Barenaked 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.

Daniel Caesar is an r&b artist, originally from Oshawa, ON.

Sum 41 is a rock band from Ajax, Ontario.

FeFe Dobson is a pop singer from Scarborough, ON. She was nominated for two Juno Awards in 2005.

Anthony 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.

Band from Whitby, ON

Band from Whitby, Ontario.

Deborah 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.

k-os produced his first mixtape while in his family's countryside home near Whitby, ON.

Shawn Mendes is a pop singer/songwriter from Pickering. He rose to fame by performing song covers in 6-second increments on Vine.

Choclair 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.

Chalk 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".

Cuff 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.

Members of the band Sum 41 are from Ajax, ON.

Sarah Slean was born in Pickering.

“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.

Jadea Kelly is a singer-songwriter from Whitby, Ontario, Canada.

Henry Lau of the k-pop/c-pop group Super Junior-M, attended A.Y. Jackson secondary before signing with SM Entertainment.

Deborah Cox grew up in Scarborough, ON and is an alumni of Earl Haig Secondary School.

Though members Jay Levine and James Bryan McCollum were both born in Montreal, the origins of animated pop music group are from Toronto, ON.

The 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.

Austra hail from Toronto, Ontario.

Lido 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.

David 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.

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Love Inc. were a Canadian Eurodance music group from Toronto. They won two Junos and two Much Music awards for this song.

Saya was born in Toronto.

Majid Al Maskati and Jordan Ullman of the R&B duo Majid Jordan, met while both were attending University of Toronto.

Formed in 1984, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet are a Canadian instrumental rock band. This is the theme song of Kids In The Hall!

Kevin Brereton, better known by his stage name k-os, was born at St. Michael's Hospital.

Ron 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.

FRIGS are based in Toronto.

Ralph's Raffa Weyman hails from Toronto, Ontario.

U.S. Girls is Illinois-born, Toronto-based artist Meghan Remy.

Alias was a rock band from Toronto. In 2005, this song was featured in a Subway commercial during the Superbowl.

Canadian 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.

Dragonette is an electro-pop band from Toronto. They were nominated for the "Best New Group" Juno award in 2008.

The 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.

LEN 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.

Moxy Fruvous is from Thornhill.

Identical twins Ryan and Dan Kowarsky grew up in Thornhill, Ontario. After b4-4 disbanded, the twins formed the duo RyanDan.

Diana hails from Toronto.

Down With Webster are a pop group from Toronto. They originally formed for a middle school talent show.

Son Seung-wan also known as Wendy of Red Velvet, is an alumni of Richmond Hill High.

Scott Hardware is from Toronto, ON.

Paul Hayden Desser, who records as Hayden, is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Thornhill, Ontario.

Stars member and singer Amy Millan grew up in Cabbagetown.

Allan Rayman is from Lost Springs, Wyoming but currently resides in Toronto.

Daniel Caesar is based in Toronto, Ontario.

Charlotte Day-Wilson is based in Toronto.

Jully 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".

This is the song, which popularized Toronto's nickname "T-dot". Regent Park is one of the locations featured in the music video.

A song by Canadian recording artist Drake, featuring the R&B duo Majid Jordan. This song gained additional popularity from the meme #StarbucksDrakeHands.

"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.

Early in his career, k-os attended York University. He later dropped out and became one half of the producing duo Midi Mafia.

Abel 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.

Dream 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.

“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.

The Coppertone (also known as Amanda Zelina) is from King City, ON. She didn't pick up a guitar until she was 18.

Broken 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.

Justin Tokimitsu Nozuka attended St. Andrew's College prior to transferring and graduating from Etobicoke School of the Arts.

Jill Barber is a jazz, Americana, and folk-inspired pop singer born in Port Credit, ON.

Matthew Barber is an indie-folk singer/songwriter born in Port Credit, ON. His album, Ghost Notes, was nominated for a Juno award.

Appleton 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.

Jahron Anthony Brathwaite aka PARTYNEXTDOOR, was born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario.

Denzel Spencer known by his stage name Roy Wood$, is a Canadian rapper, singer and songwriter from Brampton, ON.

K. Forest is an R&B artist from Brampton, ON.

Skye Sweetnam is from Bolton.

Alessia Cara is a pop singer from Brampton, ON. In 2016, she was handpicked by Coldplay to be their tour opener for their Head Full of Dreams stadium world tour.

Jessica Reyes, known professionally as Jessie Reyez, is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Brampton, ON.

Moneen (sometimes stylised as .moneen.) is an indie rock band from Brampton, Ontario.

Billy Talent is a Canadian punk rock band from Mississauga, Ontario.

"This what 'Sauga feels like in the night time. Watch what she doin' when the light shine."

Sebastien Grainger of the duo Death From Above 1979, is from Mississauga, ON.

Lou Champagne System is a one-man-band of Lou Champagne. He currently lives in Oakville, ON and his music is still popular in Europe.

Gayle Ackroyd is a singer/songwriter who attended Sheridan College's musical theatre program. She hosted songwriting workshops on the TV series "It Started with a Song".

David Bradstreet was raised in Oakville, ON. In 1977, he won the "Best New Male Vocalist" Juno Award. He is also featured in a series of Life Saver commercials.

Rich Cloke lives in Burlington.

Walk Off The Earth hail from Burlington, Ontario.

Benjamin Muñoz is an artist from Hamilton, ON.

Simply Saucer is a four piece rock band that formed in the 1970s in Hamilton, ON.

Kara-Lis Coverdale, also known as K-LC, is a Canadian composer, musician, producer, born in Hamilton, ON, now based in Montréal.

Junior Boys are from Hamilton.

Coszmos Quartette is a band from Hamilton, ON.

Brett Caswell recorded his album outside of the Bruce Trail.

Jace Martin is a pop musician from Six Nations Reserve, ON. His album, Falling Stars, was produced by Crystal Shawanda. He was nominated for "Best Pop Album" at the 2017 Indigenous Music Awards.

Logan Staats is a folk musician born and raised on the Six Nations Reserve. He won the "Best Folk Album" Indigenous Music Award in 2017.