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

• Vikky Alexander (born 1959), installation artist and photographer, often producing large murals
• Raymonde April (born 1953), photographer and academic, awarded the Order of Canada for her contribution to photography

B

• Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870-1942), see United States
• Claire Beaugrand Champagne (born 1948), documentary photographer
• Ana Black (born 1970), contemporary artist and academic working in Photography. Large scale photographic works
• Theodosia Bond (1915–2009), landscape and plant photography
• Reva Brooks (1913–2004), photographed in Mexico, works in MoMA's The Family of Man exhibition

C

• Geneviève Cadieux (born 1955), women's facial expressions
• Blossom Caron (1905–1999), still life
• Rosetta Ernestine Carr (1845–1907), portrait and landscape photography
• Cynthia Chalk (born 1913), nature photography
• Lynne Cohen (born 1944), see United States
• Petra Collins (born 1992), portrait and fashion photography
• Sorel Cohen (born 1939), portraiture, feminist
• Henrietta Constantine (1857–1934), landscape photographer

D

• Nathalie Daoust (born 1977), images taken in hotel rooms, a Tokyo love hotel, Berlin interiors
• Clara Dennis (1881–1958), images of early 20th century Nova Scotia and Mi'kmaq people
• Marie-Alice Dumont (1892–1985), portrait and landscape photography

G

• Millie Gamble (1887–1986), early amateur photographer from Prince Edward Island, images of life in the Tyron area from 1905
• Jill Greenberg (born 1967), portraits and fine art work

H

• Heidi Hollinger (born 1968), world leaders, Russian politicians

K

• Zahra Kazemi (1948–2003), see Iran

L

• Laura Letinsky (born 1962), contemporary photography, still lifes
• Elise L'Heureux (1827–1896), 19th century Quebec photographer

M

• Lorraine Monk (born c. 1926), photographer, helped establish the Canadian Museum of 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

N

• Farah Nosh (active since 2002), Iraqi-Canadian photojournalist

P

• 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

S

• June Sauer (b 1920s), Montreal fashion photographer specializing in fur
• Clara Sipprell (1885–1975), early 20th century landscape photographer, also known for her portraits of famous actors, artists, writers and scientists

W

• Margaret Watkins (1884–1969), remembered for her contributions to advertising photography
• Sally Elizabeth Wood (1857–1928), early woman photographer in Quebec's Eastern Townships

See also

• List of women photographers