Songs written about events that occured in Canada

• Reesor Crossing Tragedy, 1969 song about the Reesor Siding Strike of 1963 which saw three union workers murdered.


• The Bridge Came Tumblin' Down, 1972 song about the 18 men killed in the collapse of the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing.


• Big Joe Mufferaw, about the French-Canadian logging legend Joseph Montferrand.


• Fire in the Mine, about the Hollinger Mines fire that killed 39 miners in Timmins, Ontario

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