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.

A

 * 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

B

 * 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

C

 * 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

D

 * 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

E

 * 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 (1937 births), painter
 * Janieta Eyre (born 1971), photographer

F

 * 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)

G

 * 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

H

 * 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

I

 * 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

J

 * 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

K

 * 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)
 * 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)

L

 * 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

M

 * 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)

N

 * 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

O

 * 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

 * 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

Q

 * 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)

R

 * Rosemary Radcliffe (born 1949), painter
 * Judy Radul (born 1962)
 * Anirnik Ragee (born 1935), visual artist
 * Nina Raginsky (born 1941), photographer
 * 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

S

 * 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
 * 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

T

 * 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

U

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

V

 * 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

W

 * 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)

Y

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

Z

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