# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brendan-canning
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:01:41.727Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brendan-canning"
name: "Brendan Canning"
slug: "brendan-canning"
description: "Brendan Canning is a Canadian indie rock performer. He is a founding member of the band Broken Social Scene and a former member of By Divine Right, Blurtonia, Valley of the Giants, Len, and hHead."
tagline: "Canadian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brendan_Canning_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.58
  momentum:             4.994799845717277
  historical:           12.38744666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/canningb"
    handle:    "canningb"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2880385/"
    handle:    "nm2880385"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "0zJlHLUHy5Y6XpqHiuS59q"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brendancanning.com/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "براندان كانينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "براندان كانينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "براندن کانینق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Canning"
    title: "Brendan Canning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Canning"
    title: "Brendan Canning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "براندن کانینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brendan Canning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Canning"
    title: "Brendan Canning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Canning"
    title: "Brendan Canning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Canning"
    title: "Brendan Canning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Canning"
    title: "Brendan Canning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "برینڈن کیننگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1764288"
    title: "Brendan Canning"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump