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This is a list of songs about Toronto, Ontario, Canada, set there, named after a location, feature of the city, or mentions of the city.

Contents: 

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

0-9

• "416/905 (T.O. Party Anthem)" by Maestro Fresh Wes
• "10 Bands" by Drake
• "6 Man" by Drake
• "6 God" by Drake
• "5am in Toronto" by Drake
• 502 Come Up by Bryson Tiller

A

• "Alberta Bound" by Gordon Lightfoot
• "All Me" by Drake ft 2 Chainz and Big Sean
• "Ambulance Blues" by Neil Young
• "AquaCityBoy" by k-os
• "At the Roncies" (Toronto's Roncesvalles Avenue) by Jully Black
• "Augusta" by Kurt Swinghammer

B

• "Back to Back" by Drake
• "Backyard" by The Good Lovelies
• "BaKardi Slang" by Kardinal Offishall
• "Ballade à Toronto" by Jean Leloup
• "Bartlett Street" by Kurt Swinghammer
• "Bathurst Flat" by Kurt Swinghammer
• "betterman" by Virginia To Vegas
• "Beverley Street" by Blue Rodeo
• "Black Ice" by Ohbijou
• "Bleed a Little While Tonight" by The Lowest of the Low
• "Bless This City" by Sunparlour Players
• "Blue Jay Season" by Tory Lanez
• "Bobcaygeon" by the Tragically Hip
• "Body" by Loud Luxury
• "Break From Toronto" by PartyNextDoor
• "Browns Line" by The Johnny Max Band
• "Buried Alive Interlude" by Drake ft. Kendrick Lamar

C

• "Cherry Beach" by Career Suicide
• "Cherry Beach Express" by Pukka Orchestra
• "Church Bells Ringing (Christmas in the City) by Skydiggers
• "Christmastime in Toronto" by Gord Downie
• "Civic Kiss" by Kurt Swinghammer
• "Closing Time" by Leonard Cohen
• "Cold,Cold Toronto" by Trooper
• "Coldest Night of the Year" by Bruce Cockburn
• "Cold Steel Hammer" by Big Rude Jake
• "CN Tower" by Michaele Jordana and the Poles
• "Concrete Heart" by Great Lake Swimmers
• "Crabbuckit" by k-os
• "Can't Believe it" by T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne
• "City Is Mine" by Drake
• "Christmastime In Toronto" by Gordon Downie

D

• "Dope Fiends and Boozehounds" by the Rheostatics
• "Down by the Henry Moore" by Murray McLauchlan
• "Do The Slither" by Pukka Orchestra
• "Don’t Run" by PARTYNEXTDOOR
• "DVP" by PUP

F

• "Fancy" by Drake, from Thank Me Later 2010
• "Flypaper" by k-os
• "Fam Jam" by Shad

G

• "Get Dark" by The Zolas
• "Get Ready" by Shawn Desman
• "Greaklakescape" by The Ghost Is Dancing

H

• "Hang on to Your Resistance" by Tom Cochrane
• "Hard Deep Junction Blues" by Big Rude Jake
• "Henry Rollins Is No Fun" by Chixdiggit
• "Home" by MONOWHALES
• "Home" by Rusty
• "Home Sweet Home" by Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins
• "Honky Tonk (Toronto)" by Rae Spoon
• "Horseshoe Bay" by Skydiggers
• "Hello Brooklyn" by All Time Low

I

• "I Don't Want to Go to Toronto" by Radio Free Vestibule
• "Illustrating Man" by Kurt Swinghammer
• "I Will Never See the Sun" by Great Lake Swimmers
• "If I Can’t Have You" by Shawn Mendes
• "In The Tdot" by Aspektz
• "Intentions" by Justin Bieber
• "IVIVI" by Lilly Singh (AKA IISuperwomanII) and Humble The Poey

J

• "Jack Layton And Grace Appleton" by Kurt Swinghammer
• "Just About "The Only" Blues" by The Lowest of the Low
• "Jane" by Barenaked Ladies
• "Jane Station" by The Ghost Is Dancing
• "Jimmy Fall Down" by Blue Rodeo

K

• "King Edward Hotel" by Matt Paxton
• "Know Yourself" by Drake
• "King of the Fall" by The Weeknd

L

• "La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise in Self-Indulgence) VII. Danforth and Pape" by Rush
• "Lightfoot" by The Guess Who
• "Lilly Of The 401" by Kurt Swinghammer
• "Live from the Gutter" by Drake and Future

M

• "Magpie" by Big Rude Jake
• "Might Not" by Belly and The Weeknd
• "Mr. Metro" by Devon
• "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors" by Moxy Früvous
• "Municipal Prick" by Fucked Up

N

• "Neck Deep in the Blues" by Big Rude Jake
• "Neon City" by Rita MacNeil
• "Northern Touch" by Rascalz ft. Kardinal Offishall, Thrust, Checkmate, Choclair

O

• "On Yonge Street" by Gordon Lightfoot
• "Out Of Thin Air" by Kurt Swinghammer

P

• "Paris Be Mine" by The Bicycles
• "Parkdale" by Elizabeth Sheppard
• "Parkdale" by Metric
• "Peace and Quiet" by Ron Hawkins
• "People City" by Gary Gray and Tommy Ambrose
• "Pink Floyd Dude" by Kurt Swinghammer

Q

• "Quarantine" by Career Suicide
• "Queen Jane" by Barzin

S

• "Salesmen, Cheats and Liars" by The Lowest of the Low
• "Scarborough Girl" by Kobo Town ft. Calypso Rose
• "Skyline" by Broken Social Scene
• "Sleeping In Toronto" by Jim Bryson
• "SnowTime" by James Taylor
• "Something to Believe In" by The Lowest of the Low
• "Spadina Bus" by The Shuffle Demons
• "Spadina Expressway" by Dan Bryk
• "Summer Sixteen" by Drake
• "Sweeterman" by Zach Farache

T

• "Tell Your Friends" by The Weeknd
• "That Song About Trees & Kites" by The Lowest of the Low
• "The Anthem" by Kardinal Offishall
• "The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead" by Final Fantasy
• "The Embassy (223 Augusta)" by Henri Fabergé and the Adorables
• "The King of Spain" by Moxy Früvous
• "The Light That Guides You Home" by Jim Cuddy
• "The Old Apartment" by Barenaked Ladies
• "The Signature Of Marilyn Churley" by Kurt Swinghammer
• "The Toronto Song" ("Toronto Sucks") by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
• "The Troubadour's Song" by Stephen Stanley
• "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide" by The Kings
• "This Lamb Sells Condos" by Final Fantasy
• "To It and At It" by Stompin' Tom Connors
• "Tony Montana" by Future Feat. Drake
• "Toronto" by Lenny Breau
• "Toronto (Unabridged)" by Silverstein
• "Toronto Sucks" by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
• "Totally Untitled" by Kupek
• "Trinity Bellwoods" by Treble Charger
• "Toronto" by Tusks
• "Toronto #4" by The Tragically Hip
• "T.O. Gold" by Honey Cocaine

U

• "Uber Everywhere" by MadeinTYO
• "Under the Carlaw Bridge" by The Lowest of the Low
• "Under the Mynah Bird" by Stephen Stanley

W

• "Wayward and Parliament" by Amy Millan
• "Weston Road Flows" by Drake
• "Western Skies" by Blue Rodeo
• "What Have You Got To Do (To Get Off Tonight)" by Red Rider
• "Where U Goin" by Arkells
• "Where Ya At" by Drake and Future

Y

• "You & the 6" by Drake
• "YYZ" by Rush

Songs with videos of Toronto

These songs, while not having Toronto in their names, lyrics, or in content, have, as their (promotional) videos, scenes of Toronto.

• Free by The Tea Party
• I'm an Adult Now by The Pursuit of Happiness
• Pour ton sourire by Jorane featuring Daniel Lanois
• Pretty by The Weeknd on Kiss Land album
• Rise Up by Parachute Club
• Romantic Traffic by the Spoons
• Simple Man by Wale
• "Spadina Bus" by The Shuffle Demons
• Little Bones by The Tragically Hip
• Mans Not Hot by Big Shaq
• Toes by Lights
• 50 Cent || "God Gave Me Style"
• Addictiv || "Over It (Cry Baby)"
• Anvil || "Mad Dog"
• Austra || "Beat And The Pulse"
• Barenaked Ladies || "Enid"
• Barenaked Ladies || "Lovers In A Dangerous Time"
• Barenaked Ladies || "The Old Apartment"
• Big Wreck || "That Song"
• The Boomtang Boys and Kim Esty || "Pictures"
• Boys Brigade || "Melody"
• Boys Brigade || "The Passion Of Love"
• Paul Brandt || "That's The Truth"
• Cancer Bats || "French Immersion"
• Brendan Canning || "Love Is New"
• Alessia Cara || "Scars to Your Beautiful" || 2016
• Chalk Circle || "April Fool"
• Choclair || "Let's Ride"
• Kelly Clarkson || "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
• Kelly Clarkson || "Already Gone"
• Clipse || "Ma, I Don't Love Her"
• Cowboy Junkies || "Sun Comes Up Its Tuesday Morning"
• The Cranberries || "Animal Instinct"
• Anna Cyzon || "Young Boy"
• Howie Day || "Collide"
• Deadmau5 || "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" |
• Default || "Wasting My Time"
• Delerium feat Leigh Nash || "Innocente (Falling In Love)"
• Celine Dion || "You And I"
• Melanie Doane || "Happy Homemak
• Damhnait Doyle || "Tattooed"
• Drake || "Headlines"
• Drake || "Started From The Bottom" 2013, shows Rogers Centre
• Hilary Duff || "Our Lips Are Sealed"
• Hilary Duff || "Play With Fire"
• Hilary Duff || "Wake Up"
• Duran Duran || "The Reflex"
• Econoline Crush || "You Don't Know What It's Like"
• The Ennis Sisters || "It's Not About You"
• Esthero || "That Girl"
• Feist || "1234"
• Finger Eleven || "Drag You Down"
• Glass Tiger || "Someday"
• Corey Hart || "Never Surrender"
• Haywire || "Bad Boy"
• Haywire || "Dance Desire"
• Honeymoon Suite || "New Girl Now"
• The Johnstones || "Gone For A Long Time"
• Donnell Jones || "Where I Wanna Be"
• k-os || "Crabbuckit"
• Kardinal Offishall || "Bakardi Slang"
• Chantal Kreviazuk || "Dear Life"
• Lady Antebellum || "Need You Now"
• Len || "It's My Neighbourhood"
• LIGHTS || "Toes"
• Lisa Lougheed || "Run With Us"
• Love Inc. || "Broken Bones"
• Maestro Fresh Wes || "Let Your Backbone Slide"
• Marilyn Manson || "The Beautiful People"
• Martha And The Muffins || "Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)"
• Martha And The Muffins || "Echo Beach"
• Edward Maya and Mia Martina || "Stereo Love"
• Melanie C || "Understand"
• Kim Mitchell || "All We All"
• The Moffatts || "Misery"
• Mudvayne || "Forget to Remember"
• Anne Murray || "Now And Forever"
• Mýa || "Fallen"
• Organized Rhyme || "Check the O.R."
• P Reign || "We Them Niggaz"
• Paint || "Boomerang"
• Parachute Club || "Rise Up"
• Peaches || "Set It Off"
• Platinum Blonde || "Not In Love"
• Play || "Us Against The World"
• Pukka Orchestra || "Listen To The Radio"
• The Pursuit Of Happiness || "I'm An Adult Now"
• Rush || "Subdivisions
• Sasha || "If You Believe"
• The Shuffle Demons || "Spadina Bus"
• Simple Plan || "Jet Lag"
• Roni Size || "Brown Paper Bag"
• Shawn Mendes || "Life Of The Party"
• Snow || "Everybody Wants To Be Like You"
• Snow || "Informer"
• Snow || "Plum Song"
• The Spoons || "Romantic Traffic"
• The Spoons || "You Light Up"
• Tears For Fears || "Head Over Heels"
• Thirty Seconds to Mars || "The Kill"
• Trans-X || "Message On The Radio"
• The Trews || "Hope & Ruin"
• The Used || "Take It Away"
• The Used || "The Bird And The Worm"
• The Weeknd || "Secrets"
• The Weeknd || "Wicked Games"

References

2. Organized Rhyme (1992) - Check The O.R. > at jane-finch.com

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