This is a summary of the year 2011 in the Canadian music industry.
Events
February
February 11 – Indie rock band Immaculate Machine formally announce their breakup.
March
March 27 – The 2011 Juno Awards, the 40th annual ceremony.
June
June 16 – Preliminary 2011 Polaris Music Prize longlist is announced.
July
ChartAttack, a music website published by the longtime former Canadian music magazine Chart, suspends publication.
August
August 1 – Saskatoon band The Sheepdogs are announced as the winners of Rolling Stone'''s "Do You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star" competition for unsigned rock bands.
September
September 19 – Arcade Fire are announced as the winners of the 2011 Polaris Music Prize for their album The Suburbs.
November
November 1 – Canadian entertainment news website andPOP acquires ChartAttack, announcing plans to revive it with expanded video content.
Bands reformed
Death from Above 1979
Bands on hiatus
Secret and Whisper
Wolf Parade
You Say Party
Bands disbanded
Alexisonfire
Immaculate Machine
Mobile
Quo Vadis
The Stills
Albums released
A
Adam and the Amethysts, Flickering FlashlightArkells, Michigan Left – October 18
Jann Arden, Uncover Me 2Armistice, Armistice – February 15
Austra, Feel It BreakB
Jason Bajada, The Sound Your Life MakesJill Barber, Mischievous Moon – April 5
Matthew Barber, Matthew BarberThe Barr Brothers, The Barr BrothersBernice, What Was ThatThe Besnard Lakes, You Lived in the CityBlackie and the Rodeo Kings, Kings and QueensBraids, Native Speaker – January 18 Les Breastfeeders, Dans la gueule des joursMichael Bublé, ChristmasBruce Peninsula, Open FlamesBuck 65, 20 Odd Years – February 1 The Burning Hell, Flux CapacitorLouise Burns, Mellow DramaC Kathryn Calder, Bright and Vivid – October 25 Jennifer Castle, CastlemusicCannon Bros., Firecracker/CloudglowLou Canon, Lou Canon – May 10 George Canyon, Better Be Home SoonKeshia Chanté, Night & Day – November 8 City and Colour, Little Hell – June 7 Code Pie, Love Meets RageCœur de pirate, Blonde – November 8 Antoine Corriveau, Saint-Maurice/LoganCowboy Junkies, Demons – February 15 Jim Cuddy, Skyscraper Soul – September 27 Cuff the Duke, Morning Comes – October 4 Isabelle Cyr and Yves Marchand, Pays d'abondanceD The Dardanelles, The Eastern LightDavid Suzuki Foundation, Playlist for the Planet – March 22 Mark Davis, Eliminate the ToxinsThe Dears, Degeneration Street – February 15 The Deep Dark Woods, The Place I Left Behind – August 2 Destroyer, Kaputt – January 25 Dinosaur Bones, My DividerDog Day, DeformerDrake, Take Care – November 15 D-Sisive, Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye ByeDuchess Says, In a Fung Day T!E Fred Eaglesmith, 6 VoltsElliott Brood, Days Into Years – September 27 Emerson Drive, Decade of Drive – February 8 Matt Epp and the Amorian Assembly, At Dawn – April 12
F
Feist, Metals – October 4
Christine Fellows, Femmes de chez nous – February 1
G
Galaxie, Tigre et diéselGatineau, Karaoke kingThe Golden Seals, Increase the SweetnessJenn Grant, Honeymoon Punch – January 7 Great Aunt Ida, Nuclearize MeGrey Kingdom, Eulogy of Her and Her and HerEmm Gryner, Northern GospelH Handsome Furs, Sound Kapital – June 28 Ron Hawkins, Straitjacket LoveHey Rosetta!, Seeds – February 15 Rebekah Higgs, Odd FellowshipHooded Fang, Tosta MistaI Imaginary Cities, Temporary ResidentJ Jorane, Une Sorcière comme les autresJunior Boys, It's All TrueK Kellarissa, Moon of Neptune – March 29 Koriass, Petites victoiresK-os, Muchmusic Presents: K-os Live – October 4
L
Avril Lavigne, Goodbye Lullaby – March 8
Salomé Leclerc, Sous les arbresLibrary Voices, Summer of LustLights, Siberia – October 4 Little Scream, The Golden Record – March 15 Rob Lutes and Rob MacDonald, LiveThe Luyas, Too Beautiful to Work – February 22