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The following is a list of musicians and musical groups from the Canadian province of Ontario.

List of Ontario musicians by genre

Uncategorized bands/musicians/singers/rappers

Justin Bieber
Drake
The Weeknd
Bruce Cockburn
Gordon Lightfoot

Alt-country

Ron Sexsmith

Barbershop

Classical

Country and country rock

Blue Rodeo
Shania Twain

Electronic

Deadmau5

Ethnic / Multicultural

Raghav
Sultans of String

Folk

Goth

Hip hop

Indie

Industrial

Jazz

Metal

Musicians from Ontario with a #1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 hit include: from the 1970s: Neil Young with "Heart of Gold" in 1972, Gordon Lightfoot with "Sundown".

From the 1990s: Alannah Myles with "Black Velvet", Bryan Adams (4 #1 hits) including "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You", Snow (musician) with "Informer" in 1993, and Barenaked Ladies with "One Week" in 1998.

From the 2000s: Nelly Furtado with "Promiscuous" in 2006 and "Say It Right", Avril Lavigne with "Girlfriend" in 2007.

From the 2010s: Drake (rapper) with 3 #1 hits as a solo artist like the dancehall "One Dance" and the trap song "God's Plan" in 2018, Magic! with "Rude" in 2014, The Weeknd with 3 #1's like "Can't Feel My Face" and "Starboy" in early 2017, and Justin Bieber with 3 #1 hits including "What Do You Mean?" in 2015 and "Sorry" in 2016.

All these musicians are from Toronto, except Gordon Lightfoot, Bryan Adams, Avril Lavigne, and Justin Bieber. In addition, Alanis Morissette from Ottawa had 3 #1 albums on the U.S. Billboard 200 including Jagged Little Pill in 1995, Shania Twain from Windsor had one #1 album with Up! in 2002, and rapper Nav from Brampton had a #1 album in 2019.

Source: List of Billboard Hot 100 number-ones by Canadian artists

Punk

Rock and Alternative

R&B

See also

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