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As theCanadian province with the largest population,^[1]Ontario has a particularly prominent role inCanadian music. The provincial capital city ofToronto, Canada's largest municipality,^[2] is home to much of the English Canadian music industry and many individual musicians, and the most popular destination for musicians from other parts of Canada, besidesFrench-Canadian musicians, looking to advance their careers. Toronto also supports Canadian music as the centre of English languagemedia in Canada.Hamilton,Ottawa,Kingston andGuelph have also been important centres for Canadian music.

In classical music, theToronto Symphony Orchestra^[3] and the Ottawa-basedNational Arts Centre Orchestra^[4] are two of the most renowned orchestras in the world. Many smaller Ontario cities have orchestras of their own as well. TheCanadian Opera Company^[5] based in Toronto is the country's largest and most influential producer of opera productions.

Other institutions in the province include theRoyal Conservatory of Music,^[6]MuchMusic,^[7] and concert venues such asRoy Thomson Hall,^[8]Massey Hall^[8] and theNational Arts Centre.^[9] Record labels in the province includeMapleMusic,DROG Records,Duke Street,Sonic Unyon,Three Gut,Zunior,Linus Entertainment, and the Canadian divisions of most major international labels.

• Central Ontario Musicians' Association^[10]
• Country Music Association of Ontario^[11]
• Folk Music Ontario^[12]
• MusicOntario^[13]
• Ontario Arts Council^[14]
• Ontario Music Association^[15]
• Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts^[16]
• Toronto Musicians' Association^[17]
• Toronto Symphony Orchestra^[3]
• Ontario Music Festivals Association^[18]

• Boots and Hearts Music Festival^[19]
• Burlington's Sound of Music Festival^[20]
• Goderich Celtic Roots Festival^[21]
• Hamilton Supercrawl
• Havelock Country Jamboree^[22]
• Mariposa Folk Festival^[23]
• Northern Lights Festival Boréal^[24]
• Ottawa Bluesfest^[25]
• OVO Fest
• Rock the Park^[26]

Schools of music in Ontario include, at the university level:

• Don Wright Faculty of Music,University of Western Ontario, London
• Queen's School of Music,Queen's University, Kingston
• University of Toronto Faculty of Music,University of Toronto (St. George campus), Toronto

At the higher education level excluding universities:

• Conservatory Canada, London
• Fanshawe College's Music Industry Arts program,Fanshawe College, London
• The Glenn Gould School, Toronto
• Harris Institute of Music, Toronto
• Humber College Faculty of Media and Creative Arts, Toronto
• Metalworks Institute, Mississauga
• Pandit Jasraj Institute of Music Toronto
• The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto
• Thamil Isai Kalaamanram, Toronto
• Trebas Institute, Toronto

Closed institutions:

• Canadian Conservatory of Music, Ottawa
• Royal Hamilton College of Music

For a list of musicians and musical groups from Ontario, please seeList of Ontario musicians.

• Music of Ontario

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