13 Ultra-Famous Celebrities Had Such A Thing For Canadian Singers, They Even Dated More Than One

I'm Canadian, truthful I could beryllium a tad biased (but astir apt not), but we truly bash person immoderate unthinkable Canadian musicians. From The Weeknd to Shania Twain, Celine Dion, and Justin Bieber, we cognize however to nutrient planetary superstars. And honestly, different celebrities person clearlyyy taken announcement of our talent...because immoderate of them person adjacent dated aggregate Canadian singers (I'm looking astatine you, Selena Gomez).

So, let's instrumentality a stroll down representation lane and look backmost astatine who immoderate of Canada's biggest euphony icons person dated. And yes, immoderate of these relationships adjacent gave america unforgettable breakup anthems that are inactive connected repetition today. Take a look...

1. Selena Gomez & The Weeknd

After years (and yearssss) of back-and-forth with Justin Bieber, Selena started dating yet different Canadian superstar, The Weeknd, and their narration became 1 of 2017's biggest personage surprises. (A Disney prima and an R&B singer? We indispensable alert the religion elders!) People conscionable didn't get it (at first). But aft a while, radical realized however blessed they seemed unneurotic and began to amusement their emotion toward the couple.

The 2 first sparked romance rumours aft being spotted unneurotic successful January, and past made it authoritative with a reddish carpet debut astatine the 2017 Met Gala. However, by October 2017, the mates softly called it quits, reportedly owed to their demanding schedules and the trouble of maintaining a long-distance relationship. You know, classical Hollywood responses. And soon aft the breakup, Selena began spending clip again with Justin Bieber, starring to 1 FINAL "Jelena" reunion.

After their split, The Weeknd released his medium My Dear Melancholy successful 2018, and galore fans instantly speculated that immoderate songs were astir the breakup with Selena. Especially successful his heart-wrenching way "Call Out My Name," fans interpreted his lyrics arsenic a notation to Selena's kidney transplant, suggesting helium would person sacrificed portion of himself to prevention her if helium had been a match. But work for yourself: "I said I didn't consciousness thing baby, but I lied / I astir chopped a portion of myself for your life." Hmmmm...I conjecture we'll ne'er know.

2. Sabrina Carpenter & Shawn Mendes

While Sabrina and Shawn ne'er publically admitted they were a couple, the net rapidly connected the dots and became convinced determination was much than relationship betwixt them. From being spotted unneurotic by the paps, to softly showing up astatine the aforesaid events, to past leaving together, each quality lone fueled speculation that the 2 popular stars allegedly had a (not-so?) concealed romance brewing.

By outpouring of 2023, the rumours surrounding Sabrina and Canadian guitarist and superstar Shawn Mendes had seemingly fizzled out. 'Cause not agelong after, Shawn was backmost successful the headlines erstwhile helium reunited (again) with ex-girlfriend Camila Cabello astatine Coachella...and shared immoderate blatant PDA.

But adjacent though we whitethorn ne'er cognize the afloat information astir what happened betwixt Sabrina and Shawn, fans became much convinced than ever that determination was thing determination aft Sabrina released her medium Manchild. In the opus "Go Go Juice," she appeared to notation past exes with the lyric: "Could beryllium John oregon Larry, gosh, who's to say? Or the 1 that rhymes with 'villain' if I'm feelin' that way." Fans judge she is rhyming each fake sanction with her true ex. John = Shawn (Mendes), Larry = Barry (Keoghan), and Villain = Dylan (O'Brien). But again, it's each conjecture.

3. Jennifer Lopez & Drake

Jennifer Lopez and Canadian superstar Drake had to beryllium 1 of the astir unexpected personage pairings of the mid-2010s. Although they ne'er officially confirmed they were a couple, they surely didn't bash overmuch to quiescent the rumours. They openly appeared unneurotic astatine clubs and shows, shared flirty moments and kisses, and adjacent posted astir each different connected societal media. Naturally, fans had a lot to say, particularly erstwhile it came to their astonishing 17-year property gap.

The rumours began successful precocious 2016, soon aft Jennifer Lopez divided from dancer Casper Smart. Drake started attending her Las Vegas shows, going to parties with her, and not-so-subtly popping up wherever she was. Fans became much convinced that 1 of music's astir unexpected pairings mightiness really be...real?!?

And by December 2016, the 2 adjacent shared cozy photos of themselves CUDDLING connected Instagram. But by aboriginal 2017, the romance rumours had seemingly disappeared arsenic rapidly arsenic they started. And present it conscionable seems similar a weird imagination that we forgot astir erstwhile we woke up.

4. Emily Blunt & Michael Bublé

Emily Blunt and Canadian vocalist Michael Bublé first met backmost successful 2005 astatine the Logie Awards successful Australia. Their transportation was instant, and they started dating soon after. At the time, Blunt was a rising British histrion opening to marque a sanction for herself, portion Canadian big-band vocalist Michael Bublé was already becoming an planetary euphony sensation.

In 2006, they moved successful unneurotic successful a location successful Vancouver, wherever Michael Bublé is from. And aft 3 years of dating, Bublé and Blunt became engaged successful 2008. However, their fairytale romance soon took a melodramatic crook erstwhile cheating allegations began circulating, and the brace called disconnected their engagement aboriginal that year.

Michael Bublé aboriginal seemed to code the allegations successful an interrogation with etalk, saying, "I was a jerk, and I was careless and reckless with the hearts of women I was with. And I got my karma. I earned it." After their split, some rapidly recovered the idiosyncratic they would marry. By 2011, they were some joined to different people; Emily Blunt and John Krasinski successful 2010, and Michael Bublé and Luisana Lopilato successful 2011.

5. Bella Hadid & The Weeknd

Bella Hadid and Canadian R&B superstar The Weeknd archetypal crossed paths in 2015 done the worlds of euphony and fashion, and it didn't instrumentality agelong for them to go an item. After months of being spotted together, the brace yet made their expansive reddish carpet debut astatine the Grammy Awards successful February 2016.

During their 18-month-long relationship, they supported each other's careers veryyy publically arsenic Bella continued her emergence arsenic 1 of the world's apical models and The Weeknd became 1 of the biggest names successful music.

Then, aft a twelvemonth and a fractional of being together, they divided successful November 2016, reportedly owed to their hectic schedules and spending excessively overmuch clip apart. Shortly aft the breakup, The Weeknd started dating Selena Gomez, which sparked a batch of online drama. Bella unfollowed Selena connected societal media erstwhile their romance went public. (Gasp!) And then, erstwhile Selena and The Weeknd broke up, Bella and The Weeknd were seen unneurotic again successful 2018, making the net wonderment if they had made amends and gotten backmost together. But they yet went their abstracted ways.

6. The Kid LAROI & Tate McRae

The Kid LAROI and Canadian popular superstar Tate McRae were friends earlier their narration became romantic, but fans began picking up connected societal media clues that they could've been unneurotic successful 2024. After a bid of societal media hints, nationalist sightings, and a abrogation unneurotic (including Tate posting a photograph successful a garment fans speculated belonged to LAROI) the net was convinced thing was going on. Then... Kid LAROI yet confirmed the romance himself during a performance successful Dublin, telling the assemblage that "his girlfriend" was successful the audience.

Soon aft going public, they became inseparable, making red-carpet appearances together, cheering broadside by broadside astatine sporting events, and proudly supporting 1 another's careers. They rapidly became 1 of pop's astir talked-about young couples...until their romance came to an unexpected extremity with their precise nationalist breakup successful 2025.

Then, connected September 26, 2025, McRae released her song, "Tit For Tat," which fans speculated was astir LAROI. She sings: "It's a shame you retired present tryna marque it messy. Wow, you're messy, damn." And more...

7. Camila Cabello & Shawn Mendes

Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes were the eventual "will-they-won't-they" mates of the mid-2010s. Fans were highly convinced they had chemistry agelong earlier they ever made it official. The 2 first met successful 2014 portion touring unneurotic and rapidly became adjacent friends, adjacent collaborating connected their 2015 duet "I Know What You Did Last Summer." But it wasn't until soon aft their HOT 2019 opus "Señorita" that they yet announced they were a couple. And past the net collectively mislaid its freakin' mind.

The brace became known for their PDA and undeniable "best friends" energy. They spent astir of the COVID-19 pandemic quarantining together, sharing glimpses of their quiescent beingness astatine location that was wayyy excessively cute to handle. In Shawn Mendes's documentary In Wonder, helium opened up astir however profoundly helium loved her, claiming his songs were ever astir her. He said, "They're each astir you. Like, each opus I ever wrote."

Then, by November 2021, they SHOCKED fans erstwhile they announced their breakup. They said it was amicable, but fans couldn't assistance but wonderment if determination was much to the story. (To this day, I wonderment too.) Then, successful 2023, they were spotted kissing astatine Coachella, making everyone wonderment if they were backmost together. But the comeback was short-lived, and the 2 reportedly decided not to rekindle their romance.

8. James Taylor & Joni Mitchell

Let's rewind to the aureate property of folk-rock, erstwhile James Taylor and Canadian people fable Joni Mitchell became 1 of the astir breathtaking (yet complicated) romances of the 1970s euphony scene. The 2 met successful the precocious 1960s arsenic rising stars successful the aforesaid Greenwich Village people circle, some connected the borderline of becoming legends.

The 2 soon became much than conscionable philharmonic collaborators, opening a romanticist narration that lasted done parts of 1970 and 1971. During their clip together, Taylor and Mitchell became each other's originative inspirations, often performing broadside by side, and adjacent some recording inheritance vocals connected Carol King's Tapestry.

Their romance yet came to an extremity successful the aboriginal '70s. While their narration was short-lived, the transportation they shared remained a defining section successful some their idiosyncratic and philharmonic histories. Decades later, they continued to talk astir each different with genuine affection, admiration, and the highest regard.

Canadian punk-rock superstar Avril Lavigne and Tyga archetypal acceptable the net buzzing erstwhile they were spotted together astatine a Paris Fashion Week lawsuit successful February 2023. The unexpected pairing caught the net wholly disconnected guard, particularly since Lavigne had conscionable ended her engagement to Mod Sun. But aft the 2 were photographed kissing extracurricular a Los Angeles restaurant, everyone believed they were dating...or astatine slightest enjoying a fling.

The mates wasted nary clip embracing their whirlwind romance, making their narration veryyy nationalist — attending events together, supporting each other's careers, and (obviously) plentifulness of PDA. In their fewer months together, Tyga and Avril rapidly became 1 of the astir unexpected personage pairings of the year. Tyga adjacent reportedly talented Lavigne an $80,000 customized diamond chain during their clip together. Like, DAYUM!

But aft conscionable 4 months unneurotic (and an evident effort to rekindle their romance successful October), the mates seemed to telephone it quits. Sources claimed the narration had simply tally its course, but neither Tyga nor Avril made a large nationalist connection astir the breakup.

10. Selena Gomez & Justin Bieber

Any '90s oregon '00s kid knows Selena and Justin fundamentally consumed each encephalon compartment we had passim the full 2010s. Their 8-year, on-again, off-again romance defined an epoch of popular culture, and let's beryllium honest, contempt them some uncovering their blessed endings with their spouses — immoderate radical online are inactive funny if they'll find their mode backmost to each different someday.

It each started successful 2009, erstwhile Disney darling Selena Gomez was introduced to Canadian popular sensation Justin Bieber (in what she aboriginal described arsenic a setup by their teams). The brace insisted they were "just friends" for months (AS WE WATCHED IN AGONY), but by February 2011, they finallyyy made things authoritative and instantly became 1 of Hollywood's biggest powerfulness couples.

They attended endless reddish carpets together, wrote songs that fans can't assistance but speculate are astir each other, and were on-and-off for years, yet calling it quits (for good?) successful the outpouring of 2018. Just a fewer months aft their split, Justin rekindled his romance with Hailey Bieber, and they joined aboriginal that year, overmuch to the utter daze of galore fans.

11. Hailey Bieber & Justin Bieber

Hailey and Justin really met years (and years) earlier they ever became a couple. The 2 were first introduced backstage astatine a Today Show quality successful 2009, erstwhile Hailey attended with her father, histrion Stephen Baldwin. Years later, aft Justin's on-again, off-again narration with Selena Gomez came to different extremity successful 2014, rumours astir Justin and Hailey's transportation were being whispered. And by precocious 2015, the 2 were spotted connected a abrogation successful St. Barts.

Then, aft immoderate clip apart, Justin and Hailey reconnected successful June 2018...just MONTHS aft Justin and Selena Gomez's last breakup. The timing itself made it 1 of the biggest personage talking points of the year. Then...the brace rapidly became inseparable, attending religion together, spending clip with each other's families, and making their narration progressively public. And conscionable weeks aft rekindling their romance, Justin projected to Hailey during a travel to the Bahamas successful July 2018.

The engagement sent shockwaves done the world...not lone due to the fact that it seemed quick, but besides due to the fact that it came aft years of Justin's highly publicized breakup with Selena Gomez. Just months aft announcing their engagement, the mates softly tied the knot astatine a New York City courthouse successful September 2018, earlier returning a twelvemonth aboriginal for a lavish wedding solemnisation successful South Carolina, surrounded by household and friends. Since then, they person welcomed a lad named Jack Blues Bieber.

And immoderate honourable mentions...

12. Katy Perry & Justin Trudeau

I cognize Justin Trudeau isn't a Canadian singer, but Katy Perry is simply a vocalist who fell successful emotion with a celebrated Canadian figure...so I'm conscionable flipping the criteria. It each started successful the summertime of 2025, erstwhile they were spotted grabbing meal unneurotic conscionable a fewer months aft Katy Perry's divided from ex-fiancé (and begetter to their daughter, Daisy Bloom) Orlando Bloom.

Dating rumours rapidly flooded the internet, particularly aft Trudeau was spotted attending her concerts and the brace were seen enjoying casual outings together. After months of teasing us, their narration was finallyyy made societal media authoritative connected December 6, 2025, erstwhile Katy Perry shared photos and videos from their travel to Japan connected Instagram.

And ever since then, they've been vocal connected societal media, supporting each other's careers, families, and idiosyncratic lives. Honestly, it's a pairing we ne'er knew we needed. And portion it inactive breaks my encephalon a little, they look incredibly happy.

13. And finally... Alanis Morissette & Ryan Reynolds

Before Ryan Reynolds was famously joined to Blake Lively (or adjacent Scarlett Johansson), helium was successful a narration with Alanis Morissette. I cognize they're some Canadian, but their romance is specified an iconic portion of Canadian popular civilization that I conscionable had to see it. It each started erstwhile they met astatine Drew Barrymore's 27th day enactment successful 2002. Honestly, what a flex of a spot to footwear disconnected a relationship.

By February 2003, they were already hitting the reddish carpet unneurotic and making their narration veryyy official. In fact, by June 2004, the mates had gotten engaged and begun readying their wedding.

Then, 2 years aft their engagement, the mates divided successful June 2006, lone to concisely reunite earlier calling it quits for good. By February 2007, their narration was officially over. And conscionable a fewer months later, successful April 2007, Ryan Reynolds rapidly moved on, opening to day Scarlett Johansson. And by September 2008, Scarlett and Ryan had adjacent gotten married.

What bash you think? Did you hide astir immoderate of these couples? 'Cause I cognize I did. And portion we are talking astir Canadian musicians, I request to know... Which breakup songs from these Canadian artists are inactive full bops? Let's sermon successful the comments!

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