The following is an alphabetical list of professional Canadian painters, primarily working in fine art painting and drawing. See other articles for information on Canadian art or a List of Canadian artists for other information.

A[edit]

• Isabella Mary Abbott (1890–1955) – artist^[1]
• Una Stella Abrahamson (1922–1999) – artist, writer
• Lily Osman Adams (1865–1945) – painter
• Marilla Adams (1864–1966) – artist
• Melita Aitken (1866–1945) – artist^[2]
• Aleen Aked (1907–2003) – Canadian-American painter
• Amelia Alcock-White (born 1981) – artist
• David T. Alexander (born 1947) – landscape painter
• Lady Eveline Marie Alexander (1821–1906) – painter
• Wilhelmina Alexander (1871–1961) – oil painter
• Libby Altwerger (1915–1995) – painter and printmaker
• Helen Andersen (1919–1995) – painter
• Marie-Elmina Anger (1844–1901) – painter
• Danielle April (1949–)
• Silvia Araya (born 1930) – Chilean-born Canadian painter
• Caroline Armington (1875–1939) – painter and printmaker
• Shelagh Armstrong (born 1961) – illustrator^[3]
• William Armstrong (1822–1914) – landscape watercolourist^[4][5]
• Caven Atkins (1907–2000) – painter^[6]
• William Edwin Atkinson (1862–1926) – landscape painter^[7]
• Joe Average (born 1957)
• Leo Ayotte (1909–1976) – oil painter^[8]
• Philip Aziz (1923–2009) – painter, sculptor^[9]

B[edit]

• Unity Bainbridge (1916–2017) – artist and poet
• Anna P. Baker (1928–1985) – painter
• Joan Balzar (1928–2016) – painter
• Marian Bantjes (1963–) – illustrator, designer, writer
• J. M. Barnsley (1861–1929) – painter^[10]
• Anne Meredith Barry (1932–2003) – painter
• Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995) – American-Canadian painter, printmaker and sculptor^[11]
• Robert Bateman (born 1930) – naturalist and painter^[12]
• Maxwell Bates (1906–1980) – painter, architect^[6]
• Valentina Battler (born 1946) – artist
• Aba Bayefsky (1923–2001) – painter^[6]
• Fanny Wright Bayfield (1813/14–1891) – illustrator
• Anong Beam – Ojibwe artist and curator
• John William Beatty (1869–1941) – painter^[6]
• François Beaucourt (1740–1794) – painter^[13]
• Claire Beaulieu (born 1955) – painter^[14]
• Beaver Hall Group
• Noah Becker (born 1970) – painter^[6]
• Christi Belcourt (1966–) – Métis painter
• Arnold Belkin (1930–1992) – Mexican-Canadian painter^[15]
• Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith (1846–1923) – watercolour and oil landscape painter^[6]
• Lorraine Bénic (1937–) – painter
• William Berczy (1744–1813) – pioneer and painter^[16][17]
• Rachel Berman (1946–2014) – American-born Canadian painter
• Judith Berry (born 1961) – painter
• George Théodore Berthon (1806–1892) – portrait painter^[6]
• André Charles Biéler (1896–1989) – painter and teacher^[6]
• David Bierk (1944–2002) – American-born Canadian painter^[18]
• Olive Biller (1879–1957) – artist and illustrator
• B.C. Binning (1909–1976) – painter, architect and teacher^[6]
• Yulia Biriukova (1897–1972) – painter
• Ron Bloore (1925–2009) – painter, member of the Regina Five^[6]
• Susanna Blunt (1955–) – painter
• Bruno Bobak (1923–2012) – Polish-born Canadian painter^[19]

• Molly Lamb Bobak (1920–2014) – painter^[20]
• Louis Boekhout (1919–2012) – Dutch Canadian landscape painter
• Blanche Bolduc (1906/1907–1998) – Quebec painter, folk artist
• David Bolduc (1945–2010) – painter
• Eleanor Bond (born 1948) – painter, printmaker, and sculptor
• Marion Bond (1903–1965) – painter
• Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–1960) – painter^[21]
• Simone Mary Bouchard (1912–1945) – painter and textile artist
• Sylvie Bouchard (born 1959) – painter
• Céline Boucher (1945–) – painter, sculptor
• Shary Boyle (1972–) – painter, sculptor, performance artist
• Eva Theresa Bradshaw (1871–1938) – painter
• Fritz Brandtner (1896–1969) – painter^[22]
• Claude Breeze (born 1938) – painter^[6]
• Henrietta Hancock Britton (1873–1963) – painter
• Bertram Brooker (1888–1955)  – writer, painter, musician^[23]
• Annora Brown (1899–1987)  – painter and graphic artist
• Franklin Brownell (1856–1946) – painter, teacher^[6]
• William Blair Bruce (1859–1906) – painter^[6]
• Kittie Bruneau (1929–2021) – painter and printmaker
• William Brymner (1855–1925) – figure and landscape painter^[24]
• Karin Bubaš (1976–) – painter, photographer
• Della Burford (1946–) – painter, writer
• Dennis Burton (1933–2013) – painter^[6]
• Ralph Wallace Burton (1905–1983)^[25]
• Jack Bush (1909–1977) – abstract expressionist^[26]
• Sheila Butler (born 1940) – painter

C[edit]

• Sveva Caetani (1917–1994) – Italian-Canadian painter
• Oscar Cahén (1916–1956) – painter, illustrator, member of Painters Eleven^[6]
• Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (1923–2005) – painter, printmaker
• Florence Carlyle (1864–1923) – figure and portrait painter
• Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945) – painter; member of the Group of Seven^[6]
• Emily Carr (1871–1945) – painter and writer^[6]
• Barbara Caruso (1937–2009) – colour field painter, illustrator, printmaker, book designer
• A. J. Casson (1898–1992) – painter of landscapes, forests and farms; member of the Group of Seven^[6]
• Mabel Cawthra (1871–1943) – painter
• Frederick Sproston Challener (1869–1959) – painter, muralist and teacher^[6]
• Jack Chambers (1931–1978) – painter and filmmaker^[6]
• Monique Charbonneau (1928–2014) – painter
• Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977) – Ojibwa painter
• Nan Lawson Cheney (1897–1985) – painter and medical illustrator
• Victor Child (1897–1960) – newspaper illustrator, painter and etcher
• Paraskeva Clark (1898–1986) – painter^[6]
• Alberta Cleland (1876–1960)  – landscape painter
• Pierre Clerk (born 1928) – painter, sculptor and printmaker
• Nora Collyer (1898–1979) – painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group
• Alex Colville (1920–2013) – painter^[6]
• Charles Comfort (1900–1994) – painter, muralist, designer, educator^[6]
• Edith Grace Coombs (1890–1986) – painter
• Emily Coonan (1885–1971) – painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group
• Corno (1952–2016) – painter
• Sonia Cornwall (1919–2006) – painter
• Bruno Cote (1940–2010) – landscape painter
• Graham Coughtry (1931–1999) – painter^[6]
• Holly Coulis (born 1968)  – painter
• Rody Kenny Courtice (1891–1973) – painter
• Linda Craddock (born 1952) – painter, photographer
• Sarah Lindley Crease (1826–1922) – watercolour painter
• William Cruikshank (1848–1922) – painter, teacher^[6]
• Maurice Cullen (1866–1934) – Impressionist painter^[6]
• Jane Catherine Cummins (1841–1893) – painter
• Greg Curnoe (1937–1992) – painter, co-founder of CAR^[6]
• Ruth Cuthand (1954–) – painter, printmaker, beader
• Colleen Cutschall (born 1951) – Oglala-Sicangu Lakota multi-media artist, professor
• Gertrude Spurr Cutts (1858–1941) – landscape painter

D[edit]

• Caroline Louisa Daly (1832–1893) – watercolour painter^[27]
• Kathleen Daly (1898–1994) – painter^[6]
• Ken Danby (1940–2007) – painter
• Charles Daudelin (1920–2001) – sculptor and painter^[6]
• Julia Dault (born 1977) – painter
• Karin Davie (1965–) – painter
• Sally Davies (1956–) – painter, photographer
• Forshaw Day (1837–1903) – painter and educator
• Katherine Day (1889–1976) – painter, printmaker
• Mabel Killam Day (1884–1960) – painter
• Louis de Niverville (1933–2019) – painter^[6]
• Simone Dénéchaud (1905–1974) – painter^[28]
• Mary Dignam (1860–1938) – painter; activist for women artists
• Melissa Doherty (1967–) – painter
• Eva Brook Donly (1867–1941) – painter
• Audrey Capel Doray (born 1931) – multimedia artist^[29]
• Julie Doucet (1867–1941) – painter
• Marie-Denise Douyon (born 1961) – painter and illustrator^[30]
• Joseph Drapell (born 1940) – abstract painter
• Moira Dryer (1957–1992) – abstract painter^[31]
• Ann Macintosh Duff (1925–2022)^[32]
• Delree Dumont – painter
• Alma Duncan (1917–2004) – painter, filmmaker
• Edmond Dyonnet (1859–1954) – painter

E[edit]

• Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (1854–1951) – painter
• Wyatt Eaton (1849–1896) – portrait painter^[6]
• Allan Edson (1846–1888) – landscape painter^[6]
• Harold Elliott (1890–1968)  – painter
• Kingmeata Etidlooie (1915–1989) – painter, sculptor
• Leya Evelyn (1937–) – painter
• Catherine Everett (born 1957) – sculptor and painter
• Peter Maxwell Ewart (1918–2001) – landscape painter

F[edit]

• Lilias Farley (1907–1989) – painter, sculptor, muralist
• Caroline Farncomb (1859–1951) – painter
• Holly Farrell (born 1961)  – painter
• Claire Fauteux (1889–1998)  – painter
• Henriette Fauteux-Massé (1924–2005) – painter
• Holly Fay – painter
• Lillian Prest Ferguson (1867–1955) – painter
• Marcelle Ferron (1924–2001) – painter
• George Fertig (1915–1983) – painter and photographer
• Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald (1890–1956) – artist; member of the Group of Seven^[6]
• Julie Flett – Indigenous painter, illustrator
• Lita Fontaine (born 1953) – Indigenous multi-media painter
• Dulcie Foo Fat (born 1946) – painter
• Harriet Mary Ford (1859–1938) – painter, muralist, jeweller
• Nehemiah Ford (birth year unknown; died between 1858 and 1862) – painter, politician
• Nita Forrest (1926–1996) – painter
• Michael Forster (1907–2002) painter^[6]
• Mina Forsyth (1921–1987) – painter
• Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888–1970) – painter
• Daniel Fowler (1810–1894) watercolour painter^[6]
• Hannah Franklin (1937–) – painter, sculptor
• Leanne Franson (1963–) – illustrator, cartoonist
• John Arthur Fraser (1838–1898) – painter^[6]
• Maida Parlow French (1891–1977) – painter, writer

G[edit]

• Clarence Gagnon (1881–1942) – painter, etcher^[6]
• Marianna Gartner (1963–) – painter
• Yves Gaucher (1934–2000) – painter, printmaker^[6]
• Alyne Gauthier-Charlebois (1908–1955) – painter
• Robert Genn (1936–2014) – painter
• Lise Gervais (1933–1998) – painter, sculptor
• Sky Glabush (born 1970)  – painter
• Eric Goldberg (1890–1969) – Jewish-Canadian painter
• Regina Seiden Goldberg (1897–1991) – painter
• Charles Goldhamer (1903–1985) – watercolour painter^[6]
• Betty Goodwin (1923–2008) – painter, sculptor
• Hortense Gordon (1886–1961) – painter
• Richard Gorman (1935–2010) – painter and printmaker^[6]
• Pnina Granirer (1935–) – painter
• Vaughan Grayson (1894–1995) – painter and printmaker
• Grimes (1988–) – musician, painter
• Daniel Charles Grose (1832–1900) – painter
• Angela Grossmann (1955–) – painter

H[edit]

• Alexandra Haeseker (born 1945) – painter, printmaker, installation artist
• Clara Hagarty (1871–1958) – painter
• Sylvia Hahn (1911–2001) – painter
• Elizabeth Amherst Hale (1774–1826) – painter
• John Hall (born 1943) – painter
• Joice M. Hall (born 1943) – painter
• Kazuo Hamasaki (1925–2005) – Japanese-Canadian painter
• Henrietta Hamilton (1780–1857) – painter
• Mary Riter Hamilton (1873–1954) – painter; World War I artist
• John A. Hammond (1843–1939) – painter, photographer, printmaker
• Clara Isabella Harris (1887–1974) – painter
• Lawren Harris (1855–1970) – painter; member of the Group of Seven^[6]
• Robert Harris (1848–1919) – painter^[6]
• Ted Harrison (1926–2015) – painter
• Monique Harvey (1950–2001) – painter
• Iris Hauser (1956–) – painter
• Bobs Cogill Haworth (1900–1988) – painter
• Guenter Heim (1935–2014) – painter
• Pierre Henry (1932–2013) – painter; anecdotism art movement
• Carle Hessay (1911–1978) – painter
• Prudence Heward (1896–1947) – painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group^[6]
• Annie Hewlett (1997–1974) – writer, painter
• Gilah Yelin Hirsch (1944–) – paiinter
• Edwin Holgate (1892–1977) – painter, engraver; member of the Group of Seven^[6]
• Margaret Lindsay Holton (1955–) – painter
• William Hope (1863–1931) – painter, war artist
• Yvonne McKague Housser (1898–1996) – painter, teacher^[6]
• Barbara Howard (1926–2002) – painter, engraver
• Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon (1826–1874) – painter
• Patrick Howlett (born 1971) – visual artist
• E.J. Hughes (1913–2007) – painter
• Natalka Husar (born 1951) – painter

I[edit]

• Jay Isaac (born 1975) – painter
• Gershon Iskowitz (1921–1988)  – painter^[6]

J[edit]

• A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974) – painter; founding member of the Group of Seven^[6]
• Otto Reinhold Jacobi (1812–1901) – painter^[6]
• Richard Jacobson (born 1959) – artist, illustrator
• Sybil Henley Jacobson (1881–1953) – painter
• Lucy Jarvis (1896–1985) – painter
• Charles William Jefferys (1869–1951) – painter, illustrator, author, teacher^[6]
• Sarah Anne Johnson (born 1976) – painter
• Frank Johnston (1888–1949) – artist; member of the Group of Seven^[6]
• Gladys Johnston (1906–1983) – painter
• John Young Johnstone (1887–1930) – painter
• Janet Jones (1952–) – painter
• Leonel Jules (born 1953) – painter

K[edit]

• Paul Kane (1810–1871) – Irish-Canadian painter
• Gertrude Kearns (1950–) – war artist
• Estelle Muriel Kerr (1879–1971) – painter
• Katja MacLeod Kessin (1959–2006) – painter
• Janet Kigusiuq (1926–2005) – Inuit multidisciplinary artist
• Alicia Killaly (1836–1908) – painter
• Ada Gladys Killins (1901–1963) – painter
• Ada Florence Kinton (1859–1905) – painter, educator
• Ann Kipling (1934–) – painter
• Andrew Kiss (born 1946) – painter
• Bert Kloezeman (1921–1987) – painter and art educator
• Harold Klunder (born 1943) – Dutch-born Canadian painter
• Dorothy Knowles (1927–2023) – painter
• Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles (1866–1928) – painter
• F. McGillivray Knowles (1860–1932) – painter^[6]
• Wanda Koop (born 1951) – painter
• Cornelius Krieghoff (1815–1872) – painter of landscapes and outdoor life^[6]
• Maya Kulenovic (born 1975) – painter
• William Kurelek (1927–1977) – artist and writer

L[edit]

• Françoise Labbé (1933–2001) – painter
• Stephen Lack (born 1946) – actor, painter
• Artis Lane (1927–) – painter
• Dawn Langstroth (1979–) – painter, singer, songwriter
• Anne Langton (1804–1893) – painter
• Jo Lechay – painter, dancer, choreographer
• Ozias Leduc (1864–1955) – Quebec painter
• Gary Lee-Nova (born 1943) – painter, multimedia artist
• Jennifer Lefort (1976–) – painter
• Joseph Légaré (1795–1855) – painter
• Irène Legendre (1904–1992) – painter
• Jean Paul Lemieux (1904–1990) – painter^[6]
• Serge Lemoyne (1941–1998) – performance artist, painter
• Rick Leong (born 1973) – painter, drawer
• Rita Letendre (1928–2021) – painter, muralist^[6]
• Marilyn Levine (1935–2005) – painter
• Maud Lewis (1903–1970)  – painter
• Robert Henry Lindsay (1868–1938) – painter
• Oleg Lipchenko (born 1957) – painter, graphic artist, illustrator
• Arthur Lismer (1881–1969) – painter; member of the Group of Seven^[6]
• Mabel Lockerby (1882–1976) – painter
• Judith Lodge (born 1941) – painter, photographer
• Joy Zemel Long (1922–2018) – painter
• Marion Long (1882–1970) – painter
• Michèle Lorrain (1960–) – painter, installation artist
• Helen Lucas (1931–) – painter, writer
• Alexandra Luke (1902–1967) – painter
• Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930) – painter
• John Goodwin Lyman (1886–1967)

M[edit]

• J. E. H. MacDonald (1873–1932) – painter; member of the Group of Seven^[6]
• Jock Macdonald (1887–1960) – painter; member of the Painters Eleven^[6]
• Landon Mackenzie (born 1954) – painter
• Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904–1949) – painter^[6]
• Margaret Campbell Macpherson (1860–1931) – painter
• Christine Major (1966–) – painter
• Lorraine Malach (1933–2003) – ceramicist, painter
• Clifford Maracle (1944–1996) – painter, sculptor
• Jovette Marchessault (1938–2012) – painter, writer
• Agnes Martin (1912–2004) – painter
• Arthur N. Martin (1889–1961) – painter
• Thomas Mower Martin (1838–1934) – painter^[6]
• Marmaduke Matthews (1837–1913) – painter^[6]
• Henrietta Mabel May (1877–1971) – painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group
• Doris McCarthy (1910–2010) – painter^[6]
• Jean McEwen (1923–1999) – painter^[6]
• Florence Helena McGillivray (1864–1938) – painter
• Barbara McGivern (1945–2019) – painter
• Elizabeth McIntosh (born 1967)  – painter
• Arthur McKay (1926–2000) – painter^[6]
• Mary R. McKie (active 1840–1862) – painter
• Isabel McLaughlin (1903–2002) – painter^[6]
• Fannie Knowling McNeil (1869–1928) – painter, suffragist
• Helen McNicoll (1879–1915) – painter
• Ray Mead (1921–1998) – painter; member of Painters Eleven
• Sandra Meigs (1953–) – painter
• John Meredith (1933–2000) – painter^[6]
• Muriel Millard (1922–2014) – painter^[33]
• Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004) – painter
• David Milne (1882–1953) – painter, printmaker, writer^[6]
• Lisa Milroy (born 1959) – painter
• Berge Missakian (1933–2017) – painter
• Janet Mitchell (1912–1998) – painter
• Guido Molinari (1933–2004) – painter^[6]
• Caroline Monet (born 1985) – painter
• Kent Monkman (born 1965) – First Nations painter
• Belinda Montgomery (1950–) – actress, painter
• Shani Mootoo (1057–) – painter
• Ron Moppett (born 1945) – painter
• James Wilson Morrice (1865–1924) – landscape painter^[6]
• Kathleen Morris (1893–1986) – painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group
• Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007)  – painter
• Rita Mount (1885–1967) – painter
• Clara Mountcastle (1837–1908) – painter
• Louis Muhlstock (1904–2001) – Jewish-Canadian painter^[6]
• Kathleen Munn (1887–1974) – painter^[6]
• Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930) – impressionist painter^[6]

N[edit]

• Tomori Nagamoto (born 1973) – visual artist
• Kazuo Nakamura (1926–2002) – painter and member of Painters Eleven^[6]
• Melaw Nakehk’o – painter, filmmaker, actress, activist
• Lilias Torrance Newton (1896–1980) – painter, member of the Beaver Hall Group^[6]
• Jack Nichols (1921–2009) – painter^[6]
• Marion Nicoll (1908–1985) – painter
• Shelley Niro (1954–) – painter
• Guity Novin (born 1944) – Iranian-Canadian painter

O[edit]

• Lucius Richard O'Brien (1832–1899) – painter^[6]
• Daphne Odjig (1919–2016) – Indigenous painter, activist
• Ethel Ogden (1869–1902) – painter, educator
• Will Ogilvie (1901–1989) – painter, war artist^[6]
• Bobbie Oliver (born 1943) – painter
• Kim Ondaatje (born 1928) – painter, photographer, filmmaker
• Toni Onley (1928–2004) – painter^[6]
• Henry Orenstein (1918–2008) – painter, muralist, set designer

P[edit]

• P. K. Page (1916–2010) – poet, painter
• Alfred C. Patstone (1908–1999) – romantic realist oil painter, rural
• Myfanwy Pavelic (1916–2007) – painter
• Paul Peel (1860–1892) – painter^[6]
• Eric Pehap (1912–1981) – abstract artist
• Alfred Pellan (1906–1988) – modern art pioneer, founder of Montreal art group known as Prisme d'yeux, rivals to Les Automatizes^[6]
• Sophie Pemberton (1869–1959) – painter
• George Douglas Pepper (1903–1962) – painter^[6]
• William Perehudoff (1918–2013) – painter
• Rae Perlin (1910–2006) – painter
• Vessna Perunovich (1960–) – painter, sculptor
• Christiane Pflug (1936–1972) – German-born Canadian painter, draughtsperson
• Bev Pike  – painter
• Antoine Plamondon (1804–1895) – painter^[6]
• Joseph Plaskett (1918–2014) – painter
• Jane Ash Poitras (1951–) – painter
• Annie Pootoogook (1969–2016) – painter
• Alicia Popoff (1950–2015) – painter
• Barbara Pratt (1963–) – painter
• Christopher Pratt (born 1935) – painter, flag designer
• Mary Pratt (1935–2018) – painter
• Jon Pylypchuk (born 1972) – painter, sculptor

R[edit]

• Sherry Farrell Racette (born 1952) – Metis painter, mixed media artist
• Rosemary Radcliffe (1942–) – actress, painter
• Gordon Rayner (1935–2010) – painter^[6]
• George Agnew Reid (1860–1947) – painter^[6]
• Mary Hiester Reid (1854–1921) – painter^[6]
• Mary Wrinch Reid (1877–1969) – painter^[6]
• Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002) – painter, sculptor^[6]
• Jim Robb (born 1933) – painter
• Louise Robert (1941–) – painter
• Goodridge Roberts (1904–1974) – painter^[6]
• Sarah Robertson (1891–1948) – painter
• Albert H. Robinson (1881–1956) – painter
• Christine Roche (1939–) – painter, illustrator, filmmaker
• Danièle Rochon (born 1946) – painter
• Dorothea Rockburne (1932–) – painter
• Otto Rogers (1935–2019) – painter
• Trisha Romance (born 1951) – painter
• William Ronald (1926–1998) – painter, founder of Painters Eleven^[6]
• Hilda Katherine Ross (1902–unknown) – painter, potter, educator
• Susan Ross (1915–2005) – painter
• Marina Roy – painter
• Cheryl Ruddock – painter
• Lorna Russell (1933–) – painter

S[edit]

• Anne Savage (1896–1971) – painter, art teacher; member of the Beaver Hall Group
• Carl Schaefer (1903–1995) – painter, art teacher^[6]
• Charlotte Schreiber (1834–1922) – English-Canadian painter, illustrator
• Jacques Schyrgens (born 1923) – Belgian-Canadian painter of watercolors and illustrator
• Marian Dale Scott (1906–1993) – painter
• Mary Scott (1948–) – painter
• Ethel Seath (1879–1963) – painter, art teacher; member of the Beaver Hall Group
• Regina Seiden (1897–1991) – painter
• Catherine Senitt (1945–) – painter
• Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946) – painter, naturalist, illustrator^[6]
• Jack Shadbolt (1909–1998) – painter, war artist and teacher^[6]
• Helen Parsons Shepherd (1923–2008) – painter
• Arnold Shives (born 1943) – painter, multimedia artist, printmaker
• Henrietta Shore (1880–1963) – painter
• Edward Scrope Shrapnel (1845–1920) – painter
• Ron Shuebrook (born 1943) – artist
• Claude A. Simard (1943–2014) – painter
• Elizabeth Simcoe (1763–1850) – Anglo-Canadian painter
• Lorraine Simms (1956–) – painter
• Ruby Slipperjack (1952–) – writer, painter
• Paul Sloggett (born 1950) – painter and teacher
• Edith Smith (1867–1954) – painter and teacher
• Freda Pemberton Smith (1902–1991) – painter
• Gordon A. Smith (1919–2020) – painter, printmaker, sculptor, teacher^[6]
• Jean Smith (born 1959) – painter, musician, writer
• Jori Smith (1907–2005) – painter
• K. C. Smith (1924–2000) – painter, conservationist
• Michael Snow (born 1929) – painter^[6]
• Daniel Solomon (born 1945) – abstract painter and teacher
• David G. Sorensen (1937–2011) – painter
• Paul Soulikias (1926–2023) – painter
• Doris Huestis Speirs (1894–1989) – ornithologist, painter
• Owen Staples (1866–1949) – painter, etcher, political cartoonist
• Godfrey Stephens (born 1939) – painter, sculptor
• John Edmund Strandberg (1911–1996) – Swedish-Canadian painter
• Leesa Streifler (1957–) – painter, professor
• Philip Surrey (1910–1990) – painter^[6]
• Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté (1869–1937) – painter, sculptor^[6]
• Magda Szabo (1934–) – painter

T[edit]

• Sylvia Tait (1932–) – painter
• Takao Tanabe (born 1926) – painter
• Monica Tap (1962–) – painter, professor
• Daniel Taylor (born 1955) – painter
• David Thauberger (born 1948) – painter
• Denyse Thomasos (1964–2012) – painter
• Tom Thomson (1877–1917) – painter; mentor to the Group of Seven^[6]
• Mildred Valley Thornton (1890–1967) – painter
• Gideon Tomaschoff (born 1956) – artist
• Gentile Tondino (1923–2001) – artist, educator
• Jacques de Tonnancour (1917–2005) – artist, educator^[6]
• Fernand Toupin (1930–2009) – painter, member of the Plasticiens
• Harold Town (1924–1990) – painter, member of Painters Eleven^[6]
• Cory Trépanier (born 1968) – painter, filmmaker

U[edit]

• Tony Urquhart (1934–2022) – painter and sculptor^[6]

V[edit]

• Armand Vaillancourt (born 1929) – sculptor, painter
• François Vaillancourt (born 1967) – painter, art director
• Florence Vale (1909–2003) – painter
• Frederick Varley (1881–1969) – painter, war artist; member of the Group of Seven^[6]
• James Verbicky (born 1973) – mixed media, painter
• Frederick Arthur Verner (1836–1928) – painter^[6]
• Roy Henry Vickers (born 1946) – First Nations painter

W[edit]

• Marion Wagschal (1943–) – painter
• Carol Wainio (1955–) – painter
• Horatio Walker (1858–1938) – painter^[6]
• Ronan Walsh (1958–) – artist
• Emily Warren (1869–1956) – painter
• Lowrie Warrener (1900–1983) – painter
• Darrell Wasyk (1958–) – painter
• Homer Watson (1855–1936) – painter^[6]
• Vera Weatherbie (1909–1977) – painter
• Barbara Weaver-Bosson (1953–) – painter
• Diane Whitehouse (1940–) – painter
• Joyce Wieland (1930–1998) – filmmaker, painter, mixed media^[6]
• Shirley Wiitasalo (1949–) – painter
• York Wilson (1907–1984) – painter, muralist^[6]
• Chloe Wise (1990–) – painter
• Matthew Wong (1984–2019) – painter^[34]
• Kamila Wozniakowska (1956–) – painter
• Mary E. Wrinch (1881–1968) – painter

Y[edit]

• Walter Yarwood (1917–1996) – abstract painter and member of Painters Eleven^[6]
• M. A. Yewdale (1908–2000) – pioneer and heritage artist
• Jinny Yu (born 1976)

Z[edit]

• Marguerite Porter Zwicker (1904–1993) – watercolor painter and art promoter

See also[edit]

• Beaver Hall Group
• Canadian Art Club
• Group of Seven
• Indian Group of Seven
• List of Canadian artists
• Painters Eleven
• Regina Five

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

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• Morris, Jerrold. 100 Years of Canadian Drawings Toronto, Methuen, 1980. ISBN 0-458-94570-6.
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• Nasgaard, Roald (2008). Abstract Painting in Canada. Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 9781553653943. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
• Reid, Dennis A Concise History of Canadian Painting 2nd Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1988. ISBN 0-19-540663-X.
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