This is a list of composers who are either native to the country of Canada, are citizens of that nation, or have spent a major portion of their careers living and working in Canada. The list is arranged in alphabetical order: A John Abram (born 1959) Murray Adaskin (1906–2002) Andrew Ager (born 1962) Kati Agócs (born 1975) Lucio Agostini (1913–1996) Robert Aitken (born 1939) J. E. P. Aldous (1853–1934) Gaston Allaire (1916–2011) Émilien Allard (1915–1977) Joseph Allard (1873–1947) Peter Allen (born 1952) Kristi Allik (born 1952) Paul Ambrose (1868–1941) Robert Ambrose (1824–1908) W.H. Anderson (1882–1955) Samuel Andreyev (born 1981) Humfrey Anger (1862–1913) István Anhalt (1919–2012) Paul Anka (born 1941) Louis Applebaum (1918–2000) Violet Archer (1913–2000) John Arpin (1936–2007) Raynald Arseneault (1945–1995) B Maya Badian (born 1945) Michael Conway Baker (born 1937) Gerald Bales (1919–2002) Steve Barakatt (born 1973) Lesley Barber (born 1968) Milton Barnes (1931–2001) Joseph Beaulieu (1895–1965) William Beauvais (born 1956) Christophe Beck (born 1972) John Beckwith (born 1927) Léon Bernier (1936–2011) Denis Bédard (born 1950) Norma Beecroft (born 1934) Jack Behrens (born 1935) Marc Bélanger (born 1940) Alan Belkin (born 1951) Gilles Bellemare (born 1952) Herbert Belyea (1917–2001) Boris Berlin (1907–2001) Conrad Bernier (1904–1988) Daniel Berthiaume (born 1956) Lorne Betts (1918–1985) Amin Bhatia (born 1961) Jocelyne Binet (1923–1968) Keith Bissell (1912–1992) Lloyd Blackman (born 1928) Patricia Blomfield Holt (1910–2003) Antoine Bouchard (born 1932) Linda Bouchard (born 1957) Victor Bouchard (1926–2011) Adélard Joseph Boucher (1835–1912) Lydia Boucher (1890–1971) Walter Boudreau (born 1947) Ned Bouhalassa (born 1962) Denys Bouliane (born 1955) Pierre Brabant (1925–2014) Timothy Brady (born 1956) Henry Brant (1913–2008) Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis I (1785–1832) Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis II (1814–1871) Annie Glen Broder (1857–1937) Alexander Brott (1915–2005) Stephen Brown (born 1948) Edwin Orion Brownell (born 1964) Walter Buczynski (born 1933) John Burge (born 1961) John Burke (1951–2020) C Howard Cable (1920–2016) Christian Calon (born 1950) Allison Cameron (born 1963) Nicole Carignan (born 1952) Bruce Carlson (born 1944) Albertine Caron-Legris (1906–1972) Pat Carrabré (born 1958) Albert Chamberland (1886–1975) Claude Champagne (1891–1965) Caleb Chan (born 1988) Dorothy Chang (born 1970) Alexander Chuhaldin (1892–1951) Gustav Ciamaga (born 1930) Chan Ka Nin (born 1949) Derek Charke (born 1974) Benoît Charest (born 1964) Stephen Chatman (born 1950) Brian Cherney (born 1942) Neil Chotem (1920–2008) Dolores Claman (1927–2021) F. R. C. Clarke (1931–2009) James P. Clarke (1807/8–1877) Donald Alexander Cochrane (born 1928) Bruce Cockburn (born 1945) Stephen Codman (c. 1796–1852) Warren Cohen (born 1954) Leonard Cohen (1934–2016)