25 Songwriters from Quebec

Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur is a Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, photographer and actress.

Amélie Beyries, professionally known as Beyries, is a Canadian folk-pop singer and songwriter from Montreal, Quebec. Her debut album, Landing, was released in 2017 and her sophomore album, Encounter, in 2020.

Paul Cargnello is a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet from Montreal. Although anglophone, he has had his greatest success as a writer and singer of French language songs.

Christine Charbonneau was a French Canadian singer and songwriter.

Alan Connelly is a guitarist and songwriter. He is a founding member of Glass Tiger, the Canadian rock band. He and his band received five Canadian music industry JUNO Awards and multiple Canadian songwriter SOCAN Awards, as well as being nominated Best New Artist at the 1986 GRAMMY Awards. Connelly has been part of all GT’s major album releases as well as numerous solo recordings.

Julie Crochetière is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and pianist.

Jean-Pierre Isaac in Belgium, emigrated to Quebec in 1961. Jean-Pierre Isaac is a bilingual lyricist, composer, programmer, DJ, recording studio owner and a music producer. His contributions to music and his national and international success have earned him many awards.

Jesse Marchant, better known by his stage name JBM, is a Canadian singer-songwriter.

Andrew Youakim, performing as Andy Kim, is a Canadian pop rock singer and songwriter. He grew up in Montreal, Quebec. He is known for hits that he released in the late 1960s and 1970s: the international hit "Baby, I Love You" in 1969, and "Rock Me Gently", which topped the US singles chart in 1974. He co-wrote "Sugar, Sugar" in 1968 and sang on the recording as part of the Archies; it was #1 for four weeks and was "Record of the Year" for 1969.

Rosa Laricchiuta is a Canadian singer-songwriter born in Montreal, Quebec. She started singing in a Karaoke bar in Montreal in the 2000s. A music agent noticed Rosa's talent and hired her to sing in 5 Stars Hotels and Casinos in Asia including South Korea, Macau, Indonesia, Dubai, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong-Kong.

Plume Latraverse is a prolific singer, musician, songwriter and author from Quebec. At the end of the 1960s he formed a band named La Sainte Trinité with Pierrot le fou and Pierre Landry. Then he formed a duo with Steve Faulkner (1972-1975). They performed for the last time at the Chant'Août in Quebec City. In 1976, Plume started a solo career and became one of the most influential names in Quebec counterculture. During a European tour (1979-1980) he staged a show during Le Printemps de Bourges and won the Prime Minister of France's Prize and the Pop-Rock prize for the best songwriter from Quebec. In 1982 he worked with Offenbach and produced the album À fond d'train. After his filmed biography, Ô rage électrique, Plume presented his show Show d'à diable in 1984, after which he brought his singing career to a close. He then focused on painting and writing. He published many of his songs, texts and a storybook.

Félix Leclerc, was a French-Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and Québécois political activist. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 20, 1968. Leclerc was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame for his songs "Moi, mes souliers", "Le P'tit Bonheur" and "Le Tour de l'île" in 2006.

Lynda Lemay is a Canadian francophone singer-songwriter. Through her mother she is a descendant of Zacharie Cloutier.

Murray A. Lightburn is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for The Dears.

Safia Nolin is a French Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter from Quebec City, Quebec.

Emily Rose Kafoury known as Nova Rose , is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Montreal, Quebec.

Michel Armand Guy Pagliaro is a Canadian rock singer, songwriter and guitarist from Montreal, Quebec. Pagliaro was nominated for a 1975 Juno Award as male vocalist of the year. Although he writes and records predominantly in French, Pagliaro has released material in English.

Paul Piché is a singer-songwriter, environmentalist, political activist and Quebec sovereigntist.

Luc Plamondon, OC, CQ, is a French-Canadian lyricist and music executive. He is best known for his work on the musicals Starmania and Notre-Dame de Paris.

Michel Rivard is a singer-songwriter and musician from Quebec. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His father Robert Rivard was an actor. Michel began his career at an early age appearing in a Canadian television series and in TV commercials.

Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier was a Canadian judge, author, and lyricist. He wrote the lyrics of the original French version of the Canadian national anthem "O Canada". He was born in Saint-Placide, Quebec, to Charles Routhier and Angélique Lafleur.

Stefie Shock is a Québécois singer-songwriter.

Amélie Veille is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Veille was born in Saint-Georges, Quebec. Her work has been compared to that of Lynda Lemay.

Gilles Vigneault is a Québécois poet, publisher, singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. Two of his songs are considered by many to be Quebec's unofficial anthems: "Mon pays" and "Gens du pays", and his line Mon pays ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver became a proverb in Quebec. Vigneault is a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

David Karl William Wilcox is a Canadian rock musician.