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- Matt Mays - singer/songwriter
- Amanda Mabro – singer/songwriter
- Galt MacDermot - composer/musician wrote the music for Hair
- Colin MacDonald – singer/guitarist, (The Trews)
- John-Angus MacDonald – guitarist, (The Trews)
- Maggie MacDonald – singer/keyboardist (The Hidden Cameras, Kids on TV)
- Kris MacFarlane – independent drummer/multi-instrumentalist (Great Big Sea, Paperboys)
- Fiona MacGillivray – singer/instrumentalist (The Cottars)
- Ryan MacGrath - singer-songwriter
- Ashley MacIsaac – violinist
- Tara MacLean – singer-songwriter
- Catherine MacLellan – singer-songwriter
- Gene MacLellan – singer-songwriter
- Brian Macleod (1952–1992) – songwriter and music producer, best known as a member of the bands Chilliwack and The Headpins
- Buddy MacMaster – violinist
- Natalie MacMaster – violinist/stepdancer
- Kevin MacMichael – guitarist (Cutting Crew)
- Rita MacNeil – country and folk singer
- Rozalind MacPhail – singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist
- Travis MacRae – folk and blues artist, singer-songwriter
- Madagascar Slim – folk and blues guitarist
- Maestro – hip hop musician who sang "Let Your Backbone Slide"
- Raine Maida – singer for Our Lady Peace, songwriter/producer
- Charlie Major - singer/songwriter
- Kate Maki – country rock singer-songwriter
- Ryan Malcolm – lead singer for Low Level Flight, first Canadian Idol winner
- Manafest – hip hop musician
- Dan Mangan – singer-songwriter
- John Mann – rock singer (Spirit of the West)
- Dayna Manning - singer-songwriter
- Catherine Manoukian – violinist
- Richard Manuel – musician in The Band
- Carolyn Mark — alt.country singer-songwriter
- Richard Margison – operatic tenor
- Kristina Maria – pop singer-songwriter
- Frank Marino – guitarist, vocalist Mahogany Rush
- Gerry Markman - rock guitarist from The Lincolns
- Amanda Marshall – singer-songwriter
- Lois Marshall - soprano
- Béatrice Martin – singer-songwriter and pianist also known as Cœur de pirate
- Jeff Martin – singer-songwriter (The Tea Party)
- Mia Martina - pop singer-songwriter
- Masia One - rapper
- Dutch Mason – blues artist
- Garrett Mason - blues artist
- Massari – R&B singer
- Ken Masters – rapper
- Jake Mathews - country singer-songwriter
- Romi Mayes - country singer
- Séan McCann - singer-songwriter, guitarist Great Big Sea
- Bill McBirnie - jazz/Latin flutist (Extreme Flute)
- Jeremiah McDade - composer, saxophonist, Irish whistle, (The McDades)
- Solon McDade - composer, bassist (The McDades)
- Eamon McGrath - Edmonton based punk rock musician
- Blake McGrath - pop singer
- Loreena McKennitt – Celtic-inspired musician, vocalist and entrepreneur
- Sarah McLachlan – singer-songwriter
- Murray McLauchlan – singer-songwriter
- Melissa McClelland – singer-songwriter
- Chris McGale - jazz and country swing violinist born in Cobalt, Ontario
- Anna McGarrigle - folk singer-songwriter (Kate and Anna McGarrigle)
- Kate McGarrigle - folk singer-songwriter (Kate and Anna McGarrigle)
- Colin McPhee - classical composer and musicologist
- Holly McNarland – singer-songwriter
- Trevor McNevan – lead singer and main songwriter for bands Thousand Foot Krutch and FM Static
- Linda McRae - singer-songwriter Spirit of the West, and solo
- Glen Meadmore - punk/rock musician
- Michie Mee - rapper
- Brian Melo – singer, winner of Canadian Idol 2007
- Jerry Mercer – drummer, background vocalist (April Wine, Mashmakhan, and The Wackers)
- Don Messer – fiddler
- Lynn Miles – folk singer-songwriter
- Derek Miller – blues singer-songwriter-guitarist
- Amy Millan – singer-songwriter (also member of Stars and Broken Social Scene)
- Tim Millar – rhythm guitar player (Protest the Hero)
- Darby Mills – lead singer of The Headpins
- Frank Mills – pianist
- Kenneth G. Mills - pianist, conductor, composer
- Matt Minglewood - singer-songwriter, guitarist
- Ben Mink – guitarist, violinist (k.d. lang, Geddy Lee, Rush)
- Ruth Minnikin – singer-songwriter
- Joni Mitchell – folk and jazz artist, painter
- Kim Mitchell – guitarist, singer, songwriter and radio personality
- Mitsou – pop singer
- Dave Moffatt - pop/rock keyboardist and singer
- Montag - electronic musician
- Jacob Moon - singer, songwriter, guitarist
- Darren Moore - Harlequin member, Living Under Venus founder, wrote theme for Tampa Bay Rays, wrote theme for Toronto Blue Jays
- Gil Moore – drummer and vocalist for Triumph
- Katie Moore - singer-songwriter
- Mae Moore - singer-songwriter
- Rick Moranis - singer, actor
- Alanis Morissette – rock singer
- Jeffrey Morgan - singer, songwriter, rock critic
- Geoffrey Moull - conductor and pianist
- Art Murphy - singer-songwriter
- Chris Murphy – power pop singer/songwriter/bassist, Sloan
- Matt Murphy - singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Super Friendz, The Flashing Lights, The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico)
- Anne Murray – country/pop singer
- Alannah Myles – rock singer
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