The CanCon Catalogue

Homegrown music appreciated: Poll

The name of this blog is a tribute to CanCon, a rule that states 35% of all music on Canadian radio stations must be Canadian in origin. It used to get some people mighty upset, but now it seems that 1/3 of the music Canadians are listening to-- and enjoying-- is Canadian anyways. Here's the highlights, if you want the full story click above.

A Decima Research survey of 1,505 Canadians done for the Department of Canadian Heritage found almost three-quarters of us are familiar with Canadian music artists. One-third of all music we listen to is by Canucks.

We think it's darned good, too. Two-thirds say its quality matches that of foreign artists, and nearly a quarter think it's better. A mere six per cent feel it's worse.

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More than seven in 10 believe it's important to buy music by Canadian artists, rising to 85 per cent in Quebec.