2011 in Canadian music

• February 11 – Indie rock band Immaculate Machine formally announce their breakup.[http://exclaim.ca/News/immaculate_machine_call_it_day "Immaculate Machine Call It a Day"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108184427/http://exclaim.ca/News/immaculate_machine_call_it_day |date=January 8, 2012 }}. Exclaim!, February 11, 2011.

• March 27 – The 2011 Juno Awards, the 40th annual ceremony.{{cite news|url=http://junoawards.ca/2010/01/25/toronto-ontario-to-host-the-40th-anniversary-celebrations-of-the-juno-awards-in-2011/ |title=Toronto, Ontario will host the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Juno Awards in 2011 |date=January 25, 2010 |publisher=CARAS |access-date=January 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926215314/http://junoawards.ca/2010/01/25/toronto-ontario-to-host-the-40th-anniversary-celebrations-of-the-juno-awards-in-2011/ |archive-date=September 26, 2010 |df=mdy }}

• June 16 – Preliminary 2011 Polaris Music Prize longlist is announced.[http://www.aux.tv/2011/06/2011-polaris-music-prize-long-list-announced/ "2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002045233/http://www.aux.tv/2011/06/2011-polaris-music-prize-long-list-announced/ |date=October 2, 2015 }}. aux.tv, June 16, 2011.

• ChartAttack, a music website published by the longtime former Canadian music magazine Chart, suspends publication.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111103234344/http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/news/video-saves-the-radio-star-online-video-poised-to-revive-indie-music-site/1000653295 "Video Saves the Radio Star – Online Video Poised to Revive Indie Music Site"]}}. MediaCaster, November 1, 2011.

• August 1 – Saskatoon band The Sheepdogs are announced as the winners of Rolling Stone's "Do You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star" competition for unsigned rock bands.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/saskatoons-the-sheepdogs-land-cover-of-rolling-stone/article2116451/ "Saskatoon's the Sheepdogs land cover of Rolling Stone"]. The Globe and Mail, August 1, 2011.

• September 19 – Arcade Fire are announced as the winners of the 2011 Polaris Music Prize for their album The Suburbs.

• November 1 – Canadian entertainment news website andPOP acquires ChartAttack, announcing plans to revive it with expanded video content.

• Death from Above 1979{{cite web|url=http://deathfromabove1979.com/some-words/ |title=Some Words |publisher=DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 |access-date=March 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709004255/http://deathfromabove1979.com/some-words/ |archive-date=July 9, 2011 |df=mdy }}

• Secret and Whisper
• Wolf Parade
• You Say Party

• Alexisonfire{{cite web|title=Alexisonfire Breaks Up|date=August 8, 2011 |url=http://thepunksite.com/news/2011/08/08/alexisonfire-break-up/}}
• Immaculate Machine
• Mobile
• Quo Vadis
• The Stills

• Adam and the Amethysts, Flickering Flashlight
• Arkells, Michigan Left – October 18
• Jann Arden, Uncover Me 2
• Armistice, Armistice – February 15{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110306084128/http://www.chartattack.com/features/2011/jan/12/bedouin-soundclashs-jay-malinowski-coeur-de-pirate-el-bronx-armistice "Bedouin Soundclash's Jay Malinowski + Coeur De Pirate + El Bronx {{=}} Armistice"]}}. chartattack.com, January 12, 2011.
• Austra, Feel It Break

• Jason Bajada, The Sound Your Life Makes
• Jill Barber, Mischievous Moon – April 5
• Justin Bieber, Under The Mistletoe
• Matthew Barber, Matthew Barber
• The Barr Brothers, The Barr Brothers
• Bernice, What Was That
• The Besnard Lakes, You Lived in the City
• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Kings and Queens
• Braids, Native Speaker – January 18{{cite web|last=Hudson |first=Alex |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/exclaims_10_most_anticipated_canadian_albums_of_2011/Page/9 |title=Exclaim!'s 10 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2011 (Page 9) • News • |publisher=Exclaim.ca |access-date=March 27, 2012}}
• Les Breastfeeders, Dans la gueule des jours
• Michael Jerome Browne, The Road Is Dark
• Michael Bublé, Christmas
• Bruce Peninsula, Open Flames
• Buck 65, 20 Odd Years – February 1
• The Burning Hell, Flux Capacitor
• Louise Burns, Mellow Drama

• Kathryn Calder, Bright and Vivid – October 25{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Gregory|title=Kathryn Calder Returns with 'Bright and Vivid,' Premieres New Track|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/kathryn_calder_returns_with_bright_vivid_premieres_new_track|work=Exclaim!|access-date=August 18, 2011}}
• Jennifer Castle, Castlemusic
• Cannon Bros., Firecracker/Cloudglow
• Lou Canon, Lou Canon – May 10[http://exclaim.ca/News/torontos_lou_canon_rolls_out_hayden-produced_debut_album "Toronto's Lou Canon Rolls Out Hayden-produced Debut Album"]. Exclaim!, March 10, 2011.
• George Canyon, Better Be Home Soon
• Keshia Chanté, Night & Day – November 8
• City and Colour, Little Hell – June 7
• Code Pie, Love Meets Rage
• Cœur de pirate, Blonde – November 8CBC Radio 3, September 12, 2011.
• Antoine Corriveau, Saint-Maurice/Logan
• Cowboy Junkies, Demons – February 15{{cite web|last=Hudson |first=Alex |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/exclaims_10_most_anticipated_canadian_albums_of_2011/Page/3 |title=Exclaim!'s 10 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2011 (Page 3) • News • |publisher=Exclaim.ca |access-date=March 27, 2012}}
• Jim Cuddy, Skyscraper Soul – September 27[http://exclaim.ca/News/blue_rodeos_jim_cuddy_announces_new_solo_lp "Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy Announces New Solo LP"]. Exclaim!, August 4, 2011.
• Cuff the Duke, Morning Comes – October 4
• Isabelle Cyr and Yves Marchand, Pays d'abondanceMarie-Josée Montminy, [https://www.lenouvelliste.ca/archives/isabelle-cyr-et-yves-marchand-proposent-pays-dabondance-d6e0440dbca04817ab760df3a1fe82ec "Isabelle Cyr et Yves Marchand proposent Pays d'abondance"]. Le Nouvelliste, January 13, 2012.

• The Dardanelles, The Eastern Light
• David Suzuki Foundation, Playlist for the Planet – March 22{{cite web |url=http://www.davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/playlist-for-the-planet/enter-playlist-for-the-planet/ |title=Playlist for the Planet | Playlist for the Planet | What you can do | David Suzuki Foundation |publisher=Davidsuzuki.org |access-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325145525/http://www.davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/playlist-for-the-planet/enter-playlist-for-the-planet/ |archive-date=March 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
• Mark Davis, Eliminate the Toxins
• The Dears, Degeneration Street – February 15{{cite web|last=Adams |first=Gregory |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/dears_announce_degeneration_street |title=The Dears Announce Degeneration Street |publisher=Exclaim.ca |date=October 26, 2010 |access-date=March 27, 2012}}
• The Deep Dark Woods, The Place I Left Behind – August 2
• Destroyer, Kaputt – January 25[http://music.is-amazing.com/2010/12/15/destroyer-kaputt-2011 "Destroyer – Kaputt (2011)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218140525/http://music.is-amazing.com/2010/12/15/destroyer-kaputt-2011 |date=December 18, 2010 }}. Music is Amazing, December 15, 2010.
• Dinosaur Bones, My Divider
• Dog Day, Deformer
• Drake, Take Care – November 15
• D-Sisive, Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye
• Duchess Says, In a Fung Day T!

• Fred Eaglesmith, 6 Volts
• Elliott Brood, Days Into Years – September 27
• Emerson Drive, Decade of Drive – February 8{{cite web |url=http://emersondrive.com/?news_id=19104&inc=5|title=Country Stars Emerson Drive Announce 33-City Canadian Tour And Hits Package|access-date=November 29, 2010|publisher=Emerson Drive official website}}
• Matt Epp and the Amorian Assembly, At Dawn – April 12

• Feist, Metals – October 4
• Christine Fellows, Femmes de chez nous – February 1{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110126140903/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2011/jan/24/i-read-the-news-today-for-jan-24-2011 "I Read The News Today... For Jan. 24, 2011"]}}. chartattack.com, January 24, 2011.

• Galaxie, Tigre et diésel
• Gatineau, Karaoke king
• The Golden Seals, Increase the Sweetness
• Jenn Grant, Honeymoon Punch – January 7[http://www.therecord.com/whatson/music/article/482812--jenn-grant-delivers-a-honeymoon-punch-on-latest-album "Jenn Grant delivers a Honeymoon Punch on latest album"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927190726/http://www.therecord.com/whatson/music/article/482812--jenn-grant-delivers-a-honeymoon-punch-on-latest-album |date=September 27, 2011 }}. Waterloo Region Record, February 9, 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.canadianblast.com/Page.asp?PageID=100004&ContentID=2310&SiteNodeID=817&BL_ExpandID=&BL_ExpandID= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008000729/http://www.canadianblast.com/Page.asp?PageID=100004&ContentID=2310&SiteNodeID=817&BL_ExpandID=&BL_ExpandID= |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 8, 2011 |title=Honeymoon Punch – Jenn Grant |publisher=Canadian Blast |access-date=March 27, 2012 }}
• Great Aunt Ida, Nuclearize Me
• Grey Kingdom, Eulogy of Her and Her and Her
• Emm Gryner, Northern Gospel

• Handsome Furs, Sound Kapital – June 28
• Ron Hawkins, Straitjacket Love
• Hey Rosetta!, Seeds – February 15{{cite web|last=Hudson |first=Alex |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/exclaims_10_most_anticipated_canadian_albums_of_2011/Page/4 |title=Exclaim!'s 10 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2011 (Page 4) • News • |publisher=Exclaim.ca |access-date=March 27, 2012}}
• Rebekah Higgs, Odd Fellowship
• Hooded Fang, Tosta Mista

• Imaginary Cities, Temporary Resident
• Brandon Isaak, Bluesman's Plea

• Jorane, Une Sorcière comme les autres
• Junior Boys, It's All True

• Kellarissa, Moon of Neptune – March 29
• Koriass, Petites victoires
• K-os, Muchmusic Presents: K-os Live – October 4

• Avril Lavigne, Goodbye Lullaby – March 8{{cite web |url=http://www.avrillavigne.com/us/news/new-album-goodbye-lullaby-be-released-rca-382011 |title=NEW ALBUM, GOODBYE LULLABY, TO BE RELEASED BY RCA 3/8/2011 | The Official Avril Lavigne Site |publisher=Avrillavigne.com |access-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816015547/http://www.avrillavigne.com/us/news/new-album-goodbye-lullaby-be-released-rca-382011 |archive-date=August 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
• Salomé Leclerc, Sous les arbres
• Library Voices, Summer of Lust
• Lights, Siberia – October 4{{cite web |url=http://www.iamlights.com/news/2011/08/04/lights-new-album-siberia-out-october-4th/ |title=LIGHTS' New Album Siberia Out October 4th! | LIGHTS |publisher=Iamlights.com |access-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308222757/http://www.iamlights.com/news/2011/08/04/lights-new-album-siberia-out-october-4th |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
• Little Scream, The Golden Record – March 15
• Rob Lutes and Rob MacDonald, Live
• The Luyas, Too Beautiful to Work – February 22{{cite web|last=Hudson |first=Alex |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/exclaims_10_most_anticipated_canadian_albums_of_2011/Page/5 |title=Exclaim!'s 10 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2011 (Page 5) • News • |publisher=Exclaim.ca |access-date=March 27, 2012}}

• Catherine MacLellan, Silhouette
• Madison Violet, The Good in Goodbye
• The Mahones, The Black Irish
• Catherine Major, Le désert des solitudes
• Kate Maki, Moonshine – May 24
• Kate Maki and Frederick Squire, Calling It Quits/Crazy Tropical Survival Guide – March 22
• Malajube, La Caverne – April 19{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120713054836/http://fr.canoe.ca/divertissement/musique/nouvelles/2011/01/20/16966681-qmi.html "Le nouveau disque de Malajube sortira le 19 avril"]}}. canoe.ca, January 20, 2011.
• Dan Mangan, Oh Fortune – September 27
• Jon McKiel, Confidence Lodge (March);Darryl Smith, [https://www.earshot-online.com/reviews/DisplayReview.cfm?DiscID=107116&CFID=2028&CFTOKEN=7550487F-9588-4437-A1F94C2FFC4573DB "Jon McKiel, Confidence Lodge"]. !earshot, March 17, 2011. Tonka War Cloud (October)Alex Hudson, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/jon_mckiel_to_release_tonka_war_cloud_this_fall "Jon McKiel to Release 'Tonka War Cloud' This Fall"]. Exclaim!, September 8, 2011.
• Memphis, Here Comes a City - March 8
• Patrice Michaud, Le Triangle des Bermudes
• Millimetrik, Around You; Influences
• Miracle Fortress, Was I the Wave?
• Monogrenade, Tantale
• Katie Moore, Montebello – February 1[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Time+mind+Katie+Moore/4200429/story.html "Time is out of mind for Katie Moore"]. The Gazette, February 1, 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204165830/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Time+mind+Katie+Moore/4200429/story.html |date=February 4, 2011 }}
• The Most Serene Republic, Pre Serene: Thee Oneironauts
• Mother Mother, Eureka – March 15[http://exclaim.ca/News/mother_mother_announce_new_ieureka_i_lp "Mother Mother Announce New Eureka LP"]. Exclaim!, December 6, 2010.
• Krista Muir, Between Atoms

• New Country Rehab, New Country Rehab – January 11[https://archive.today/20130629100902/http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/744770 "New Country Rehab not your grandaddy’s bluegrass"]. Guelph Mercury, January 12, 2011.
• Nickelback, Here and Now

• Oh Susanna, Soon the Birds – April 19
• Ohbijou, Metal Meets – September 27
• One Hundred Dollars, Songs of Man
• Lindi Ortega, Little Red Boots
• Karim Ouellet, Plume

• The Pack A.D., Unpersons{{cite web|url=http://thepackafterdeath.com/unpersons-sept-13-2011.html|title=Unpersons – Sept 13, 2011|date=June 13, 2011|access-date=June 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717021901/http://thepackafterdeath.com/unpersons-sept-13-2011.html|archive-date=July 17, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
• Papermaps, Papermaps
• Joel Plaskett, EMERGENCYs, false alarms, shipwrecks, castaways, fragile creatures, special features, demons and demonstrations

• Lee Reed, Emergency Broadcast
• Amanda Rheaume, Light of Another Day
• Robbie Robertson, How to Become Clairvoyant – April 5
• JF Robitaille, Calendar
• Daniel Romano, Sleep Beneath the Willow – April 5
• The Rural Alberta Advantage, Departing – March 1[http://www.aux.tv/newmusic/music-news/the-rural-alberta-advantage-reveal-new-album-departing/ "The Rural Alberta Advantage reveal new album, ‘Departing’"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127072504/http://www.aux.tv/newmusic/music-news/the-rural-alberta-advantage-reveal-new-album-departing/ |date=January 27, 2011 }}. aux.tv, December 6, 2010.

• Sam Roberts Band, Collider – May 10{{cite web|url=http://samrobertsband.com/ |title=Sam Roberts Band |publisher=Sam Roberts Band |access-date=March 27, 2012}}
• Sarahmée, Retox
• SATE, (S)cream
• Ron Sexsmith, Long Player Late Bloomer – March 1{{cite web|last=Hudson |first=Alex |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/exclaims_10_most_anticipated_canadian_albums_of_2011/Page/6 |title=Exclaim!'s 10 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2011 (Page 6) • News • |publisher=Exclaim.ca |access-date=March 27, 2012}}
• Shotgun Jimmie, Transistor Sister
• Simple Plan, Get Your Heart On! – June 17
• Sloan, The Double Cross
• Snailhouse, Sentimental Gentleman – May 24
• Socalled, Sleepover – May 3
• Samantha Savage Smith, Tough Cookie
• Spring Breakup, It's Not You, it's Me
• Frederick Squire, Frederick Squire Sings Shenandoah and Other Popular Hits – May 24
• Stars, The Bedroom Demos
• Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
• Jeffery Straker, under the soles of my shoes
• Sum 41, Screaming Bloody Murder – March 29
• Sunparlour Players, Us Little Devils – October 18
• Sweatshop Union, The Bill Murray EP – March 1

• Tasseomancy, Ulalume – August 30
• Theory of a Deadman, The Truth Is... - July 12
• Thus Owls, Harbours
• Timber Timbre, Creep on Creepin' On – April 5{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110126140913/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2011/jan/24/timber-timbre-is-creepin-on-in-april "Timber Timbre Is Creepin' On In April"]}}. chartattack.com, January 24, 2011.
• Tire le coyote, Le Fleuve en huile
• The Trews, Hope & Ruin – April 12{{cite web|url=http://www.thetrewsmusic.com/news/ |title=News | The Trews |publisher=Thetrewsmusic.com |access-date=March 27, 2012}}
• Al Tuck, Under Your Shadow
• Kreesha Turner, Tropic Electric – November 15

• Chad VanGaalen, Diaper Island – May 17[http://exclaim.ca/News/chad_vangaalen_sets_sail_for_diaper_island "Chad VanGaalen Sets Sail for Diaper Island"]. Exclaim!, March 3, 2011.
• Various Artists, Have Not Been the Same – Vol. 1: Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die – November 15[http://exclaim.ca/News/have_not_been_same_book_spawns_covers_compilation_featuring_kevin_drew_hidden_cameras_great_lake_swimmers_bry_webb "'Have Not Been the Same' Book Spawns Covers Comp Featuring Kevin Drew, the Hidden Cameras, Great Lake Swimmers, Bry Webb"]. Exclaim!, November 14, 2011.

• The Wailin' Jennys, Bright Morning Stars
• Bry Webb, Provider – November 15
• Whitehorse (Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland), Whitehorse – August 30
• Graham Wright, Shirts vs. Skins

• Ken Yates, The Backseat EP
• Young Galaxy, Shapeshifting – February 8{{cite web|last=Hudson |first=Alex |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/exclaims_10_most_anticipated_canadian_albums_of_2011/Page/8 |title=Exclaim!'s 10 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2011 (Page 8) • News • |publisher=Exclaim.ca |access-date=March 27, 2012}}

{{cite web |date=Apr 8, 2011 |title=Nielsen Music Canadian Update |url=http://en-ca.nielsen.com/content/dam/nielsen/en_ca/documents/pdf/newsletters/billboard_canadian-update/Nielsen%20Music%20Canadian%20Update.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409071903/http://en-ca.nielsen.com/content/dam/nielsen/en_ca/documents/pdf/newsletters/billboard_canadian-update/Nielsen%20Music%20Canadian%20Update.pdf |archive-date=April 9, 2011 |website=en-ca.nielsen.com}}

• January 18 – Antonín Kubálek, classical pianist
• February 11 – Bad News Brown, 33, rapper and harmonica player
• March 22 – Victor Bouchard, pianist and composer
• April 6 – John Bottomley, singer-songwriter
• May 13 – Jack Richardson, record producer
• May 28 – Alys Robi, jazz singer
• June 9 – Claude Léveillée, 78, composer and chansonnier
• June 23 – Gaye Delorme, guitarist
• July 10 – Pierrette Alarie, opera singer
• August 7 – Jiří Traxler, jazz pianist
• December 22 – David Gold, heavy metal singer (Woods of Ypres)

• 2010s in music
• 2011 in Canadian television

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