This traditional fiddle-and-song style is one of the roots of country and bluegrass. In Ontario it has its own distinct sound, and in Quebec it lives on in French-Canadian folk traditions with step dancing. Cape Breton and the prairies also have their own local flavours. Which style is it?

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old-time music. Old-time music in Canada includes several regional streams: the Scottish-derived tradition of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, the French Canadian music of Quebec and Acadia, the old-time music of Ontario, and the prairie fiddling traditions of the central-western provinces.