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 (born 1982), 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 Eruoma Awashish (born 1980), Atikamekw visual artist
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 (1940–2024), 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 1941), painting Molly Lamb 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 Crista Dahl (1934), multimedia artist 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 (1931–2025), painter, printmaker, electronic artist, muralist, filmmaker Julie Doucet (1867–1941), painter Marie-Denise Douyon (born 1961), painter, illustrator Margaret Dragu (1953), performance artist, visual artist, writer 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) Linda Duvall, multidisciplinary artist Aganetha Dyck (1937–2025), sculptor
E Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (1854–1951), painter Jessica Eaton (born 1977), photographer Paraskeva Clark (1898-1986), painter 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
F Lilias Farley (1907–1989), painter, sculptor, muralist Caroline Farncomb (1859–1951), painter Claire Fauteux (1889–1988), painter Holly Fay, drawer, painter, installation 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 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