Ontario’s sound recording and music publishing industry is the largest in Canada, with the highest revenues across the board. Ontario produces a huge number of critically acclaimed and globally popular artists, from Drake, Sarah Harmer and Justin Bieber to Shania Twain, Rush and Broken Social Scene.
Digital music sales in Canada outpaces
global trends.
Online music consumption in Ontario
is more than double
the national average.
Ontario record labels pay $60 million annually in wages and benefits.
Ontario music producers have access to provincial funding and tax credits through OMDC programs
and initiatives.
One of Ontario's most successful independent record labels, Arts & Crafts is home to internationally renowned acts such as Broken Social Scene, Feist, The Stills and Constantines. Since releasing Feist's hugely successful album The Reminder, which sold more than 250,000 copies in Canada and won five Juno awards, the Arts & Crafts network has expanded to include Europe, South America and Asia. They are now big enough to host their showcase at SXSW, one of the most important music events of the year.
Website - Arts & Crafts