Compagnie du Nord

Compagnie du Nord (also styled La Compagnie du Nord or Cie du Nord) is a Quebec-based music company that works as an artist management agency, a production house and a record label for professional artists in the folk, traditional and world music scene. Its roster is built around francophone and Quebec trad acts such as Le Vent du Nord, De Temps Antan, Nicolas Pellerin et Les Grands Hurleurs, Prairie Comeau and Duo Boulerice-Demers, and the company presents itself as a career partner that represents its artists to presenters, audiences and the wider artistic community. The company's activity spans several linked services. Under management (gérance) it handles the careers of professional folk/trad/world musicians, advising them and representing them to promoters and the public. Under marketing (commercialisation) it runs the promotion of its artists' shows and albums in several countries, drawing on a network of partners and audiences built up through the international reputation of its groups. Under production it coordinates the tools that showcase its artists' work — stage production, creative meetings and residencies, album production, digital tracks, images and promotional materials including websites — while respecting each act's own creative process. Since spring 2020 it has also developed a webcasting (webdiffusion) practice, working collaboratively with presenters and integrated ticketing and streaming platforms for artistic, educational and corporate clients. Compagnie du Nord is closely associated with the Quebec traditional-music revival and with the international touring circuit for francophone folk. Its artists appear regularly across Quebec — from the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie to Mauricie, Montreal and Laval — as well as in the Maritimes, the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Prince Edward Island, Alberta and further afield. The label side of the business releases albums and singles, including Prairie Comeau's L'Emprunt(e) series and the single Tout au long de mon pays, and Le Vent du Nord's album Voisinages, released in October 2025. The company is a private Canadian business rather than a listed corporation, and public information about its ownership and founding is limited. Wikidata classifies it simply as a record label, which reflects only part of its role: in practice it is a management and production company that also operates as a label. Its identity is tied to the artists it represents and to the Quebec trad brand of energetic, French-language folk music that those artists carry to audiences worldwide.

Compagnie du Nord is a Quebec music company whose public profile is built around the folk, traditional and world music artists it manages, produces and releases. Public documentation of its corporate history is thin: the company does not publish a detailed founding narrative on its website, and Wikidata records it only as a record label. What can be established from its own materials is the shape of its business and the artists and releases that define it. The company operates in the Quebec traditional-music milieu, a scene that gained international visibility from the late twentieth century onward through francophone folk and trad bands. Compagnie du Nord's roster reflects that scene: Le Vent du Nord, described by the company as a francophone ambassador of the Quebec progressive folk movement; De Temps Antan, billed as Quebec's most powerful trad trio; Nicolas Pellerin et Les Grands Hurleurs, whose 'creative trad' flirts with folk, jazz and world music; Prairie Comeau; and Duo Boulerice-Demers. These acts tour extensively, and the company's management and marketing services are organised around representing them to presenters, audiences and the artistic community. Its service model developed in layers. Management and marketing form the core: the company represents professional folk/trad/world artists, advises them, and handles the marketing of their shows and albums in several countries, relying on a network of partners and on the international reputation of its groups. Production is the third pillar, covering stage production, creative meetings and residencies, album production, digital tracks, images and promotional supports including websites, with an emphasis on respecting each act's creative process. A fourth activity emerged in spring 2020, when the company developed a webcasting practice in collaboration with presenters and integrated streaming and ticketing platforms, serving artistic, educational and corporate clients. On the release side, Compagnie du Nord functions as a label for its artists. Prairie Comeau's L'Emprunt(e) vol. 1 EP appeared in 2024 as a 'refreshing introduction', followed by L'Emprunt(e) vol 3 - Enregistrement public on 28 August, and the single Tout au long de mon pays. Le Vent du Nord's album Voisinages, released in October 2025, generated international attention and a Montreal premiere at Théâtre Outremont on 17 April. The company's artists also collect recognition: Nicolas Pellerin et Les Grands Hurleurs won the Opus 2026 award for 'Concert de l'année – musiques traditionnelles québécoises' at the 29th Gala des Prix Opus, presented by the Conseil québécois de la musique at Salle Bourgie. Touring remains central to the company's year. In summer 2026, Nicolas Pellerin et Les Grands Hurleurs criss-crossed Quebec from the Bas-Saint-Laurent to the Gaspésie and from the Mauricie to Montreal and Laval, while De Temps Antan played dates from the Îles-de-la-Madeleine to Prince Edward Island and Alberta. This pattern — Quebec roots, international reach, and a roster of long-running trad acts — is the clearest picture of Compagnie du Nord's history and identity that its public materials support.

• Compagnie du Nord develops a webcasting practice in collaboration with presenters and integrated streaming and ticketing platforms.

• Prairie Comeau releases the EP L'Emprunt(e) vol. 1.

• Prairie Comeau releases L'Emprunt(e) vol 3 - Enregistrement public.

• Le Vent du Nord releases the album Voisinages.

• Le Vent du Nord plays a Montreal premiere at Théâtre Outremont on 17 April.

• Nicolas Pellerin et Les Grands Hurleurs win the Opus 2026 award for 'Concert de l'année – musiques traditionnelles québécoises'.

• Nicolas Pellerin et Les Grands Hurleurs and De Temps Antan tour Quebec and beyond.

A Quebec artist-management, production and record company dedicated to folk, traditional and world music, representing its artists internationally.

• 2024

  L'Emprunt(e) vol. 1 (EP)

• 2025

  L'Emprunt(e) vol 3 - Enregistrement public

• Tout au long de mon pays (single)

• 2025

  Voisinages (album)

1. 1À propos | La Compagnie du Nord | Cie du Nordciedunord.com
2. 2Services | La Compagnie du Nord | Cie du Nordciedunord.com
3. 3Compagnie du Nordwikidata.org