CanadaSound Project

CanadaSound’s goal was to bring Canadians and their artists together in a fresh way to express pride, culture and identity. With its digital platform, Canadians were asked to contribute their favourite sounds to inspire artists to create original music. Fueled by emotion and imagination, we broke down barriers across age, race, geography, culture, language - even musical genres to bring Canadians together through sound.
Where else could the sound of a wolf in the far north inspire a Toronto electroacoustic band to reimagine a centuries-old Maritime folk song called “Farewell to Nova Scotia”? Or a Canadian’s love of the sound of rain on the west coast inspire an R&B artist to write a song 2,000 miles away?
With over 81 artists engaged, we created the CanadaSound digital album. It contained original works from two JUNO Award Winners, four JUNO Award Nominees, a four-time platinum artist and a newly discovered 13-year-old. With inspiration from everyday Canadians, dozens of songs were created, all in support of a charity that puts instruments into the hands of kids.