Canadian composers

This is a list of composers who are either native to the country of Canada, are citizens of that nation, or have spent a major portion of their careers living and working in Canada. The list is arranged in alphabetical order:

A

* John Abram (born 1959)
* Murray Adaskin (1906–2002)
* Andrew Ager (born 1962)
* Kati Agócs (born 1975)
* Lucio Agostini (1913–1996)
* Robert Aitken (born 1939)
* J. E. P. Aldous (1853–1934)
* Gaston Allaire (1916–2011)
* Émilien Allard (1915–1977)
* Joseph Allard (1873–1947)
* Mimi Allard
* Peter Allen (born 1952)
* Kristi Allik (born 1952)
* Paul Ambrose (1868–1941)
* Robert Ambrose (1824–1908)
* W.H. Anderson (1882–1955)
*Samuel Andreyev (born 1981)
* Humfrey Anger (1862–1913)
* István Anhalt (1919–2012)
* Paul Anka (born 1941)
* Louis Applebaum (1918–2000)
* Violet Archer (1913–2000)
* John Arpin (1936–2007)
* Raynald Arseneault (1945–1995)
* Viviane Audet (born 1981)

B

* Maya Badian (born 1945)
* Michael Conway Baker (born 1937)
* Gerald Bales (1919–2002)
* Steve Barakatt (born 1973)
* Lesley Barber (born 1968)
* Milton Barnes (1931–2001)
* Sarah Bassingthwaighte (born 1967)
* Joseph Beaulieu (1895–1965)
* William Beauvais (born 1956)
*Christophe Beck (born 1972)
* John Beckwith (born 1927)
* Léon Bernier (1936–2011)
* Denis Bédard (born 1950)
* Norma Beecroft (born 1934)
* Jack Behrens (born 1935)
* Marc Bélanger (born 1940)
* Alan Belkin (born 1951)
* Gilles Bellemare (born 1952)
* Herbert Belyea (1917–2001)
* Boris Berlin (1907–2001)
* Conrad Bernier (1904–1988)
* Daniel Berthiaume (born 1956)
* Lorne Betts (1918–1985)
* Amin Bhatia (born 1961)
* Jocelyne Binet (1923–1968)
* Keith Bissell (1912–1992)
* Lloyd Blackman (born 1928)
* Patricia Blomfield Holt (1910–2003)
* Antoine Bouchard (born 1932)
* Linda Bouchard (born 1957)
* Victor Bouchard (1926–2011)
* Adélard Joseph Boucher (1835–1912)
* Lydia Boucher (1890–1971)
* Walter Boudreau (born 1947)
* Ned Bouhalassa (born 1962)
* Denys Bouliane (born 1955)
* Pierre Brabant (1925–2014)
* Timothy Brady (born 1956)
* Henry Brant (1913–2008)
* Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis I (1785–1832)
* Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis II (1814–1871)
* Annie Glen Broder (1857–1937)
* Alexander Brott (1915–2005)
* Stephen Brown (born 1948)
* Edwin Orion Brownell (born 1964)
* Walter Buczynski (born 1933)
* John Burge (born 1961)
* John Burke (1951–2020)

C

* Howard Cable (1920–2016)
* Christian Calon (born 1950)
* Amice Calverley (1896–1959)
* Allison Cameron (born 1963)
* Nicole Carignan (born 1952)
* Bruce Carlson (born 1944)
* Albertine Caron-Legris (1906–1972)
* Pat Carrabré (born 1958)
* Marius Cayouette (1904–1985)
* Albert Chamberland (1886–1975)
* Claude Champagne (1891–1965)
* Caleb Chan (born 1988)
* Dorothy Chang (born 1970)
* Alexander Chuhaldin (1892–1951)
* Gustav Ciamaga (born 1930)
* Chan Ka Nin (born 1949)
* Derek Charke (born 1974)
* Benoît Charest (born 1964)
* Stephen Chatman (born 1950)
* Brian Cherney (born 1942)
* Neil Chotem (1920–2008)
* Dolores Claman (1927–2021)
* F. R. C. Clarke (1931–2009)
* James P. Clarke (1807/8–1877)
* Donald Alexander Cochrane (born 1928)
* Bruce Cockburn (born 1945)
* Stephen Codman (c. 1796–1852)
* Warren Cohen (born 1954)
*Leonard Cohen (1934–2016)
* Michael Colgrass (1932–2019)
* Ron Collier (1930–2003)
* Alexis Contant (1858–1918)
* Robin-Joël Cool
* Steph Copeland
* Pierre-Philippe Côté
* Jean Coulthard (1908–2000)
* Francois Couture (born 1965)
* Guillaume Couture (1851–1915)
* Richard Covey (born 1979)
* Larry Crosley (1932–1998)
* Gabriel Cusson (1903–1972)
* Michel Cusson

D

* Jimmy Dale (1935–2017)
* Eleanor Joanne Daley (born 1955)
* Omar Daniel (born 1960)
* Jeff Danna (born 1964)
* Mychael Danna (born 1958)
* Yves Daoust (born 1946)
* Lionel Daunais (1901–1982)
* Raymond Daveluy (1926–2016)
* Sarah Davachi (born 1987)
* Hugh Davidson (born 1930)
* Victor Davies (born 1939)
* Morris Davis (1904–1968)
* Stu Davis (1921–2007)
* Gordon Delamont (1918–1981)
* Isabelle Delorme (1900–1991)
* Allard de Ridder (1887–1966)
* Jean Derome (born 1955)
* Alfred De Sève (1858–1927)
* Jacques Desjardins
* Jean Deslauriers (1909–1978)
* Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943)
* Alan Detweiler (1926–2012)
* Keiko Devaux
* Zosha Di Castri (born 1985)
* Paul Dolden (born 1956)
* Samuel Dolin (1917–2002)
* Emily Doolittle (born 1972)
* Margaret Drynan (1915–1999)
*René Dupéré (born 1946)
* Kyle Bobby Dunn (born 1986)

E

* Colin Eatock (born 1958)
* Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899–1974)
* Anne Eggleston (1934–1994)
* Arne Eigenfeldt (born 1962)
* Carleton Elliott (1928–2003)
* Lisle Ellis (born 1951)
* John Estacio (born 1966)
* José Evangelista (born 1943)

F

* Percy Faith (1908–1976)
* Robert Farnon (1917–2005)
* Jacques Faubert (born 1952)
* Robert Fleming (1921–1976)
* John Fodi (1944–2009)
* Alexandra Fol (born 1981)
* Clifford Ford (born 1947)
* Malcolm Forsyth (1936–2011)
* W. O. Forsyth (1859–1937)
* Achille Fortier (1864–1939)
* David Foster (born 1949)
* Joseph-A. Fowler (1845–1917)
* Jason Frederick (born 1970)
* Harry Freedman (1922–2005)
* Susan Frykberg (born 1954)
* Darren Fung
* Vivian Fung (born 1975)

G

*Kim Gaboury aka aKido (born 1976)
* Gérald Gagnier (1926–1961)
* J.-J. Gagnier (1885–1949)
* René Gagnier (1892–1951)
* Alain Gagnon (1938–2017)
* André Gagnon (1936–2020)
* Ernest Gagnon (1834–1915)
* Gustave Gagnon (1842–1930)
* Henri Gagnon (1887–1961)
* Serge Garant (1929–1986)
* Mort Garson (1924–2008)
* Desmond Gaspar (born 1970)
* James Gayfer (1916–1997)
* James Gelfand, (born 1959)
* Steven Gellman (born 1947)
* Eric Genuis (born 1967)
* Graham George (1912–1993)
* Aaron Gervais (born 1980)
* Richard Gibson (born 1953)
* Allan Gilliland (born 1965)
* Srul Irving Glick (1934–2002)
* Denis Gougeon (born 1951)
* Maxime Goulet (born 1980)
* Glenn Gould (1932–1982)
* Hector Gratton (1900–1970)

H

* Peter Hannan (born 1953)
* Hagood Hardy (1937–1997)
* Chris Harman (born 1970)
* Johana Harris (1912–1995)
* Charles A.E. Harriss (1862–1929)
* Christos Hatzis (born 1953)
* John Hawkins (1944–2007)
* Donald Heins (1878–1949)
* Jacques Hétu (1938–2010)
* W. H. Hewlett (1873–1940)
* Jim Hiscott (born 1948)
* Alice Ping Yee Ho (born 1960)
* Bruce Holder (1905–1987)
* Frannie Holder
* Derek Holman (born 1931)
* Anna Höstman (born 1972)
* Charles Houdret (1905-after 1964)
* Melissa Hui (born 1966)
* Richard Hunt (1930–2011)
* Ricky Hyslop (1915–1998)

I

* Scott Irvine (born 1953)
* Airat Ichmouratov (born 1973)

J

* David Jaeger (born 1947)
* Rhené Jaque (1918–2006)
* Frantz Jehin-Prume (1839–1899)
* Otto Joachim (1910–2010)
* Richard Johnston (1917–1997)
* Charles Jones (1910–1997)
* Kelsey Jones (1922–2004)
* Michael Jones (born 1942)

K

* James Keelaghan (born 1959)
* Jack Kane (1924–1961)
* Udo Kasemets (1919–2014)
* Iain Kelso (born 1975)
* Talivaldis Kenins (1919–2008)
* Julien Knafo
* Moe Koffman (1928–2001)
* Gary Koftinoff
* Rudolf Komorous (born 1931)
* Peter Paul Koprowski (born 1947)
* Thomas Kotcheff (born 1988)
* Nikolai Korndorf (1947–2001)
* Mark Korven
* Veronika Krausas (born 1963)
* David Kristian (born 1967)
* Gary Kulesha (born 1954)
* Alfred Kunz (1929–2019)
* Larysa Kuzmenko (born 1956)
* Milan Kymlicka (1936–2008)

L

* Larry Lake (1943–2013)
* Jean-Baptiste Labelle (1825–1898)
* Fariborz Lachini (born 1949)
* Alfred La Liberté (1882–1952)
* Alcides Lanza (born 1929)
* Eugène Lapierre (1899–1970)
* Yves Lapierre (born 1946)
* Anne Lauber (born 1943)
* Louis-Phillipe Laurendeau (1861–1916)
* Rachel Laurin (born 1961)
* Calixa Lavallée (1842–1891)
* Charles Lavoie
* Jimmie LeBlanc (born 1977)
* Hugh Le Caine (1914–1977)
* Brent Lee (born 1964)
* Alain Lefèvre (born 1962)
* Vincent Legault
* Martin Léon (born 1966)
* Simon Leoza
* André Éric Létourneau (born 1967)
* Omer Létourneau (1891–1983)
*Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023)
* Nicole Lizée (born 1973)
* Analia Llugdar (born 1972)
* Andrew Lockington (born 1972)
* Ruth Lomon (born 1930)
* Michel Longtin (born 1946)
* Alexina Louie (born 1949)
* Clarence Lucas (1866–1947)
* Ramona Luengen (born 1960)
* René Lussier (born 1957)

M

* Andrew Paul MacDonald (born 1958)
* David MacIntyre (born 1952)
* Ernest MacMillan (1893–1973)
* Walter MacNutt (1910–1996)
* Robert Graham Manson (1883–1950)
* Leo Marchildon (born 1962)
* Frank Marsales (1886–1975)
* Charles-Amador Martin (1648–1711)
* Lucien Martin (1908–1950)
* Stephanie Martin
* Gene Martynec (born 1947)
* Bruce Mather (born 1939)
* André Mathieu (1929–1968)
* Rodolphe Mathieu (1890–1962)
* Roger Matton (1929–2004)
* Michael Matthews (born 1950)
* Christopher Mayo (born 1980)
* Michael McCann (born 1976)
* Boyd McDonald (born 1932)
* Diana McIntosh (born 1937)
* Allan McIver (1904–1969)
* Ben McPeek (1934–1981)
* Colin McPhee (1900–1964)
* Lubomyr Melnyk (born 1948)
* Pierre Mercure (1927–1966)
* Alfred Mignault (1895–1961)
* Cassandra Miller (born 1976)
* Elma Miller (born 1954)
* David Mills (1926–2020)
* John Mills-Cockell (born 1943)
* Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004)
* Robin Minard (born 1953)
* Henri Miro (1879–1950)
*Joni Mitchell (born 1943)
* Stephan Moccio (born 1972)
* Theodore Frederic Molt (1795–1856)
* James Montgomery (born 1943)
* Oskar Morawetz (1917–2007)
* François Morel (1926–2018)
* Éric Morin (born 1969)
* Léo-Pol Morin (1892–1941)
* Albertine Morin-Labrecque (1886 or 1890–1957)
* Jocelyn Morlock (1969–2023)
* Marjan Mozetich (born 1948)

N

* Phil Nimmons (1923–2024)
* Jordan Nobles (born 1969)
* Robert Normandeau (born 1955)
* Farangis Nurulla-Khoja (born 1972)

O

* Oscar O'Brien (1892–1958)
* Michael Oesterle (born 1968)
* John Oliver (born 1959)
* Charles O'Neill (1882–1964)
* John Oswald (born 1953)

P

* Owen Pallett (born 1979)
* Jean Papineau-Couture (1916–2000)
* Donald Patriquin (born 1938)
* Alex Pauk (born 1945)
* Trevor W. Payne (born 1948)
* Kenneth Peacock (1922–2000)
* Paul Pedersen (born 1935)
* Frédéric Pelletier (1870–1944)
* Romain Pelletier (1875–1953)
* Romain-Octave Pelletier I (1843–1927)
*Oscar Peterson (1925–2007)
* Barbara Pentland (1912–2000)
* Clermont Pépin (1926–2006)
* Michel Perrault (1925–2010)
* Jean Piché (born 1951)
* Dave Pierce (born 1972)
* Randolph Peters (born 1959)
* Benoît Poirier (1882–1965)
* Ari Posner (born 1970)
* Paul Pratt (1894–1967)
* Albert Pratz (1914–1995)
* André Prévost (1934–2001)
* Erica Procunier
* Harry Puddicombe (1870–1953)

Q

* Donald Quan (born 1962)
* Joseph Quesnel (1746–1809)

R

* Allan Rae (born 1942)
* Imant Raminsh (born 1943)
* Evelin Ramón (born 1979)
* Jan Randall (born 1952)
* Eldon Rathburn (1916–2008)
* Elizabeth Raum (born 1945)
* John Rea (born 1944)
* William Reed (1859–1945)
* Bill Richards (1923–1995)
* Abigail Richardson-Schulte (born 1976)
* Godfrey Ridout (1918–1984)
* Doug Riley (1945–2007)
* André Ristic (born 1972)
* Normand Roger (born 1949)
* Stan Rogers (1949–1983)
* James Rolfe (born 1961)
* Ivan Romanoff (1914–1997)
* Clark Ross (born 1957)
* Myke Roy (born 1950)
* Stéphane Roy (born 1959)
* Terry Rusling (1931–1974)
* Welford Russell (c.1901–1975)
* Jeffrey Ryan (born 1962)

S

* Marc Sabat (born 1965)
* Charles Wugk Sabatier (1819–1862)
* Patrick Saint-Denis (born 1975)
* Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (1938–1985)
* Herbert Sanders (1878–1938)
* Armando Santiago (born 1932)
* Vahram Sargsyan (born 1981)
* Charles Sauvageau (1807–1849)
* R. Murray Schafer (1933–2021)
* Oliver Schroer (1956–2008)
* Ernest Seitz (1892–1978)
* Paul Shaffer (born 1949)
* Rodney Sharman (born 1958)
* Howard Shore (born 1946)
* Bekah Simms (born 1990)
* Gordon Slater (born 1950)
* Anita Sleeman (1930–2011)
* Linda Catlin Smith (born 1957)
* Leo Smith (1881–1952)
* Ana Sokolovic (born 1968)
* Harry Somers (1925–1999)
* Ann Southamt (1937–2010
* David Squires (born 1957)
* Andrew Staniland (born 1977)
* Paul Steenhuisen (born 1965)
* Ben Steinberg (born 1930)
* Donald Steven (born 1945)
* Tobin Stokes (born 1966)
* Fred Stone (1935–1986)
* Timothy Sullivan (born 1954)
* Norman Symonds (1920–1998)
* Boleslaw Szczeniowski (1898–1995)
* Chiyoko Szlavnics (born 1967)

T

* Robert Talbot (1893–1954)
* Georges-Émile Tanguay (1893–1964)
* Nancy Telfer (born 1950)
* Oscar Ferdinand Telgmann (1855–1946)
* Steve Tittle (born 1935)
* Peter Togni (born 1959)
* Roman Toi (1916–2018)
* Jerry Toth (1928–1999)
* Rudy Toth (1925–2009)
* Bramwell Tovey (born 1953)
* Jiří Traxler (1912–2011)
* Amédée Tremblay (1876–1949)
* George Tremblay (1911–1982)
* Gilles Tremblay (1932–2017)
* Barry Truax (born 1947)
* Robert Turner (1920–2012)
* Ian Tyson (born 1933)

U

* Owen Underhill (born 1954)

V

* Jean Vallerand (1915–1994)
* Randy Vancourt (born 1961)
* Stéphane Venne (born 1941)
* Benoît Verdickt (1884–1970)
* Joseph Vézina (1849–1924)
* Albert Viau (1910–2001)
* Michael Vincent (composer) (born 1976)
* Claude Vivier (1948–1983)
* Augustus Stephen Vogt (1861–1926)
* Calvin Vollrath (born 1960)
* Joachim Ulrich Voyer (1892–1935)

W

* Arnold Walter (1902–1973)
* Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932)
* Rufus Wainwright (born 1973)
* John Weinzweig (1913–2006)
* Frank Welsman (1873–1952)
* John Welsman (born 1955)
* Hildegard Westerkamp (born 1946)
* Dinuk Wijeratne (born 1978)
* Eric Wild (1910–1989)
* Rick Wilkins (born 1937)
* Healey Willan (1880–1968)
* Charles Wilson (born 1931)
* Scott Wilson (born 1969)
* Édouard Woolley (1916–1991)
* John Wyre (1941–2006)

Y

* Kathleen Yearwood (born 1958)
* Gayle Young (born 1950)
*Neil Young (born 1945)

Z

* Maurice Zbriger (1896–1981)
* Rui Shi Zhuo (born 1956)
* Joel Zimmerman (born 1981)
* León Zuckert (1904–1992)

See also

* Canadian classical music
*Music of Canada
* Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
* Chronological list of Canadian classical composers

References

Further reading

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External links

Canadian Music Centre

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