There is a great deal of grand stuff listed here..I will list my ten favourite Canadian releases

Ian and Sylvia..Northern Journey. Bruce Cockburn..Circles in The Stream (many of his early albums are equally good]Joni Mitchell...Blue. All of Figgy Duff's Records..and all of Mary Jane Lammond...Laura Smith..Vanity Presses. Buddy Macmaster...truly magficicent music...and truly folk. Natalie Macmasters record, My Roots are Showing.Many of Ian Tysons coyboy records. And for influence over the years, In Canada at least..Edith Butler and Alan Mills.