A 30-song patriotic playlist for your Canada Day party

Whether you're heading to the cottage or hosting a Canada Day party, or both, here's a patriotic playlist to get you feeling red, white, and proud!

One thing we can absolutely be proud of this Canada Day is how amazingly kick-butt Canadian music is (and has been, over the years). From ’70s folk icons Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, to ’90s rockers Sloan and The Tragically Hip, to our current crop of singer-songwriters, among them Joel Plaskett, Jason Collett, and Feist, there’s no shortage of patriotic tune-age for your July 1st party or long weekend road trip.

Here are a few of our favourites to get you started! And please share your favourite Canadian songs in the comments below!

Love Song to Canada – Jason Collett

Soft Revolution – Stars

I Feel It All – Feist

Helpless – Neil Young

Book Club – Arkells

Juliette – Hollerado

Crabbuckit – k-os

Hard Road – Sam Roberts

Oh Canada – Classified

Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell

So Long, Marianne – Leonard Cohen

Underwhelmed – Sloan

True Patriot Love – Joel Plaskett Emergency

Hometown Waltz – Rufus Wainwright

Escarpment Blues – Sarah Harmer

From Blown Speakers – The New Pornographers

Hockey Teeth – Bahamas

Brighter Still – Ron Sexsmith

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot

The Old Apartment – Barenaked Ladies

Young Leaves – Attack in Black

Almost Crimes – Broken Social Scene

Youth Without Youth – Metric

The Weight – The Band

Canadian Dream – Rheostatics

The Suburbs – Arcade Fire

416 to the 905 – Maestro Fresh Wes

The Con – Tegan and Sara

Tournament of Hearts – The Weakerthans

Fireworks – The Tragically Hip

 

Enjoy, and Happy Canada Day!