# 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

* Anders - Mississauga
* Eva Avila – Ottawa
* Barenaked Ladies – Scarborough, Toronto
* Bryan Adams – Kingston
* 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

* 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

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

## Ethnic / Multicultural

* 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

## 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
* 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
* illScarlett – Mississauga
* 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