Canadian Places

Canadian Places

A musical map of the True North, Canadian Places features songs inspired by the cities, towns, provinces, territories, and regions that define our vast and varied landscape. From small-town anthems to urban ballads, coast-to-coast travelogues to prairie hymns, these tracks celebrate the places we call home—and the stories they hold. Whether it’s St. John’s, Saskatoon, the Yukon, or Vancouver Island, this collection captures Canada through song, one location at a time.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Propp - Aganda Vancouver I'm Always Returning Vancouver I'm Always Returning
Stu Phillips Albert Johnson Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Boss & the Bandits Stranded in the Park Stranded in the Park b/w Born in North Van (picture sleeve)
Swinging Strings Welcome To Winnipeg Welcome To Winnipeg b/w Wonderful Winnipeg
Al Oster Northland Northland Ballads
Compilation Indian Summer City Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Marshall Veal Ottawa Valley Canadian Journey : A Songwriter's Sketchbook
Al Owchar & Rob Osberg And the Meadowlark Song Wild Fescue Grass: The Early History of the Bar U Ranch
Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers Could it Have Been Heaven Sing A Song
Bob Bradburn Frank Callaghan - Saskatoon Saskatoon (split with Frank Callaghan)
Al Owchar & Rob Osberg Fred Stimson Wild Fescue Grass: The Early History of the Bar U Ranch
Gordie West My Calgary Home My Calgary Home
Bev Marie There’s A Little Town (Bobcaygeon) There’s A Little Town (Bobcaygeon) b/w Jessie’s Tragedy (picture sleeve)
Gord Brose Hitch Hiking Blues Canadian Truck Song b/w Hitch Hiking Blues
Ernie Williams My Heart's Back in Sault Ste. Marie Scarlet Leaf Of Canada
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Fred Booker Amazing Grace Road Song
Okanagan Sound Ogopogo (The Great Okanagan Mystery) Ogopogo (The Great Okanagan Mystery) b/w The Okanagan Is Ok! (picture sleeve)
Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers Gavon’s Hotel at Quyon, Quebec Mr. Ottawa Valley
Lee Tasson'e Toronto (The Beautiful City) Toronto (The Beautiful City) b/w Never Let You Go
Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers Tribute to Frank Martin of Lake Dore, Ont. A Visit to the Ottawa Valley
Terry Cousineau & Ron Dillman Ron Dillman - As Long as We're Together Road to Holman Island
Keath Barrie El Paso Sings of Love and Places
Beverly Schaeffer Weyburn, Saskatchewan Theme Song: Diamond Jubilee '73 Weyburn, Saskatchewan Theme Song b/w Diamond City
Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers Moonlight Memories 25th Anniversary
The Canucks Yukon Song Yukon Song b/w Everybody's Talkin'
Marshall Veal Mount Baker Serenade Canadian Journey : A Songwriter's Sketchbook
Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers On the Banks of the Ottawa 25th Anniversary
Compilation Terry Kristy - Chilliwack Jive Songs of British Columbia
Joe St. Denis It's the Northland Where I Love It Country Convert
Dofasco Male Chorus Hamilton Centennial Song Hamilton Centennial Song b/w Hamilton, Our Town
Art Snider with Halinah and Deborah Helena And Deborah - Legend of Meldrum Bay Legend of Meldrum Bay b/w Legend of Meldrum Bay (picture sleeve)
Russ Gurr The Centre of the Nation Federal Grain Train
Stu Phillips Simon Gun-a-Noot A Visit to British Columbia
Al Oster Irena Cheyenne Yukon Ballads
Johnny Wayne Montréal (See You at the Fair) Montréal b/w Forget It
Reg Watkins This Our Native Land Reg Watkins is Cam Canuck
Ed Lafave & Friendship company Barkerville Stage That’s Where I Come From: A Centennial Tribute to British Columbia
Bob Bradburn Bob Bradburn - Saskatoon Saskatoon (split with Frank Callaghan)
Cal Cavendish The Land That I Love The Prairies Sing
Jim Hagan What's Your Hurry Fort McMurray? (whistle instrumental) What's Your Hurry Fort McMurray? b/w What's Your Hurry Fort McMurray? (whistle instrumental)
Said the Whale The Banks of the English Bay Howe Sounds: Taking Abalonia (re-issue)
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Hank LaRiviere (Hank Rivers) Take Me Back to Old New Brunswick Hank's Centennial Travels
Sammy Jay Oakie from Muskokie We Live We Love We Die
Beau Dommage Montréal ST
Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers Michael Patrick from the Mountain, Mary Ellen from the Bay Mr. Ottawa Valley
Tommy Ambrose Tommy Ambrose - People City People City (split with Norman Amadio) (picture sleeve)
Al Oster '98 Trail Yukon Ballads
Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers Country Music Man "Chuck Davis" 25th Anniversary
Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers Vancouver Island Canadian Folk & Country Songs
Fred Booker Wild Alberta Rose Road Song
Patty Lynn And The Pacers My Vancouver Stay By Me b/w My Vancouver
Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers Back in the Pakenham Hills Mr. Ottawa Valley
Down Home Singers The Land I Dream Of It's a Great, Great Country b/w The Land I Dream Of
Ray Griff Our Country Canada "My Native Land"
Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers My Renfrew Country Home A Visit to the Ottawa Valley
Said the Whale This City's a Mess Howe Sounds: Taking Abalonia (re-issue)
Dorean Boss Song of Chinguacousy Song of Chinguacousy
Celebration 100 Years Strong 100 Years Strong (split with Family Pride)
Alden Diehl Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Ed Lafave & Friendship company Tsawwassen Queen That’s Where I Come From: A Centennial Tribute to British Columbia
Brian Sklar & J.J. Cennon I’ll Take Prince Albert I’ll Take Prince Albert b/w I’ll Take Prince Albert
Russ Gurr The Blue Hills of Brandon Federal Grain Train
Albert Dean Freeze Upon the Land (Carbonear) My Atlantic Home
Stu Phillips Fraser's Highway A Visit to British Columbia
Heritage Holyrood Song Rub-A-Dub-Dub's: A Long Way from Toronto
Compilation Weeley Wright - N-A-N-A-I-M-O Songs of British Columbia
Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers Peter, Peter Pumkin Eater Mr. Ottawa Valley
Charlie MacKinnon The Ghost of Bra's D'or More Songs of My Cape Breton Home
Fred Booker White Rock Road Song
Art Snider with Halinah and Deborah Art Snider - Legend of Meldrum Bay Legend of Meldrum Bay b/w Legend of Meldrum Bay (picture sleeve)
Al Owchar & Rob Osberg Bar U Ghosts Wild Fescue Grass: The Early History of the Bar U Ranch
Richard Harrow & Julian Kerr Skiing Lake Louise Skiing Lake Louise b/w The Lake Louise Love Theme (picture sleeve)
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Compilation Eugene Robert - The Thrill of the West Songs of British Columbia
Brad Johner & Stan Stan Garchinski 100 Years of Heart Saskatchewan, We Love This Place!
River City Band The Powell River Song Waitin' For the Ferry b/w The Powell River Song
Ed Lafave & Friendship company Travelin Man That’s Where I Come From: A Centennial Tribute to British Columbia
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Serge Plotnikoff Sing Children Sing Beautiful British Columbia
Al Oster Paddle Wheeler Northland Ballads
Serge Plotnikoff Balfour Kokanee Run Balfour Kokanee Run b/w Railroad Men
Westview Stage Band Ontario Themes Westview Stage
Bruce Innes Brandon Historical Narration (Fred McGuinnes) Brandon Centennial Song b/w Brandon Historical Narration
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Serge Plotnikoff Moon of Summer Beautiful British Columbia
Phoenix North Ontario In the Morning
Fred Dixon & the Friday Afternoon Things Have Changed Country and Proud Of It
Kenzie MacNeil Cape Breton Lullaby Singer From Sydney, N.S.
Stu Phillips The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line Visit Old Québec
Compilation Lizzie Simcoe Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Sycamore Street Singers Niagara Bright Down the Middle
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Ballads
Tom Gass & Vickie Labbe The Land of New Brunswick (french) The Land of New Brunswick (picture sleeve)
Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers A Fiddle, Gee-Tar And Washboard 25th Anniversary
Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers Swingin' at the Hotel Renfrew Sing A Song
Tony Kosinec My City Toronto The Sesqui Song My City Toronto: The Sesqui Song (with Jack Lenz)
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
Jerry Toth A Place to Stand A Place to Stand b/w A Place to Stand (Star Weekly picture sleeve)

The Canucks

Mr. Ottawa Valley

Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers – Mr. Ottawa Valley (3)

Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers – Mr. Ottawa Valley (2)

Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers – Mr. Ottawa Valley (1)

Mac Beattie

Mac Beattie - 25th Anniversary BACK

25th Anniversary

This Ottawa Valley Of Mine

Mac Beattie & His Melodiers – This Ottawa Valley Of Mine (3)

Mac Beattie & His Melodiers – This Ottawa Valley Of Mine (2)

Mac Beattie & His Melodiers – This Ottawa Valley Of Mine (1)

Sing A Song

Mac Beattie - Sing a Song BACK

A Visit to the Ottawa Valley

Mac Beattie - A Visit to the Ottawa Valley BACK

Canadian Folk & Country Songs

Mac Beattie - Canadian Folk & Country Songs BACK

Bright Down the Middle

Stay By Me b/w My Vancouver

Gurr, Russ

Honestly

White, Diamond Joe

Ostanek, Walter

Tranquility Base

Ian, Oliver and Nora, later to become Tranquility Base.

The Future and the Past (The official Kingston Tercentennary Song) b/w The Future and the Past (instrumental) (picture sleeve)

My City Toronto: The Sesqui Song (with Jack Lenz)

Kosinec, Tony

Verkhovyna Trio

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