The Men of the Deeps are a male choral ensemble composed of former coal miners from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
Formed in 1966, the group has a mandate to preserve the traditional settler music and folklore of the Canadian Maritimes and particularly the Cape Breton region.
[1] In 1977, the group became the first Canadian musical ensemble to tour the People's Republic of China.
In 1999, they went to Kosovo and performed a concert on behalf of the United Nations Children's Fund.
The group has appeared on numerous television programs including National Film Board of Canada short film featuring it in performance and a 2003 documentary by John Walker, which won a Gemini Award.