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who are either native to the country of

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, 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:

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John Abram John Abram (born 1959) is an Anglo-Canadian composer Born in England, Abram became interested in music when he was six; he began composing in his teenage years. He took composition lessons with Roger Marsh and Peter Dickinson at Keele Universit ...

(born 1959) * Murray Adaskin (1906–2002) *

Andrew Ager Andrew Ager (born 12 February 1962) is a Canadian composer of symphonies, operas, chamber, and solo music. He lives in Ottawa, where he composes full-time. Early life Andrew Ager was born to a musical family. His maternal grandfather, Charles A ...

(born 1962) *

Kati Agócs Kati Ilona Agócs (born January 20, 1975) is an American-Canadian composer and a member of the composition faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Education Agócs attended the Juilliard School in New York wher ...

(born 1975) *

Lucio Agostini Lucio Agostini (Fano, Italy, 30 December 1913 – Toronto, 15 February 1996) was an Italian-born composer, arranger, and conductor who established his career in Canada. Life At age three, Agostini moved with his family to Montreal, Quebec, Cana ...

(1913–1996) * Robert Aitken (born 1939) *

J. E. P. Aldous John Edmund Paul Aldous (8 December 1853 – 23 January 1934) was a Canadian organist, conductor, composer, and music educator of English birth. His compositional output includes many short pieces for piano, organ, choir, and voice. He also compo ...

(1853–1934) * Gaston Allaire (1916–2011) *

Émilien Allard Émilien Allard (12 June 1915 – 18 November 1976) was a Canadian carillonneur and composer. He composed more than 50 works for carillon and made more than 700 transcriptions of carillon music; many of which are still performed in Europe and ...

(1915–1977) * Joseph Allard (1873–1947) * Peter Allen (born 1952) * Kristi Allik (born 1952) *

Paul Ambrose Paul Ambrose (11 October 1868 – 1 July 1941) was a Canadian organist, conductor, composer, and music educator who was primarily active in the United States. His compositional output includes more than 200 songs, choral pieces, and works for s ...

(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 Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known for his signature hit songs including "Diana", " Lonely Boy", " Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and " (You're) Having My Baby". Anka also ...

(born 1941) *

Louis Applebaum Louis Applebaum (April 3, 1918April 19, 2000) was a Canadian film score composer, administrator, and conductor. Early life He was born in Toronto, Ontario, and studied at the Toronto Conservatory of Music with Leo Smith and the University ...

(1918–2000) * Violet Archer (1913–2000) * John Arpin (1936–2007) * Raynald Arseneault (1945–1995)

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* 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) * Joseph Beaulieu (1895–1965) * William Beauvais (born 1956) *

Christophe Beck Jean-Christophe Beck (born November 30, 1972) is a Canadian television and film score composer and conductor. He is a brother of pianist Chilly Gonzales. He is best known for his collaborations with Disney and its subsidiaries, which include co ...

(born 1972) * John Beckwith (born 1927) *

Léon Bernier Léon Bernier (6 September 1936, Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau, Quebec) - 11 October 2011, Longueuil) was a Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, arranger, accompanist, and music pedagogue. He composed and arranged music for numerous programs on Can ...

(1936–2011) *

Denis Bédard Denis Bédard (born 1950)L'Orgue'. Vol. Issues 281-284. Librairie Floury; 2008. p. 54. is a Canadians, Canadian composer of pipe organ, organ works (solo, duet, and with other instruments)Organists' Review'. Vol. 91, Issues 257-360. Incorporated ...

(born 1950) *

Norma Beecroft Norma Marian Beecroft (born 11 April 1934) is a Canadian composer, producer, broadcaster, and arts administrator. A member of the Canadian League of Composers and an associate of the Canadian Music Centre, she twice won the Canada Council's Lyn ...

(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 Daniel J. Berthiaume (born January 26, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Winnipeg Jets, Minnesota North Stars, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins, an ...

(born 1956) * Lorne Betts (1918–1985) * Amin Bhatia (born 1961) * Jocelyne Binet (1923–1968) *

Keith Bissell Keith Warren Bissell (12 February 1912 in Meaford, Ontario – 9 May 1992 in Newmarket, Ontario) was a Canadian composer, conductor, and music educator. He was particularly known for his choral music, which often implemented elements of Ca ...

(1912–1992) * Lloyd Blackman (born 1928) *

Patricia Blomfield Holt Patricia Blomfield Holt (15 September 1910 – 5 June 2003) was a Canadian composer, pianist and music educator. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Association of Canadian Women Composers, her compositions have been pe ...

(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 Ned Bouhalassa (born 25 August 1962 in Le Mans, France) is a composer of film scores, television scores, and electroacoustic music. Bouhalassa is a Canadian citizen, and has been living in Montreal since 1967. In 1993, he began composing tel ...

(born 1962) * Denys Bouliane (born 1955) *

Pierre Brabant Pierre Brabant (26 August 1925 – 28 August 2014) was a Canadian composer and pianist. He appeared in concerts and recitals throughout Canada and performed numerous times on Canadian television and radio. He wrote music for a number of program ...

(1925–2014) *

Timothy Brady Timothy Wesley John Brady (born 11 July 1956) is a Canadian composer, electric guitarist, improvising musician, concert producer, record producer and cultural activist. Working in the field of contemporary classical music, experimental music, ...

(born 1956) *

Henry Brant Henry Dreyfuss Brant (September 15, 1913 – April 26, 2008) was a Canadian-born American composer. An expert orchestrator with a flair for experimentation, many of Brant's works featured spatialization techniques. Biography Brant was born i ...

(1913–2008) *

Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis I Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis I, sometimes referred to as John-Chrysostome Brauneis I (1785 – 15 September 1832, Quebec City), was a Canadian composer, bandmaster, and music educator of German birth. His compositional output mainly consisted of work ...

(1785–1832) *

Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis II Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis II, sometimes referred to as John-Chrysostome Brauneis II, (26 January 1814, Quebec City - 11 August 1871, Montreal) was a Canadian composer, organist, and music educator. A multifaceted musician, Brauneis instructed studen ...

(1814–1871) *

Annie Glen Broder Annie Glen Broder ( – 19 August 1937), born in India and educated in England, was a teacher, singer, pianist, composer, lecturer and writer. She became a leading musician in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Early life and career She was born Eliza Ann ...

(1857–1937) * Alexander Brott (1915–2005) * Stephen Brown (born 1948) *

Edwin Orion Brownell Edwin Orion Brownell (born November 30, 1964 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian musician and author. He is a neo-classical composer and concert pianist whose original music has been described as highly melodic; exhibiting an improvisational blu ...

(born 1964) * Walter Buczynski (born 1933) *

John Burge John David Bryson Burge (born 2 January 1961) is a Canadian composer, music educator, and pianist. He has won a number of awards for his compositions, including the Alberta Culture Award (1982), the William Erving Fairclough Scholarship (198 ...

(born 1961) * John Burke (1951–2020)

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* Howard Cable (1920–2016) *

Christian Calon Christian Calon (born 5 September 1950) is a French-born Canadian composer who is active in electroacoustic music. He has worked extensively in large computer-based studios in Canada and Europe and has received commissions from the Canada Counc ...

(born 1950) * Allison Cameron (born 1963) *

Nicole Carignan Nicole Carignan (born 1952) is a Canadian composer and music educator living in Quebec.Margaret Donelian Ericson. Women and Music: A Selective Annotated Bibliography on Women and Gender Issues in Music, 1987-1992'. G.K. Hall; 1996. . p. 122. She is ...

(born 1952) *

Bruce Carlson Bruce Allen Carlson (born October 3, 1949), was the 17th Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). He is a former four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the sixth Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright ...

(born 1944) * Albertine Caron-Legris (1906–1972) * Pat Carrabré (born 1958) * Alber