Playback 2018

Our annual report provides a snapshot of the events and activities that Music Canada is most proud of over the past year.

Keys to a Music City

Music Canada’s new report, Keys to a Music City: Examining the Merits of Music Offices, Boards, and Night Mayors, provides detailed analysis of some of the most common structures utilized by municipalities to develop and implement their music strategies and policies.

The Three R’s Music Program to Improve Access to Music Education in Ontario

A new program will improve the inventory of musical instruments and access to quality music education in Ontario’s publicly funded schools with the supply of refurbished and recycled musical instruments.

Le Programme musical des trois R

Le Programme musical des trois R mettra davantage d’instruments de musique dans les salles de classe de partout dans la province grâce à un programme qui se déclinera en trois volets : récupérer les instruments endommagés des écoles ontariennes ou de nos collectivités, les restaurer pour les remettre en bon état de fonctionnement et les réaffecter à une école où les jeunes pourront en profiter.

The Value Gap: Its Origins, Impacts and a Made-in-Canada Approach

This report explores an issue of critical importance to the current and future health of Canadian culture, our nation’s cultural industries, and the creators of our cultural works. The issue is known as the “Value Gap.”

Striking A New A-Chord

Recommendations for the Growth and Development of Canada’s East Coast Music Industry.

Focus On Creators

A growing list of more than 3,000 musicians, authors, songwriters, composers, music producers, poets, playwrights, film composers, actors, directors and other members of the creative class have signed a joint letter addressed to the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, urging the Canadian Government to put creators at the heart of our cultural policy.

Music Canada’s Graham Henderson on “The Broken Promise of a Golden Age”

The Mastering of a Music City

The Mastering of a Music City is a new study that represents a roadmap for communities of all sizes to follow to realize the full potential of their music economy. Truly global in scale, the report is the result of more than forty interviews with music community experts, government officials, and community leaders in more than twenty cities on every continent.

Digital Music Services

Canada’s digital music market features a wide variety of options for consumers, including digital downloads, on-demand or web radio streaming services, and online music video services.

Gold/Platinum

See which of your favourite artists are being recognized with official Canadian Gold and Platinum certified awards