© 2020 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/CISO.12304 City & Society The Muslim Call to Prayer in Canada’s Pandemic Soundscape Diane Riskedahl University of Toronto Scarborough In what some Canadians are hailing as a historic moment, for the first time the Muslim call to prayer, adhan, has been publicly broadcast from mosques in many urban centers throughout Canada during the holy month of Ramadan this year. This occurred at a time when reports from cities around the world abound with commentary on the eerie quiet that has descended on their usually raucous streets due to lock-downs and closures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This transformed environment, somewhat ironically, has led to increases in noise complaints as individuals are at home more and find themselves recalibrating expectations for their surroundings. It is argued that physical isolation has heightened our noise sensitivities as social distancing impacts the experienced relationship between individuals and their environments (Bui and Badger 2020). This tampering with priorities of senses has brought sound to the forefront of our daily lives and provides an opportunity to think about links between auditory sensory perception and our physical and social environment brought together in the notion of soundscapes.