Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of New & Upcoming Canadian Albums In 2026

Canadian artists have moved into 2026 with some big releases on the horizon.

Some have begun their album cycles, others have confirmed release dates and some have just teased that their records will be out this year. It has been a growing industry trend for major name artists to put out new music with little or even no advance notice, so coming out with a definitive and iron-clad release schedule is an ongoing process. That's why we will now be updating this calendar throughout the year. Check back each week to see the new additions.

Here is our current list of upcoming albums with some of the most highly anticipated singled out. Here, in chronological order, are our Billboard Canada picks, followed by the full calendar of new and upcoming Canadian releases.

Albums to Look Forward to In 2026

Carly Rae Jepsen, Day and Night (Interscope) — Sept. 18.

Canadian pop favourite Carly Rae Jepsen is returning with a new album, and she is promising double the fun. Her eighth studio album, Day and Night is actually a double album that hits the streets on Sept. 18, via Interscope Records. It comprises 24 tracks, 12 on each side, each with its own personality. Day is described as “organic and raw, with live instrumentation and hints of Seventies-inspired psychedelic pop,” while Night “is exploratory and intense, shifting into a sleek, synth-driven world of dance pop.”

The album features multiple collaborators who have also been part of Jepsen's earlier success. That list includes Tavish Crowe, who co-wrote her global smash hit ''Call Me Maybe''; Kyle Shearer, who worked on ''Julien, '' ''Psychedelic Switch'' and more; Nate Cyphert, who produced The Loneliest Time and other songs; and producer Cole M.G.N., who co-wrote and co-produced ''So Right'' and married Jepsen in 2025. The couple welcomed their first child in March. Day and Night is Jepsen's first release since her 2023 B-sides collection, The Loveliest Time. The new album's lead single, ''On Wires,'' came out on June 26. The dynamic cut shifts in tone and scope to compelling effect.

Daphni - Butterfly (Expanded Edition) -Jiaolong - Sept. 25

Internationally-renowned and prolific electronica artist Dan Snaith (aka Daphni, Caribou) released his latest album as Daphni, Butterfly, back in Feb. It garnered a positive response and a longlist placing for the prestigious Polaris Music Prize, encouraging Snaith to return with an expanded edition. That announcement came on Sept. 4, with Sept. 25 as the album release date. The expanded edition pairs the original album with a second disc of 13 tracks: seven new Daphni productions, led by the focus track "Catch 23"; remixes by Kelbin, Aasthma, Peder Mannerfelt and BRUX; and extended and beatless mixes of "Sad Piano House."

Snaith says of the expanded edition: "Even as I was finishing up the final master of Butterfly, I was making lots more music to play out that felt like it lived in the same world and was in the same vein. And so adding them to an expanded version made a lot of sense." Also, the remixes on this expanded version all came out of nice personal connections. There's the Kelbin remix that is sort of a companion to his Cloudy remix from the previous Daphni album. The only time that I really think about commissioning remixes, is when there's a nice personal connection between someone whose music I admire and the music that I've made."

Bruce Cockburn, The Blood of Others (Sunset Boulevard Records) — Oct. 16

Over a career spanning over five decades and producing 39 albums, folk-rock singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn has earned a justified international reputation as one of Canada’s most eloquent songsmiths and accomplished musicians. For his upcoming album The Blood of Others, Cockburn takes a fascinating trek back to his musically formative years with a collection of songs written by others, all of which had an impact upon the young artist emerging on the folk club scene in the ‘60s.

He explains the album this way: ‘’What began back in the eighties as a vague notion grew over time into a strong desire to put together a collection of material, written by others, that I found sticking to the edges of my musical landscape. The accumulation of these songs started in the sixties, before I'd even begun to try to create my own."

The tunes come from the worlds of gospel, jazz, folk, blues, ragtime and more and the eclectic collection includes Canadiana classic ‘’Four Strong Winds’’ and Elvis Presley’s "That's Alright." Cockburn is in the midst of a North American tour that includes mid-October concerts in Kitchener, Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. Check the itinerary here.

Boy Golden, Best of Our Possible Lives - Deluxe Edition (Six Shooter Records) Oct. 16

This week, rootsy Winnipeg singer-songwriter producer Boy Golden (Liam Duncan) released a new song “Pity” to announce the 17-track deluxe edition of his breakthrough album, Best of Our Possible Lives, due Oct. 16. In a Facebook post, Boy Golden stated that this track will be on the new edition, alongside another song written and recorded with the great Cat Clyde as well as several acoustic versions of songs on the original album.

He explains that the psychedelia-tinged ''Pity'' 'is about the feeling that our modern lives are not what they 'should' be. Sometimes, when I get moving so fast, when I get so busy, the glue that binds my world starts to break down. Cynicism and exhaustion creep in at the edges. Then, sometimes you get a breath of fresh air - sometimes literally - especially if you are surrounded by nature and hear the sound of silence.''

The critically acclaimed Best of Our Possible Lives is Boy Golden's fourth album. He explains that ''each new body of work I have finished has pushed me personally towards greater acceptance of myself as a whole person.'' Boy Golden has also announced Canadian and USA headline touring this fall and winter, after September support shows with Bahamas, with tickets for his headline shows on sale today (Sept. 11) here. Next week he is showcasing extensively at Americanafest in Nashville.

Nickelback, Everything Under The Sun (Virgin Music Group) — Oct. 30

The masters of heartland meat and potatoes rock are back. On July 14, Nickelback announced Oct. 30 as the scheduled release date of their keenly-awaited new (and 11th) studio album, Everything Under The Sun. It has been a while since we've heard new music from the pride of Hanna, Alberta, as their previous album, Get Rollin', came out in 2022. It was accompanied by a world tour described as the highest-attended tour of their career, and this momentum continued with the release of a popular documentary on the band, Hate to Love: Nickelback. Earlier this year, the band's 2023 rock anthem ''Bones for the Crows'' gained new life and another chart topper on the Billboard Canada Airplay charts after being chosen as the theme song for Wrestlemania 42.

According to frontman Chad Kroeger, the new album's title reflects its variety. "This album has every side of the band on it. There are songs that hit as hard as anything we've ever done, songs that take chances, and songs that remind us why we've been doing this together for so long." Released along with the album announcement, ''Rattle The Cage'' is Nickelback at their big and beefy best, with pummelling riffs and huge hooks driving this call to action. The cut features hard rock guitar ace John 5 (Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue, Rod Zombie).

Of note: 2026 marks the 25th anniversary of the group's breakthrough third album, Silver Side Up, one including the mega-hit “How You Remind Me,” named the most-played song on U.S. radio (in any format) in the 2000s. In all, the rockers have sold over 50 million albums worldwide, with multiple Top 10 hits, four Grammy nominations and 12 Juno Awards. Everything Under The Sun has the potential to be the biggest rock record of the fall.

Writing by Kerry Doole

Here is the full list of upcoming Canadian albums with confirmed release dates.

2026 Calendar of New and Upcoming Canadian Albums

January

January 30:

• Softcult, When A Flower Doesn’t Grow (Easy Life Records)

• Gab Bouchard, Encore

• New Saint, Santo

• Luca Fogale, Challenger (Nettwerk Music Group)

• Geneviève Racette, Golden (Deluxe)

• Triples, Every Good Story (Bleak Enterprise)

• Lights, A6EXTENDED

• The Sling Sisters, What I Hope to Find

• Miarlequin, The Fool

February

February 6:

• Beverly Glenn-Copeland & Elizabeth Copeland, Laughter In Summer (Transgressive)

• Nick Schofield, Blue Hour (Backward Music)

• Daphni, Butterfly (Jiaolong)

• Mars Aspen, Baby Teeth (Twin Fang)

• Aquakulture, 1783

• Mike Van Eyes, Ain’t That Loving You, Baby

• Boy Golden, Best of Our Possible Lives (Six Shooter Records)

• Pony, Clearly Cursed

• Larkk, Cinders

• Lauren Spencer Smith, The Art of Being A Mess (Deluxe) (Universal Music Canada)

• Colin Stetson, Greg Fox, Trevor Dunn, Nethering (Envision)

February 20:

• NYSSA, Cursebreaker (Six Shooter)

• Peaches, No Lube So Rude (Kill Rock Stars)

• Dominique Fils-Aimé, My World Is The Sun (Ensoul)

• CVCHE, Get Fluffy

• John and Roy, I Can Dream

February 27:

• Bibi Club, Amaro (Secret City)

• Gord Downie, The Sadies, and The Conquering Sun, Live At 6 O'Clock (Arts & Crafts)

• The Sheepdogs, Keep Out Of The Storm

• Garrett T. Willie, Bill's Cafe

• Donovan Woods, Squander Your Gifts EP (Warner Music Canada)

• Julianna Riolino, Echo In The Dust (Deluxe) (Moonwhistle Records)

• School House, Homeland

• The Sarandons, Long Way Home

• Elyse Aeryn, Everybody Loves You (Symphonic Distribution)

• Grievous Angels, Revolution

• Donovan Woods, Squander Your Gifts

March

March 6:

• Motorists, Never Sing Alone (We Are Time)

• Jenn Grant, Queen of the Strait

• Tanya Tagaq, Saputjiji (Six Shooter)

• Status Non-Status, Big Changes (You'e Changed)

• Odd Marshall, Seconds

• Pinebarren, Arbutus

• Mise en Scene, Drive-Thru Confessional

• Ndidi O, It's About Time

March 13:

• Marie Celeste, Tout ce qui brille

• Various Artists, Covered - A Tribute to Nash the Slash (We Are Busy Bodies)

• Suzie Ungerleider, Among the Evergreens (Deluxe) (MVKA)

• Cat Clyde, Mud Blood Bone (Concord)

• Pick a Piper, Dandelion (Halocline Trance)

• Marie Céleste, Tout ce qui brille (Bravo musique)

• PUP, Megacity Madness (The Official Live Recordings) vinyl only

• City Builders, Healing Revenge

• Aman Dhesi, The Restless Night (Zedd Records)

• The Darcys, Rendering Feelings (GOODTIME Edition)

• Rush, Grace Under Pressure (40th Anniversary edition) (Anthem)

March 19:

• Gnarwhal, Lucid Machine

March 20:

• Edwin Raphael, I Know A Garden

• Ariel Posen, Bannatyne (Dine Alone)

• Cinzia & The Eclipse, The Wax

• MIINA, Where The Light Goes

• Jessica Rhaye and The Ramshackle Parade, Foolish Heart

• Bossanova Frankenstein, Heavy Relic

March 27:

• Wintersleep, Wishing Moon (Dine Alone)

• Gentiane MG, Can You Hear the Birds?

• Sunglaciers, Spiritual Content (Mothland)

• Charlotte Cornfield, Hurts Like Hell (Next Door Records/Merge)

• Arielle Soucy, Passages (Bonbonbon)

• The New Pornographers, The Former Site Of (Merge Records)

April

April 1:

• Amanda Rheaume, The Truth We Hold (deluxe edition) (Ishkōdé Records)

April 3:

• Malinowski, Under A Landslide of Stars (Dine Alone)

• Population II, Gimmicks (Bonsound)

• Good Kid, Can We Hang Out Sometime?

• Beatrice Deer, Inuit Legend

• Jon Mullane, The Road

• Jennifer Foster, Powerline

April. 9:

• Terry Gomes, 2 Open 3 Closed

April 10:

• Les Louanges, Alouette! (Bonsound)

• Aysanabee, Timelines (Ishkōdé Records)

• The Fugitives, The Fugitives (Rhea Records)

• Kaeley Jade, The Great Unknown

• Flore Laurentienne, Volume 111 (Secret City)

• Rae Spoon, Assigned Country Singer At Birth (Coax Records)

• Maude Audet, May Your Light

• Nick Fraser, Areas (Elastic Recordings)

• Hiroki Tanaka, Isan (Errant Records)

• Loviet, Debutante

• Tenille Townes, The Acrobat

April 15:

• Brass Camel, Brass Camel

April 17:

• Tiga, Hot Life (Turbo Recordings / Secret City)

• Bandcalledmax, Live At The Cameron House (Victory Pool Records)

• LØLØ, god forbid a girl spits out her feelings! (Fearless Records)

• Arkells, Between Us (Universal Music Canada/Virgin Music Group)

• Chief State, Keep Your Friends Closer (Mutant League Records)

• The Devin Cuddy Band, Livin' Hard Ain't Easy

• Caroline Wiles , Just Be You

• Daniel Isaiah, Western Medicine

• Dallas Good & Richard Reed Parry, Were The Watchtowers (Yep Roc Records)

• Kyp Harness, Lovely

• Elyssia Biro, Running From Nothing (Universal Music Canada)

• Atsuko Chiba, Atsuko Chiba (Mothland)

• Metric, Romanticize the Dive (Metric Music International/Thirty Tigers)

• Kelly Clipperton, I Am Your Distraction

• Cadence Weapon, Forager (Six Shooter)

• Pastel Blank, Unmade In Minutes (Paper Bag Records)

• Sea of Lettuce, Open Doors

• Bobby Dove, Fortune Teller

• Simon Boisseau, Les fausses illusions

• John Shambles, Cabin Fever

• Whipped Cream, Home Was Always Me (Monstercat)

May

May 1:

• Eden FM, Ataxia (Cursus Audio)

• Shub, Heritage (Part Two)

• Aaron Wylder, Brand New TV

• Geordie Gordon, River Round (Victory Pool)

• Jessica Pearson and the East Wind, Wilding Part One

• Faber Drive, Seven Second Surgery (19 ¼ Anniversary Edition) (604 Records)

• Ellen Froese, Solitary Songs (Victory Pool)

• Shub, Heritage (Part Two)

• Broken Social Scene, Remember The Humans (Arts & Crafts)

• Abigail Lapell, Shadow Child (Outside Music)

• Ellen Froese, Solitary Songs (Victory Pool)

• Whitehorse, All I Want Is All of It (Six Shooter)

• Leeroy Stagger, Pilgrimage (Cordova Bay)

• General Chaos, Can’t Please ’Em All ( Stomp Records)

• Alaskan Tapes, Blank Slate, Open Space

• The Flatliners, Cold World

• Laura Roy, Late Bloomer Season

• Wolf Parade, Apologies to the Queen Mary (vinyl deluxe reissue) (Sub Pop)

• Spencer Krug, Same Fangs (Pronounced Kroog)

• Alex Henry Foster, A Nightfall Ritual (Hopeful Tragedy Records)

• Skydiggers, West Montrose

• Desiree Dorion, Pieces of Me

• Jont, Walk Right Through

• Noah Derksen, Mercy on the Skyline (AWAL)

• Tim Hicks, Going Somewhere (Open Road)

• Chantal Kreviazuk, In My Own Voice (Wax Records)

• Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, A Beautiful Buzz

• Jia, Technicolour (Light Organ)

• Alex Hughes, Take Me Home (Phase Entertainment Group)

• Hillsboro, A Party In Your Name (Play Dead)

June

June 2:

• cherry pick, 3 (Light Organ Records)

June 5:

• Bye Parula, Something Out Of Nothing (Secret City Records)

• Sherri Harding, Storyland (Instant Replay Music/Fontana North)

• Friendly Rich, A Bruised Sunset

June 12:

• La Sécurité, Bingo (Bella Union/Mothland)

• Picastro, Double On Time (We Are Busy Bodies)

• Billianne, Heart So Open

• Pharis & Jason Romero, These Are The Days That Turn Into Years

• The Get Alongs, Second To None (Having Fun/We Are Busy Bodies

• ZOON, Happy Thought School

• Dean Brody, The Tenth Album

• Truck Violence, The weathervane is my body (Mothland)

July

July 8:

• Cam Kahin, CHUG (Deluxe Edition) (Dine Alone)

July 10:

• Jacob Brodovsky, Tell The Kids We Tried

• Magi Merlin, Power House (Bonsound)

• sundayclub, sundayclub (Paper Bag Records)

• Allison Russell, In The Hour of Chaos (Fantasy Records)

• Michael Cloud Duguay, Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go

July 17

• N Nao, Nouveaux Language (Mothland)

July 24:

• Shania Twain, Little Miss Twain (Universal Music Canada)

• John Muirhead, The Nomad & The Never Ending Road

August

August 7:

• Corb Lund, Dark Horses (New West)

• Cancer Bats, Give Me Dirt (Bat Skull/New Damage)

• Ada Lea, the end is a wave (Next Door)

• The Tragically Hip, Live July 22 – August 20, 2016 (Universal Music)

• Eldritch Priest, Too, So Like Nothing (Halocline Trance)

• Robyn Ottolini, A Safe Place To Land (ONErpm)

• Echoes Of..., Last Days (Aakuluk Music)

August 28:

• Basia Bulat, Bouquet (Secret City)

• Elephant Stone, ASHA (Little Cloud Records/Elephants On Parade)

• Jonathan Personne, Répertoire (Bonsound)

• Le Ren, Don't Be Funny Without Me (Royal Mountain)

• Mimi O’Bonsawin, Evoke

• summersets, Pine Trees In A Perfect Row

• Sarah Davachi, The Will Of Tongues

• Harry Manx, Falling Upwards

September

September 4:

• Céline Dion, Live à Paris (Sony) (double vinyl)

• Dottie Andersson, Andersson Funeral Home (Royal Mountain Records)

• Mind Bath, Aqueous (Lighter Than Air)

• Theory Of A Deadman, Part 1: Funeral Songs (ONErpm)

• Melissa Auf der Maur, BASS WOMB ROOM: My ‘90s 4-Track Demos x Field Recordings

• Mama’s Broke, Reunion (Free Dirt Records and Forward Music Group)
• Mikey Jose, CHASING / STILL
  
  
• Irish Millie, Can You See Me?
  
  
• Harrison Kennedy, Old Fashioned Plain (Electro-fi)
• Shapeshifter, S/T (Lit Soc Records)
• Honeybear, The Cure

September 11:

• Colin Stetson & Brigidhe Chaimbeul, All The Light In The World (Envision Records)

• Mattmac, Smoke Signals

• The Damn Truth, The Damn Truth (Deluxe Edition)

• Isla Den, Heaven Can Wait ( Division (Courage)

September 18:

• Carly Rae Jepsen, Day and Night (Interscope)

• Blonde Diamond, Love Is A Shadow

• Orville Peck, Mule (Warner Records)

• Emma Worley, Forever Beginner (Acronym)

• Weatherell., Lonely Soul

• Thunder Queens, Deep Below (Victory Pool Records)

September 25:

• Daphni, Butterfly - Expanded version (Jiaolong)

• Jean-Michel Blais, Mirador (Arts & Crafts)

• Damhnait Doyle, Bird in Flames

• Samantha Savage Smith, Little Place

• So Tired, Stop Me

• Emmett Morris, The Old Way

October

October 2:

• Gizmo, All Your Worships (Victory Pool Records)

• Teagan Johnston, Big Time

• FROTAE, Volume 2 (Halocline Trance)
  

• K-Man & The 45s’ , Heed The Call (Stomp Records)

• Wayfinding, A Nest of Wrens

• Bruce Cockburn, The Blood of Others (Sunset Boulevard Records)

• Allegories, By accident, On purpose

• Boy Golden, Best of Our Possible Lives - Deluxe Edition (Six Shooter)

October 23:

• Matt Lang, Ain't That Bad (River House Artists)

• Sam Drysdale, Purgatory Cove (ONErpm)

• Art d'Ecco, Scheele's Green

• Alex Henry Foster, The Fragile Beauty (Of New Morning Hopes)

• Ghostkeeper, Balloon Moon (Victory Pool)

• Nickelback, Everything Under The Sun (Virgin Music Group)

• PISS, you made me / skin on linen' (Paper Bag Records + Sub Pop)

November

November 6:

• Young Friend, New Entertainment (Nettwerk)

• Chris McKhool, Global Dance Party!

• Comeback Kid, Chosen Hell

• Young Friend, New Entertainment (Nettwerk)

• Tennyson King, 100 Cities 百城

• Shaina Hayes, Take the Case of a Rose (Bonsound)

November 20:

• Matthew Barber, Find The Time (Outside Music)

January 2027

Jan. 29

• Lisa LeBlanc, Patchwork (Bonsound)