List of Canadian women artists

This is a partial list of women artists who were born in Canada or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

• Andréanne Abbondanza-Bergeron, installation art
• Kirsten Abrahamson (born 1960), ceramist
• Una Stella Abrahamson (1922–1999), artist, writer
• KC Adams (born 1971), multimedia art
• Marilla Adams (1864–1966)
• Catherine Addai (fl 2019), Ghanaian-Canadian fashion designer
• Amelia Alcock-White (born 1981), painting
• Lady Eveline Marie Alexander (1821–1906), painter
• Vikky Alexander (born 1959), photography, video art
• Wilhelmina Alexander (1871–1961), painting
• Jocelyne Alloucherie (born 1947), sculpture
• Helen Andersen (1919–1995), painting
• Lois Andison, installation art
• Julie Andreyev (born 1962), multidisciplinary art
• Evelyn Andrus (1909–1972), photographer
• Jaime Angelopoulos, sculptor
• Sara Angelucci (born 1962), photography, video art
• Marie-Elmina Anger (1844–1901), painting
• Jennifer Angus (born 1961), installation art
• Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq (1916–2003), textile artist
• Irene Kataq Angutitok (1914–1971), sculpture
• Margaret Uyauperq Aniksak (1907–1993), sculpture
• Danielle April (born 1949)
• Raymonde April (born 1953), photography
• Joi Arcand (born 1982), photography
• Kate Armstrong, net art, writing
• Shelagh Armstrong (born 1961), illustration
• Germaine Arnaktauyok (born 1946), printmaking, painting
• Myfanwy Ashmore (born 1970), new media art
• Shuvinai Ashoona (born 1961), drawing
• Asinnajaq (born 1991), video artist
• Barbara Astman (born 1950), photography, new media
• Melissa Auf der Maur (born 1972), photography

• Lida Baday (born 1957), fashion designer
• Buseje Bailey, video and multi-media
• Unity Bainbridge (1916–2017), painting
• Anna P. Baker (1928–1985), painting
• Joan Balzar (1928–2016), painting
• Anna Banana (born 1940), performance art, stamp art, small press publishing
• Marian Penner Bancroft (born 1947), photography
• Marian Bantjes (born 1963), design, illustration, writing
• Annie Gardner Barr (1864–1921)
• Lorna Bauer (born 1980), multi-media artist
• Tammy Beauvais (fl 1999), indigenous fashion designer
• Fanny Wright Bayfield (1813/14–1891), botanical illustration
• Anong Beam (fl 2002), indigenous painter
• Micheline Beauchemin (1929–2009), textile arts
• Claire Beaulieu (born 1955), multi-media
• Marie-Hélène Beaulieu (born 1979), glass artist
• Betty Beaumont (born 1946), environmental art
• Kate Beaton (born 1983), comics artist
• Beaver Hall Group
• Sarah Beck, sculpture
• Sylvie Bélanger (1951–2020), video, photography, installation
• Christi Belcourt (born 1966), painting
• Rebecca Belmore (born 1960), performance, installation
• Lorraine Bénic (born 1937), painting, sculpture
• Cecilia Berkovic, mixed-media artist
• Rachel Berman (1946–2014), painting, illustration
• Judith Berry (born 1961), painting
• Edith Hallett Bethune (1890–1970), photographer
• Nia Faith Betty (born 2001), fashion designer
• Aggie Beynon, metalwork
• Olive Biller (1879–1957), painting, illustration
• Alexandra Biriukova (1895–1967), architect
• Yulia Biriukova (1897–1972), painting
• Mary E. Black (1895–1988), textile arts, writing
• Persimmon Blackbridge (born 1951), performance art, installation, video, sculpture, writing
• Valérie Blass (born 1967), sculpture
• Susanna Blunt (born 1955), painting
• Molly Bobak (1922–2014), printmaking, painting
• Eleanor Bond (born 1948), painting, printmaking, sculpture
• Marion Bond (1903–1965), painting
• Mary Borgstrom (1916–2019), ceramics, primitive pottery
• Diane Borsato (born 1973), performance, installation, photography, video
• Dianne Bos (born 1956), photographer
• Céline Boucher (born 1945), painting, drawing, sculpture
• Diana Boulay (born 1946), sculpture
• Marie-Claude Bouthillier (born 1960), contemporary artist
• Deanna Bowen (born 1969), video, installation, performance, sculpture, photography
• Fiona Bowie, film, video, photography, sculpture
• Shary Boyle (born 1972), sculpture, painting, performance
• Sheree Bradford-Lea (fl 1994), cartoonist
• Alexandra Bradshaw (1888–1981), watercolors
• Eva Theresa Bradshaw (1871–1938), painting
• Sandra Bromley, sculpture
• Reva Brooks (1913–2004), photography
• Vera Brosgol (born 1984), cartoonist
• Lorna Brown (born 1958), public art
• Karin Bubaš (born 1976), photography, painting
• Annemarie Buchmann-Gerber (1947–2015), textiles, fiber arts
• Krista Buecking (born 1982), sculpture, installation
• Tishynah Buffalo (fl 2010), indigenous fashion designer
• Angela Bulloch (born 1966), installation, sound
• Nina Bunjevac (born 1973), Serbian-Canadian cartoonist
• Della Burford (born 1946), painting, writing
• Kay Burns, performance, locative media, photography, sculpture, video
• Cathy Bursey-Sabourin (born 1957), design
• Cathy Busby (born 1958), printed matter
• Sheila Butler (born 1938), painting, printmaking

• Geneviève Cadieux (born 1955), photography
• Sveva Caetani (1917–1994), watercolors
• Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (1923–2005), painting and printmaking
• Dorothy Caldwell (born 1948), fiber arts
• Chrystal Callahan, photography
• Elaine Cameron-Weir (born 1985), sculpture
• Dale Campbell (born 1954), carving
• Valerie Campbell-Harding (1932–2006), textile arts
• Nicole Camphaug (fl 2015), Inuk fashion designer
• Janet Cardiff (born 1957), sound installation
• Florence Carlyle (1864–1923), painting
• J.R. Carpenter (born 1972), hypermedia, writing
• Emily Carr (1871–1945), painting
• Geneviève Castrée (1981–2016), comics, illustration
• Mabel Cawthra (1871–1943), painting
• Christiane Chabot (born 1950), multidisciplinary
• Ruth Chambers (born 1960), installation art
• Millicent Mary Chaplin (1790–1858), watercolour
• Monique Charbonneau (1928–2014), painter
• Lyne Charlebois, photography
• Judy Chartrand (born 1959), ceramics, found object art, beadwork, quillwork
• Svetlana Chmakova (born 1979), comics
• Olivia Chow (born 1957), sculpture
• Delores Churchill (born 1929), weaving
• June Clark (artist) (born 1941), photography, sculpture and collage
• Paraskeva Clark (1898–1986), painting
• Dana Claxton (born 1959), filmmaking, photography, performance art
• Alberta Cleland (1876–1960), painting
• Wendy Coburn (1963–2015), sculpture
• Lynne Cohen (1944–2014), photography
• Martha Cole (born 1946), textiles, artist's books
• Susan Collett (born 1961), printmaker, ceramist
• Katherine Collins (born 1947), cartoonist, writer, composer
• Nicole Collins, painting, performance, video, sound art
• Petra Collins (born 1992), photography
• Nora Collyer (1898–1979), painting
• Stéphanie Colvey (born 1949), photography
• Edith Grace Coombs (1890–1986), painting
• Emily Coonan (1885–1971), painting
• Corno (1952–2016), painting
• Michèle Cournoyer (born 1943), animation
• Linda Craddock (born 1952), visual artist
• Kate Craig (1947–2002), video, performance art
• Sarah Lindley Crease (1826–1922), watercolors, botanical illustration
• Marlene Creates (born 1952), land-based installation
• Jill Culiner (born 1945), photography
• Jane Catherine Cummins (1841–1893), painting
• Ruth Cuthand (born 1954) painting, printmaking
• Randy Lee Cutler (born 1964), collage, performance, writing
• Colleen Cutschall (born 1951), Oglala-Sicangu Lakota multi-media artist
• Gertrude Spurr Cutts (1858–1941), painting
• Nina Czegledy, new media

• Karen Dahl (born 1955), ceramics artist
• Greta Dale (1929–1978), sculptor
• Kathleen Daly (1898–1994), painter
• Madeleine Dansereau (1922–1991), jeweler
• Sylvia Daoust (1902–2004), sculptor
• Karin Davie (born 1965), painter
• Char Davies (born 1954), multimedia artist
• Sally Davies (born 1956), painter, photographer
• Olea Marion Davis (1899–1977), sculptor, ceramist
• Paloma Dawkins (fl 2015), cartoonist, video game designer
• Katherine Day (1889–1976), painter, printmaker
• Adriana de Barros (born 1976), illustrator, web designer, and poet
• Dora de Pedery-Hunt (1913–2008), sculptor
• Roseline Delisle (1952–2003), ceramic artist
• Jen Delos Reyes
• Angela DeMontigny (fl 1995), indigenous fashion designer
• Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan
• Simone Dénéchaud (1905–1974), painter
• Kady MacDonald Denton (born 1941), children's book illustrator
• Bonnie Devine (born 1952)
• Sarindar Dhaliwal (born 1953), multimedia artist
• Freda Diesing (1925–2002), carver
• Mary Dignam (1857–1938), painter
• Jess Dobkin (born 1970), performance artist
• Susan Dobson (born 1965), photographer and installation artist
• Katherine Dodds
• Melissa Doherty (born 1967), painter
• Eva Brook Donly (1867–1941), painter
• Audrey Capel Doray (born 1931), painter, printmaker, electronic artist, muralist, filmmaker
• Julie Doucet (1867–1941), painter
• Marie-Denise Douyon (born 1961), painter, illustrator
• Anne Macintosh Duff (1925–2022), watercolour artist
• Aleksandra Dulic (born 1973), interactive installation artist, performer
• Delree Dumont, painter
• Alma Duncan (1917–2004), painter, filmmaker
• Carol Dunlop (1946–1982), photographer
• Chantal duPont (1942–2019), multidisciplinary artist
• Dominique Dupuis (born 1987)
• Aganetha Dyck (born 1937), sculptor

• Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (1854–1951), painter
• Jessica Eaton (born 1977), photographer
• Hayley Elsaesser, fashion designer
• Julie Enfield, photographer
• Panya Clark Espinal (born 1965), sculptor
• Kingmeata Etidlooie (1915–1989), visual artist and sculptor
• Leya Evelyn (born 1937), painter
• Janieta Eyre (born 1971), photographer

• Lilias Farley (1907–1989), painter, sculptor, muralist
• Caroline Farncomb (1859–1951), painter
• Claire Fauteux (1889–1988), painter
• Holly Fay, painter
• Lillian Prest Ferguson (1867–1955), painter
• Marcelle Ferron (1924–2001), painter
• Julie Flett, painter
• Lita Fontaine, interdisciplinary artist
• Harriet Mary Ford (1859–1938), painter, muralist, jeweler
• Nita Forrest (1926–1996), painter
• Mina Forsyth (1921–1987), painter
• Hannah Franklin (born 1937), painter, sculptor
• Leanne Franson (born 1963), illustrator, cartoonist
• Maida Parlow French (1891–1977), artist and writer
• Vera Frenkel (born 1938), multidisciplinary artist
• Janine Fuller (born 1958)

• Peggy Gale (born 1944), curator
• Millie Gamble (1887–1986), photographer
• Ariel Garten (born 1979), fashion designer, artist
• Marianna Gartner (born 1963), painter
• Alyne Gauthier-Charlebois (1908–1955), painter
• Marie-Louise Gay (born 1952), illustrator
• Erin Gee (born 1983), new media and interactive artist
• Rosemary Georgeson, multimedia artist
• Lise Gervais (1933–1998), painter, sculptor
• Karine Giboulo (born 1980), diorama artist
• Lorraine Gilbert (born 1955), photographer
• Melanie Gilligan (born 1979)
• Miriam Ginestier (born 1968), interdisciplinary performance curator
• Seema Goel, multidisciplinary artist
• Dina Goldstein (born 1969), photographer
• Betty Goodwin (1923–2008), painter, sculptor
• Hortense Gordon (1886–1961), abstract artist
• Pnina Granirer (born 1935), painter
• Jill Greenberg (born 1967), photographer
• Erica Deichmann Gregg (1913–2007), studio potter
• Dorothy Grant (fl 1988), indigenous fashion designer
• Angela Graurholz (born 1952), photographer
• Grimes (born 1988), visual artist
• Angela Grossmann (born 1955), painter
• Pia Guerra, comic book artist

• Alice Mary Hagen (1872–1972), potter
• Clara Hagarty (1871–1958), painter
• Libby Hague (born 1950), installation artist
• Amanda K. Hale
• Elizabeth Amherst Hale (1774–1826), painter
• Jean Hall (1896–1982), architect, known for mechanical drawing
• Sarah Hall (born 1951), stained glass artist
• Henrietta Hamilton (1780–1857), painter
• Mary Riter Hamilton (1873–1954), painter
• Lyn Hancock, photojournalist, wildlife photographer
• Ann Alexandra Harbuz (1908–1989), folk artist
• Naomi Harris (born 1973), photographer
• Teva Harrison (1976–2019), graphic artist, illustrator
• Iris Hauser (born 1956), painter
• Iris Häussler (born 1962), installation artist
• Bobs Cogill Haworth (1900–1988), painter, potter
• Elora Hardy (fl 2010), fashion designer
• Eileen Hazell (1903–1984), sculptor, potter
• Estelle Hecht (died 1971), printer, gallery owner
• Janet Hetherington (born 1955)
• Prudence Heward (1896–1947), painter
• Annie Hewlett (1887–1974), artist and writer
• Faith Erin Hicks, cartoonist, animator
• Esther Hill (1895–1985), architect, designer
• Gilah Yelin Hirsch (born 1944), painter
• Marla Hlady (born 1965), painter, sculptor
• Adrianne Ho (fl 2021), fashion designer
• Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook (1913–2009), portrait sculptor, medal designer, liturgical artist
• Heidi Hollinger (born 1968), photographer
• Margaret Lindsay Holton (born 1955), painter
• Risa Horowitz (born 1970), visual and media artist
• Yvonne McKague Housser (1897–1996), painter
• Barbara Howard (1926–2002), painter, engraver
• Ruth Howard (born 1957)
• Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon (1826–1874), painter
• Spring Hurlbut (born 1952), sculptor^[1]

• Iola Abraham Ikkidluak (1936–2003), sculptor
• Dana Inkster, media artist, filmmaker
• Olive Mamak Innakatsik (1915–1994)
• Carole Itter (born 1939), sculptor, filmmaker
• Jane Isakson (born 1965), painter

• Sarah Jackson (1924–2004), sculptor, digital artist
• Sybil Henley Jacobson (1881–1953), painter
• Ann James (1925–2011), sculptor, ceramist
• Aurora James (born 1984), fashion designer
• Tara Jarmon (fl 1990s), fashion designer
• Lucy Jarvis (1896–1985), painter
• Doreen Jensen (1933–2009), sculptor, curator
• Sophie Jodoin (born 1965), visual artist
• Laurel Johannesson
• Ursula Johnson (born 1980), multidisciplinary artist
• Gladys Johnston (1906–1983), landscape painter
• Lynn Johnston (born 1947), cartoonist
• G. B. Jones (born 1965), musician, artist and filmmaker
• Janet Jones (born 1952), painter
• Michaele Jordana (born 1947), painter
• Bushra Junaid, painter, curator

• Victoria Kakuktinniq (born 1989), Inuk fashion designer
• Nomi Kaplan (born 1933), Lithuanian-Canadian photographer
• Zahra Kazemi (1948–2003), photographer
• Gertrude Kearns (born 1950), war artist
• Shelagh Keeley (born 1954)^[2]
• Siassie Kenneally (1969–2018)
• Marsha Kennedy (born 1951)
• Janice Kerbel (born 1969)
• Estelle Muriel Kerr (1879–1971)
• Katja MacLeod Kessin (1959–2006), painter
• Najat El-Khairy
• Arounna Khounnoraj, textile artist
• Jane Kidd (born 1952), tapestry artist
• Janet Kigusiuq (1926–2005)
• Alicia Killaly (1836–1908), painter
• Mabel Killam Day (1884–1960), artist
• Ada Gladys Killins (1901–1963), painter
• Winnifred Kingsford (1880–1947), sculptor
• Ada Florence Kinton (1859–1905)
• Ann Kipling (born 1934)
• Germaine Koh (born 1967)
• Wanda Koop (born 1951), painter
• Elaine Kowalsky (1948–2005), printmaker
• Donna Kriekle (born 1945)
• Madeleine Isserkut Kringayak (1928–1984), sculptor
• Myra Kukiiyaut (1929–2006), Inuit artist
• Maya Kulenovic (born 1975), painter
• Anita Kunz (born 1956)

• Sophie Labelle (fl 2013), cartoonist
• Françoise Labbé (1933–2001)
• Martha Ladly
• Laiwan (born 1961)
• Suzy Lake (born 1947)
• Gisèle Lamoureux (1942–2018), photographer
• Artis Lane (born 1927), painter
• Dawn Langstroth (born 1979), painter
• Anne Langton (1804–1893), painter
• Yvette Lapointe (1912–1994), pioneer of Quebec comics
• Christine Laptuta (born 1951), photographer
• Dinah Lauterman (1899–1945), sculptor
• Michelle LaVallee (born 1977)
• Marguerite Vincent Lawinonkié (1783–1865)
• Caroline Leaf (born 1946)
• Jo Lechay, painter
• Edeline Lee (fl 2016), fashion designer
• Sky Lee (born 1952)
• Jennifer Lefort (born 1976), painter
• Martha Stewart Leitch (1918–2015)
• Irène Legendre (1904–1992), painter
• Enid Legros-Wise (born 1943), ceramist
• Rita Letendre (1928–2021), painter
• Laura Letinsky (born 1962), photographer
• Marilyn Levine (1935–2005)
• Maud Lewis (1903–1970), painter
• Tau Lewis (born 1993), contemporary artist
• Mabel Lockerby (1882–1976), painter
• Judith Lodge (born 1941), painter and photographer
• Karen Lofgren (born 1976)
• Marion Long (1882–1970), painter
• Mary Longman (born 1964)
• Frances Loring (1887–1968)
• Michèle Lorrain (born 1960), painter and installation artist
• Irene Loughlin (born 1967)
• Helen Lucas (born 1931)
• Alexandra Luke (1901–1967), painter
• Linda Lundström (born 1951), fashion designer
• Irene Luxbacher (born 1970)
• Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930), painter

• Toshiko MacAdam (born 1940)
• Landon Mackenzie (born 1954), painter
• Myfanwy MacLeod (born 1961)
• Lani Maestro (born 1957)
• Liz Magor (born 1948)
• Jeannie Mah (born 1952)
• Christine Major (born 1966), painter
• Lorraine Malach (1933–2003), ceramist, painter
• Erin Manning (born 1969)
• Jovette Marchessault (1938–2012)
• Deborah Margo (born 1961), multimedia artist
• Tanya Mars (born 1948), performance and video artist
• Agnes Martin (1912–2004), painter
• Annie Martin
• Camille Martin (born 1956)
• Paryse Martin (born 1959)
• Jean Mathieson
• Mabel May (1877–1971), painter
• Elza Mayhew (1916–2004), sculptor
• Sanaz Mazinani (born 1978)
• Jo-Anne McArthur (born 1976), photographer
• Kelly McCallum (born 1979)
• Doris McCarthy (1910–2010), painter
• Jillian McDonald
• Susan McEachern (born 1951)
• Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles (1866–1928), painter
• Florence Helena McGillivray (1864–1938), painter
• Barbara McGivern (1945–2019), painter
• Elizabeth McIntosh (born 1967)
• Rita McKeough (born 1951)
• Mary R. McKie (active 1840–1862), painter
• Ruth Gowdy McKinley (1931–1981), ceramist
• Sheila McKinnon, photographer
• Isabel McLaughlin (1903–2002), painter
• Helen McLean (1927–2017)
• Dayna McLeod (born 1972)
• Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904–1949), painter
• Fannie Knowling McNeil (1869–1928)
• Helen McNicoll (1879–1915), painter
• Margaret Campbell Macpherson (1860–1931), painter
• Lucy Meeko (1929–2004), sculptor, printmaker, basket maker and seamstress
• Divya Mehra (born 1981)
• Sandra Meigs (born 1953), painter
• Barbara Meneley
• Olia Mishchenko (born 1980)
• Tricia Middleton (born 1972)
• Lorna Mills
• Carol Milne (born 1962)
• Lisa Milroy (born 1959), painter
• Allyson Mitchell (born 1967)
• Ellen Moffat (born 1954)
• Lorraine Monk (1922–2020), photographer
• Belinda Montgomery (born 1950), painter
• Geraldine Moodie (1854–1945), photographer
• Julie Moos (born 1966), photographer and art writer
• Shani Mootoo (born 1957), painter
• Kathleen Morris (1893–1986), painter
• Alexandra Morrison
• Rita Mount (1885–1967), painter
• Clara Mountcastle (1837–1908), painter
• Kathleen Munn (1887–1974), painter
• Paula Murray (born 1958)
• Nadia Myre (born 1974)

• Melaw Nakehk'o, painter
• Agnes Nanogak (1925–2001)
• Mina Napartuk (1913–2001), Inuit fashion designer
• Imona Natsiapik (born 1966)
• Ellen Neel (1916–1966)
• Tracey Neuls
• Lilias Torrance Newton (1896–1980), painter
• Grace Nickel (born 1956), ceramist
• Marion Nicoll (1909–1985), painter
• Shelley Niro (born 1954), painter
• Marie-Paule Nolin (1908–1987), fashion designer
• Farah Nosh, photojournalist
• Guity Novin (born 1944), painter

• Alanis Obomsawin (born 1932)
• Daphne Odjig (1919–2016), painter
• Ethel Ogden (1869–1902), painter and educator
• Katie Ohe (born 1937), sculptor
• Lucille Oille (1912–1997), sculptor, wood engraver and book illustrator
• Haruko Okano (born 1945), mixed-media artist
• Maudie Rachel Okittuq (born 1944), sculptor
• Kim Ondaatje (born 1928), painter
• Midi Onodera (born 1961)
• Jessie Oonark (1906–1985)
• Sheila Shaen Orr (born 1964)

• P. K. Page (1916–2010), painter
• Mimi Parent (1924–2005)
• Edie Parker (born 1956)
• Helen Parsons Shepherd (1923–2008), painter
• Roula Partheniou (born 1977), contemporary artist
• Barbara Paterson (born 1935)
• Myfanwy Pavelic (1916–2007), portrait painter
• Jan Peacock (born 1955)
• Sophie Pemberton (1869–1959), painter
• Dany Pen (born 1986), artist, activist, and educator
• Rae Perlin (1910–2006), painter
• Vessna Perunovich (born 1960), painter, sculptor
• Nancy Petry (born 1931)
• Christiane Pflug (1936–1972), painter
• Ciara Phillips (born 1976)
• Paulette Phillips (born 1956)
• Rina Piccolo, cartoonist
• Marjorie Pigott (1904–1990)
• Bev Pike
• Susan Point (born 1952)
• Jane Ash Poitras (born 1951), painter
• Annie Pootoogook (1969–2016)
• Napachie Pootoogook (1938–2002), graphic artist
• Sharni Pootoogook (1922–2003), printmaker
• Alicia Popoff (1950–2015), painter
• Barbara Pratt (born 1963), painter
• Mary Pratt (1935–2018), painter
• Innukjuakju Pudlat (1913–1972), printmaker
• Lucy Pullen (born 1971), contemporary artist

• Mary Qayuaryuk (1908–1982), printmaker and midwife
• Lucy Qinnuayuak (1915–1982), graphic artist and printmaker
• Nathalie Quagliotto (born 1984)
• Ruth Qaulluaryuk (born 1932), Inuit textile artist
• Quilla (born 1982)

• Rosemary Radcliffe (born 1949), painter
• Judy Radul (born 1962)
• Anirnik Ragee (born 1935), visual artist
• Nina Raginsky (born 1941), photographer
• Laura Evans Reid (1883-1951), painter
• Sheilah Wilson ReStack (born 1975) video artist
• Kina Reusch (1940–1988)
• Catherine Richards (born 1952)
• Sue Richards (1958–2014)
• Lynn Richardson
• Alix Cléo Roubaud (1952–1983), photographer
• Louise Robert (born 1941), painter
• Sarah Robertson (1891–1948), painter
• Christine Roche (born 1939), illustrator, cartoonist
• Danièle Rochon (born 1946), painter
• Dorothea Rockburne (born 1932), painter
• Ethel Rosenfield (1910–2000), sculptor
• Elizabeth Eaton Rosenthal (born 1941)
• Hilda Katherine Ross (1902–unknown), potter, painter, and educator
• Susan Ross (1915–2006), painter
• Mariette Rousseau-Vermette (1926–2006), tapestry artist
• Marina Roy, painter
• Lorna Russell (born 1933), painter
• Su Rynard (born 1961), video artist and film director

• Pitaloosie Saila (1942–2021)
• Buffy Sainte-Marie (born 1941)
• Taslim Samji
• Eliyakota Samualie (1939–1987), graphic artist and sculptor
• Nicotye Samayualie (born 1983), graphic artist
• Anne Savage (1896–1971), painter
• Charlotte Schreiber (1834–1922), painter
• Marian Dale Scott (1906–1993), painter
• Mary Scott (born 1948), painter
• Ethel Seath (1879–1963), painter
• Regina Seiden (1897–1991), painter
• Sandra Semchuck (born 1948), photographer^[3]
• Catherine Senitt (born 1945), painter
• Bojana Sentaler (fl 2000s), Serbian-Canadian fashion designer
• Susan Shantz (born 1957)
• Margaret Shelton (1915–1984)
• Erin Shirreff (born 1975)
• Henrietta Shore (1880–1963), painter
• Adele Sigguk (born 1961)
• Floria Sigismondi (born 1965), photographer
• Elizabeth Simcoe (1762–1850), painter
• Lorraine Simms (born 1956), painter
• Leah Singer, photographer and multimedia artist
• Clara Sipprell (1885–1975), photographer
• Cathy Sisler
• Ruby Slipperjack (born 1952), painter
• Edith Smith (1867–1954), painter
• Freda Pemberton Smith (1902–1991), painter
• Jori Smith (1907–2005), painter
• Frances-Anne Solomon (born 1966)
• Doris Huestis Speirs (1894–1989), painter
• Arlene Stamp (born 1938)
• Lisa Steele (born 1947)
• Noreen Stevens (born 1962), cartoonist
• Penelope Stewart
• Marie Elyse St. George (born 1929)
• Jana Sterbak (born 1955), sculptor
• Reva Stone (born 1944)
• Leesa Streifler (born 1957)
• Martha Sturdy (born 1942)
• Gio Swaby (born 1991)
• Magda Szabo (born 1934), painter

• Tanya Tagaq (born 1975)
• Ernestine Tahedl (born 1940)
• Sylvia Tait (born 1932), painter
• Jillian Tamaki (born 1980)
• Mariko Tamaki (born 1975)
• Janice Tanton (born 1961)
• Monica Tap (born 1962), painter
• Ewa Tarsia (born 1959)
• Tanya Taylor (fl 2012), fashion designer
• Angotigolu Teevee (1910–1967), printmaker
• Ningeokuluk Teevee (born 1963)
• Althea Thauberger (born 1970), photographer
• Jeannie Thib (1955–2013), sculptor
• Jan Thornhill (born 1955)
• Mildred Valley Thornton (1890–1967), painter
• Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq (born 1941)
• Joanne Tod (born 1953)
• Gayla Trail (born 1973), photographer
• Sydney Strickland Tully (1860–1911)
• Camille Turner (born 1960)
• Natalie Turner
• Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok (1934–2012), sculptor
• Marion Tuu'luq (1910–2002), Inuk textile artist

• Kartz Ucci (1961–2013)
• Malorie Urbanovitch (born 1988), fashion designer

• Florence Vale (1909–2003), painter
• Liz Vandal (fl 1988), fashion designer
• Blanche Lemco van Ginkel (1923–2022)
• Claire Van Vliet (born 1933)
• Margaret Elizabeth Vanderhaeghe (1950–2012)
• Laura Vickerson (born 1959)
• Rita Vinieris (born 1964), fashion designer
• Lea Vivot (born 1948), sculptor

• Marion Wagschal (born 1943), painter
• Carol Wainio (born 1955), painter
• Laurie Walker (1962–2011)
• Katherine Wallis (1861–1957), sculptor
• Edith Watson (1861–1943), photographer
• Barbara Weaver-Bosson (born 1953), painter
• Anna Weber (1814–1888), fraktur artist and needleworker
• Laura Wee Láy Láq (born 1952), ceramicist
• Susanna Haliburton Weldon (1817–1899), artist and ceramics collector
• Esther Wertheimer (1926–2016), sculptor
• Colette Whiten (born 1945), sculptor
• Diane Whitehouse (born 1940), painter
• Irene Whittome (born 1942)
• Joyce Wieland (1930–1998)
• Shirley Wiitasalo (born 1949), painter
• Tania Willard (born 1977)
• Jennifer Willet (born 1975), artist, researcher and curator
• Margaux Williamson (born 1976)
• Shannon Wilson fashion designer
• Winsom (born 1946), multimedia artist
• Chloe Wise (born 1990)
• Catherine Mary Wisnicki (1919–2014)
• Colleen Wolstenholme (born 1963), sculptor
• Elizabeth Wyn Wood (1903–1966), sculptor
• Kamila Wozniakowska (born 1956), painter
• Janice Wright-Cheney (born 1961)
• Mary E. Wrinch (1877–1969), painter
• Adrienne Wu (born 1990), fashion designer
• Florence Wyle (1881–1968), sculptor
• Dana Wyse (born 1965)

• Xiaojing Yan (born 1978)
• M. A. Yewdale (1908–2000)
• Jin-me Yoon (born 1960)
• Jinny Yu (born 1976), painter and installation artist

• Joy Zemel Long (1922–2018), painter
• Marguerite Porter Zwicker (1904–1993), painter
• Elizabeth Zvonar (born 1972), mixed-media artist