Canadians in the Indie Industry

Under construction: Focus on Canada's indie talent.

Believe it or not, it's not all maple syrup and ice hockey in Cananda. And there's more to their music scene than Neil Young and Nickleback. Here's my short overview of notable indie artists that lived/formed/are based in Canada.

If we were traverse the country of Canada systematically from right to left, we would begin in British Columbia, specifically, in Victoria.
It is here that we come across one of Canada's most successful indie artist. Although successful is debatable in the current context. Their fourth album Happiness Ltd. did nowhere near as well as its predecessor Elevator, with all three of its singles failing to chart above #100. Hopefully this will not spell the end of Hot Hot Heat, however.
Also in Victoria, we find Frog Eyes, who, for their great abundance of releases, unfortunately only seem midly popular because of their distant association with Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown.
Onto Vancouver we travel! Say hello to the New Pornographers! Another very successful Canadian export. Last year's release Challengers, celebrated the ten year anniversary of the band by charting considerably well.
Moving into Alberta now... Ah yes, just the one notable artist. And if I recall correctly, one half of this duo resides in America anyway. But here we find at least point five of the gorgeous twins Tegan and Sara Quin, whose 2007 album proved to be their real breakthrough into the mainstream.
Skipping two province/territories, we move into Ontario. Now although it's not appropriate to mention Alexisonfire here, it is approriate to mention singer Dallas Green's side project, City and Colour. Indie, emo, whatever you want to call his music, it's beautiful, and I personally like the fact that colour is spelled inclusive of the U, haha. Looking forward to his imminent release!
I feel I must mention Tokyo Police Club, even though I am not too fond of them. Finally an NME indie darling that's not from Britain!
In Toronto we find popsters Metric, epic supergroup Broken Social Scene and now defunct dance-punks Death From Above 1979. Whew. That's a lot of talent in one city. And very diverse and innovative talent at that.
Canada's capital, Ottowa, seems relatively bare compared to the rest of the country!
And into Quebec we finally arrive, whew! Nearly there.
Montreal is positively teeming with indie love! It seems right to begin here with Canada's most popular indie band, as this band is one of the 'big three' of current indie music. Yep, it's Arcade Fire. And boy do the Canadians love this band. This much was evident as they desperately pleaded for my ticket to see the band only a week ago.
Also, we have here the well-known well-known Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown, The Unicorns, Stars, annnnd the Handsome Furs.
We're nearly at the end of our Contiki Tour of music now, our last stop is Nova Scotia. Here, all on her lonesome, we find Feist!
Whew. I think this more than proves that Canada is now one of the biggest exports of quality indie music, alongside England and America.
Just to clarify, as their name is rather misleading, Of Montreal are definitely not from Montreal, or Canada at all. Neither are Boards of Canada. Just like I'm From Barcelona are not from Barcelona. Cheeky devils.
Enjoy.
PS. yes, of course I used a map.