Below is a list of all multiplatinum albums by Canadian artists, sorted by year of release. Prior to May 1, 2008, platinum meant shipments of 100,000 copies, 2x platinum 200,000 copies, 3x platinum 300,000 copies, etc. After May 1, 2008, platinum was redefined as 80,000 units, 2x platinum 160,000 units, etc. Diamond is equivalent to 10x platinum and double diamond to 20x platinum. Certifications began in Canada in 1975. Chances are, you have at some point bought one of the albums below. Not surprisingly, Celine Dion has the most multiplatinum albums to her credit, 19 in total.
ALBUM | ARTIST | RELEASE | LEVEL |
Harmonium | Harmonium | 1974 | 2x |
Neiges | Andre Gagnon | 1975 | 2x |
Stand Back | April Wine | 1975 | 2x |
Gord’s Gold | Gordon Lightfoot | 1975 | 2x |
The Homecoming | Hagood Hardy | 1975 | 2x |
L’heptade | Harmonium | 1976 | 4x |
Singable Songs for the Very Young | Raffi | 1976 | 3x |
Burton Cummings | Burton Cummings | 1976 | 2x |
2112 | Rush | 1976 | 2x |
Libre | Angele Arsenault | 1977 | 2x |
My Own Way to Rock | Burton Cummings | 1977 | 2x |
Longer Fuse | Dan Hill | 1977 | 2x |
More Singable Songs | Raffi | 1977 | 2x |
Rock ‘n Roll Machine | Triumph | 1977 | 2x |
Dream of a Child | Burton Cummings | 1978 | 3x |
Let’s Keep It That Way | Anne Murray | 1978 | 2x |
One Elephant, Deux Elephants | Sharon, Lois and Bram | 1978 | 2x |
Hot Shots | Trooper | 1979 | 5x |
Je ne suis qu’une chanson | Ginette Reno | 1979 | 3x |
Greatest Hits | April Wine | 1979 | 2x |
Uncut | Powder Blues | 1979 | 2x |
Armageddon | Prism | 1979 | 2x |
Smorgasbord | Sharon, Lois and Bram | 1979 | 2x |
Greatest Hits | Anne Murray | 1980 | 6x |
Loverboy | Loverboy | 1980 | 5x |
Best of Burton Cummings | Burton Cummings | 1980 | 2x |
Baby Beluga | Raffi | 1980 | 2x |
Welcome to the Rodeo | Showdown | 1980 | 2x |
Moving Pictures | Rush | 1981 | 4x |
Christmas Wishes | Anne Murray | 1981 | 3x |
The Great White North | Bob & Doug McKenzie | 1981 | 3x |
Get Lucky | Loverboy | 1981 | 3x |
Aldo Nova | Aldo Nova | 1981 | 2x |
The Nature of the Beast | April Wine | 1981 | 2x |
Turn It Loud | Headpins | 1982 | 2x |
Streetheart | Streetheart | 1982 | 2x |
The Bird Dance | The Emeralds | 1982 | 2x |
Cuts Like a Knife | Bryan Adams | 1983 | 3x |
First Offense | Corey Hart | 1983 | 3x |
Keep It Up | Loverboy | 1983 | 2x |
Standing in the Dark | Platinum Blonde | 1983 | 2x |
Reckless | Bryan Adams | 1984 | Diamond |
Honeymoon Suite | Honeymoon Suite | 1984 | 3x |
Quand on est en Amour | Patrick Norman | 1984 | 2x |
Boy In The Box | Corey Hart | 1985 | Diamond |
Alien Shores | Platinum Blonde | 1985 | 4x |
Strange Animal | Gowan | 1985 | 2x |
The Thin Red Line | Glass Tiger | 1986 | 4x |
The Big Prize | Honeymoon Suite | 1986 | 3x |
Shakin’ Like a Human Being | Kim Mitchell | 1986 | 3x |
Fields of Fire | Corey Hart | 1986 | 2x |
Celle Qui Va | Marjo | 1986 | 2x |
Outskirts | Blue Rodeo | 1987 | 4x |
Into the Fire | Bryan Adams | 1987 | 3x |
Incognito | Celine Dion | 1987 | 2x |
Un Trou Dans Les Nuages | Michel Rivard | 1987 | 2x |
Flying on Your Own | Rita MacNeil | 1987 | 2x |
Robbie Robertson | Robbie Robertson | 1987 | 2x |
The Tragically Hip | The Tragically Hip | 1987 | 2x |
Rendez-vous doux | Gerry Boulet | 1988 | 3x |
Now the Bells Ring | Rita MacNeil | 1988 | 3x |
See the Light | The Jeff Healey Band | 1988 | 3x |
Pachelbel with Ocean Sounds | Chacra Artists | 1988 | 2x |
Colin James | Colin James | 1988 | 2x |
The Trinity Season | Cowboy Junkies | 1988 | 2x |
Racing After Midnight | Honeymoon Suite | 1988 | 2x |
Rene et Nathalie Simard | Rene et Nathalie Simard | 1988 | 2x |
Reason to Believe | Rita MacNeil | 1988 | 2x |
Victory Day | Tom Cochrane & Red Rider | 1988 | 2x |
Alannah Myles | Alannah Myles | 1989 | Diamond |
Up To Here | The Tragically Hip | 1989 | Diamond |
Diamond Mine | Blue Rodeo | 1989 | 3x |
Helene | Roch Voisine | 1989 | 3x |
Harmony | D. Gibson & H. Bekker | 1989 | 2x |
Kashtin | Kashtin | 1989 | 2x |
Rockland | Kim Mitchell | 1989 | 2x |
Bodyrock | Lee Aaron | 1989 | 2x |
Les B.B. | Les B.B. | 1989 | 2x |
Rita | Rita MacNeil | 1989 | 2x |
Phantom of the Opera | Various Artists | 1990 | 8x |
Unison | Celine Dion | 1990 | 7x |
Fare Thee Well, Love | The Rankin Family | 1990 | 5x |
Casino | Blue Rodeo | 1990 | 2x |
Julie Masse | Julie Masse | 1990 | 2x |
Tant qu’il y aura des enfants | Marjo | 1990 | 2x |
Home I’ll Be | Rita MacNeil | 1990 | 2x |
Double | Roch Voisine | 1990 | 2x |
Chronicles | Rush | 1990 | 2x |
Hell to Pay | The Jeff Healey Band | 1990 | 2x |
Waking Up The Neighbours | Bryan Adams | 1991 | Diamond |
Road Apples | The Tragically Hip | 1991 | Diamond |
L’integrale | Beau Dommage | 1991 | 4x |
The Ghosts That Haunt Me | Crash Test Dummies | 1991 | 4x |
The Visit | Loreena McKennitt | 1991 | 4x |
The Classics | D. Gibson & H. Bekker | 1991 | 3x |
Dion Chante Plamondon | Celine Dion | 1991 | 2x |
Solace | Sarah McLachlan | 1991 | 2x |
Gordon | Barenaked Ladies | 1992 | Diamond |
Celine Dion | Celine Dion | 1992 | Diamond |
Mad Mad World | Tom Cochrane | 1992 | Diamond |
Harvest Moon | Neil Young | 1992 | 5x |
Rockinghorse | Alannah Myles | 1992 | 2x |
Lost Together | Blue Rodeo | 1992 | 2x |
Les Insomniaques s’amusent | Daniel Belanger | 1992 | 2x |
Ingenue | k.d. lang | 1992 | 2x |
The Future | Leonard Cohen | 1992 | 2x |
Miel et Venin | Marie Carmen | 1992 | 2x |
Now and Then | Michelle Wright | 1992 | 2x |
The Colour Of My Love | Celine Dion | 1993 | Diamond |
Fully Completely | The Tragically Hip | 1993 | Diamond |
Christmas | Bruce Cockburn |
1993 | 6x |
5 Days in July | Blue Rodeo | 1993 | 6x |
So Far So Good | Bryan Adams | 1993 | 6x |
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy | Sarah McLachlan | 1993 | 5x |
I’ll Always Be There | Roch Voisine | 1993 | 4x |
North Country | The Rankin Family | 1993 | 4x |
God Shuffled His Feet | Crash Test Dummies | 1993 | 3x |
12 Inches of Snow | Snow | 1993 | 3x |
The Other Side | Charlie Major | 1993 | 2x |
Danny Boy | John McDermott | 1993 | 2x |
Shania Twain | Shania Twain | 1993 | 2x |
Splendour Solis | The Tea Party | 1993 | 2x |
Day For Night | The Tragically Hip | 1994 | 6x |
Living Under June | Jann Arden | 1994 | 5x |
Silver | Moist | 1994 | 4x |
Naveed | Our Lady Peace | 1994 | 4x |
Beau Dommage | Beau Dommage | 1994 | 3x |
The Mask and the Mirror | Loreena McKennitt | 1994 | 3x |
Maybe You Should Drive | Barenaked Ladies | 1994 | 2x |
Alegria | Cirque du Soleil | 1994 | 2x |
Obsession | Eric Lapointe | 1994 | 2x |
Carpe Diem | Lara Fabian | 1994 | 2x |
Y | Lynda Lemay | 1994 | 2x |
The Reasons Why | Michelle Wright | 1994 | 2x |
D’eux | Celine Dion | 1995 | 7x |
Up | Great Big Sea | 1995 | 4x |
Pigeon D’argile | Kevin Parent | 1995 | 3x |
This Child | Susan Aglukark | 1995 | 3x |
Terri Clark | Terri Clark | 1995 | 3x |
Hi How Are You Today? | Ashley MacIsaac | 1995 | 2x |
Nowhere to Here | Blue Rodeo | 1995 | 2x |
Endless Seasons | The Rankin Family | 1995 | 2x |
The Edges of Twilight | The Tea Party | 1995 | 2x |
Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette | 1995 | Double Diamond |
The Woman In Me | Shania Twain | 1995 | Double Diamond |
Amanda Marshall | Amanda Marshall | 1995 | Diamond |
Falling Into You | Celine Dion | 1996 | Diamond |
Oh What A Feeling | Various Artists | 1996 | Diamond |
Trouble at the Henhouse | The Tragically Hip | 1996 | 5x |
18 ‘Til I Die | Bryan Adams | 1996 | 3x |
Creature | Moist | 1996 | 3x |
Calm Before the Storm | Paul Brandt | 1996 | 3x |
Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff | Sarah McLachlan | 1996 | 3x |
Live a Paris | Celine Dion | 1996 | 2x |
Scenery and Fish | I Mother Earth | 1996 | 2x |
Chante les classiques de noel | Marie-Michele Desrosiers | 1996 | 2x |
Just the Same | Terri Clark | 1996 | 2x |
Collection | The Rankin Family | 1996 | 2x |
Let’s Talk About Love | Celine Dion | 1997 | Diamond |
Clumsy | Our Lady Peace | 1997 | Diamond |
Surfacing | Sarah Mclachlan | 1997 | Diamond |
The Book of Secrets | Loreena McKennitt | 1997 | 4x |
Play | Great Big Sea | 1997 | 3x |
In Loving Memory Of… | Big Wreck | 1997 | 2x |
Miserer | Bruno Pelletier | 1997 | 2x |
Under These Rocks and Stones | Chantal Kreviazuk | 1997 | 2x |
Love Scenes | Diana Krall | 1997 | 2x |
Happy? | Jann Arden | 1997 | 2x |
Transmission | The Tea Party | 1997 | 2x |
Live Between Us | The Tragically Hip | 1997 | 2x |
Come On Over | Shania Twain | 1997 | Double Diamond |
Notre Dame de Paris | Various Artists | 1998 | 5x |
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie | Alanis Morissette | 1998 | 4x |
Stunt | Barenaked Ladies | 1998 | 4x |
S’il suffisait d’aimer | Celine Dion | 1998 | 4x |
Grand Parleur Petit Faiseur | Kevin Parent | 1998 | 3x |
Hot Show | Prozzak | 1998 | 3x |
Phantom Power | The Tragically Hip | 1998 | 3x |
On a Day Like Today | Bryan Adams | 1998 | 2x |
Colin James and the Little Big Band | Colin James | 1998 | 2x |
All The Way… | Celine Dion | 1999 | Diamond |
Mirrorball | Sarah McLachlan | 1999 | 5x |
Tuesday’s Child | Amanda Marshall | 1999 | 3x |
The Best of Me | Bryan Adams | 1999 | 3x |
When I Look in Your Eyes | Diana Krall | 1999 | 3x |
Happiness is Not a Fish… | Our Lady Peace | 1999 | 3x |
Colour Moving and Still | Chantal Kreviazuk | 1999 | 2x |
A L’ombre de l’ange | Eric Lapointe | 1999 | 2x |
En Catimini | La Chicane | 1999 | 2x |
Beautiful Midnight | Matthew Good Band | 1999 | 2x |
These Are Special Times | Celine Dion | 2000 | Diamond |
Whoa Nelly! | Nelly Furtado | 2000 | 4x |
Seul | Garou | 2000 | 3x |
Un Grand Noel D’Amour | Ginette Reno | 2000 | 2x |
Spiritual Matters | Our Lady Peace | 2000 | 2x |
Running Back Thru Canada | The Guess Who | 2000 | 2x |
Music @ Work | The Tragically Hip | 2000 | 2x |
Silver Side Up | Nickelback | 2001 | 8x |
The Look of Love | Diana Krall | 2001 | 7x |
All Killer and No Filler | Sum 41 | 2001 | 3x |
Disc 1: Their Greatest Hits | Barenaked Ladies | 2001 | 2x |
Greatest Hits – Volume 1 | Blue Rodeo | 2001 | 4x |
Let Go | Avril Lavigne | 2002 | Diamond |
A New Day Has Come | Celine Dion | 2002 | 6x |
Live in Paris | Diana Krall | 2002 | 2x |
Gravity | Our Lady Peace | 2002 | 2x |
No Pads No Helmets… | Simple Plan | 2002 | 2x |
Mixmania | Various Artists | 2002 | 2x |
Up! | Shania Twain | 2002 | Double Diamond |
The Long Road | Nickelback | 2003 | 5x |
Afterglow | Sarah McLachlan | 2003 | 5x |
Star Academie | Various Artists | 2003 | 5x |
Michael Buble | Michael Buble | 2003 | 4x |
Billy Talent | Billy Talent | 2003 | 3x |
One Heart | Celine Dion | 2003 | 3x |
Gros mammouth | Les Trois Accords | 2003 | 2x |
Michael Buble Christmas Ltd Edition | Michael Buble | 2003 | 3x |
We Were Born in a Flame |
Sam Roberts |
2003 | 2x |
Wilfred Le Bouthillier | Wilfred Bouthillier | 2003 | 2x |
Greatest Hits | Shania Twain | 2004 | 6x |
Under My Skin | Avril Lavigne | 2004 | 5x |
Still Not Getting Any | Simple Plan | 2004 | 4x |
Marie-Elaine Thibert | Marie-Elaine Thibert | 2004 | 3x |
The Girl in the Other Room | Diana Krall | 2004 | 2x |
219 | Kalan Porter | 2004 | 2x |
En Famille | Mes Aieux | 2004 | 2x |
Chuck | Sum 41 | 2004 | 2x |
Star Academie 2004 | Various Artists | 2004 | 2x |
All the Right Reasons | Nickelback | 2005 | 7x |
It’s Time | Michael Buble | 2005 | 6x |
On Ne Change Pas | Celine Dion | 2005 | 3x |
Anthology | Bryan Adams | 2005 | 2x |
Christmas Songs | Diana Krall | 2005 | 2x |
Hedley | Hedley | 2005 | 2x |
Yer Favourites | The Tragically Hip | 2005 | 2x |
Star Academie 2005 | Various Artists | 2005 | 2x |
Loose | Nelly Furtado | 2006 | 5x |
Billy Talent II | Billy Talent | 2006 | 3x |
I Think of You | Gregory Charles | 2006 | 3x |
Wintersong | Sarah McLachlan | 2006 | 3x |
From This Moment On | Diana Krall | 2006 | 2x |
One X | Three Days Grace | 2006 | 3x |
Taking Chances | Celine Dion | 2007 | 4x |
Call Me Irresponsible | Michael Buble | 2007 | 4x |
Duets, Friends & Legends | Anne Murray | 2007 | 2x |
The Best Damn Thing | Avril Lavigne | 2007 | 2x |
D’Elles | Celine Dion | 2007 | 2x |
The Reminder | Feist | 2007 | 2x |
Kicking Stones | Johnny Reid | 2007 | 2x |
Duos Dubois | Various Artists | 2007 | 2x |
Dark Horse | Nickelback | 2008 | 6x |
My Love Essential Collection | Celine Dion | 2008 | 2x |
Bring Me Your Love | City and Colour | 2008 | 2x |
The Canadian Tenors | The Canadian Tenors |
2008 | 2x |
Crazy Love | Michael Buble | 2009 | 4x |
Billy Talent III | Billy Talent | 2009 | 2x |
Masterpiece Theatre | Marianas Trench | 2009 | 2x |
Life Starts Now | Three Days Grace | 2009 | 2x |
Fais-Moi La Tendresse | Ginette Reno | 2009 | 2x |
The Show Must Go | Hedley | 2009 | 2x |
Dance with Me | Johnny Reid | 2009 | 3x |
My World | Justin Bieber | 2009 | 2x |
Vox Pop | Maxime Landry | 2009 | 2x |
The Perfect Gift | The Canadian Tenors | 2009 | 3x |
Silence | Fred Pellerin | 2009 | 2x |
My World 2.0 | Justin Bieber | 2010 | 3x |
The Suburbs | Arcade Fire | 2010 | 2x |
Thank Me Later | Drake | 2010 | 2x |
A Place Called Love | Johnny Reid | 2010 | 2x |
Recollection | k.d. lang | 2010 | 2x |
Christmas | Michael Buble | 2011 | Diamond |
Under the Mistletoe | Justin Bieber | 2011 | 3x |
Ever After | Marianas Trench | 2011 | 2x |
Little Hell | City and Colour | 2011 | 2x |
Take Care | Drake | 2011 | 4x |
Here and Now | Nickelback | 2011 | 2x |
Sans Attendre | Celine Dion | 2012 | 3x |
Believe | Justin Bieber | 2012 | 2x |
Trilogy | The Weeknd | 2012 | 2x |
Star Academie 2012 | Various Artists | 2012 | 2x |
Loved Me Back to Life | Celine Dion | 2013 | 4x |
Reflektor | Arcade Fire | 2013 | 3x |
Nothing Was the Same | Drake | 2013 | 3x |
A Christmas Gift To You | Johnny Reid | 2013 | 2x |
To Be Loved | Michael Buble | 2013 | 2x |
Purpose | Justin Bieber | 2015 | 4x |
Handwritten | Shawn Mendes | 2015 | 3x |
Beauty Behind the Madness |
The Weeknd |
2015 | 5x |
If You’re Reading This… | Drake | 2015 | 2x |
Encore un soir | Celine Dion | 2016 | 2x |
Illuminate | Shawn Mendes | 2016 | 3x |
Starboy | The Weeknd | 2016 | 5x |
Views | Drake | 2016 | 6x |
More Life | Drake | 2017 | 2x |
Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | 2018 | 3x |
Scorpion | Drake | 2018 | 2x |
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