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The 48 most-read alternative rock artists based in Canada, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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48 artists are tagged alternative rock in Canada. The biggest move was Jace Lasek, up 10 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Andy Creegganalternative rock | 5,727 | 0 |
02 | Nan Vernonalternative rock | 2,138 | 0 |
03 | Garth Richardsonalternative rock | 1,884 | 0 |
04 | Craig Northeyalternative rock | 1,690 | 0 |
05 | Bob Wisemanalternative rock, country | 1,368 | 0 |
06 | Crash Vegasalternative rock, folk rock | 633 | +1 |
07 | Rustyalternative rock | 621 | -1 |
08 | Daniel Greavesalternative rock | 458 | 0 |
09 | Closurealternative rock, rock | 454 | +1 |
10 | Kristy Thirskalternative rock | 406 | +1 |
11 | Rachel Zeffiraalternative rock | 365 | +5 |
12 | Purealternative rock | 363 | -3 |
13 | Joydropalternative rock | 355 | 0 |
14 | State of Shockalternative rock, hard rock | 354 | -2 |
15 | Steve Durandalternative rock | 324 | +5 |
16 | Slowburnalternative rock | 303 | -2 |
17 | The Brothers Creegganalternative rock, jazz | 280 | 0 |
18 | Jace Lasekalternative rock | 257 | +10 |
19 | Sons of Freedomalternative rock | 254 | -4 |
20 | Barstool Prophetsalternative rock | 235 | -2 |
21 | Rose Chroniclesalternative rock | 233 | -2 |
22 | Forty Foot Echoalternative rock | 218 | +1 |
23 | See Spot Runalternative rock | 210 | +3 |
24 | Ian LeFeuvrealternative rock | 206 | -3 |
25 | The Waltonsalternative rock | 187 | -1 |
25 | Plutoalternative rock | 187 | 0 |
27 | Slowalternative rock | 169 | -5 |
28 | Look Peoplealternative rock | 140 | -1 |
29 | Gluelegalternative rock | 132 | +1 |
30 | Exterioalternative rock | 112 | -1 |
31 | Templaralternative rock | 109 | +1 |
32 | Hard Rock Minersalternative rock | 102 | +6 |
33 | Jason Merceralternative rock | 96 | +8 |
34 | Roman Greyalternative rock | 93 | +3 |
35 | Acid Testalternative rock, electronic | 86 | -4 |
36 | Bloody Chiclettsalternative rock | 73 | +3 |
37 | Clarknovaalternative rock | 68 | -4 |
38 | Laura Hubertalternative rock, jazz | 64 | -2 |
39 | Crash Parallelalternative rock | 63 | -6 |
40 | superGARAGEalternative rock | 56 | -5 |
41 | Gloalternative rock | 51 | +3 |
42 | The Rabid Wholealternative rock | 35 | -2 |
43 | Kinetic Idealsalternative rock | 31 | -1 |
44 | Paula Toledofolk rock, alternative rock | 26 | +3 |
45 | Local Rabbitsalternative rock | 19 | 0 |
46 | Fair Groundalternative rock | 15 | 0 |
47 | Doctoralternative rock | 14 | -4 |
48 | Sonalternative rock | 7 | 0 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.