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Canada will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 2027, becoming the newest country to join the competition after Australia in 2015.
The news was confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Canadian public broadcaster CBC, following Canada's admission as a member of the organization last week, which gives it the right to compete in the festival.
The announcement was made on July 1, Canada Day. CBC President Marie-Philippe Bouchard said that participating in Eurovision will give Canadian artists an important international stage to promote their music. She added that the method of selecting the representative will be made public later in the year.
For his part, Eurovision director Martin Green described Canada's entry as evidence of the festival's global expansion, which, although of European origin, now includes countries from all over the world.
Canadian artists are no strangers to the Eurovision scene. Céline Dion won the contest in 1988 representing Switzerland, while Canadian-born artists like Natasha St-Pier and La Zarra have represented France in subsequent editions.
According to the organizers, Eurovision continues to expand globally, while in parallel a new version of the competition, Eurovision Song Contest Asia, is being prepared, which is expected to be held in Bangkok in November.
However, the festival also faces political and organizational challenges, including boycotts by several countries and a slight decline in viewership in the last edition, despite remaining one of the most watched music events in the world.
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