Feist and The Tragically Hip are among this year’s inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
On September 26, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF) will honour Leslie Feist, Paul Dean and Mike Reno of the band Loverboy, The Tragically Hip, and Roch Voisine in an induction ceremony to be held at Massey Hall in Toronto to honour their “enduring contributions to Canadian songwriting.”
“The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame exists to honour the songwriters whose work has shaped our culture and defined how Canadian music is heard at home and around the world,” Nick Fedor, executive director of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, said in a press release.
“This year’s inductees represent that standard at the highest level. These are writers whose songs have endured, traveled, and become part of the country’s shared experience. They did not follow a template; they defined one. Their induction recognizes a body of work that continues to resonate across generations and audiences.”
Here is a career breakdown of the 2026 inductees:
The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip is one of Canada’s most iconic rock bands, with fans spanning generations. Formed in 1984 in Kingston, Ont., the band has achieved mind-blowing success. They’ve released 13 albums, with nine reaching number one on the Canadian charts. The band has won 17 Juno Awards and was the best-selling home-grown band in the country for 20 years — between 1996 and 2016. Following frontman Gord Downie’s terminal brain cancer diagnosis in 2015, The Hip went on one final tour to support their album, Man Machine Poem. Their final tour date in Kingston on August 20, 2016 was watched by 11.7 million people.
Feist
Leslie Feist, known professionally as just Feist, is one of Canada’s best-known indie musicians, both as a solo artist and as part of the collective Broken Social Scene. Throughout her career, which has spanned from 1991 to present, she has released six albums, earned 11 Juno Awards, and four Grammy Award nominations. She was a core member of Broken Social Scene from 2002 to 2005 and contributed to four of their albums. The single “1234” is still Feist’s biggest hit single to date, peaking at number three on the Canadian charts and was featured on Sesame Street.
Mike Reno and Paul Dean
Mike Reno and Paul Dean rose to fame as the lead guitarist and lead singer, respectively, of the Calgary rock band Loverboy. Formed in 1979, Loverboy became an arena rock staple, with singles “Turn Me Loose” and “Working for the Weekend” still being played on classic rock radio to this day. As of 2014, the band has released nine albums, with their first four reaching multi-platinum status in both Canada and the United States.
Roch Voisine
Roch Voisine is a singer-songwriter, actor, and radio/TV host whose music has not only made an immeasurable impact in Canada, but also in France and other French speaking European countries. Over the span of 40 years, Voisine has released 25 albums. His third album, Hélène, became his breakthrough, earning triple platinum status in Canada and diamond status in France. Six other of his albums have also reached platinum status in Canada. To honour his significant contribution to arts and culture, he was inducted into the Order of Canada in 1995 and l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1992.
Tickets for the CSHF’s induction goes on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET and the ceremony will be streamed live on Twitch in partnership with Amazon Music for the second year in a row.
