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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
  • Bend Sinister, Animals - March 11
  • Art Bergmann, Songs for the Underclass - August 26
  • Bidiniband, The Motherland - May 29
  • Big Wreck, Ghosts - June 10
  • Billy Talent, Hits - November 4
  • Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, South - January 14
  • Blue Rodeo, A Merrie Christmas to You - November 4
  • Isabelle Boulay, Merci Serge Reggiani
  • Buck 65, Neverlove - September 30
  • Buck 65 with Jorun Bombay, Laundromat Boogie - September 29

    • C

  • Paul Cargnello, The Hardest Part Is You May Never Know
  • Caribou, Our Love - October 7
  • Jennifer Castle, Pink City - September 2
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

    • 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

  • 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

    • I

  • In-Flight Safety, Conversationalist - September 9

    • J

  • jacksoul, Greatest Hits - November 25

    • K

  • Mo Kenney, In My Dreams
  • Kiesza, Sound of a Woman - October 21
  • Diana Krall, Wallflower - September 9
  • Kyprios, Midnight Sun

    • L

  • Lisa LeBlanc, Highways, Heartaches and Time Well Wasted - November 4
  • 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
  • Sarah McLachlan, Shine On - May 6
  • The Meligrove Band, Bones of Things - November 18
  • 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

  • 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

    • P

  • The Pack A.D., Do Not Engage - January 28
  • Owen Pallett, In Conflict - May 13
  • Pascale Picard Band, All Things Pass - April 18
  • Pink Mountaintops, Get Back - April 29
  • 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
  • Alejandra Ribera, La Boca - February 4
  • The Road Hammers, Wheels - June 1
  • Sam Roberts Band, Lo-Fantasy - February 11
  • The Rural Alberta Advantage, Mended with Gold - September 30
  • Rush, R40 - November 11
  • Justin Rutledge, Daredevil - April 22

    • S

  • Saukrates, Amani - September 23
  • Skinny Puppy, The Greater Wrong of the Right (reissue) - January 28
  • Sloan, Commonwealth - September 9
  • Dallas Smith, Tippin' Point (EP) - March 4
  • Meaghan Smith, Have a Heart
  • Solvent, New Ways: Music from “I Dream of Wires” - February 11
  • 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

    • V

  • 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
  • Bry Webb, Free Will - May 20
  • The Wet Secrets, Free Candy - February 4
  • Whitehorse, Éphémère sans repère - April 1
  • 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.

    Contents

    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

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