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
Dales Hawerchuk, Les J'monte au lac ST
Melchior Alias Totor Melchior ST
Bunchofuckingoofs Businesscum Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Walk Out of My Mind (Lane, Tree Music) Peter & Mary And Friends
Tudjaat Traditional Throat Song Medley ST
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Fuoco Del Sud (Italian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Dales Hawerchuk, Les En déshabillé ST
Dandy, Trevor Lord I Come to Thee Don't Cry Little Tree
Dufresne, Diane Le cirque est fini À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Compilation Good Fortune - Ring in His Nose Winnipeg Vol 1
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
Heads in the Sky Atlantis Lies ST
L'infonie Desafinado Vol 3
Dales Hawerchuk, Les La nouvelle ST
L'infonie finale Vol 3
Aut'chose Hollywood en plywood Le Couchemar américain
Canada Pops Sometimes When We Touch Did You Know?
Canada Pops Until It's Time For You To Go Did You Know?
Islanders Two Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me Personally Yours
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Iron Gypsy Hell 'n' Back ST
L'infonie Viens danser le "O.k. La!" Vol 3
Dandy, Trevor Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
Aut'chose Le p'tit gros Le Couchemar américain
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Bobépine Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Islanders Two I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Personally Yours
Moses Promenade End of the Line
Compilation The Triad - The Only Way to Fly Winnipeg Vol 1
Dufresne, Diane La fin de la monde est pour aujourd'hui À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Ya! ST
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Mary Sivuarapik - Throat Singing Contest ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Wankin Family I Left My Heart in Iran (Forgotten Rebels) We Did It For the Kids
Compilation Joe Vassos - Leavin' on a Jet Plane Unselfconsciously Canadian
Evaporators Vampire Blues United Empire Loyalists
Fortier, Jean Léon Non Plus ST
Aut'chose 24 heures par jour Le Couchemar américain
Moses I Need You End of the Line
Islanders Two Summer Wages Personally Yours
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny AA HHH Vini Vidi Vici
Pomerance, Erica The Slippery Morning You Used To Think
Daines, Ivan Proud As Any Man Can Be Ivan
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song About a Thumb ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Islanders Two Help Me Personally Yours
Daines, Ivan Put Some Life In Your Life Ivan
Aut'chose En arrière du micro Le Couchemar américain
Evaporators United Empire Loyalists United Empire Loyalists
Wankin Family Local Youths (Gassenhauer) We Did It For the Kids
Baloue, Lewis Things Just Happen That Way L'amour
British Modbeats Land of 1000 Dances Mod Is
Mutual Understanding Rain Rain Go Away In Wonderland
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Houston Fly ST
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Jukas Jarvi (Finnish) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
La Révolution Française Et la terre tournera Québecois
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Star académie ST
Pomerance, Erica Burn Baby Burn You Used To Think
Dandy, Trevor Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
Moses Sit Down End of the Line
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Le rock 'n' roll du grand flanc mou Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Daines, Ivan Ivan Ivan
Pomerance, Erica You Used to Think You Used To Think
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
Pagliaro, Michel Good and Bad Folks Pagliaro
Tudjaat Kajusita (My Ship Comes In) ST
British Modbeats Sorrow Mod Is
Evaporators Oh Baby United Empire Loyalists
Canada Pops The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Did You Know?
Compilation Sugar 'N Spice - The Cruel War Winnipeg Vol 1
Gregorash, Joey Down by the River North Country Funk
Houston Elizabeth ST
Mutual Understanding I'm Old Fashioned In Wonderland
Mutual Understanding You Fascinate Me In Wonderland
Pomerance, Erica The French Revolution You Used To Think
Pagliaro, Michel Some Sing, Some Dance Pagliaro
Dufresne, Diane A part de d'ca À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Pagliaro, Michel Ballad of Bessie Rosanne Pagliaro
Islanders Two In The Ghetto Personally Yours
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
Mutual Understanding Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion In Wonderland
Houston All My Life ST
Compilation Chopping Block - Goin' Back Home Winnipeg Vol 1
Evaporators I'm Going to France United Empire Loyalists
Bunchofuckingoofs Left Nut - Side Pocket Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Dale Hawerchuk ST
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Corps mort ST
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Le reel du pendu Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Evaporators It's My Pride (Randy Bachman) United Empire Loyalists
British Modbeats Don't Answer Me Mod Is
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Listen to the Rain (Peter Jansen) Peter & Mary And Friends
Dandy, Trevor When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Bunchofuckingoofs Hogs of War Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Pagliaro, Michel It Ain't the Way Pagliaro
Compilation Buddy Victor - The More I See You Unselfconsciously Canadian
British Modbeats Ain't Nobody Home But Me Mod Is
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Charlow's Boogie Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Evaporators Brainwashed (David Clayton-Thomas) United Empire Loyalists
Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
L'infonie Intermezzo Vol 3
Gregorash, Joey Make a Better Place North Country Funk

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