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
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) My Elusive Dreams (Putman & Cherrill Tree Music) Peter & Mary And Friends
Tudjaat Uhmma (Up Up) - Dance Mix ST
Melchior Alias L’aquarium ST
Moses Nobody End of the Line
Bunchofuckingoofs Coke - The Real Thing for Real Assholes Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - My Hands Are Cold ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Dufresne, Diane La joute des etoiles À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
La Révolution Française C-Cool Québecois
Daines, Ivan Proud As Any Man Can Be Ivan
Mutual Understanding Look Around In Wonderland
Melchior Alias Camping ST
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song of Sea Shore ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Compilation Buddy Victor - The More I See You Unselfconsciously Canadian
Pomerance, Erica Koanisphere You Used To Think
Bunchofuckingoofs Once Upon an Empire Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
British Modbeats Love's Just a Broken Heart Mod Is
Bunchofuckingoofs Later Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Crocodile ST
Iron Gypsy For the Crown ST
Mutual Understanding You Fascinate Me In Wonderland
L'infonie Toutes les Affaires s'en vont sur toutes les cotes en meme temps, tout l'temps Vol 3
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Ou sommes nous? Vini Vidi Vici
Daines, Ivan A Cowboy's Way Of Life Ivan
Gregorash, Joey Sugar Ride North Country Funk
Heads in the Sky Three Isle My Land ST
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Stella Daily Breakfeast Blues Le Vieux Show Son Sale
La Révolution Française Et la terre tournera Québecois
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Houston Elizabeth ST
British Modbeats Land of 1000 Dances Mod Is
Islanders Two Green Green Grass Of Home Personally Yours
Canada Pops Sometimes When We Touch Did You Know?
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Back in Bermuda (Peter Jansen) Peter & Mary And Friends
L'infonie finale Vol 3
Tudjaat Hear Me ST
Baloue, Lewis I Thought The World Of You L'amour
Compilation Blakewood Castle - Lynnie Lynnie Winnipeg Vol 1
Houston Fly ST
Wankin Family Imaginary Lines We Did It For the Kids
Fortier, Jean La Chanson Pour Whizzim ST
Moses Watcha Gonna do Now? End of the Line
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Lord of the Dance (traditional) Peter & Mary And Friends
Fortier, Jean La Vie En Noir ST
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Le rock 'n' roll du grand flanc mou Le Vieux Show Son Sale
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Olafu Og Alfamoer (Icelandic) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Fortier, Jean Philistins ST
Canada Pops My Way Did You Know?
Pagliaro, Michel Some Sing, Some Dance Pagliaro
Compilation The Fifth - Tobacco Road Winnipeg Vol 1
Gregorash, Joey Bye Bye Baby North Country Funk
Wankin Family No Justice We Did It For the Kids
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Équinoxes Le Vieux Show Son Sale
La Révolution Française Pierre-Paul Ladouceur Québecois
Evaporators Dan Quayle vs. Nardwuar United Empire Loyalists
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Canada Pops Up Where We Belong Did You Know?
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Adiadyll Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Charlebois, Robert La bossa nova des esquimaux ST
Wankin Family We Are The Wankin Family We Did It For the Kids
Evaporators Yo No Soy Rebelde United Empire Loyalists
Evaporators Oh Baby United Empire Loyalists
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Club Stuff Vini Vidi Vici
Wankin Family Local Youths (Gassenhauer) We Did It For the Kids
Islanders Two Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me Personally Yours
Wankin Family Nobody Can Stop Us We Did It For the Kids
Houston Mucho Gusto ST
Gregorash, Joey Night Ride to Memphis North Country Funk
La Révolution Française Bingo Québecois
Moses Feel Like a Fool End of the Line
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Le tango des concaves Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Compilation The Mongrels - Heartaches Winnipeg Vol 1
Pagliaro, Michel Sure Maybe Pagliaro
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Canada Pops Beer Barrel Polka Did You Know?
Tudjaat Kajusita (My Ship Comes In) ST
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie - Skip to My Lou (American Traditional) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Compilation Alasi Alasuak, Nellie Nungak, Mary Sivuarapik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song About the World ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Charlow's Boogie Le Vieux Show Son Sale
British Modbeats The Price of Love Mod Is
Tudjaat Traditional Throat Song Medley ST
Wankin Family No Way to Live We Did It For the Kids
Aut'chose Belle grande blanche Le Couchemar américain
Dales Hawerchuk, Les J'monte au lac ST
Tudjaat Qiugaviit ST
Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
Pomerance, Erica Burn Baby Burn You Used To Think
Heads in the Sky Heads in Rio ST
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Heads in the Sky Atlantis Lies ST
L'infonie Desafinado Vol 3
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Reiterwinkler Plattier (German) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Moses Sit Down End of the Line
Dufresne, Diane La fin de la monde est pour aujourd'hui À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Aut'chose 24 heures par jour Le Couchemar américain
Bunchofuckingoofs Conflict Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Daines, Ivan Calgary Stampede Ivan
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

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