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.

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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

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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 (born 1973), visual artist, explore pedagogy practices through performance, intervention, video, installation, and photography
Dianne Bos (born 1956), photographer
Tess Boudreau (1919–2007), 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

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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
Jacynthe Carrier (born 1982), visual artist, photography, video and performance
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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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
Nadya Kwandibens, First Nations photographer

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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