993
- Frank Davies (music producer)1946–
- Frank Marsales1886–1975
- Frank Welsman1873–1952
- Fred S. Stone1873–1912
- Frédéric Pelletier1870–1944
- Gabriel Cusson1903–1972
- Garnet Rogers1955–
- Gary Koftinoff
- Gary Kulesha1954–
- Gayle Young1950–
- Gena Branscombe1881–1977
- Geoffrey Moull
- George Tremblay1911–1982
- Georges Savaria1916–1998
- Georges-Émile Tanguay1893–1964
- Gérald Gagnier1926–1961
- Germain Gauthier1950–2025
- Gil Grand1968–
- Gilles Bellemare (composer)1952–
- Gilles Gobeil1954–
- Gilles Tremblay (composer)1932–2017
- Glenn Gould1932–1982
- Glenn Schellenberg
- Godfrey Ridout1918–1984
- Gordon Delamont1918–1981
- Gordon Fitzell1968–
- Gordon Monahan1956–
- Graham George1912–1993
- Greg Morrison1965–
- Guillaume Couture (musician)1851–1915
- Gustav Ciamaga1930–2011
- Gustave Gagnon1842–1930
- Hagood Hardy1937–1997
- Hal Beckett
- Harry Dean (musician)1879–1955
- Harry Freedman1922–2005
- Harry Somers1925–1999
- Harry Vetro1995–
- Hector Gratton1900–1970
- Henri Gagnon1887–1961
- Henri Miro1879–1950
- Herbert Sanders1878–1938
- Howard Bashaw1957–
- Howard Cable1920–2016
- Howard Dyck1942–
- Hugh Davidson (composer)1930–2014
- Humfrey Anger1862–1913
- Ian Cusson1981–
- Imant Raminsh1943–
- Isabelle Delorme1900–1991
- István Anhalt1919–2012
- Ivan Romanoff1914–1997
- J. E. P. Aldous1853–1934
- J.-J. Gagnier1885–1949
- Jack Kane (composer)1924–1961
- Jacobus Kloppers1937–
- Jacques Faubert1952–
- Jacques Hétu1938–2010
- Jake Mathews1971–
- James Gayfer1916–1997
- James Harley1959–
- James Montgomery (composer)1943–
- James P. Clarke (composer)1807–1877
- James Rolfe (composer)1961–
- Jānis Kalniņš (composer)1904–2000
- Jason Frederick1970–
- Jason Gleed1974–
- Jason Nett
- Jay Semko1960–
- Jean Chatillon1937–2019
- Jean Coulthard1908–2000
- Jean Derome1955–
- Jean Deslauriers1909–1978
- Jean Vallerand1915–1994
- Jean-Baptiste Labelle1825–1898
- Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis II1814–1871
- Jeannine Vanier1929–2023
- Jeff Danna1964–
- Jeff Fisher (composer)
- Jeff Toyne1975–
- Jeff Tymoschuk1974–
- Jeffrey Ryan1962–
- Jerry Toth1928–1999
- Jessie Baetz1894–1980
- Jim Hiscott1948–
- Jimmie LeBlanc1977–
- Jimmy Dale (musician)1935–2017
- Joachim Ulric Voyer1892–1935
- Jocelyn Morlock1969–2023
- Jocelyne Binet1923–1968
- Joe Vannelli1950–
- Joel Hoffman (composer)1953–
- Johana Harris1912–1995
- John Abram1959–
- John Arpin1936–2007
- John Bayley (musician)1847–1910
- John Beckwith (composer)1927–2022
- John Burge1961–
- John Burke (composer)1951–2020
- John Cozens (musician)1906–1999
- John Estacio1966–
- John Fodi1944–2009
- John Hawkins (Canadian composer)1944–2007
- John Korsrud
- John Landry1969–
- John McCarthy (composer)1961–
- John Oswald (composer)1953–
- John Rea (composer)1944–
- John Roby (composer)
- John Weinzweig1913–2006
- John Welsman1955–
- John Wyre1941–2006
- Jonathan Goldsmith (musician)
- José Evangelista1943–2023
- Joseph Allard (fiddler)1873–1947
- Joseph Beaulieu1895–1965
- Joseph-A. Fowler1845–1917
- Juliet Palmer1967–
- Kati Agócs1975–
- Keith Bissell1912–1992
- Keith Hamel1956–
- Kelsey Jones1922–2004
- Kenneth Peacock1922–2000
- Kenny Wheeler1930–2014
- Kevin James Maher1988–2007
- Kirk MacDonald (musician)1959–
- Kristi Allik1952–
- Larry Crosley1932–1998
- Larry Lake (musician)1943–2013
- Larry Nickel1952–
- Larysa Kuzmenko1956–
- Laura Lemon1866–1924
- Lauri Conger
- Lawnie Wallace1977–
- Leah (musician)1984–
- Len Blum1951–
- Leo Marchildon1962–
- Leo Smith (composer)1881–1952
- Léo-Pol Morin1892–1941
- Leonard Enns1948–
- Leonard Woods (sculptor)1919–2014
- Lesley Barber1968–
- Linda Bouchard1957–
- Lionel Daunais1901–1982
- Lisa Conway
- Lisle Ellis1951–
- Lloyd Blackman (musician)1928–2014
- Loreena McKennitt1957–
- Lorne Ryder1970–
- Lorraine Desmarais1956–
- Louis Applebaum1918–2000
- Louis Dufort1970–
- Lubomyr Melnyk1948–
- Lucien Martin1908–1950
- Lucio Agostini1913–1996
- Luna Pearl Woolf1973–
- Lydia Boucher1890–1971
- Magali Babin1967–
- Malcolm Forsyth1936–2011
- Marc-André Hamelin1961–
- Marcel Gagnon (musician)1950–
- Margaret Drynan1915–1999
- Marian Grudeff1927–2006
- Marie Bottrell1961–
- Mario Duschenes1923–2009
- Marjan Mozetich1948–
- Mark Korven
- Martin Léon1966–
- Marvin Duchow1914–1979
- Matthew McCauley (producer)1954–
- Matthew Ricketts (composer)1986–
- Maurice Blackburn (composer)1914–1988
- Maxime Goulet (composer)1980–
- Maya Badian1945–
- Mel Atkey1958–2022
- Melissa Hui1966–
- Michael Brook1952–
- Michael Conway Baker1937–
- Michael Matthews (composer)1950–
- Michael McCann (composer)1976–
- Michael Vincent (music journalist)1976–
- Michel Corriveau
- Michel Longtin1946–
- Michel Perrault1925–2010
- Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux1938–1985
- Milan Kymlicka1936–2008
- Milton Barnes (composer)1931–2001
- Minuetta Kessler1914–2002
- Morris Davis (composer)1904–1968
- Murray Adaskin1906–2002
- Mychael Danna1958–
- Myke Roy1950–
- Nancy Telfer1950–
- Ned Bouhalassa1962–
- Neil Bartram
- Neil Chotem1920–2008
- Nic Gotham1959–2013
- Nicole Carignan1952–
- Nicole Lizée1973–
- Nicole Rampersaud1981–
- Nikolai Korndorf1947–2001
- Norma Beecroft1934–2024
- Norman Orenstein1945–
- Norman Symonds1920–1998
- Normand Roger1949–
- Oliver Haze
- Omar Daniel (composer)1960–
- Omer Létourneau1891–1983
- Oscar O'Brien1892–1958
- Oskar Morawetz1917–2007
- Owen Underhill1954–
- Pat Carrabré1958–
- Patricia Blomfield Holt1910–2003
- Patricia Conroy1964–
- Patrick Saint-Denis1975–
- Paul Ambrose1868–1941
- Paul Baillargeon1944–
- Paul Dolden1956–
- Paul Pedersen (composer)1935–
- Paul Pratt1894–1967
- Paul Steenhuisen1965–
- Paul Tobey1962–
- Percy Faith1908–1976
- Peter Allen (composer)1952–
- Peter Hannan (composer)1953–
- Peter Togni1959–
- Philippe Brault1981–
- Philippe Leduc1951–
- Philippe Tatartcheff
- Pierre Brabant1925–2014
- Pye Dubois
- R. Murray Schafer1933–2021
- Rachel Laurin1961–2023
- Randolph Peters1959–
- Randy Raine-Reusch1952–
- Randy Vancourt
- Ray Griff1940–2016
- Raymond B. Egan1890–1952
- Raymond Daveluy1926–2016
- Raymond Luedeke1944–
- Raynald Arseneault1945–1995
- René Dupéré1946–
- René Gagnier1892–1951
- Richard Gibson (composer)1953–
- Richard Grégoire1944–2025
- Richard Johnston (composer)1917–1997
- Richard Link
- Rick Tippe1958–
- Rick Wilkins (musician)1937–
- Ricky Hyslop1915–1998
- Robert Ambrose (composer)1824–1908
- Robert Farnon1917–2005
- Robert Fleming (composer)1921–1976
- Robert Lemay1960–
- Robert Marcel Lepage1951–
- Robert Nathaniel Dett1882–1943
- Robert Talbot (conductor)1893–1954
- Robert Turner (composer)1920–2012
- Roberta Geddes-Harvey1849–1930
- Robin Minard1953–
- Roddy Ellias1949–
- Rodney Sharman1958–
- Rodolphe Mathieu1890–1962
- Roger Matton1929–2004
- Rom Di Prisco1972–
- Romain-Octave Pelletier I1843–1927
- Roman Toi1916–2018
- Ron Collier1930–2003
- Ron Korb1961–
- Rory Viner1983–
- Rosario Bourdon1885–1961
- Rudy Toth1925–2009
- Ruth Lomon1930–2017
- Ryan Shore1974–
- Samuel Andreyev1981–
- Samuel Dolin1917–2002
- Samy Moussa1984–
- Scott Irvine1953–
- Scott Wilson (composer)1969–
- Sean Hogan1965–
- Serge Garant1929–1986
- Serouj Kradjian1973–
- Shirley Myers
- Sonia Paço-Rocchia1982–
- Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté1899–1974
- Srul Irving Glick1934–2002
- Steffan Andrews1985–
- Steph Copeland
- Stephan Moccio1972–
- Stéphane Roy (composer)1959–
- Stephanie Martin (composer)1962–
- Stephen Chatman1950–
- Stephen Codman1796–1852
- Steve Barakatt1973–
- Steve Fiset1946–2015
- Steve Tittle1935–2024
- Steven Gellman1947–
- Stu Phillips (country singer)1933–2025
- Susan Frykberg1954–2023
- Susie Frances Harrison1858–1935
- Taylor Brook1985–
- Terry Danko1949–
- Thomas Wade (singer)1961–
- Tibor Polgár1907–1993
- Tim Brady1956–
- Tobin Stokes1966–
- Tom Third
- Tommy Banks (musician)1936–2018
- Tracey Brown
- Udo Kasemets1919–2014
- Veronika Krausas1963–
- Vic Vogel1935–2019
- Victor Bouchard1926–2011
- Victor Davies1939–
- Victoria Banks1973–
- Vincent Ho (composer)
- Violet Archer1913–2000
- Vivian Fung1975–
- W. H. Anderson1882–1955
- W. H. Hewlett1873–1940
- W. O. Forsyth1859–1937
- Wade Hemsworth1916–2002
- Walter Boudreau1947–
- Walter Buczynski1933–
- Walter MacNutt1910–1996
- Warren Cohen (composer)
- Wilfrid Pelletier1896–1982
- William Beauvais1956–
- William Carter (composer)1838–1917
- Willie Eckstein1888–1963
- Yves Daoust1946–
- Yves Laferrière1943–2020
- Yves Lapierre (composer)1946–
- Zoë Keating1972–