2018 in Canadian music

The following musical events and releases that happened in 2018 in Canada.

Events

 * March – Juno Awards of 2018
 * April – East Coast Music Awards
 * May – Prism Prize
 * June – Preliminary longlist for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize is announced
 * July – SOCAN Songwriting Prize
 * July – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced
 * September 17 – Jeremy Dutcher wins the Polaris Music Prize for his album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa
 * December 1 – 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards

A

 * AHI, In Our Time
 * Alaskan Tapes, The Ocean No Longer Wants Us
 * Alaskan Tapes, You Were Always an Island
 * Jann Arden, These Are the Days – February 2
 * Arkells, Rally Cry – October 19
 * Astral Swans, Strange Prison – May 30

B

 * Bahamas, Earthtones – January 19
 * Gord Bamford, Neon Smoke – January 19
 * Jill Barber, Metaphora – June 22
 * Matthew Barber, Phase of the Moon
 * Alexis Baro, Sandstorm
 * Ridley Bent, Ridley Bent and the Killer Tumbleweeds
 * Beppie, Let's Go Bananas!
 * Bernice, Puff LP: in the air without a shape
 * Laila Biali, Laila Biali – January 26
 * Jean-Michel Blais, Dans ma main – May 11
 * Forest Blakk, Minutes
 * The Blue Stones, Black Holes (re-release) - October 26
 * Bob Moses, Battle Lines – September 14
 * Bonjay, Lush Life
 * Born Ruffians, Uncle, Duke & the Chief – February 16
 * Paul Brandt, The Journey YYC, Vol. 1 – April 6
 * Paul Brandt, The Journey BNA, Vol. 2 – November 9
 * Jim Bryson, Tired of Waiting – September 14

C

 * Cadence Weapon, Cadence Weapon – January 19
 * Aleksi Campagne, Aleksi Campagne
 * Alessia Cara, The Pains of Growing – November 30
 * Caracol, À paraitre – February 2
 * Jennifer Castle, Angels of Death – May 18
 * Chilly Gonzales, Solo Piano III – September 7
 * Chromeo, Head Over Heels – June 15
 * City and Colour, Guide Me Back Home – October 5
 * Classified, Tomorrow Could Be – June 29; Tomorrow Could Be The Day Things Change – October 12
 * Cœur de pirate, En cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé – June 8
 * Antoine Corriveau, Feu de forêt
 * Cowboy Junkies, All That Reckoning
 * Jim Cuddy, Constellation – January 26

D

 * Marie Davidson, Working Class Woman
 * Art d'Ecco, Trespasser
 * Dilly Dally, Heaven
 * The Dirty Nil, Master Volume – September 14
 * Drake, Scary Hours – January 19
 * Drake, Scorpion – June 29
 * Jeremy Dutcher, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa – April 6

E

 * Elisapie, The Ballad of the Runaway Girl

F

 * 54-40, Keep on Walking
 * Christine Fellows, Roses on the Vine – November 16
 * Michael Feuerstack, Natural Weather
 * Dominique Fils-Aimé, Nameless
 * Jeremy Fisher Junior, Highway to Spell
 * Sue Foley, The Ice Queen – March 2
 * La Force, La Force
 * FouKi, Zay
 * FouKi, La Zayté
 * Angelique Francis, Kissed by the Blues
 * The Fretless, Live from the Art Farm
 * Debby Friday, Bitchpunk
 * FRIGS, Basic Behaviour
 * Frontperson, Frontrunner
 * Fucked Up, Dose Your Dreams – October 5

G

 * The Good Lovelies, Shapeshifters – February 9
 * Grand Analog, Survival – January 26
 * Great Lake Swimmers, Side Effects – April 13; The Waves, the Wake – August 17
 * Greg Keelor, Last Winter – April 27

H

 * Harm & Ease, Black Market Gold
 * Harrison, Apricity
 * Hawk Nelson, Miracles – April 6
 * Hillsburn, The Wilder Beyond – February 2
 * Nate Husser, minus 23 (July); 6° (October)
 * Andrew Hyatt, Cain

I

 * Zaki Ibrahim, The Secret Life of Planets – January 31

J

 * Jazz Cartier, Fleurever – July 27
 * Just John x Dom Dias, Don (June); Don II (November)

K

 * Kae Sun, Whoever Comes Knocking – March 2
 * Kellarissa, Ocean Electro
 * Khotin, Beautiful You
 * Francois Klark, Love
 * Korea Town Acid, Mahogani Forest
 * Nicholas Krgovich, "Ouch"

L

 * Mélissa Laveaux, Radyo Siwèl – February 2
 * Salomé Leclerc, Les choses extérieures
 * Hubert Lenoir, Darlène – February
 * Loony, Part 1
 * Les Louanges, La nuit est une panthère
 * Lowell, Lone Wolf
 * The Lynnes, Heartbreak Song for the Radio

M

 * Magic!, Expectations – September 7
 * Dan Mangan, More or Less – November 2
 * Matiu, Petikat
 * Kalle Mattson, Youth
 * Matt Mays, Twice Upon a Hell of a Time – October 19
 * Efrim Manuel Menuck, Pissing Stars – February 2
 * Shawn Mendes, Shawn Mendes – May 25
 * Dylan Menzie, As the Clock Rewinds
 * Metric, Art of Doubt – September 21
 * Milk & Bone, Deception Bay – February 2
 * Monowhales, Control Freak
 * Mother Mother, Dance and Cry – November 2

N

 * N Nao, À jamais pour toujours
 * Nap Eyes, I'm Bad Now – March 9
 * Safia Nolin, Dans le noir – October
 * Northern Haze, Siqinnaarut
 * Justin Nozuka, Low Tide – February 16
 * Justin Nozuka, Run To Waters – May 18

O

 * OBUXUM, H.E.R.
 * Oktoécho, Saimaniq
 * The Olympic Symphonium, Beauty in the Tension – February 9
 * Steven Lee Olsen, Timing Is Everything – November 9
 * The Oot n' Oots, Electric Jellyfish Boogaloo
 * Ought, Room Inside the World – February 16
 * Our Lady Peace, Somethingness – February 23

P

 * Dorothea Paas, One for the Road
 * Pharis and Jason Romero, Sweet Old Religion
 * Scott-Pien Picard, Scott-Pien Picard
 * Postdata, Let's Be Wilderness
 * Preoccupations, New Material – March 23

Q

 * Queer Songbook Orchestra, Anthems & Icons

R

 * Billy Raffoul, 1975
 * Rare Americans, Rare Americans
 * Allan Rayman, Harry Hard-On
 * Lee Reed, The Steal City EP
 * The Reklaws, Feels Like That – August 31
 * Reuben and the Dark, Arms of a Dream – May 4
 * Jessie Reyez, Being Human in Public
 * Daniel Romano, Human Touch – January 4
 * Daniel Romano, Nerveless – January 4
 * Daniel Romano, Finally Free
 * Rum Ragged, The Hard Times
 * Rusty, Dogs of Canada

S

 * Jay Scøtt, EM0G0D
 * Jay Scøtt x Smitty Bacalley, Un chevreuil
 * Joseph Shabason, Anne – November 16
 * Shad, A Short Story About a War – October 28
 * Dylan Sinclair, Red Like Crimson
 * The Slakadeliqs, Heavy Rockin' Steady – February 9
 * Sloan, 12 – April 6
 * Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Rez Bangers & Koolapops
 * So Loki, Planet Bando
 * So Loki and, Whatever
 * Souldia, L'Album noir and Survivant
 * Rae Spoon, 
 * Story Untold, Waves – February 2
 * Suuns, Felt – March 2

T

 * TEKE::TEKE, Jikaku
 * Three Days Grace, Outsider – March 9
 * Thus Owls, The Mountain That We Live Upon
 * Tokyo Police Club, TPC – October 5
 * The Trews, Civilianaires – September 14
 * Tri-Continental, Dust Dance

U

 * U.S. Girls, In a Poem Unlimited – February 16

V

 * Mathew V, The Fifth
 * Diyet van Lieshout, Diyet and the Love Soldiers
 * Various Artists, The Al Purdy Songbook
 * Vile Creature, Cast of Static and Smoke
 * Voivod, The Wake – September 21

W

 * Wax Mannequin, Have a New Name
 * The Weeknd, My Dear Melancholy, – March 30
 * Wild Rivers, Eighty-Eight
 * Donovan Woods, Both Ways – April 20

Y

 * Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Dirt
 * Young Galaxy, Down Time – April 6
 * Yukon Blonde, Critical Hit – June 22

Deaths

 * January 25 – Tommy Banks, 81, jazz musician and politician
 * January 31 – Leah LaBelle, 31, singer and contestant on American Idol
 * June 19 – Matthew Grimson, 50, singer-songwriter
 * October 20 – Jon McMurray, 34, rapper and freeskier
 * December 19 – Mike "Beard Guy" Taylor, 51, keyboardist for Walk off the Earth