Canada’s frame drum story is largely a story of the Irish diaspora. The bodhrán traveled with Irish and Scottish settlement and remains a living part of Celtic music traditions in Cape Breton (Nova Scotia), Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island — communities that maintained strong musical ties back to Ireland and Scotland across generations. As on the United States page, Indigenous First Nations drumming traditions are deliberately handled separately, pending the kind of direct community consultation this site owes that subject rather than a generalized page.