Greatest Canadian Album Covers

This room celebrates the bold, bizarre, beautiful, and iconic artwork that has graced the front of Canada’s finest records. Greatest Canadian Album Covers is a visual tribute to the designers, illustrators, photographers, and artists who helped define eras and genres with a single image. From psychedelic masterpieces to DIY punk collages, sleek modernism to outsider oddities—these covers are more than packaging; they’re part of the story. Flip through the sleeves of Canadian music history, one unforgettable image at a time.

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Black Knight - Master of Disaster

Les Dales Hawerchuk - ST foldout

Compilation - Winnipeg Vol 1

Melchior Alias - ST BACK

British Modbeats - Mod Is

Rob Jeffrey

Skarecrow - (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que

Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Trevor Dandy - Don't Cry Little Tree

In the Beginning

Skarecrow

Plume Latraverse - Le Vieux Show Son Sale BACK

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A Benefit Show by the Village STOP

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Mutual Understanding San Jose In Wonderland
Moses Watcha Gonna do Now? End of the Line
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Vini Vidi Vici Vini Vidi Vici
Compilation Judy Singh - Emily Unselfconsciously Canadian
Moses Wastin' My Time End of the Line
Evaporators Baby You Got Me United Empire Loyalists
Baloue, Lewis Summer's Moon L'amour
British North American Act Only a Dream In the Beginning
Wankin Family We Are The Wankin Family We Did It For the Kids
Compilation Alasi Alasuak, Nellie Nungak, Mary Sivuarapik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song of a Name (For a Boy) ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Compilation Joe Vassos - New World Unselfconsciously Canadian
Compilation Alaci Tulaugak & Nellie Nungak - Sound of Wind ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Islanders Two Knocking On Heaven's Door Personally Yours
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Stella Daily Breakfeast Blues Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Pagliaro, Michel Sure Maybe Pagliaro
Melchior Alias Chu mnu en metro automatique ST
Canada Pops One Fine Morning Did You Know?
Baloue, Lewis Like To See You Again L'amour
Pomerance, Erica Anything Goes You Used To Think
Dufresne, Diane On tourne en rond À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Dufresne, Diane La marche nuptiale des condamnes a mort À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Pagliaro, Michel Rainshowers Pagliaro
La Révolution Française Americas Québecois
Dufresne, Diane Le dernier show À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Islanders Two I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Personally Yours
Canada Pops Beer Barrel Polka Did You Know?
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Le rock 'n' roll du grand flanc mou Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Islanders Two Green Green Grass Of Home Personally Yours
Gregorash, Joey Bye Bye Baby North Country Funk
Evaporators Busy Body (Robert Johnson) United Empire Loyalists
Daines, Ivan Mr. Radio Man Ivan
Canada Pops Until It's Time For You To Go Did You Know?
Melchior Alias L’aquarium ST
Canada Pops Sometimes When We Touch Did You Know?
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Contest Between Men - A Second Challenge, Song of Wind ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Turn On the Sun (Murray - Callender; Intune) Peter & Mary And Friends
Gregorash, Joey The Key North Country Funk
Canada Pops Up Where We Belong Did You Know?
Islanders Two Black Velvet Band Personally Yours
Melchior Alias Non, rien de mieux ST
Dixon, Glenn Bathtub Bravery Cardboard Heroes
Pomerance, Erica The French Revolution You Used To Think
Moses Nobody End of the Line
Charlebois, Robert Doux sauvage ST
British North American Act Just How You Feel In the Beginning
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Équinoxes Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Dandy, Trevor Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
Mutual Understanding Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion In Wonderland
Baloue, Lewis Even Rainbows Turn Blue L'amour
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
Gregorash, Joey Night Ride to Memphis North Country Funk
Evaporators United Empire Loyalists United Empire Loyalists
Compilation Sugar 'N Spice - The Cruel War Winnipeg Vol 1
Mutual Understanding Wonderland In Wonderland
Dufresne, Diane Rock pour un gars d'bicyc À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Aut'chose En arrière du micro Le Couchemar américain
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Mary Sivuarapik - Sound of a Cooking Seal Flipper ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Islanders Two Daniel Personally Yours
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Fortier, Jean La Paix Soit Avec Nous ST
Islanders Two Highway Driving Personally Yours
Charlebois, Robert Protest Song ST
British Modbeats L.S.D. Mod Is
Wankin Family Fuck the Commonwealth We Did It For the Kids
Houston Mucho Gusto ST
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Le king du triple swing ST
Daines, Ivan Put Some Life In Your Life Ivan
Heads in the Sky Three Isle My Land ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) You Needed Me (Goodrum, Chappell, Ironside) Peter & Mary And Friends
British North American Act If You're Looking for Honey In the Beginning
Fortier, Jean Prends Ton Temps ST
Moses I Need You End of the Line
Dales Hawerchuk, Les J'monte au lac ST
Compilation Joe Vassos - Leavin' on a Jet Plane Unselfconsciously Canadian
Iron Gypsy Streetwize ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Wild Mountain in the Thyme (Scottish traditional) Peter & Mary And Friends
Evaporators Pregnant United Empire Loyalists
British North American Act The World Would Understand In the Beginning
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Dale Hawerchuk ST
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Le tango des concaves Le Vieux Show Son Sale
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Listen to the Rain (Peter Jansen) Peter & Mary And Friends
British Modbeats Love's Just a Broken Heart Mod Is
Charlebois, Robert 50,000,000 d'hommes ST
Melchior Alias Triste Narcisse ST
Wankin Family Local Youths (Gassenhauer) We Did It For the Kids
Dixon, Glenn Windy Donkey Cardboard Heroes
Fortier, Jean Léon Non Plus ST
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Vlajincia Dance (Serbian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Wankin Family I Left My Heart in Iran (Forgotten Rebels) We Did It For the Kids
Daines, Ivan Rodeo Capital of Canada Ivan
Dandy, Trevor It's a Long Journey Don't Cry Little Tree
Evaporators Dan Quayle vs. Nardwuar United Empire Loyalists
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Back in Bermuda (Peter Jansen) Peter & Mary And Friends
Compilation Buddy Victor - Didn’t' We Unselfconsciously Canadian
Pagliaro, Michel Ballad of Bessie Rosanne Pagliaro
L'infonie Desafinado Vol 3
Dandy, Trevor Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
Houston Hairy One ST
Houston Sally Bumper ST

Comments

Anonymous

A few other incredible covers: Harmonium (Les cinq saisons), Spirit of Christmas (Lies to Live By) and Jarvis Street Revue (Mr. Oilman). Not only do these covers stand alone as incredible artwork, they also capture perfectly the spirit of the music they represent - vk