Wavway generates a playlist based on your next Canadian road trip. Discover songs written about, and by artists from the places you’ll be travelling through.
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Allan Rayman is from Lost Springs, Wyoming but currently resides in Toronto.
Listen on SpotifyDeborah Cox grew up in Scarborough, ON and is an alumni of Earl Haig Secondary School.
Listen on Spotify"This that Oliver 40, Niko shit man. 15 Fort York shit ya know." Apartment 1503 in 15 Fort York Blvd was the condo of Drake's friend and producer Noah '40' Shebib. The apartment doubled as their studio space.
Listen on SpotifyBilly Talent is a Canadian punk rock band from Mississauga, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyKevin Brereton, better known by his stage name k-os, was born at St. Michael's Hospital.
Listen on SpotifyMajid Al Maskati and Jordan Ullman of the R&B duo Majid Jordan, met while both were attending University of Toronto.
Listen on SpotifyRon Hawkins is a life long musician from Toronto, Canada. This song was played during the Toronto Maple Leafs Centennial Classic game and promo spot. Hawkins is best known as the lead singer for Lowest of the Low a punk band from Toronto, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyDiana hails from Toronto.
Listen on SpotifyRalph's Raffa Weyman hails from Toronto, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyFRIGS are based in Toronto.
Listen on SpotifyKeys N Krates
Listen on SpotifyBroken Social Scene is an indie rock band and musical collective consisting as few as six and as many as nineteen members. Co-founder Kevin Drew attended the Etobicoke School of the Arts.
Listen on SpotifyA song by Canadian recording artist Drake, featuring the R&B duo Majid Jordan. This song gained additional popularity from the meme #StarbucksDrakeHands.
Listen on SpotifySaya was born in Toronto.
Listen on SpotifyAnthony Paul Jefferies, aka Nineteen85, of the R&B duo dvsn is from Scarborough, ON. He met other member Daniel Daley in their high school library. Now, they're signed under Drake's OVO Sound label.
Listen on SpotifyDaniel Caesar is based in Toronto, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyAustra hail from Toronto, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyJahron Anthony Brathwaite aka PARTYNEXTDOOR, was born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyU.S. Girls is Illinois-born, Toronto-based artist Meghan Remy.
Listen on SpotifyLove Inc. were a Canadian Eurodance music group from Toronto. They won two Junos and two Much Music awards for this song.
Listen on SpotifyChoclair is a l-e-g-e-n-d-a-r-y rapper from Scarborough, Ontario. He helped develop Canadian hip-hop in the 1990s. Before being a Juno award winning artist, Choclair worked at McDonald’s.
Listen on Spotify“I take Eglinton to 401 East and exit at Markham Road in the east end.” This location is the 401 exit ramp to Markham Rd, which leads to Agincourt and Scarborough, ON.
Listen on SpotifyThis is the song, which popularized Toronto's nickname "T-dot". Regent Park is one of the locations featured in the music video.
Listen on SpotifyFormed in 1984, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet are a Canadian instrumental rock band. This is the theme song of Kids In The Hall!
Listen on Spotify"This what 'Sauga feels like in the night time. Watch what she doin' when the light shine."
Listen on SpotifyThe Elmer Iseler Singers is a twenty-voice choir and one of Canada's leading choral ensembles. Their repetoire spans over five hundred years of choral music.
Listen on SpotifyPaul Hayden Desser, who records as Hayden, is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Thornhill, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyAbel Makkonen Tesfaye known professionally as The Weeknd, moved to 65 Spencer Ave in Parkdale after dropping out of high school. He has credited his stage name as being inspired by his high school dropout status; after leaving one weekend and never coming back home.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian Brass is a brass quintet formed in 1970 in Toronto. This band was sent by then-PM Pierre Trudeau to China in 1977 as the first Western group allowed in after its Cultural Revolution.
Listen on Spotify“Weston Road Flows” is a throwback to Drake’s past of growing up on Weston Road in Toronto. This was before he moved to Forest Hill.
Listen on SpotifyStars member and singer Amy Millan grew up in Cabbagetown.
Listen on SpotifyLEN is a Canadian alternative rock group from Toronto, ON. During the height of their popularity, the band's lineup included Brendan Canning, co-founder of Broken Social Scene.
Listen on SpotifyMoxy Fruvous is from Thornhill.
Listen on SpotifySon Seung-wan also known as Wendy of Red Velvet, is an alumni of Richmond Hill High.
Listen on SpotifyHenry Lau of the k-pop/c-pop group Super Junior-M, attended A.Y. Jackson secondary before signing with SM Entertainment.
Listen on SpotifyThough members Jay Levine and James Bryan McCollum were both born in Montreal, the origins of animated pop music group are from Toronto, ON.
Listen on SpotifyCharlotte Day-Wilson is based in Toronto.
Listen on SpotifyIdentical twins Ryan and Dan Kowarsky grew up in Thornhill, Ontario. After b4-4 disbanded, the twins formed the duo RyanDan.
Listen on SpotifyEarly in his career, k-os attended York University. He later dropped out and became one half of the producing duo Midi Mafia.
Listen on SpotifySarah Slean was born in Pickering.
Listen on SpotifyMembers of the band Sum 41 are from Ajax, ON.
Listen on SpotifySum 41 is a rock band from Ajax, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyJustin Tokimitsu Nozuka attended St. Andrew's College prior to transferring and graduating from Etobicoke School of the Arts.
Listen on SpotifyBand from Whitby, ON
Listen on SpotifyBand from Whitby, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyDaniel Caesar is an r&b artist, originally from Oshawa, ON.
Listen on SpotifyJadea Kelly is a singer-songwriter from Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
Listen on Spotifyk-os produced his first mixtape while in his family's countryside home near Whitby, ON.
Listen on SpotifyThe "Car Loop Version" of this song was made using a Volkswagen bug, and was filmed on the Cobourg pier. Walk Off The Earth is originally from Burlington.
Listen on SpotifySerena Ryder grew up in Millbrook, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyGentleman Reg's origins tie back to Trenton, ON.
Listen on SpotifyJames Shaw, founder and lead guitarist of Metric was raised in Bellevue, ON.
Listen on SpotifyAvril Lavigne is from Napanee, ON.
Listen on SpotifyAdams was born in Kingston, Ontario
Listen on SpotifyMembers of Bedouin Soundclash, Jay Malinowski, Eon Sinclair, and Chuck Treece met while attending Queen's University in Kingston, ON.
Listen on SpotifyWeeping Tile is from Kingston.
Listen on SpotifyBryan Adams was born in Kingston, Ontario. Adams was awarded the Order of Canada for contributions to popular music and chairty work through his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world.
Listen on SpotifyWendy of the 5 member k-pop group Red Velvet, grew up in Brockville, ON.
Listen on SpotifyRiohv (aka Braden Thompson) is a house producer based out of Montreal via Ottawa.
Listen on SpotifyTommy Kruise is a DJ / producer from Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyKara-Lis Coverdale, also known as K-LC, is a Canadian composer, musician, producer, born in Hamilton, ON, now based in Montréal.
Listen on SpotifyBéatrice Martin, also known as Cœur de pirate, is from Outremont, QC. This song attracted attention after being featured in a viral video of a baby playing with toys.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian-Lebanese singer born in Beirut, Lebanon
Listen on SpotifyTOPS are a four-piece band from Montreal.
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Listen on SpotifyCanadian-Lebanese singer born in Beirut, Lebanon
Listen on SpotifyStéphane Tétreault is an accomplished cellist from Montreal, QC.
Listen on SpotifySky was a Canadian R&B/Pop-rock duo from Montreal, QC. Frontman Antoine Sicotte now has his own culinary tv show on Zeste.tv.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian-Lebanese singer born in Beirut, Lebanon
Listen on SpotifyÉric Lapointe is a singer from Montreal
Listen on SpotifyCFCF is the stage name of Canadian electronic musician/vocalist Michael Silver based in Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyTim Hecker is an electronic musician and sound artist based in LA and Montreal, Canada. He pursued a PhD at McGill University with a thesis on urban noise.
Listen on SpotifyPatrick Norman is from Montreal, QC.
Listen on SpotifyTim Hecker is an electronic musician and sound artist based in LA and Montreal, Canada.
Listen on SpotifyCharlotte was born in Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyKarl Wolf is a Lebanese-born Canadian musician based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Listen on SpotifyKarl Wolf is a Lebanese-born Canadian musician based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Listen on SpotifyFlûte Alors! is a four piece ensemble of recorder players. They perform music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, as well as contemporary, jazz, and pop works.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian-Lebanese singer born in Beirut, Lebanon
Listen on SpotifyKaytranada is a Haitian-Canadian DJ and record producer based in Montreal. He has opened twice for Madonna, and won the 2016 Polaris Music Prize.
Listen on SpotifyLoud Lary Ajust is a Quebec rap group founded in 2011 based out of Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyKarl Wolf is a Lebanese-born Canadian musician based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Listen on SpotifyMarie Davidson is a Canadian singer, poet, and electronic music producer from Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyDaniel Bélanger is a singer-songwriter from Montreal.
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Listen on SpotifySimple Plan is a pop-punk rock band from Montreal, QC. The hometown of guitarist Sebastien Lefebvre is Laval, QC. Members Pierre, Chuck, Jeff and Sebastien all went to Beaubois High School in Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyBéatrice Martin, better known by her stage name Cœur de pirate is from Outremont, Montreal, Quebec.
Listen on SpotifyCohen was born in Westmount, an affluent suburb of Montreal. This song has been performed by over 200 artists in varying languages, and is one of the most performed songs in North American history.
Listen on SpotifyCorneille was born in Germany, grew up in Rwanda, and started his music career in Montreal, QC. He has worked with the Canadian Red Cross to raise awareness of children who are victims of war.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian-Lebanese singer born in Beirut, Lebanon
Listen on SpotifyKaytranada is a DJ from Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyProject Pablo aka Patrick Holland is a producer from Vancouver, now based in Montréal, QC.
Listen on SpotifyDion was born in Charlemagne
Listen on SpotifyDion was born in Charlemagne, Quebec.
Listen on SpotifyRenée Martel is from Drummondville, QC.
Listen on SpotifyLes Trois Accords is a band from Drummondville.
Listen on SpotifyFormé en 1997 par Olivier Benoit et Simon Proulx, le groupe compte 4 membres, tous de la région de Drummondville. En 2005, le groupe à ouvert pour le concert des Rolling Stones à Moncton.
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Listen on SpotifyKarim Ouellet is from Quebec City.
Listen on SpotifyHomme aux multiples talents et projets et figure prédominante de la pop et du rap issu de la capitale.
Listen on SpotifySteve Barakatt is a composer, producer, pianist, and singer from Quebec City, QC. When he was only 13, he was a guest soloist with l'Orchestre symphonique de Québec. He and his wife were also the first couple to become UNICEF Canadian Ambassadors.
Listen on SpotifyRoch Voisine is a singer-songwriter from Edmunston.
Listen on SpotifyMatt Andersen is a singer-songwriter from Perth-Andover
Listen on SpotifyTristan Horncastle is a country singer from Fredericton.
Listen on SpotifyDavid in the Dark is a popular East Coast rock band from Fredericton, NB.
Listen on SpotifyAge of Days is an alternative rock band from Fredericton.
Listen on SpotifyGrand Theft Bus is a indie rock band from Fredericton.
Listen on SpotifyDavid Myles is a folk jazz musician from Fredericton. This single, made with Classified, became the biggest-selling rap single in the history of Canadian music.
Listen on SpotifyTyler Hache was discovered by Newfoundland producer, Chris Kirby at Fredericton's Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival.
Listen on Spotify1755 was an Acadian band from Moncton, NB.
Listen on SpotifyLes Hay Babies members are from small Acadian towns in New Brunswick.
Listen on SpotifyJulie Doiron is an Acadian singer-songwriter from Moncton.
Listen on SpotifyEric's Trip is an indie rock band from Moncton.
Listen on SpotifyFM Berlin is named after the bassist's father who smuggled photos of Soviet occupied Berlin into Canada. They are from Moncton, NB.
Listen on SpotifyIn-Flight Safety first met at university in Sackville.
Listen on SpotifySinger-songwriter Pierre Guitard has won many competitions in Acadie, NB.
Listen on SpotifyAshley Condon was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia
Listen on SpotifyJason Greeley was born in Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Listen on SpotifyHarry Hibbs, an icon of traditional Newfoundland music, was born on Bell Island.
Listen on SpotifyAlan Doyle, lead singer of Great Big Sea, was born in Petty Harbour, Newfoundland.
Listen on SpotifyGreat Big Sea were formed in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Listen on SpotifyBoth the performer Mark Hiscock and the songwriter Johnny Burke are from St. John's, Newfoundland
Listen on SpotifyKim Stockwood was born in St. John's, Newfoundland,
Listen on SpotifyThe character of Donnie Dumphy was created in St. John's.
Listen on SpotifyMary Barry was born in St. John's, Newfoundland.
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