2011 in Canadian music

Events

February

• February 11 – Indie rock band Immaculate Machine formally announce their breakup.

March

• March 27 – The 2011 Juno Awards, the 40th annual ceremony.

June

• June 16 – Preliminary 2011 Polaris Music Prize longlist is announced.

July

• ChartAttack, a music website published by the longtime former Canadian music magazine Chart, suspends publication.

August

• 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.

September

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

November

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

Bands reformed

• Death from Above 1979

Bands on hiatus

• Secret and Whisper
• Wolf Parade
• You Say Party

Bands disbanded

• Alexisonfire
• Immaculate Machine
• Mobile
• Quo Vadis
• The Stills

Albums released

A

• Adam and the Amethysts, Flickering Flashlight
• Arkells, Michigan Left – October 18
• Jann Arden, Uncover Me 2
• Armistice, Armistice – February 15
• Austra, Feel It Break

B

• 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
• 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
• T. Buckley, Roll On
• The Burning Hell, Flux Capacitor
• Louise Burns, Mellow Drama

C

• Kathryn Calder, Bright and Vivid – October 25
• Jennifer Castle, Castlemusic
• Cannon Bros., Firecracker/Cloudglow
• Lou Canon, Lou Canon – May 10
• 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 8
• Antoine Corriveau, Saint-Maurice/Logan
• Cowboy Junkies, Demons – February 15
• Jim Cuddy, Skyscraper Soul – September 27
• Cuff the Duke, Morning Comes – October 4
• Isabelle Cyr and Yves Marchand, Pays d'abondance

D

• The Dardanelles, The Eastern Light
• David Suzuki Foundation, Playlist for the Planet – March 22
• Mark Davis, Eliminate the Toxins
• The Dears, Degeneration Street – February 15
• The Deep Dark Woods, The Place I Left Behind – August 2
• Destroyer, Kaputt – January 25
• 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!

E

• Fred Eaglesmith, 6 Volts
• Elliott Brood, Days Into Years – September 27
• Emerson Drive, Decade of Drive – February 8
• Matt Epp and the Amorian Assembly, At Dawn – April 12

F

• Feist, Metals – October 4
• Christine Fellows, Femmes de chez nous – February 1

G

• Galaxie, Tigre et diésel
• Gatineau, Karaoke king
• The Golden Seals, Increase the Sweetness
• Jenn Grant, Honeymoon Punch – January 7
• Great Aunt Ida, Nuclearize Me
• Grey Kingdom, Eulogy of Her and Her and Her
• Emm Gryner, Northern Gospel

H

• Handsome Furs, Sound Kapital – June 28
• Ron Hawkins, Straitjacket Love
• Hey Rosetta!, Seeds – February 15
• Rebekah Higgs, Odd Fellowship
• Hooded Fang, Tosta Mista

I

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

J

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

K

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

L

• Avril Lavigne, Goodbye Lullaby – March 8
• Salomé Leclerc, Sous les arbres
• Library Voices, Summer of Lust
• Lights, Siberia – October 4
• Little Scream, The Golden Record – March 15
• Rob Lutes and Rob MacDonald, Live
• The Luyas, Too Beautiful to Work – February 22

M

• 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
• Dan Mangan, Oh Fortune – September 27
• Jon McKiel, Confidence Lodge (March); Tonka War Cloud (October)
• 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
• The Most Serene Republic, Pre Serene: Thee Oneironauts
• Mother Mother, Eureka – March 15
• Krista Muir, Between Atoms

N

• New Country Rehab, New Country Rehab – January 11
• Nickelback, Here and Now

O

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

P

• The Pack A.D., Unpersons
• Papermaps, Papermaps
• Joel Plaskett, EMERGENCYs, false alarms, shipwrecks, castaways, fragile creatures, special features, demons and demonstrations

R

• Rattlesnake Choir, Walkin' the Wire
• 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

S

• Sam Roberts Band, Collider – May 10
• Sarahmée, Retox
• SATE, (S)cream
• Ron Sexsmith, Long Player Late Bloomer – March 1
• Shotgun Jimmie, Transistor Sister
• Silverstein, Rescue – April 26
• 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
• John Southworth, Spiritual War Cassette Tape
• 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

T

• Tasseomancy, Ulalume – August 30
• Theory of a Deadman, The Truth Is... - July 12
• Thus Owls, Harbours
• Timber Timbre, Creep on Creepin' On – April 5
• Tire le coyote, Le Fleuve en huile
• The Trews, Hope & Ruin – April 12
• Al Tuck, Under Your Shadow
• Kreesha Turner, Tropic Electric – November 15

V

• Chad VanGaalen, Diaper Island – May 17
• Various Artists, Have Not Been the Same – Vol. 1: Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die – November 15

W

• 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

Y

• Ken Yates, The Backseat EP
• Young Galaxy, Shapeshifting – February 8

Top hits on record

Top 10 American albums

Top 10 British albums

Top 10 International albums

Top 10 Singles

Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List

Deaths

• 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)

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