List of Canadian women photographers

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

A

 * Arwa Abouon (1982–2020), Libyan-Canadian photographer focused on Islamic culture
 * Shelagh Alexander (1959–2017), photographic artist
 * Vikky Alexander (born 1959), installation artist and photographer, often producing large murals
 * Lillian B. Allen (1904–1994), painter, teacher and nature photographer
 * Jennifer Alleyn (born 1969), filmmaker, writer and photographer
 * Evelyn Andrus (1909–1972), photographer
 * Sara Angelucci (born 1962), photography, video art
 * Raymonde April (born 1953), photographer and academic, awarded the Order of Canada for her contribution to photography
 * Joi Arcand (born 1982), nehiyaw photo-based artist
 * Barbara Astman (born 1950), hybrid photography and new media
 * Melissa Auf der Maur (born 1972), photographer and musician

B

 * Marian Penner Bancroft (born 1947), artist, photographer and educator
 * Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870–1942), see United States
 * Claire Beaugrand Champagne (born 1948), documentary photographer
 * Sylvie Bélanger (1951–2020), video, photography, installation
 * Dorothy Benson (1901–1996), wildlife photographer
 * Edith Hallett Bethune (1890–1970), pictorialist photographer
 * Lori Blondeau (born 1964), Cree/Saulteaux/Métis artist whose work includes performance art, installation and photography
 * Theodosia Bond (1915–2009), landscape and plant photography
 * Roberta Bondar (born 1945), landscape photographer, Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space
 * Diane Borsato, visual artist, explore pedagogy practices through performance, intervention, video, installation, and photography
 * Dianne Bos (born 1956), photographer
 * Tess Boudreau (died 2007), documentary photography and artists' portrait photographs
 * Kristy Boyce (born 1982), photographer, interdisciplinary artist


 * Deanna Bowen (born 1969), interdisciplinary artist
 * Fiona Bowie, installation artist, uses film, video, photography and sculpture
 * Amber Bracken (born 1984), photojournalist reporting on indigenous peoples
 * Reva Brooks (1913–2004), photographed in Mexico, works in MoMA's The Family of Man exhibition
 * Karin Bubaš (born 1976), contemporary artist, uses photography, drawing and painting
 * Kay Burns, multidisciplinary artist

C

 * Geneviève Cadieux (born 1955), women's facial expressions
 * Chrystal Callahan (fl 2000s), visual artist, photographer and fashion model
 * Tenille Campbell (fl 2010s), indigenous writer, poet and photographer
 * Blossom Caron (1905–1999), still life
 * Rosetta Ernestine Carr (1845–1907), portrait and landscape photography
 * Cynthia Chalk (1913–2018), nature photography
 * June Clark (born 1941), photography, sculpture and collage
 * Dana Claxton (born 1959), Hunkpapa Lakota filmmaker, photographer and performance artist
 * Lynne Cohen (1944–2014), see United States
 * Petra Collins (born 1992), portrait and fashion photography
 * Sorel Cohen (born 1936), portraiture, feminist
 * Stéphanie Colvey (born 1949), documentary photography
 * Erin Combs (born c. 1952), early woman photojournalist
 * Henrietta Constantine (1857–1934), landscape photographer
 * Marlene Creates (born 1952), visual artist
 * Caitlin Cronenberg (born 1984), photographer and filmmaker
 * Jill Culiner (born 1945), folk artist, photographer and writer

D

 * Nathalie Daoust (born 1977), images taken in hotel rooms, a Tokyo love hotel, Berlin interiors
 * Nancy Davenport (born 1965), visual artist and photographer
 * Moyra Davey (born 1958), artist whose work includes photography, video and writing
 * Sally Davies (born 1956), painter and photographer
 * Clara Dennis (1881–1958), images of early 20th century Nova Scotia and Mi'kmaq people
 * Susan Dobson (born 1965), photographer, focuses on themes of urban landscape and suburban culture
 * Julie Doiron (born 1972)
 * Marie-Alice Dumont (1892–1985), portrait and landscape photography
 * Carol Dunlop (1946–1982), writer, translator, activist and photographer
 * Chantal duPont (1942–2019), multidisciplinary artist

E

 * Jessica Eaton (born 1977), minimalist and geometric photographs relying on in-camera effects
 * Julie Enfield (fl 2000s), portrait photographer and writer
 * Janieta Eyre (born 1971), British-born Canadian art photographer

F

 * Rosalie Favell (born 1958), artist working with photography and digital collage

G

 * Madame Gagné (active 1886–1891)
 * Millie Gamble (1887–1986), early amateur photographer from Prince Edward Island, images of life in the Tyron area from 1905
 * Lorraine Gilbert (born 1955), French-born Canadian landscape artist and photographer
 * Henrietta Gilmour (1852–1926), pioneering woman photographer
 * Angela Grauerholz (born 1952), German-born photographer, graphic designer and educator
 * Jill Greenberg (born 1967), Canadian-born portrait photographer and pop artist
 * Michelle Groskopf (fl 2017), street photographer
 * Aline Gubbay (1920–2005), photographer, art historian and writer
 * Mattie Gunterman (1872–1945), amateur photographer
 * Clara Gutsche (born 1949), American-Canadian photographer, educator and art critic

H

 * Samra Habib (fl 2014), Pakistani-Canadian photographer, writer and activist
 * Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954), writer, poet, visual artist and photographer
 * Naomi Harris (born 1973), portraits of people from sub-cultures
 * Kiana Hayeri (born 1988), photojournalist
 * Isabelle Hayeur (born 1969), visual artist working with photographs and experimental film
 * Heidi Hollinger (born 1968), political photographer
 * Elsie Holloway (1882–1971), photographer, known for her portraits and historic photos of Newfoundland people and its surroundings
 * April Hickox (born 1955), lens based artist, founding director of Gallery 44 Centre For Contemporary Photography

J

 * Valerie Jodoin Keaton (fl 2009), rock star photographer and musician
 * Joanne Jackson Johnson (born 1943), photographer

K

 * Ruth Kaplan (born 1955), artist and documentary photographer
 * Zahra Kazemi (1948–2003)
 * Minna Keene (1849–1943), German-Canadian pictorial portrait photographer
 * Violet Keene (1893–1987), English-born Canadian photographer of artists and statesmen
 * Holly King (born 1957), artist creating photographs of constructed landscapes
 * Marianna Knottenbelt (born 1949), Dutch-Canadian photographer, architect and real-estate developer

L

 * Donna Laframboise (fl 1990s), photographer and journalist
 * Gisèle Lamoureux (1942–2018), photographer, botanist and ecologist
 * Rita Leistner (fl 2000s), photojournalist and filmmaker
 * Laura Letinsky (born 1962), contemporary photography, best known for her still lifes
 * Élise L'Heureux (1827–1896), 19th century Quebec City photographer
 * Elaine Ling (1946–2016), photographer
 * Judith Lodge (born 1941), American Canadian painter and photographer

M

 * Margaret Malandruccolo (fl 2000s), photographer and music video director
 * Lesia Maruschak (born 1961), known for her Project Maria
 * Mia Matthes (1920–2010), architecture and landscape photographer
 * Edith Maybin (born 1969), photographer
 * Hannah Maynard (1834–1918), portrait and experimental photographer
 * Jo-Anne McArthur (born 1976), photojournalist and animal rights activist
 * Helen McCall (1899–1956)
 * Susan McEachern (born 1951), American-Canadian photographer, work often includes text
 * Sheila McKinnon, Canadian born photographer and journalist
 * Meryl McMaster (born 1988), photographer whose best known work explores her Indigenous heritage
 * Jean Gainfort Merrill (born 1913), photojournalist
 * Léna Mill-Reuillard (fl 2016), cinematographer and photographer
 * Lorraine Monk (1922–2020), photographer, helped establish the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Order of Canada for contributions to photography
 * Geraldine Moodie (1854–1945), pioneering photographer, images include the Innu people around Hudson Bay
 * Julie Moos (born 1966), art photography
 * Alexandra Morrison, photographer
 * Marie-Jeanne Musiol (born 1950), Swiss-Canadian photographer
 * Nadia Myre (born 1974), contemporary visual artist

N

 * Shelley Niro (born 1954), Mohawk multidisciplinary artist
 * Farah Nosh (active since 2002), Iraqi-Canadian photojournalist

P

 * Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri (born 1983), Indian-Canadian-British feminist director and fashion photographer
 * Thelma Pepper (1920–2020)
 * Nancy Petry (born 1931), known for innovation within the fields of painting, photography, film and performance art
 * Jenny Pike (1922–2004), developed D-Day photos during WWII, later worked as darkroom technician for Canadian police

R

 * Nina Raginsky (born 1941), worked freelance for the National Film Board of Canada, best known for frontal, full-figure portraits=
 * Sylvie Readman (born 1958), photographer exhibited in the National Gallery
 * Gladys Reeves (1890–1974), professional photographer in Edmonton
 * Dominique Rey (born 1976), photographer
 * Charlotte Rosshandler (born 1943), Canadian-American photographer
 * Alix Cléo Roubaud (1952–1983), photographer

S

 * June Sauer (born 1920s), Montreal fashion photographer specializing in fur
 * Faye Schulman (1919–2015), Jewish partisan photographer
 * Sandra Semchuk (born 1948), photographer
 * Erin Shirreff (born 1975), multidisciplinary artist, primarily works with photography, sculpture and video
 * Floria Sigismondi (born 1965), Italian-Canadian film director, screenwriter, music video director, artist and photographer
 * Leah Singer, photographer and multimedia artist
 * Clara Sipprell (1885–1975), early 20th century landscape photographer, also known for her portraits of famous actors, artists, writers and scientists
 * Lana Šlezić (fl 2000s), photographer and filmmaker
 * Mary Spencer (1857–1938), photographer, photojournalist and artist
 * Barbara Spohr (1955–1987), photographed Alberta city scenes and people
 * Elaine Stocki (born 1979), educator known for her paintings and photographs

T

 * Althea Thauberger (born 1970), visual artist
 * Pascale Thérien (born 1976), Montreal-based female fashion photographer and founder of La Luz Portraits

V

 * Adriene K. Veninger (born 1958), artist and photographer

W

 * Margaret Watkins (1884–1969), remembered for her contributions to advertising photography
 * Edith Watson (1861–1943), known for her photojournalistic images of everyday life, working people, and women, particularly in Canada
 * Sally Elizabeth Wood (1857–1928), early woman photographer in Quebec's Eastern Townships

Y

 * Jin-me Yoon (born 1960), South Korean-born multidisciplinary artist, who often works with photography, video and elements of performance