Art Galleries in Canada - MapleNow

The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa houses over 93,000 artworks—from Indigenous and Canadian to global masterpieces—within an iconic glass-and-granite building by Moshe Safdie.

The Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto is one of North America’s largest art museums, housing over 120,000 works across diverse global and Canadian collections.

Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada’s largest art museum west of Toronto, showcases over 13,000 works spanning historical and contemporary art with a focus on local, Indigenous, and Asia-Pacific artists.

Canada’s first museum devoted exclusively to contemporary art, showcasing over 7,000 works by 1,500+ artists in downtown Montréal’s cultural heart.

MOCA Toronto Canada is an independent contemporary art museum at Sterling Rd, hosting rotating exhibitions and programs centered on 21st-century artistic production.

The Power Plant in Toronto is a non‑collecting public gallery devoted to contemporary visual art, offering free entry and dynamic exhibitions.

Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) is a free municipal gallery in Ottawa showcasing regional art, contemporary exhibitions, and the Firestone Collection.

Contemporary Calgary is a nonprofit public gallery housed in the Centennial Planetarium in downtown Calgary, presenting rotating exhibitions of local, national and international contemporary art.

Esker Foundation is Calgary’s leading contemporary art gallery offering free admission, innovative exhibitions, public programs, and a street‑level Project Space for accessible art engagement.

A Vancouver-based public gallery celebrating Bill Reid’s legacy and Northwest Coast Indigenous art, with dynamic contemporary programming.

A major non-profit contemporary photography gallery in North Vancouver, spotlighting local and international artists.

The Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG Vancouver) is a free, non‑collecting public gallery showcasing cutting‑edge local and international contemporary art through exhibitions, talks, workshops, and publications.

UBC’s Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery is a free, leading contemporary art institution with 5,000+ works, showcasing local and global artists.

Montréal’s private contemporary art centre hosting major exhibitions, a leading private collection, artist residencies and cultural events in a renovated 19th-century shipyard.

A leading Vancouver private gallery since 1972, Equinox Gallery showcases Canadian contemporary art and estates within an international program.

A South Granville gallery since 1995 showcasing historic and contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous art—sculpture, jewelry, masks, prints.

A premier Vancouver gallery since 1996, exhibiting museum‑quality Indigenous art—First Nations, Inuit and Pacific Northwest Coast works.

Established in 1986, Lattimer Gallery in Fairview showcases authentic Northwest Coast Indigenous art—jewellery, masks, prints, sculpture.

North Vancouver’s Inuit Gallery showcases fine Inuit, First Nations, and Canadian art—jewellery, sculpture, prints—in a bright, accessible space near Lonsdale Quay.

Vancouver’s Chali‑Rosso Gallery offers authentic original prints and sculptures by European Modern Masters and Inuit artists since 2005.

Vancouver’s Sam’s Original Art showcases handcrafted abstract Pacific Northwest landscapes by Sam Siegel, offering originals and limited‑edition giclée prints.

CICA Vancouver presents seasonal contemporary art by international and local BIPOC artists through exhibitions, talks, workshops, and public programs in a vibrant non-profit gallery.

The Art Gallery of Alberta in downtown Edmonton showcases over 6,000 works, featuring Alberta and Western Canadian art in a striking contemporary building.