Rank
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1996
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2000
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2005
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1 |
The Demics, "
New York City" |
The Guess Who, "
American Woman" |
The Guess Who, "
American Woman"
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2 |
Sloan, "
Underwhelmed" |
Sloan, "
Underwhelmed" |
Sloan, "
Underwhelmed"
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3 |
The Guess Who, "
American Woman" |
Gordon Lightfoot, "
If You Could Read My Mind" |
Neil Young, "
The Needle and the Damage Done"
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4 |
The Pursuit of Happiness, "
I'm an Adult Now" |
Bryan Adams, "Summer of '69" |
Gordon Lightfoot, "
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
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5 |
Martha and the Muffins, "
Echo Beach" |
Gordon Lightfoot, "
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" |
Bryan Adams, "Summer of '69"
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6 |
Bachman–Turner Overdrive, "
Takin' Care of Business" |
The Pursuit of Happiness, "
I'm An Adult Now" |
Rush, "
Tom Sawyer"
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7 |
Blue Rodeo, "
Try" |
The Tragically Hip, "
New Orleans Is Sinking" |
The Band, "
The Weight"
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8 |
Treble Charger, "
Red" |
The Diodes, "Tired of Waking Up Tired" |
Neil Young, "
Cortez the Killer"
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9 |
Rush, "
Tom Sawyer" |
The Demics, "
New York City" |
Neil Young, "
Heart of Gold"
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10 |
Slow, "Have Not Been the Same" |
Neil Young, "
Cinnamon Girl" |
Leonard Cohen, "
Hallelujah"
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11 |
Neil Young, "
Cinnamon Girl" |
Maestro Fresh Wes, "
Let Your Backbone Slide" |
Neil Young, "
Rockin' in the Free World"
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12 |
The Tragically Hip, "
New Orleans Is Sinking" |
Sloan, "
Money City Maniacs" |
Maestro Fresh Wes, "
Let Your Backbone Slide"
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13 |
Neil Young, "
Rockin' in the Free World" |
Slow, "Have Not Been the Same" |
Gordon Lightfoot, "
If You Could Read My Mind"
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14 |
The Band, "
The Weight" |
Blue Rodeo, "
Try" |
The Tragically Hip, "
New Orleans Is Sinking"
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15 |
Gordon Lightfoot, "
If You Could Read My Mind" |
Neil Young, "
The Needle and the Damage Done" |
Payola$, "Eyes of a Stranger"
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16 |
Payola$, "Eyes of a Stranger" |
Joni Mitchell, "
Big Yellow Taxi" |
Neil Young, "
Cinnamon Girl"
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17 |
The Diodes, "Tired of Waking Up Tired" |
Rush, "
Tom Sawyer" |
Joni Mitchell, "
A Case of You"
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18 |
k. d. lang, "
Constant Craving" |
Rough Trade, "
High School Confidential" |
Leonard Cohen, "
Suzanne"
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19 |
Men Without Hats, "
The Safety Dance" |
Neil Young, "
Rockin' in the Free World" |
The Weakerthans, "Left and Leaving"
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20 |
Skinny Puppy, "
Dig It" |
Martha and the Muffins, "
Echo Beach" |
Sloan, "Coax Me"
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21 |
Young Canadians, "Hawaii" |
Sloan, "
Coax Me" |
The Band, "
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
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22 |
Rough Trade, "
High School Confidential" |
Trooper, "
Raise a Little Hell" |
Blue Rodeo, "Hasn't Hit Me Yet"
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23 |
Gordon Lightfoot, "
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" |
The Tragically Hip, "
At the Hundredth Meridian" |
Leonard Cohen, "
Famous Blue Raincoat"
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24 |
Bryan Adams, "
Summer of '69" |
The Tragically Hip, "
Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" |
Rush, "
Closer to the Heart"
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25 |
Leonard Cohen, "
Suzanne" |
Rheostatics, "Record Body Count" |
Stompin' Tom Connors, "
The Hockey Song"
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26 |
Doughboys, "Shine" |
Len, "
Steal My Sunshine" |
Neil Young, "
Down by the River"
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27 |
Five Man Electrical Band, "
Signs" |
The Tragically Hip, "
Grace, Too" |
Gordon Lightfoot, "
Canadian Railroad Trilogy"
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28 |
Ian and Sylvia, "
Four Strong Winds" |
54-40, "One Gun" |
Bachman–Turner Overdrive, "
Takin' Care of Business"
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29 |
Sloan, "
Coax Me" |
Bachman–Turner Overdrive, "
Takin' Care of Business" |
The Guess Who, "
No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature"
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30 |
Neil Young, "
Heart of Gold" |
Rufus Wainwright, "April Fool's" |
Sloan, "Snowsuit Sound"
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31 |
A Foot in Coldwater, "Make Me Do (Anything You Want)" |
Payola$, "Eyes of a Stranger" |
Treble Charger, "Red"
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32 |
Anne Murray, "
Snowbird" |
Sweeney Todd, "Roxy Roller" |
Bruce Cockburn, "
Lovers in a Dangerous Time"
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33 |
Crowbar, "Oh, What a Feeling" |
Spirit of the West, "
Political" |
k-os, "The Man I Used to Be"
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34 |
The Viletones, "Screaming Fist" |
Anne Murray, "
Snowbird" |
The Pursuit of Happiness, "
I'm an Adult Now"
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35 |
54-40, "
I Go Blind" |
The Tragically Hip, "
Ahead by a Century" |
Sloan, "
The Good in Everyone"
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36 |
Terry Jacks, "
Seasons in the Sun" |
Gordon Lightfoot, "
Sundown" |
Hayden, "Bad As They Seem"
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37 |
Spirit of the West, "
Political" |
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, "Having an Average Weekend" |
Joni Mitchell, "
Big Yellow Taxi"
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38 |
The Haunted, "1-2-5" |
Doughboys, "Shine" |
Neil Young, "
Cowgirl in the Sand"
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39 |
The Ugly Ducklings, "Nothin'" |
Leonard Cohen, "
Suzanne" |
Rush, "
Limelight"
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40 |
Slow, "I Broke the Circle" |
Sarah McLachlan, "
Vox" |
Blue Rodeo, "Five Days in May"
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41 |
Andy Kim, "
Rock Me Gently" |
54-40, "Baby Ran" |
Sloan, "
Everything You've Done Wrong"
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42 |
The Stampeders, "
Sweet City Woman" |
Blue Rodeo, "Diamond Mine" |
Blue Rodeo, "
Try"
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43 |
Gordon Lightfoot, "
Sundown" |
The Grapes of Wrath, "All the Things I Wasn't" |
The Guess Who, "
These Eyes"
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44 |
Tom Cochrane, "
Life Is a Highway" |
Leonard Cohen, "
So Long Marianne" |
Rheostatics, "Horses"
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45 |
The Grapes of Wrath, "All the Things I Wasn't" |
Neil Young, "
Heart of Gold" |
Alexisonfire, "Accidents"
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46 |
The Guess Who, "
These Eyes" |
Spoons, "
Nova Heart" |
The New Pornographers, "Mass Romantic"
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47 |
Cowboy Junkies, "
Sweet Jane" |
Joni Mitchell, "
A Case of You" |
Sam Roberts, "Hard Road"
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48 |
Sweeney Todd, "Roxy Roller" |
Stompin' Tom Connors, "
The Hockey Song" |
Neil Young, "
Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
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49 |
Sarah McLachlan, "
The Path of Thorns (Terms)" |
The Tragically Hip, "
Locked in the Trunk of a Car" |
Rufus Wainwright, "April Fool's"
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50 |
Joni Mitchell, "
Big Yellow Taxi" |
The Ugly Ducklings, "Nothin'" |
The Ugly Ducklings, "Nothin'"
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