2017 in Canadian music

Events

• April 2 – Juno Awards of 2017
• April – East Coast Music Awards
• May – Prism Prize
• June – Preliminary longlist for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize is announced
• July – SOCAN Songwriting Prize is won by PUP in the English division and Klô Pelgag in the French division.
• July – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced
• September – Lido Pimienta wins the Polaris Music Prize for her album La Papessa
• Fall – 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards
• November 6 – , a memorial tribute concert to singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen to mark the first anniversary of his death, is held at Montreal's Bell Centre

  Bands reunited

• Joydrop
• Northern Haze
• Slow

  Albums released

A

• The Age of Electric, The Pretty EP – February 17
• Lydia Ainsworth, Darling of the Afterglow – March 31
• Alvvays, Antisocialites – September 8
• Arcade Fire, Everything Now – July 28
• Austra, Future Politics – January 20

  B

• Barenaked Ladies, Fake Nudes – November 17
• The Barr Brothers, Queens of the Breakers – October 13
• The Beaches, Late Show – October 20
• Begonia, Lady in Mind
• The Besnard Lakes, Are the Divine Wind – February 3
• Beyries, Landing
• Philippe Brach, Le silence des troupeaux
• Broken Social Scene, Hug of Thunder – July 7
• Louise Burns, Young Mopes – February 3
• Matthew Byrne, Horizon Lines

  C

• Daniel Caesar, Freudian – August 25
• Steph Cameron, Daybreak Over Jackson Street
• Patricia Cano, Madre Amiga Hermana
• Lou Canon, Suspicious – April 7
• Charlotte Cardin, Main Girl
• Celeigh Cardinal, Everything and Nothing at All
• Casper Skulls, Mercy Works
• Keshia Chanté, Unbound 01 – March 24
• Cold Specks, Fool's Paradise
• Corridor, Supermercado
• The Courtneys, The Courtneys II – February 17
• Rose Cousins, Natural Conclusion – February 3
• Alex Cuba, Lo Unico Constante – April 7
• Eliana Cuevas, Golpes y Flores
• Amelia Curran, Watershed – March 10

  D

• Danko Jones, Wild Cat – March 3
• Daphni, Joli Mai
• Desirée Dawson, Wild Heart
• The Dears, Times Infinity Volume Two – July 14
• Death From Above, Outrage! Is Now – September 8
• The Deep Dark Woods, Yarrow
• Mac DeMarco, This Old Dog – May 7
• Do Make Say Think, Stubborn Persistent Illusions – May 19
• Julie Doiron, Julie Doiron Canta en Español Vol. 2
• Gord Downie, Introduce Yerself – October 27
• Drake, More Life – March 18
• dvsn, Morning After – October 13

  E

• Earle and Coffin, Wood Wire Blood & Bone ; A Day in July
• Elliott Brood, Ghost Gardens – September 15
• Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, Choir of the Mind – September 15

  F

• Fast Romantics, American Love – April 28
• Stephen Fearing, Every Soul's a Sailor
• Feist, Pleasure – April 28
• Janina Fialkowska, Chopin Recital 3 – April 7
• Fucked Up, Year of the Snake
• Nelly Furtado, The Ride – March 31

  G

• Ghostkeeper, Sheer Blouse Buffalo Knocks – March 31
• The Glorious Sons, Young Beauties and Fools – October 13
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Luciferian Towers – September 22
• Matthew Good, Something Like a Storm – October 20
• Jenn Grant, Paradise – March 3
• Great Lake Swimmers, They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore

  H

• Headstones, Little Army – June 2
• Hedley, Cageless – September 29
• Matt Holubowski, Solitudes

  I

• Iskwé, The Fight Within
• Ivory Hours, Dreamworld

  J

• Japandroids, Near to the Wild Heart of Life – January 27
• Julie and the Wrong Guys, Julie and the Wrong Guys – September 8

  K

• Kae Sun, Canary – February
• Kid Koala, Music to Draw To: Satellite – January 20
• Brett Kissel, We Were That Song
• Keith Kouna, Bonsoir shérif
• Pierre Kwenders, Makanda at the End of Space, the Beginning of Time

  L

• Land of Talk, Life After Youth – May 19
• Richard Laviolette, Taking the Long Way Home – March 10
• Exco Levi, Narrative – November 24
• Lights, Skin & Earth – September 22
• Loud, Une année record
• The Lowest of the Low, Do the Right Now
• Rob Lutes, Walk in the Dark
• The Luyas, Human Voicing – February 24

  M

• Maestro Fresh Wes, Coach Fresh – November 17
• Majid Jordan, The Space Between – October 27
• Matt Mays, Once Upon a Hell of a Time – October 20
• Patrice Michaud, Almanach
• Danny Michel, Khlebniknov – January 20
• Mother Mother, No Culture – February 10
• David Myles, Real Love – September 15

  N

• The New Pornographers, Whiteout Conditions – April 7
• Nickelback, Feed the Machine – June 9
• Justin Nozuka, High Tide – September 22

  O

• Oh Susanna, A Girl in Teen City
• Our Lady Peace, Somethingness EP, Vol. 1 – August 25

  P

• Partner, In Search of Lost Time – September 8
• PartyNextDoor, Colours 2 – June 2
• PartyNextDoor, Seven Days – September 28
• Peter Peter, Noir Eden – February 24
• Joel Plaskett and Bill Plaskett, Solidarity – February 17
• Propagandhi, Victory Lap – September 29

  R

• Allan Rayman, Roadhouse 01
• The Real McKenzies, Two Devils Will Talk – March 3
• Alejandra Ribera, This Island – January 27
• Daniel Romano, Modern Pressure
• The Royal Oui, This Is Someday – May 19
• The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Wild
• Ruth B, Safe Heaven – May 5
• Serena Ryder, Utopia

  S

• The Sadies, Northern Passages – February 10
• Said the Whale, As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide – March 31
• Saukrates, Season 2 – November 17
• Seaway, Vacation – September 15
• Shauit, Apu Peikussiak^u
• Vivek Shraya with the Queer Songbook Orchestra, Part Time Woman
• Silverstein, Dead Reflection – July 14
• Sarah Slean, Metaphysics – April 7
• Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Snotty Nose Rez Kids – January; The Average Savage – September
• So Loki, Shine
• Leeroy Stagger, Love Versus – April 7
• Stars, There Is No Love in Fluorescent Light – October 13

  T

• Theory of a Deadman, Wake Up Call – October 27
• Timber Timbre, Sincerely, Future Pollution – April 7
• Tire le coyote, Désherbage
• Maylee Todd, Acts of Love – November 3
• Shania Twain, Shania Now
• Twin Flames, Signal Fire

  V

• Rosie Valland, Synchro
• Chad VanGaalen, Light Information – September 8
• Leif Vollebekk, Twin Solitude

  W

• Frank Walker, 24
• Weaves, Wide Open
• Whitehorse, Panther in the Dollhouse – July 7
• Wolf Parade, Cry Cry Cry – October 6
• The Wooden Sky, Swimming in Strange Waters – April 7
• Roy Wood$, Say Less – December 1

  Y

• Neil Young, Hitchhiker – September 8
• Neil Young + Promise of the Real, The Visitor – December 1

  Year-End List

Deaths