List of Canadian women photographers

A

• Vikky Alexander, installation artist and photographer, often producing large murals
• Evelyn Andrus, photographer
• Sara Angelucci, photography, video art
• Raymonde April, photographer and academic, awarded the Order of Canada for her contribution to photography
• Joi Arcand, nehiyaw photo-based artist
• Barbara Astman, hybrid photography and new media
• Melissa Auf der Maur, photographer and musician

  B

• Marian Penner Bancroft, artist, photographer and educator
• Jessie Tarbox Beals, see United States
• Claire Beaugrand Champagne, documentary photographer
• Sylvie Bélanger, video, photography, installation
• Edith Hallett Bethune, pictorialist photographer
• Lori Blondeau, Cree/Saulteaux/Métis artist whose work includes performance art, installation and photography
• Theodosia Bond, landscape and plant photography
• Roberta Bondar, 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, photographer
• Tess Boudreau, documentary photography and artists' portrait photographs
• Deanna Bowen, interdisciplinary artist
• Fiona Bowie, installation artist, uses film, video, photography and sculpture
• Reva Brooks, photographed in Mexico, works in MoMA's The Family of Man exhibition
• Karin Bubaš, contemporary artist, uses photography, drawing and painting
• Kay Burns, multidisciplinary artist

  C

• Geneviève Cadieux, women's facial expressions
• Blossom Caron, still life
• Rosetta Ernestine Carr, portrait and landscape photography
• Cynthia Chalk, nature photography
• June Clark , photography, sculpture and collage
• Dana Claxton, Hunkpapa Lakota filmmaker, photographer and performance artist
• Lynne Cohen, see United States
• Petra Collins, portrait and fashion photography
• Sorel Cohen, portraiture, feminist
• Henrietta Constantine, landscape photographer
• Marlene Creates, visual artist
• Jill Culiner, folk artist, photographer and writer

  D

• Nathalie Daoust, images taken in hotel rooms, a Tokyo love hotel, Berlin interiors
• Nancy Davenport, visual artist and photographer
• Moyra Davey, artist whose work includes photography, video and writing
• Sally Davies , painter and photographer
• Clara Dennis, images of early 20th century Nova Scotia and Mi'kmaq people
• Susan Dobson, photographer, focuses on themes of urban landscape and suburban culture
• Julie Doiron
• Marie-Alice Dumont, portrait and landscape photography
• Carol Dunlop, writer, translator, activist and photographer
• Chantal duPont, multidisciplinary artist

  E

• Jessica Eaton, minimalist and geometric photographs relying on in-camera effects

  G

• Madame Gagné
• Millie Gamble, early amateur photographer from Prince Edward Island, images of life in the Tyron area from 1905
• Angela Grauerholz, German-born photographer, graphic designer and educator
• Jill Greenberg, Canadian-born portrait photographer and pop artist
• Mattie Gunterman, amateur photographer
• Clara Gutsche

  H

• Jane Eaton Hamilton, writer, poet, visual artist and photographer
• Heidi Hollinger, political photographer
• Elsie Holloway, photographer, known for her portraits and historic photos of Newfoundland people and its surroundings
• April Hickox, lens based artist, founding director of Gallery 44 Centre For Contemporary Photography

  J

• Joanne Jackson Johnson, photographer

  K

• Ruth Kaplan, artist and documentary photographer
• Zahra Kazemi, see Iran
• Marianna Knottenbelt, Dutch-Canadian photographer, architect and real-estate developer

  L

• Donna Laframboise, photographer and journalist
• Laura Letinsky, contemporary photography, best known for her still lifes
• Elise L'Heureux, 19th century Quebec photographer
• Elaine Ling, photographer

  M

• Mia Matthes
• Edith Maybin, photographer
• Hannah Maynard, portrait and experimental photographer
• Jo-Anne McArthur, photojournalist and animal rights activist
• Helen McCall
• Susan McEachern, American-Canadian photographer, work often includes text
• Sheila McKinnon, Canadian born photographer and journalist
• Meryl McMaster, photographer whose best known work explores her Indigenous heritage
• Lorraine Monk, photographer, helped establish the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Order of Canada for contributions to photography
• Geraldine Moodie, pioneering photographer, images include the Innu people around Hudson Bay
• Julie Moos, art photography
• Alexandra Morrison, photographer
• Marie-Jeanne Musiol, Swiss-Canadian photographer
• Nadia Myre, contemporary visual artist

  N

• Shelley Niro, Mohawk multidisciplinary artist
• Farah Nosh, Iraqi-Canadian photojournalist

  P

• Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, Indian-Canadian-British feminist director and fashion photographer
• Nancy Petry, known for innovation within the fields of painting, photography, film and performance art
• Jenny Pike, developed D-Day photos during WWII, later worked as darkroom technician for Canadian police

  R

• Sylvie Readman, photographer
• Gladys Reeves, photographer
• Nina Raginsky, worked freelance for the National Film Board of Canada, best known for frontal, full-figure portraits
• Dominique Rey, photographer
• Alix Cléo Roubaud, photographer

  S

• June Sauer, Montreal fashion photographer specializing in fur
• Faye Schulman, Jewish partisan photographer
• Sandra Semchuk, photographer
• Erin Shirreff, multidisciplinary artist, primarily works with photography, sculpture and video
• Floria Sigismondi, Italian-Canadian film director, screenwriter, music video director, artist and photographer
• Leah Singer, photographer and multimedia artist
• Clara Sipprell, early 20th century landscape photographer, also known for her portraits of famous actors, artists, writers and scientists
• Mary Spencer
• Barbara Spohr
• Elaine Stocki

  T

• Althea Thauberger, visual artist

  W

• Margaret Watkins, remembered for her contributions to advertising photography
• Edith Watson, known for her photojournalistic images of everyday life, working people, and women, particularly in Canada
• Sally Elizabeth Wood, early woman photographer in Quebec's Eastern Townships

  Y

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