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
L'infonie L'affaire Vol 3
Fortier, Jean On Vend Du Vent ST
Houston Fast Thinkin' Sam ST
Bunchofuckingoofs Profit Margin Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
La Révolution Française L'amour Québecois
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Lit vert Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Pagliaro, Michel Magic Moments Pagliaro
Wankin Family I Left My Heart in Iran (Forgotten Rebels) We Did It For the Kids
British Modbeats Land of 1000 Dances Mod Is
Bunchofuckingoofs Conflict Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Mutual Understanding Look Around In Wonderland
Canada Pops Sometimes When We Touch Did You Know?
Daines, Ivan Ivan Ivan
British Modbeats Ain't Nobody Home But Me Mod Is
Pagliaro, Michel Northern Star Pagliaro
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Frailach (Jewish) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Mutual Understanding Wonderland In Wonderland
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
British North American Act If You're Looking for Honey In the Beginning
Charlebois, Robert Doux sauvage ST
Wankin Family Local Youths (Gassenhauer) We Did It For the Kids
Dales Hawerchuk, Les En déshabillé ST
Dufresne, Diane La marche nuptiale des condamnes a mort À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Evaporators I'm Going to France United Empire Loyalists
Pomerance, Erica We Came Via You Used To Think
Baloue, Lewis I Thought The World Of You L'amour
Gregorash, Joey Jodie North Country Funk
Bunchofuckingoofs Alcoholiday Turned Alcoholocaust Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Wankin Family Imaginary Lines We Did It For the Kids
Wankin Family Suck Your Life Away We Did It For the Kids
Melchior Alias Triste Narcisse ST
Islanders Two Summer Wages Personally Yours
Houston Sally Bumper ST
Mutual Understanding I'm Old Fashioned In Wonderland
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
Canada Pops Both Sides Now Did You Know?
Evaporators Pillars in the Room United Empire Loyalists
Melchior Alias Une facon de parler ST
Compilation The Fifth - You Don't Seem to Care Winnipeg Vol 1
Evaporators Pregnant United Empire Loyalists
Dandy, Trevor Lord I Come to Thee Don't Cry Little Tree
Tudjaat Traditional Throat Song Medley ST
Daines, Ivan Mr. Radio Man Ivan
Pomerance, Erica To Leonard From the Hospital You Used To Think
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song of Northern Lights ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Pagliaro, Michel Good and Bad Folks Pagliaro
Dufresne, Diane On n'a pas l'temps À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Alaci Tulaugak - Sound of Panting Dogs ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Daines, Ivan Mom And Dad I Love You Ivan
Compilation The Triad - The Only Way to Fly Winnipeg Vol 1
British Modbeats Love's Just a Broken Heart Mod Is
L'infonie Toutes les Affaires s'en vont sur toutes les cotes en meme temps, tout l'temps Vol 3
Islanders Two Six Days On The Road Personally Yours
Baloue, Lewis Romance For Two L'amour
Evaporators Your Instrument Does Not Affect Me United Empire Loyalists
L'infonie Solo Vol 3
Wankin Family We Do it for the Kids We Did It For the Kids
British North American Act All the World is In Your Eyes In the Beginning
Pagliaro, Michel Theme From Ravenwood Burne Pagliaro
Houston Mucho Gusto ST
Daines, Ivan Travelling Down Life's Old Highway Ivan
Houston Hairy One ST
British North American Act I'll Find a Way In the Beginning
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Équinoxes Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Heads in the Sky Three Isle My Land ST
Iron Gypsy Oh I Need Your Lovin' ST
Baloue, Lewis My Whole Life L'amour
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Are You Shivering? ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Dufresne, Diane La joute des etoiles À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Tudjaat Qiugaviit ST
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Crocodile ST
Mutual Understanding Rain Rain Go Away In Wonderland
Wankin Family Fuck the Commonwealth We Did It For the Kids
Gregorash, Joey Freedom Means Love North Country Funk
Dales Hawerchuk, Les La nouvelle ST
Iron Gypsy Hell 'n' Back ST
La Révolution Française La Famille Québecois
L'infonie Ode L' affaire - Ouverture Vol 3
Dixon, Glenn Windy Donkey Cardboard Heroes
Compilation Electric Jug & Blues Band - You Don't Love Me Winnipeg Vol 1
Canada Pops My Way Did You Know?
Moses Between the Places End of the Line
Islanders Two Highway Driving Personally Yours
Pagliaro, Michel Sugar Lips Pagliaro
Melchior Alias Camping ST
Baloue, Lewis Even Rainbows Turn Blue L'amour
Compilation Nellie Nungak & Mary Sivuarapik - People From Different Places Singing ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Evaporators Brainwashed (David Clayton-Thomas) United Empire Loyalists
Melchior Alias Chu mnu en metro automatique ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) You Needed Me (Goodrum, Chappell, Ironside) Peter & Mary And Friends
Dufresne, Diane Le signal final À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Islanders Two All Around The Circle Personally Yours
Bunchofuckingoofs Da BFG Cee Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Abuse de moé ST
Black Knight Master Of Disaster Master of Disaster (EP)
Aut'chose En arrière du micro Le Couchemar américain
Charlebois, Robert 50,000,000 d'hommes ST
Pomerance, Erica The Slippery Morning You Used To Think
Bunchofuckingoofs Businesscum Carnival of Chaos + Carnage

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