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Great Canadian Songs

The following were selected by my Facebook friends as the greatest Canadian songs of all-time:

  1. K'Naan – Wavin' Flag
  2. Nickelback – How You Remind Me
  3. Great Big Sea – Consequence Free
  4. Paul Anka – Diana
  5. Gilles Vigneault – Gens du pays
  6. Bruce Cockburn – Waiting for a Miracle
  7. Octobre – La Maudite Machine
  8. Sam Roberts – The Canadian Dream
  9. Jack Scott – The Way I Walk
  10. Ian & Sylvia – You Were On My Mind
  11. Spirit of the West – Far Too Canadian
  12. Rita MacNeil – Working Man
  13. 54-40 – Baby Have Some Faith
  14. Rush – Closer to the Heart
  15. Justin Rutledge – Too Sober To Sleep
  16. Fred Eaglesmith – Your Sister Cried
  17. 54-40 – Baby Ran
  18. Ron Sexsmith – Strawberry Blonde
  19. Grievous Angels – Gordie and My Old Man
  20. Poppy Family – Which Way You Goin' Billy?
  21. Alanis Morissette – Hand in My Pocket
  22. Bahamas – Stronger Than That
  23. Bruce Cockburn – The Coldest Night of the Year
  24. Parachute Club – Rise Up
  25. Stampeders – Sweet City Woman
  26. Guess Who – Runnin' Back to Saskatoon
  27. Adam Cohen – What Other Guy
  28. Beau Dommage – Harmonie du soir à Châteauguay
  29. Jenn Grant – Bring Me a Rose
  30. Burton Cummings – Stand Tall
  31. Ennis Sisters – Out from St. Leonard's
  32. Paul Piché – Heureux d'un printemps
  33. Young Canadians – Hawaii
  34. Leonard Cohen – Famous Blue Raincoat
  35. Travellers – This Land Is Your Land
  36. Dan Hill – Sometimes When We Touch
  37. Wailin' Jennys – One Voice
  38. Odds – Wendy Under the Stars
  39. Moe Koffman – The Swingin' Shepherd Blues
  40. Jane Siberry – Mimi on the Beach
  41. Weakerthans – Tournament of Hearts
  42. McKenna Mendelson Mainline – One Way Ticket
  43. Jann Arden – Good Mother
  44. Daniel Lanois – The Maker
  45. Great Big Sea – Ordinary Day
  46. Feist – Secret Heart
  47. Pursuit of Happiness – I'm an Adult Now
  48. Harmonium – Harmonium
  49. Payola$ – Eyes of a Stranger
  50. Hayden – Bad As They Seem
  51. Strumbellas – Underneath a Mountain
  52. Mandala – Love-itis
  53. Martha and the Muffins – Echo Beach
  54. Ian Thomas – Painted Ladies
  55. Joel Plaskett – Through & Through & Through
  56. Robert Charlebois – Ordinaire
  57. Crash Test Dummies – Superman's Song
  58. Rankin Family – Gillis Mountain
  59. Malajube – Montréal -40°C
  60. Oscar Peterson – Hymn to Freedom
  61. Original Caste – One Tin Soldier
  62. Stompin' Tom Connors – The Hockey Song
  63. David Clayton-Thomas & the Bossmen – Brainwashed
  64. Kathleen Edwards – Hockey Skates
  65. Daniel Lavoie – Ils s'aiment
  66. Lowest of the Low – Letter from Bilbao
  67. k.d. lang – Miss Chatelaine
  68. Tragically Hip – Ahead by a Century
  69. Cowboy Junkies – Sweet Jane
  70. Kim Mitchell – Patio Lanterns
  71. Michel Pagliaro – J'entends frapper
  72. Blue Rodeo – Try
  73. Harmonium – Pour un instant
  74. Poppy Family – Where Evil Grows
  75. Northern Pikes – Things I Do for Money
  76. Jean-Pierre Ferland – Le Petit Roi
  77. Grievous Angels – Crossing the Causeway
  78. Murray McLauchlan – Farmer's Song
  79. Jean Leloup – 1990
  80. Stan Rogers – Northwest Passage
  81. Beau Dommage – La Complainte du Phoque en Alaska
  82. Hank Snow – I'm Moving On
  83. Arcade Fire – Wake Up
  84. Bruce Cockburn – Wondering Where the Lions Are
  85. Sarah Harmer – Basement Apt.
  86. Crowbar – Oh What a Feeling
  87. Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
  88. The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
  89. Ron Hynes – Sonny's Dream
  90. Rush – The Spirit of Radio
  91. Stompin' Tom Connors – Sudbury Saturday Night
  92. Robert Charlebois with Louise Forestier – Lindberg
  93. Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind
  94. Dan Mangan – Robots
  95. The Band – Up On Cripple Creek
  96. Dan Mangan – Basket
  97. Ronnie Hawkins – Who Do You Love?
  98. Anne Murray – Snowbird
  99. Jesse Winchester – Brand New Tennessee Waltz
  100. Sarah McLachlan – Ice Cream
  101. Guess Who – Share the Land
  102. Connie Kaldor – Maria's Place / Batoche
  103. Guess Who – American Woman
  104. Treble Charger – Red
  105. Spirit of the West – Political
  106. Leslie Spit Treeo – Talkin'
  107. Strumbellas – Spirits
  108. Neil Young – Old Man
  109. Buffy Sainte-Maire – Universal Soldier
  110. Leonard Cohen – Bird on the Wire
  111. Great Big Sea – Rant & Roar
  112. Tragically Hip – Fifty Mission Cap
  113. k.d. lang – Constant Craving
  114. Tom Cochrane – Life Is a Highway
  115. Joni Mitchell – A Case of You
  116. Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
  117. Joni Mitchell – River
  118. Barenaked Ladies – If I Had $1000000
  119. Blue Rodeo – 5 Days in May
  120. Five Man Electrical Band – Signs
  121. Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
  122. Gordon Lightfoot – Canadian Railroad Trilogy
  123. Rough Trade – High School Confidential
  124. Spirit of the West – Home for a Rest
  125. Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now
  126. Lowest of the Low – Rosy and Grey
  127. Black Cabbage – Chester
  128. Bruce Cockburn – Lovers in a Dangerous Time
  129. Diodes – Tired of Waking Up Tired
  130. Gordon Lightfoot – Sundown
  131. Rush – Tom Sawyer
  132. Blue Rodeo – Hasn't Hit Me Yet
  133. Sarah McLachlan – Building a Mystery
  134. Sloan – Underwhelmed
  135. The Band – Acadian Driftwood
  136. Demics – New York City
  137. Bryan Adams – Summer of '69
  138. Tragically Hip – Wheat Kings
  139. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Helpless
  140. Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
  141. Cowboy Junkies – Misguided Angel
  142. Gilles Vigneault – Mon Pays
  143. Leonard Cohen – Suzanne
  144. Tragically Hip – Bobcaygeon
  145. Blue Rodeo – Lost Together
  146. Stan Rogers – Barrett's Privateers
  147. The Band – The Weight
  148. Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
  149. Ian & Sylvia – Four Strong Winds
  150. Neil Young – Heart of Gold
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Last updated: July 24, 2017