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 bands/musicians/singers/rappers
- Alexisonfire – St. Catharines
- Anders - Mississauga
- Down With Webster – Toronto
- Daniel Caesar - Oshawa
- Brooklyn Roebuck - Chatham
- Bren Dube - Chatham
- Billy Talent – Mississauga
- Bryan Adams – Kingston
- Paul Anka – Ottawa
- Eva Avila – Ottawa
- Barenaked Ladies – Scarborough
- Jacksoul - Toronto
- Justin Bieber – Stratford, ON
- Jully Black – Toronto
- Blue Rodeo – Toronto
- Broken Social Scene – Toronto
- Kevin Spencer - Hamilton
- Counterparts - Hamilton
- Cancer Bats – Toronto
- Keshia Chanté – Ottawa
- Bruce Cockburn – Ottawa
- Deborah Cox – Toronto
- Hugh Dillon – Kingston
- Fefe Dobson – Scarborough
- Saga (band) – Oakville
- Drake – Toronto
- The Weeknd – Scarborough
- J. D. Fortune – Mississauga
- Finger Eleven – Burlington
- Sarah Harmer – Burlington
- illScarlett – Mississauga
- 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
- Matthew Tengelits - Chatham
- Metric – Toronto
- My Darkest Days – Toronto
- Alanis Morissette – Ottawa
- Joey Muha - Port Dover
- Nelly Furtado – Forest Hill, Toronto
- Our Lady Peace – Toronto (Raine Maida attended University of Toronto)
- Stella Panacci-Toronto
- Peaches – Toronto
- Protest The Hero – Whitby
- Hail The Villain – Oshawa
- Anastasia Rizikov – Toronto
- Rush – Toronto
- Paul Shaffer – Thunder Bay
- Silverstein – Burlington
- Shawn Mendes - Toronto
- Skye Sweetnam – Bolton
- Snow – Toronto
- Sum 41 – Ajax
- Three Days Grace – Toronto
- The Tragically Hip – Kingston
- Tokyo Police Club – Newmarket
- Shania Twain – Timmins
- Vanity – Niagara Falls
- Tamia Washington – Windsor
- Neil Young – Toronto
- Joel Zimmerman (deadmau5) – Niagara Falls, Ontario
- Vikas Kohli – Mississauga
- Henry Lau – Toronto
- Jeon Somi - Woodstock
- Teenage Head – Hamilton
- Magic! – Toronto
- 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
Alt-country
Barbershop
- MegaCity Chorus
- Kingston Townsmen Chorus
Classical
Country and country rock
Ethnic / Multicultural
- AfroNubians
- Beyond the Pale
- Jaffa Road
- Raghav
- Souljazz Orchestra - Ottawa
- Sultans of String
- Vandana Vishwas
Folk
Goth
- National Velvet
- Rhea's Obsession
Hip hop
- Avalanche The Architect
- Choclair
- Dead Celebrity Status
- Diemens
- Dream Warriors
- Eternia
- Get Loose Crew
- Jazz Cartier
- JUST Me
- K'naan
- k-os
- Kardinal Offishall
- Kid Twist
- Maestro
- MC Shadow
- Michie Mee
- Night Lovell
- Saukrates
- Puffy L'z
- Dark Random
Indie
Industrial
Metal
Popular music
- Paul Anka
- Dalbello
- Annette Ducharme
- Deborah Cox
- Fefe Dobson
- Avril Lavigne
- Martha and the Muffins
- Amanda Marshall
- Alanis Morissette
- Alannah Myles
- Jane Siberry
- Justin Bieber
- Shawn Mendes
- Alessia Cara
- Candy Coated Killahz
- Down With Webster
Musicians from Ontario with a #1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 hit include: from the 1970s: Neil Young with "Heart of Gold" in 1972, Gordon Lightfoot with "Sundown".
From the 1990s: Alannah Myles with "Black Velvet", Bryan Adams (4 #1 hits) including "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You", Snow (musician) with "Informer" in 1993, and Barenaked Ladies with "One Week" in 1998.
From the 2000s: Nelly Furtado with "Promiscuous" in 2006 and "Say It Right", Avril Lavigne with "Girlfriend" in 2007.
From the 2010s: Drake (rapper) with 3 #1 hits as a solo artist like the dancehall "One Dance" and the trap song "God's Plan" in 2018, Magic! with "Rude" in 2014, The Weeknd with 3 #1's like "Can't Feel My Face" and "Starboy" in early 2017, and Justin Bieber with 3 #1 hits including "What Do You Mean?" in 2015 and "Sorry" in 2016.
All these musicians are from Toronto, except Gordon Lightfoot, Bryan Adams, Avril Lavigne, and Justin Bieber. In addition, Alanis Morissette from Ottawa had 3 #1 albums on the U.S. Billboard 200 including Jagged Little Pill in 1995, Shania Twain from Windsor had one #1 album with Up! in 2002, and rapper Nav from Brampton had a #1 album in 2019.
Source: List of Billboard Hot 100 number-ones by Canadian artists
Punk
Rock and Alternative
- Arkells
- The Argues
- The Band
- Barenaked Ladies
- Barstool Prophets
- Basement Revolver
- Bedouin Soundclash
- Big Sugar
- CANO
- City and Colour
- Change of Heart
- Coney Hatch
- Danko Jones
- Jason Englishman
- Finger Eleven
- FM
- Frozen Ghost
- Goddo
- Harem Scarem
- Ronnie Hawkins
- The Headstones
- 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
- National Velvet
- Mary Margaret O'Hara
- The Noolands
- Our Lady Peace
- Parachute Club
- Project Wyze
- The Pursuit of Happiness
- Red Rider
- Rough Trade
- Rush
- Saga (band)
- Lorraine Segato
- Sarah Slean
- Steppenwolf
- Skye Sweetnam
- The Tea Party
- Teenage Head
- Ian Thornley
- Three Days Grace
- Toronto
- Tokyo Police Club
- The Tragically Hip
- The Glorious Sons - Kingston
- 13 Engines
- Triumph
- Hawksley Workman
- Neil Young
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