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This is a summary of the year2014 in theCanadian music industry.

• March 23 –Arcade Fire's video for "Afterlife", directed by Emily Kai Bock, wins the 2014Prism Prize.^[1]
• March 30 –Juno Awards of 2014
• April – 2014 East Coast Music Awards
• June 19 – Prelimimary longlist for the2014 Polaris Music Prize is announced.^[2]
• July 15 – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced.^[2]
• September 22 –Tanya Tagaq wins the Polaris Music Prize for her albumAnimism.^[3]
• November 29 –10th Canadian Folk Music Awards

• Hedley
• Crystal Castles

• Stereos
• The Smalls

• Alvvays,Alvvays – July 22
• Matt Andersen,Weightless – January 28^[4]
• Jann Arden,Everything Almost – April 29
• Arkells,High Noon – August 5
• Rich Aucoin,Ephemeral – September 9^[5]
• Austra,Habitat (EP) – June 17
• Ayrad,Ayrad – October 28

• Philippe B,Ornithologie, la nuit – April^[4]
• BadBadNotGood,III – May 6^[4]
• Bahamas,Bahamas Is Afie – August 19^[6]
• Del Barber,Prairieography – February 4^[4]
• Jill Barber,Fool's Gold – June 17
• Matthew Barber,Big Romance – May 27^[4]
• The Barr Brothers,Sleeping Operator – October 7^[7]
• Barzin,To Live Alone in That Long Summer – February 24
• Bobby Bazini,Where I Belong – May 10
• The Beaches,Heights
• Bend Sinister,Animals – March 11^[4]
• Ridley Bent,Wildcard
• Art Bergmann,Songs for the Underclass – August 26^[8]
• Bidiniband,The Motherland – May 29^[9]
• Big Brave,Feral Verdure
• Big Wreck,Ghosts – June 10
• Billy Talent,Hits – November 4^[10]
• The Birthday Massacre,Superstition – November 11
• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings,South – January 14^[4]
• Blue Moon Marquee,Lonesome Hearts andLast Dollar
• Blue Rodeo,A Merrie Christmas to You – November 4^[10]
• Isabelle Boulay,Merci Serge Reggiani
• Philippe Brach,La foire et l'ordre
• Buck 65,Neverlove – September 30^[5]
• Buck 65 with Jorun Bombay,Laundromat Boogie – September 29
• Spencer Burton,Don't Let the World See Your Love
• Matthew Byrne,Hearts and Heroes

• Steph Cameron,Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady
• Paul Cargnello,The Hardest Part Is You May Never Know
• Caribou,Our Love – October 7^[7]
• Jennifer Castle,Pink City – September 2^[11]
• Chic Gamine,Christmas, Vol. 1
• Chromeo,White Women – April^[4]
• Cœur de pirate,Trauma: Chansons de la serie tele Saison 5 – January 14^[4]
• Adam Cohen,We Go Home – September 16^[5]
• Leonard Cohen,Popular Problems – September 23^[5]
• Cold Specks,Neuroplasticity – August 26
• Antoine Corriveau,Les Ombres longues
• Cousins,The Halls of Wickwire – May 13^[12]
• Rose Cousins,Stray Birds – September 2^[5]
• Amelia Curran,They Promised You Mercy – November 4^[10]

• Danko Jones,Garage Rock – April 8^[4]
• deadmau5,(1<2) – June 17
• Death From Above 1979 –The Physical World – September 9^[5]
• Tony Dekker,Sings 10 Years of Zunior – August 5^[13]
• Mac DeMarco,Salad Days – April 1^[4]
• Devours,24th & Main
• Digging Roots,For the Light
• Celine Dion,Céline une seule fois / Live 2013 – May 16
• Dirty Beaches,Stateless – November 4^[14]
• Down With Webster,Party For Your Life – January 28
• Gordon Downie andThe Sadies,And the Conquering Sun – April 15^[4]
• Kevin Drew,Darlings – March 18^[4]
• Victoria Duffield, Accelerate – June 3
• Marc Dupré,Là dans ma tête
• Durham County Poets,Chikkaboodah Stew

• Eccodek,Singing in Tongues
• Elephant Stone,The Three Poisons – August 26
• Elliott Brood,Work and Love – October 21^[7]
• Quique Escamilla,500 Years of Night

• Christine Fellows,Burning Daylight – September 23^[15]
• Michael Feuerstack,Singer Songer – April 29^[16]
• Serge Fiori,Serge Fiori – March 11
• Jeremy Fisher,The Lemon Squeeze – May 13^[4]
• Frazey Ford,Indian Ocean – October 14^[7]
• Fucked Up,Glass Boys – June 3^[4]

• Gob,Apt. 13 – August 26
• Jenn Grant,Clairvoyant – May 9^[17]
• Jenn Grant,Compostela – October 21^[18]
• Emm Gryner,Torrential – April 8^[4]

• Kevin Hearn,Days in Frames – November 25^[10]
• Ryan Hemsworth,Alone for the First Time – November 4^[10]
• Hey Rosetta!,Second Sight – October 21^[7]
• The Hidden Cameras,Age – January 21^[4]
• Matt Holubowski,Ogen, Old Man

• In-Flight Safety,Conversationalist – September 9^[5]
• Brandon Isaak,Here on Earth

• jacksoul,Greatest Hits – November 25^[19]
• Junia-T,Eye See You

• Mo Kenney,In My Dreams
• Khotin,Hello World
• Kiesza,Sound of a Woman – October 21^[7]
• Diana Krall,Wallflower – September 9^[20]
• Nicholas Krgovich,On Sunset^[21]
• Kyprios,Midnight Sun

• Lisa LeBlanc,Highways, Heartaches and Time Well Wasted – November 4^[10]
• Salomé Leclerc,27 fois l'aurore
• Library Voices,For John
• Lights,Little Machines – September 23^[5]
• Lowell,I Killed Sara V – February
• Lowell,We Loved Her Dearly – September

• Madchild,Switched On
• Magic!,Don't Kill the Magic – July 1
• Jay Malinowski & the Deadcoast,Martel – February 11^[4]
• Marie-Mai,M – May 12
• John Mann,The Waiting Room
• Kalle Mattson,Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold – February 11^[4]
• Eamon McGrath,Exile, Part 2 – March 11^[4]
• Jon McKiel,Jon McKiel^[22]
• Sarah McLachlan,Shine On – May 6
• The Meligrove Band,Bones of Things – November 18^[23]
• Patrice Michaud,Le Feu de chaque jour
• Millimetrik,Lonely Lights (LP),Remixed Lights (EP)
• Moist,Glory Under Dangerous Skies – October 7
• Monogrenade,Composite – February 4^[24]
• Mother Mother,Very Good Bad Thing – November 4^[10]
• Mounties,Thrash Rock Legacy – March 4^[25]
• Miranda Mulholland,Whipping Boy

• The New Mendicants,Into the Lime – January 28^[26]
• The New Pornographers,Brill Bruisers – August 26^[27]
• Justin Nozuka,Ulysees – April 15
• NQ Arbuckle,The Future Happens Anyway – April 29^[28]

• The OBGMs,The OBGMs
• Oh Susanna,Namedropper – October 7^[7]
• Old Man Luedecke,I Never Sang Before I Met You – February 4^[4]
• The Olympic Symphonium,Chance to Fate – March 18^[4]
• Orange O'Clock,Crazy Carnival

• The Pack A.D.,Do Not Engage – January 28^[4]
• Owen Pallett,In Conflict – May 13^[4]
• Pascale Picard Band,All Things Pass – April 18
• Philémon Cimon,L'Été
• Pink Mountaintops,Get Back – April 29^[4]
• Dany Placard,Santa Maria
• The Provincial Archive,It's All Shaken Wonder
• PS I Love You,For Those Who Stay – July 22

• Radio Radio,Ej feel zoo – March 18^[4]
• Raised By Swans,Öxnadalur – November 1
• Alyssa Reid,Timebomb – February 11
• Reuben and the Dark,Funeral Sky
• Alejandra Ribera,La Boca – February 4^[4]
• The Road Hammers,Wheels – June 1
• Sam Roberts Band,Lo-Fantasy – February 11^[4]
• Benjamin Dakota Rogers,Wayfarer
• The Rural Alberta Advantage,Mended with Gold – September 30^[29]
• Rush,R40 – November 11^[10]
• Justin Rutledge,Daredevil – April 22^[30]

• Julien Sagot,Valse 333
• Sargeant X Comrade,Salvage the Soul^[31]
• Saukrates,Amani – September 23^[5]
• Crystal Shawanda,The Whole World's Got the Blues
• Skinny Puppy,The Greater Wrong of the Right (reissue) – January 28^[4]
• Sloan,Commonwealth – September 9^[5]
• Dallas Smith,Lifted - November 25
• Dallas Smith,Tippin' Point (EP) – March 4
• Meaghan Smith,Have a Heart
• Solids,Blame Confusion
• Solvent,New Ways: Music from "I Dream of Wires" – February 11^[4]
• Souldia,Krime grave
• The Stanfields,For King and Country
• Stars,No One Is Lost – October 14^[7]
• Sunparlour Players,The Living Proof – April 8^[4]
• Swollen Members,Brand New Day – June 17

• Tanya Tagaq,Animism – May 27^[32]
• The Tea Party,The Ocean at the End – June 24^[33]
• Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra,Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything – January 21^[4]
• Theory of a Deadman,Savages – July 29
• Thus Owls,Turning Rocks – April 8^[4]
• Timber Timbre,Hot Dreams – April 1^[4]
• Tokyo Police Club,Forcefield – March 25^[4]
• The Tragically Hip,Fully Completely (reissue) – November 17^[34]
• The Trews,The Trews – April 22

• Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker,Advanced Basics – February 11
• Un Blonde,Tenet

• Rosie Valland,Rosie Valland
• Chad VanGaalen,Shrink Dust – April 29^[4]
• Various Artists,Native North America, Vol. 1 – November 25^[35]
• Roch Voisine,My Very Best – February 11

• Rufus Wainwright,Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright – March 4^[4]
• Wake Owl,The Private World of Paradise – March 4^[36]
• Weaves,Weaves EP
• Bry Webb,Free Will – May 20^[4]
• The Wet Secrets,Free Candy – February 4^[4]
• Whitehorse,Éphémère sans repère – April 1^[37]
• WHOOP-Szo,Qallunaat/Odemin
• Royal Wood,The Burning Bright – March 4^[4]
• The Wooden Sky,Let's Be Ready – September 2^[38]

• Nikki Yanofsky,Little Secret – May 6
• You+Me,rose ave. – October 14
• Neil Young,A Letter Home – April 19

• Zeus,Classic Zeus – September 2^[5]

The lists are updated weekly throughNielsen Soundscan.

• February 25 –Angèle Arsenault, singer-songwriter^[91]
• February 26 –Georges Hamel, country music singer and songwriter^[92]
• March 23 –Dave Brockie, heavy metal singer (Gwar)^[93]
• March 25 –Bill Merritt, rock bassist and festival director, director of theWinnipeg Folk Festival, co-founder of theWinnipeg International Children's Festival^[94]
• March 29 –Dave Gregg, punk guitarist (D.O.A.)^[95]
• May 10 –Nash the Slash (Jeff Plewman), progressive rock musician^[96]

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