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This is a summary of the year 2013 in the Canadian music industry.

Events

• January 9 – Adam Gontier, lead singer of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, resigns from the band, citing health concerns.^[1]
• February 5 – Silverstein releases their first album with Paul Marc Rousseau as an official member.
• March 10 – 2013 East Coast Music Awards
• April 17 – Steve Jocz, drummer for Sum 41, resigns from the band.
• April 21 – Juno Awards of 2013
• May 25 – Online streaming service CBC Music sponsors the first CBC Music Festival at Ontario Place's new Echo Beach music venue.^[2]
• June 13 – Preliminary longlist for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize is announced.
• July 10 – Mo Kenney and Keith Kouna are named the English and French winners of the 2013 SOCAN Songwriting Prize.
• July 16 – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced.
• September 23 – Godspeed You! Black Emperor's 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! is announced as the winner of the Polaris Music Prize.^[3]

Bands reformed

• Despistado

Albums released

A

• Anciients, Heart of Oak
• Arcade Fire, Reflektor – October 28
• Austra, Olympia – June 18^[4]

B

• Jason Bajada, Le résultat de mes bétises
• Alexis Baro, Blue Skin^[5]
• Jill Barber, Chansons – January 29
• The Beaches, The Beaches
• Bear Mountain, XO
• Daniel Bélanger, Chic de ville – March 5
• The Besnard Lakes, Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO
• The Bicycles, Stop Thinking So Much
• Justin Bieber, Believe Acoustic – January 29
• Bleu Jeans Bleu, Haute couture
• Born Ruffians, Birthmarks – April 16^[6]
• Basia Bulat, Tall Tall Shadow – September 30
• Louise Burns, The Midnight Mass – July 9^[7]

C

• Chic Gamine, Closer
• City and Colour, The Hurry and the Harm, June 4
• Classified, Classified – January 22
• The Cliks, Black Tie Elevator^[8]
• Corridor, Un magicien en toi
• Counterparts, The Difference Between Hell and Home – July 24
• The Courtneys, The Courtneys – June 7
• Eliana Cuevas, Espejo

D

• Thomas D'Arcy, What We Want
• The Deep Dark Woods, Jubilee
• Devours, Dignity
• DIANA, Perpetual Surrender
• Céline Dion, Loved Me Back to Life

E

• Fred Eaglesmith, Tambourine
• Elephant Stone, Elephant Stone

F

• Stephen Fearing, Between Hurricanes
• Michael Feuerstack, Tambourine Death Bed – May 7^[9]
• Fresh Snow, I^[10]
• Front Line Assembly, Echogenetic – July 9
• Fur Trade, Don't Get Heavy

G

• Ghostkeeper, Horse Chief! War Thief!
• Grand Analog, Modern Thunder, August 20
• The Grapes of Wrath, High Road – March 19^[11]
• Jim Guthrie, Takes Time – May 7^[12]

H

• Hayden, Us Alone – February 5^[13]
• Headstones, Love + Fury – July 23
• The Hidden Cameras, Age^[14]
• Hilotrons, At Least There's Commotion – February 5^[15]
• Hollerado, White Paint
• Hooded Fang, Gravez

I

• Imaginary Cities, Fall of Romance – May 28^[16]

K

• k-os, BLack on BLonde – January 29^[17]
• Ian Kelly, All These Lines – November 5
• Koriass, Rue des Saules
• Keith Kouna, Le voyage d’hiver
• Aidan Knight, Telecommunicate
• Nicholas Krgovich, Who Cares?^[18]

L

• Mélissa Laveaux, Dying Is a Wild Night
• Avril Lavigne, Avril Lavigne
• Lee Harvey Osmond, The Folk Sinner – January 15^[19]
• Light Fires, Light Fires
• Murray Lightburn, Mass:Light
• Lightning Dust, Fantasy
• Rob Lutes, The Bravest Birds

M

• Greg MacPherson, Fireball – October 29^[20]
• Maestro Fresh Wes, Orchestrated Noise – June 25
• Magneta Lane, Witchrock – February 12^[21]
• Majical Cloudz, Impersonator – May 21
• Dylan Menzie, Heather Avenue
• Millimetrik, Remix the Rhymes
• Ruth Moody, These Wilder Things

N

• Naturally Born Strangers, The LegendsLeague Presents: Naturally Born Strangers
• New Country Rehab, Ghost of Your Charms – March 5^[22]
• The New Mendicants, Australia 2013 E.P.

O

• Odds, the Most Beautiful Place on Earth – February 21^[23]

P

• Dorothea Paas, A Thirst

R

• Corin Raymond, Paper Nickels
• Lee Reed and John P, Written Large
• Amanda Rheaume, Keep a Fire
• Daniel Romano, Come Cry With Me – January 22^[24]
• Justin Rutledge, Valleyheart – February 12^[25]

S

• The Sadies, Internal Sounds – September 17^[26]
• Sarahmée, Sans détour
• Ron Sexsmith, Forever Endeavour
• Shad, Flying Colours – October 15^[27]
• Shotgun Jimmie, Everything Everything
• Silverstein, This Is How the Wind Shifts – February 5
• Skinny Puppy, Weapon – May 28
• SNFU, Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles You – October 24
• Rae Spoon, My Prairie Home
• The Strumbellas, We Still Move on Dance Floors – October 22^[28]
• Suuns, Images du futur
• Swollen Members, Beautiful Death Machine – March 19

T

• Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob – January 29^[29]
• Tire le coyote, Mitan
• Maylee Todd, Escapology, April 2
• A Tribe Called Red, Nation II Nation
• Two Hours Traffic, Foolish Blood

V

• Diyet van Lieshout, When You Were King
• Various Artists, Arts & Crafts: 2003–2013
• Various Artists, Arts & Crafts: X – May 28^[30]
• Leif Vollebekk, North Americana
• Lindy Vopnfjörð, Young Waverer

W

• Martha Wainwright, Trauma: Chansons de la serie tele Saison 4 – February 26
• Wake Owl, Wild Country – January 29
• Dawn Tyler Watson and Paul Deslauriers, Southland
• Whitehorse, The Road to Massey Hall – February 15^[31]
• Woodpigeon, Thumbtacks + Glue
• Donovan Woods, Don't Get Too Grand – March 26^[32]

Y

• Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, UZU
• Ken Yates, twenty-three
• Young Galaxy, Ultramarine

Top hits on record

The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.

Top 10 Canadian albums

Top 10 International albums

Top 10 singles

Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List

Deaths

• January 7 – Kent Abbott, 32, rock musician (Grade)^[73]
• January 15 – Yuli Turovsky, 73, Russian-born conductor and cellist (I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra)^[74]
• January 25 – Normand Corbeil, 56, composer^[75]
• March 6 – Stompin' Tom Connors, 77, country singer-songwriter^[76]
• April 16 – Rita MacNeil, 68, country and folk singer-songwriter^[77]
• April 17 – George Beverly Shea, 104, gospel musician^[78]
• May 5 – Greg Quill, 66, Australian-born musician and music critic for the Toronto Star^[79]
• May 8 – Bill Langstroth, 81, country music producer (Singalong Jubilee), inducted into Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2011).^[80]
• June 2 – Mario Bernardi, 82, conductor of the National Arts Centre Orchestra^[81]
• June 3 – Chris Levoir, 31, singer and guitarist for The Mark Inside^[82]
• August 18 – Wes Dakus, 75, rock and rockabilly musician^[83]