Interviews, performances, news and announcements, focusing on Canadian acoustic singer-songwriters.
Hosted by: Chris White, Ray Harris, Anne-Marie Brugger, Teresa Bandrowska, Carolyn Sutherland, Lazzy Lung, Sonny Aiken, C.A. Jackson and Birdie Whyte
Airs: Every Saturday from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Expect 40 minutes of uninterrupted folk, followed by interviews, live performances, music community news and concert announcements, with a focus on Canadian acoustic singer-songwriters.

Canadian Spaces

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Date	Host	Highlight	On Demand
Dec. 6, 2025	Birdie Whyte, C.A. Jackson, and Sonny Aiken	More Great Canadian Content & An Interview With Friends	available
Nov. 29, 2025	Chris White and Carolyn Sutherland	David Celia, Ali McCormick, Arthur McGregor, The Bayash Sisters	available
Nov. 22, 2025	Birdie Whyte, C.A. Jackson, and Sonny Aiken	Exciting Canadian Artists, & Album Releases (Of This Year, As Well As Years Gone By)—so many great tunes!	available
Nov. 15, 2025	Carolyn Sutherland and Chris White	Connie Kaldor, Gabriel Campagne, Paul Campagne, Nathan Smith (Vinta), Keith Glass, Ethan Mitchell, Abigail Lapell	available
Nov. 8, 2025	anne-marie and Carolyn	Live broadcast from The Laff. Everyone welcome! The final weekend of our funding drive!	available
Nov. 1, 2025	Teresa Bandrowska, Carolyn Sutherland and Chris White	Live from the National Arts Centre with Lynn Miles, Leahy, The Paugan Dames, Tony Turner, Kate Greenland and Jack Pine	available

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Canadian Spaces is Canada's longest-running folk music radio program. Each show starts with "40 minutes of uninterrupted folk", followed by interviews, live performances, music community news and concert announcements, with a focus on Canadian acoustic singer-songwriters. Chopper McKinnon founded Canadian Spaces in 1980 and hosted it for 33 years. Now hosted by Chris White and a series of co-hosts, the show is broadcast on 93.1 FM and streamed on www.ckcufm.com on Saturdays from 10:00 am to noon Eastern. You can listen back to past broadcasts "On Demand" at https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/index.html?filter=all.

Photo: Louise Glegg