2014 in Canadian music

This is a summary of the year 2014 in the Canadian music industry.

Events

 * March 23 – Arcade Fire's video for "Afterlife", directed by Emily Kai Bock, wins the 2014 Prism Prize.
 * March 30 – Juno Awards of 2014
 * April – 2014 East Coast Music Awards
 * June 19 – Prelimimary longlist for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize is announced.
 * July 15 – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced.
 * September 22 – Tanya Tagaq wins the Polaris Music Prize for her album Animism.
 * November 29 – 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards

Bands on hiatus

 * Hedley
 * Crystal Castles

Bands reformed

 * Stereos
 * The Smalls

A

 * Alvvays, Alvvays – July 22
 * Matt Andersen, Weightless – January 28
 * Jann Arden, Everything Almost – April 29
 * Arkells, High Noon – August 5
 * Rich Aucoin, Ephemeral – September 9
 * Austra, Habitat (EP) – June 17
 * Ayrad, Ayrad – October 28

B

 * Philippe B, Ornithologie, la nuit – April
 * BadBadNotGood, III – May 6
 * Bahamas, Bahamas Is Afie – August 19
 * Del Barber, Prairieography – February 4
 * Jill Barber, Fool's Gold – June 17
 * Matthew Barber, Big Romance – May 27
 * The Barr Brothers, Sleeping Operator – October 7
 * Barzin, To Live Alone in That Long Summer – February 24
 * Bobby Bazini, Where I Belong – May 10
 * The Beaches, Heights
 * Bend Sinister, Animals – March 11
 * Ridley Bent, Wildcard
 * Art Bergmann, Songs for the Underclass – August 26
 * Bidiniband, The Motherland – May 29
 * Big Brave, Feral Verdure
 * Big Wreck, Ghosts – June 10
 * Billy Talent, Hits – November 4
 * The Birthday Massacre, Superstition – November 11
 * Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, South – January 14
 * Blue Moon Marquee, Lonesome Hearts and Last Dollar
 * Blue Rodeo, A Merrie Christmas to You – November 4
 * Isabelle Boulay, Merci Serge Reggiani
 * Philippe Brach, La foire et l'ordre
 * Buck 65, Neverlove – September 30
 * Buck 65 with Jorun Bombay, Laundromat Boogie – September 29
 * Spencer Burton, Don't Let the World See Your Love
 * Matthew Byrne, Hearts and Heroes

C

 * Steph Cameron, Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady
 * Paul Cargnello, The Hardest Part Is You May Never Know
 * Caribou, Our Love – October 7
 * Jennifer Castle, Pink City – September 2
 * Chic Gamine, Christmas, Vol. 1
 * Chromeo, White Women – April
 * Cœur de pirate, Trauma: Chansons de la serie tele Saison 5 – January 14
 * Adam Cohen, We Go Home – September 16
 * Leonard Cohen, Popular Problems – September 23
 * Cold Specks, Neuroplasticity – August 26
 * Antoine Corriveau, Les Ombres longues
 * Cousins, The Halls of Wickwire – May 13
 * Rose Cousins, Stray Birds – September 2
 * Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy – November 4

D

 * Danko Jones, Garage Rock – April 8
 * deadmau5, (1<2) – June 17
 * Death From Above 1979 – The Physical World – September 9
 * Tony Dekker, Sings 10 Years of Zunior – August 5
 * Mac DeMarco, Salad Days – April 1
 * Devours, 24th & Main
 * Digging Roots, For the Light
 * Celine Dion, Céline une seule fois / Live 2013 – May 16
 * Dirty Beaches, Stateless – November 4
 * Down With Webster, Party For Your Life – January 28
 * Gordon Downie and The Sadies, And the Conquering Sun – April 15
 * Kevin Drew, Darlings – March 18
 * Victoria Duffield, Accelerate – June 3
 * Durham County Poets, Chikkaboodah Stew

E

 * Eccodek, Singing in Tongues
 * Elephant Stone, The Three Poisons – August 26
 * Elliott Brood, Work and Love – October 21
 * Quique Escamilla, 500 Years of Night

F

 * Christine Fellows, Burning Daylight – September 23
 * Michael Feuerstack, Singer Songer – April 29
 * Serge Fiori, Serge Fiori – March 11
 * Jeremy Fisher, The Lemon Squeeze – May 13
 * Frazey Ford, Indian Ocean – October 14
 * Fucked Up, Glass Boys – June 3

G

 * Gob, Apt. 13 – August 26
 * Jenn Grant, Clairvoyant – May 9
 * Jenn Grant, Compostela – October 21
 * Emm Gryner, Torrential – April 8

H

 * Kevin Hearn, Days in Frames – November 25
 * Ryan Hemsworth, Alone for the First Time – November 4
 * Hey Rosetta!, Second Sight – October 21
 * The Hidden Cameras, Age – January 21
 * Matt Holubowski, Ogen, Old Man

I

 * In-Flight Safety, Conversationalist – September 9

J

 * jacksoul, Greatest Hits – November 25
 * Junia-T, Eye See You

K

 * Mo Kenney, In My Dreams
 * Khotin, Hello World
 * Kiesza, Sound of a Woman – October 21
 * Diana Krall, Wallflower – September 9
 * Nicholas Krgovich, On Sunset
 * Kyprios, Midnight Sun

L

 * Lisa LeBlanc, Highways, Heartaches and Time Well Wasted – November 4
 * Salomé Leclerc, 27 fois l'aurore
 * Library Voices, For John
 * Lights, Little Machines – September 23
 * Lowell, I Killed Sara V – February
 * Lowell, We Loved Her Dearly – September

M

 * Madchild, Switched On
 * Magic!, Don't Kill the Magic – July 1
 * Jay Malinowski & the Deadcoast, Martel – February 11
 * Marie-Mai, M – May 12
 * John Mann, The Waiting Room
 * Kalle Mattson, Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold – February 11
 * Eamon McGrath, Exile, Part 2 – March 11
 * Jon McKiel, Jon McKiel
 * Sarah McLachlan, Shine On – May 6
 * The Meligrove Band, Bones of Things – November 18
 * Patrice Michaud, Le Feu de chaque jour
 * Millimetrik, Lonely Lights (LP), Remixed Lights (EP)
 * Moist, Glory Under Dangerous Skies – October 7
 * Monogrenade, Composite – February 4
 * Mother Mother, Very Good Bad Thing – November 4
 * Mounties, Thrash Rock Legacy – March 4
 * Miranda Mulholland, Whipping Boy

N

 * The New Mendicants, Into the Lime – January 28
 * The New Pornographers, Brill Bruisers – August 26
 * Justin Nozuka, Ulysees – April 15
 * NQ Arbuckle, The Future Happens Anyway – April 29

O

 * The OBGMs, The OBGMs
 * Oh Susanna, Namedropper – October 7
 * Old Man Luedecke, I Never Sang Before I Met You – February 4
 * The Olympic Symphonium, Chance to Fate – March 18
 * Orange O'Clock, Crazy Carnival

P

 * The Pack A.D., Do Not Engage – January 28
 * Owen Pallett, In Conflict – May 13
 * Pascale Picard Band, All Things Pass – April 18
 * Philémon Cimon, L'Été
 * Pink Mountaintops, Get Back – April 29
 * Dany Placard, Santa Maria
 * The Provincial Archive, It's All Shaken Wonder
 * PS I Love You, For Those Who Stay – July 22

R

 * Radio Radio, Ej feel zoo – March 18
 * Raised By Swans, Öxnadalur – November 1
 * Alyssa Reid, Timebomb – February 11
 * Reuben and the Dark, Funeral Sky
 * Alejandra Ribera, La Boca – February 4
 * The Road Hammers, Wheels – June 1
 * Sam Roberts Band, Lo-Fantasy – February 11
 * Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Wayfarer
 * The Rural Alberta Advantage, Mended with Gold – September 30
 * Rush, R40 – November 11
 * Justin Rutledge, Daredevil – April 22

S

 * Julien Sagot, Valse 333
 * Sargeant X Comrade, Salvage the Soul
 * Saukrates, Amani – September 23
 * Crystal Shawanda, The Whole World's Got the Blues
 * Skinny Puppy, The Greater Wrong of the Right (reissue) – January 28
 * Sloan, Commonwealth – September 9
 * Dallas Smith, Lifted - November 25
 * Dallas Smith, Tippin' Point (EP) – March 4
 * Meaghan Smith, Have a Heart
 * Solids, Blame Confusion
 * Solvent, New Ways: Music from "I Dream of Wires" – February 11
 * Souldia, Krime grave
 * The Stanfields, For King and Country
 * Stars, No One Is Lost – October 14
 * Sunparlour Players, The Living Proof – April 8
 * Swollen Members, Brand New Day – June 17

T

 * Tanya Tagaq, Animism – May 27
 * The Tea Party, The Ocean at the End – June 24
 * Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything – January 21
 * Theory of a Deadman, Savages – July 29
 * Thus Owls, Turning Rocks – April 8
 * Timber Timbre, Hot Dreams – April 1
 * Tokyo Police Club, Forcefield – March 25
 * The Tragically Hip, Fully Completely (reissue) – November 17
 * The Trews, The Trews – April 22

U

 * Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, Advanced Basics – February 11
 * Un Blonde, Tenet

V

 * Rosie Valland, Rosie Valland
 * Chad VanGaalen, Shrink Dust – April 29
 * Various Artists, Native North America, Vol. 1 – November 25
 * Roch Voisine, My Very Best – February 11

W

 * Rufus Wainwright, Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright – March 4
 * Wake Owl, The Private World of Paradise – March 4
 * Weaves, Weaves EP
 * Bry Webb, Free Will – May 20
 * The Wet Secrets, Free Candy – February 4
 * Whitehorse, Éphémère sans repère – April 1
 * WHOOP-Szo, Qallunaat/Odemin
 * Royal Wood, The Burning Bright – March 4
 * The Wooden Sky, Let's Be Ready – September 2

Y

 * Nikki Yanofsky, Little Secret – May 6
 * You+Me, rose ave. – October 14
 * Neil Young, A Letter Home – April 19

Z

 * Zeus, Classic Zeus – September 2

Top hits on record
The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.

Deaths

 * February 25 – Angèle Arsenault, singer-songwriter
 * February 26 – Georges Hamel, country music singer and songwriter
 * March 23 – Dave Brockie, heavy metal singer (Gwar)
 * March 25 – Bill Merritt, rock bassist and festival director, director of the Winnipeg Folk Festival, co-founder of the Winnipeg International Children's Festival
 * March 29 – Dave Gregg, punk guitarist (D.O.A.)
 * May 10 – Nash the Slash (Jeff Plewman), progressive rock musician