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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Ralph's Raffa Weyman hails from Toronto, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyFeFe Dobson is a pop singer from Scarborough, ON. She was nominated for two Juno Awards in 2005.
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 SpotifyJully Black is a pop singer from Toronto. This song won a Juno Award for "R & B/Soul Recording of the Year" in 2008. She currently reports for CTV's show "e-Talk".
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 SpotifyDragonette is an electro-pop band from Toronto. They were nominated for the "Best New Group" Juno award in 2008.
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 SpotifySon Seung-wan also known as Wendy of Red Velvet, is an alumni of Richmond Hill High.
Listen on SpotifyBilly Talent is a Canadian punk rock band from Mississauga, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyScott Hardware is from Toronto, ON.
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 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 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 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 Spotify"This what 'Sauga feels like in the night time. Watch what she doin' when the light shine."
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 SpotifyThe Crew Cuts were a vocal quartet who met at St. Michael's Choir School in Toronto. They were inducted into the Juno Hall of Fame in the '90s.
Listen on SpotifyMoxy Fruvous is from Thornhill.
Listen on SpotifyFRIGS are based in Toronto.
Listen on SpotifyDaniel Caesar is based in Toronto, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyBarenaked Ladies is a folk/pop/rock band from Scarborough, ON. In the 1990s, Toronto mayor June Rowlands banned them from playing in Nathan Phillips Square because of their "offensive" name.
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Listen on SpotifyDavid Celia is a singer/songwriter from Toronto who was originally a part of the band Tarnished Gallahad. He began working as a solo act in 2001, and spent his summers as an instructor at the National Guitar Workshop.
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 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 SpotifyCharlotte Day-Wilson is based in Toronto.
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 SpotifyDream Warriors were a Canadian hip-hop duo in the '90's. King Lou and Capitol Q are from the Jane and Finch community in North York.
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 SpotifyMajid Al Maskati and Jordan Ullman of the R&B duo Majid Jordan, met while both were attending University of Toronto.
Listen on SpotifyAppleton is a pop duo consisting of sisters Natalie and Nicole Appleton. They became famous after being a part of the British girl group, All Saints. Nicole was born in Mississauga.
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 SpotifyLido Pimienta is a Colombian-born musician living in Toronto. She incorporates Indigenous and Afro-Colombian sounds into her youthful music. Pimienta also addresses social justice issues in Canada in her songs.
Listen on SpotifyMatthew Barber is an indie-folk singer/songwriter born in Port Credit, ON. His album, Ghost Notes, was nominated for a Juno award.
Listen on SpotifyPaul Hayden Desser, who records as Hayden, is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Thornhill, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyDown With Webster are a pop group from Toronto. They originally formed for a middle school talent show.
Listen on SpotifySaya was born in Toronto.
Listen on SpotifyDiana hails from Toronto.
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 SpotifyIdentical twins Ryan and Dan Kowarsky grew up in Thornhill, Ontario. After b4-4 disbanded, the twins formed the duo RyanDan.
Listen on SpotifyKevin Brereton, better known by his stage name k-os, was born at St. Michael's Hospital.
Listen on SpotifyDeborah Cox is a pop singer from Scarborough, ON. She was once a backup singer for Celine Dion. This song reached #1 on the US Dance chart in 2008.
Listen on SpotifyJahron Anthony Brathwaite aka PARTYNEXTDOOR, was born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyJill Barber is a jazz, Americana, and folk-inspired pop singer born in Port Credit, ON.
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 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 SpotifyDeborah Cox grew up in Scarborough, ON and is an alumni of Earl Haig Secondary School.
Listen on SpotifyU.S. Girls is Illinois-born, Toronto-based artist Meghan Remy.
Listen on SpotifyAustra hail from Toronto, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyStars member and singer Amy Millan grew up in Cabbagetown.
Listen on SpotifyAllan Rayman is from Lost Springs, Wyoming but currently resides in Toronto.
Listen on SpotifyAlias was a rock band from Toronto. In 2005, this song was featured in a Subway commercial during the Superbowl.
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 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 SpotifySarah Slean was born in Pickering.
Listen on SpotifyShawn Mendes is a pop singer/songwriter from Pickering. He rose to fame by performing song covers in 6-second increments on Vine.
Listen on SpotifyThe Coppertone (also known as Amanda Zelina) is from King City, ON. She didn't pick up a guitar until she was 18.
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 Spotifyk-os produced his first mixtape while in his family's countryside home near Whitby, ON.
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Listen on SpotifyJadea Kelly is a singer-songwriter from Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
Listen on SpotifyDaniel Caesar is an r&b artist, originally from Oshawa, ON.
Listen on SpotifyCuff the Duke is an indie band from Oshawa, ON. They got their name from a t-shirt slogan purchased at a secondhand store by one of their members.
Listen on SpotifyChalk Circle was an alternative rock band who met at Clarke High School in Newcastle. They got their name from Bertolt Brecht's play "The Caucasian Chalk Circle".
Listen on SpotifySerena Ryder grew up in Millbrook, Ontario.
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 SpotifyLeanne Betasamosake Simpson is a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg artist who is a member of the Alderville First Nation. She holds a PhD from the University of Manitoba.
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 SpotifyLee Aaron (also known as Karen Lynn Greening) was born in Belleville and grew up in Brampton. She was discovered at age 16 in a production of Babes in Arms.
Listen on SpotifyBentwood Rocker was a rock band from Belleville, ON. They performed at Expo '67 and were recognized as the youngest act ever to tour the East Coast.
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 SpotifyBedouin Soundclash is a ska/reggae trio from Kingston, ON. They have toured with Paramore and No Doubt.
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 SpotifyWeeping Tile is from Kingston.
Listen on SpotifyBedouin Soundclash is a ska/raggae trio from Kingston, ON. This song was used as pre-recorded music on Air Canada international flights, and eventually became used for its radio and TV commercials.
Listen on SpotifyWendy of the 5 member k-pop group Red Velvet, grew up in Brockville, ON.
Listen on SpotifyBarstool Prophets was a indie rock band from Cornwall, ON. Three members met in high school and originally called themselves "Wallflowers". They got their current name from one of their lyrics.
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