This page lists life drawing sessions throughout Canada.

Click here for a worldwide listing of life drawing sessions.

September Morn (1912) by Paul Chabas. Public domain.

Listings across Canada

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada – provides a listing of Canadian universities by Province
Figure drawing classes, workshops, and open studios throughout Canada – provides a list of figure drawing classes by province
Modele Vivant – list of life drawing sessions throughout Canada by province
LoveLifeDrawing.com: Classes – provides an extensive listing of life drawing classes throughout Canada

Alberta (AB)

Art Alchemy Studio Gallery – Courtenay (figure drawing sessions)
Art Gallery of Alberta – Edmonton (life rawing sessions)
Atlantis Fine Framing Studio – Calgary (open figure drawing sessions)
Burns Visual Arts Society – Calgary (figure drawing sessions)
Calgary School of Art – Calgary (figure drawing classes)
Capitol Hill Community Centre – Calgary (life drawing sessions)
City Arts Centre – Edmonton (life drawing sessions)
City of Calgary: Wildflowers Art Centre – Calgary (figure drawing classes)
Gorrilla House Live Art – Calgary (open life drawing sessions)
Grant MacEwan University – Edmonton (life drawing and painting classes and continuing education sessions)
Harcourt House Artist Run Center – Edmonton (open life drawing sessions)
Macewan University – Edmonton (continuing education courses in figure drawing and painting)
Red Deer College – Red Deer (open life drawing sessions)
Ruberto Ostberg Gallery (Purple Door Art Studio) – Calgary (figure drawing classes)
Sutton Art – Sherwood Park (life drawing sessions)
The Coloured Web: Tessa Nunn’s figurative workshops – Edmonton (life drawing, painting, and sculpture)
University of Alberta – Edmonton (life drawing classes, and faculty of extension open life drawing sessions)
University of Calgary – Calgary (life drawing classes)

General

Calgary Figure Model Guild – lists various life drawing opportunities in Calgary

British Columbia (BC)

The Art Institute of Vancouver – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
Basic Inquiry: The Vancouver Life Drawing Society – Vancouver, British Columbia (life drawing sessions) – includes a page for those interested in becoming a model and a listing of art galleries and instruction in the Vancouver area
Blim Art Center – Vancouver (open life drawing sessions)
Campbell River Art Gallery – Campbell River (open life drawing sessions). See also Cumberland Lifers Drawing Group.
Canadian Arts and Sciences Academy – Vancouver (life drawing club)
Capilano University – North Vancouver (life drawing sessions)
Center for Digital Media – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
CG Masters Academy – New Westminster (life drawing classes)
Comox Valley Arts Council – Courtenay (open figure drawing). See also Cumberland Lifers Drawing Group.
Drawing on Life Art Group – South Surrey, in White Rock Area (figure drawing group)
Dundas Valley School of Art – Dundas (life drawing sessions)
Emily Carr University of Art and Design – Vancouver (life drawing)
Fainting Goat Studio – Vancouver (life drawing)
Heritage Life Drawing Group – New Westminister (open life drawing sessions)
Holland/Croft Studio – North Vancouver (life drawing sessions)
Jan Senetchko – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
Jerico Arts Centre – (life drawing sessions)
Langara College – Vancouver (figure drawing classes)
Larger Than Life Drawing Group – White Rock, Surrey (life drawing sessions)
Music Box Studios / aka Music Box Artist Centre – West Vancouver (life drawing workshops)
Nanaimo Art Gallery – Nanaimo (open life drawing)
Next Level Games – Vancouver (life drawing sessions)
Nicole Sleeth Fine Art – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
North Island College – Campbell River (life drawing)
North Vancouver Community Arts Council – North Vancouver (life drawing classes)
The Old School House Arts Center (TOSH) – Qualicum Beach (open figure drawing). See also Cumberland Lifers Drawing Group.
Opus Art Supplies – Vancouver (life drawing workshops)
Picard Studio – Vancouver (life drawing, painting, and sculpture instruction)
Phoenix Art Workshop – Richmond (figure drawing classes)
Purple Thistle Center – Vancouver (open figure drawing)
Richmond Artists Guild – Richmond, British Columbia (life drawing sessions)
Rotary Centre for the Arts – Kelowna (life drawing sessions). Artist Julia Trops provides a life model training program here through Liveessence, the Society for Figurative Artists and Models.
St. George’s School – Vancouver (life drawing sessions)
Simon Fraser University – Vancouver (the Cartel student life drawing club)
Shadbolt Centre For The Arts – Burnaby (open life drawing)
Simply Drawing – North Vancouver (open life drawing)
South Delta Artists Guild – Tsawwassen (open life drawing)
Suite E Life Drawing Group – Coquitlam, British Columbia (life drawing sessions)
Supernal Arts Academy – Vancouver (life drawing classes) – also see their S.A.A. Life Drawing Club Facebook page
Think Tank Training Centre – North Vancouver (life drawing classes)
University of British Columbia – Vancouver (figure drawing classes)
University of Victoria – Victoria (figure drawing classes)
Vancouver Film School – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (vanarts) – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
Vancouver Island School Art – Vancouver (open life drawing sessions)
Vancouver Life Drawing Society – Vancouver (life drawing sessions)
Victoria College of Art – Victoria (open life drawing)
West Vancouver Community Arts Program – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
Whistler Life Drawing – Whistler, British Columbia (life drawing sessions)
Xchanges Gallery – Victoria (open life drawing, painting, and sculpture sessions)

Manitoba (MB)

The Winnipeg Art Gallery – Winnipeg (open life drawing sessions)
The Cre8ery – Winnipeg (life drawing sessions)
Winnipeg Sketch Club – Winnipeg (figure drawing)

General reference:

Manitoba Art Links

New Brunswick (NB)

New Brunswick College of Craft & Design – Fredericton (open figure drawing studio)

Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)

Anna Templeton Centre – St. John’s (figure drawing classes)

Nova Scotia (NS)

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design – Halifax (open figure drawing and classes)
Tidnish Bridge Art Gallery – Tidnish Bridge (life drawing workshops)

Ontario (ON)

Algoma University – Sault St. Marie (life drawing classes)
Animation Portfolio Workshop – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
Art Gallery of Sudbury – Sudbury – (Life Drawing in a Drawing Circle open sessions)
Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) – Toronto (life drawing, painting, and sculpture classes)
Art Works Art School – Toronto (life drawing classes)
Artisans at Work – Toronto (life drawing sessions)
Artists 25 – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
Avenue Road Arts School – Toronto (figure drawing)
Ben Navaee Gallery – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
Centennial College – Toronto (life drawing classes)
Central Connection – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
Club Draw: Open Life Drawing at LucSculpture School & Studios – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
Framing Dames Art School – Toronto (life drawing sessions)
Freehand School of Art – Toronto (life drawing classes)
Greenboro Pavillion Life Drawing – Ottowa
The Gladstone Hotel (Melody Bar) – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
Humber College – Toronto (figure drawing classes)
Koffler Centre of the Arts – Toronto (figure drawing and painting classes)
Lakehead University – Thunder Bay (figure drawing classes)
Life Drawing at the White House Studio Project in Kensington – Toronto (life drawing sessions)
Loyalist College – Belleville (life drawing classes)
Open Life Drawing Group at Mill Pond Gallery – Richmond Hill (life drawing sessions)
OCAD University – Toronto (community life drawing sessions and classes)
Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) – Toronto (figure drawing and painting classes, including continuing education)
Open Life Studio / Rumble Open Studio – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
The Patrick House Art Studio and Gallery – Toronto (life drawing sessions)
Red Light Sessions: Life Drawing with a Kick – Toronto (figure drawing in speak-easy venue)
Ryerson University -Toronto (figure drawing classes)
Sandy Hill Life Drawing Workshop – Ottowa (life drawing sessions)
Sault College – Sault St. Marie (life drawing classes)
Sheridan College of Art & Design – Oakville (life drawing classes)
Shelburne Life Drawing – Shelburne (unstructured life drawing sessions)
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, on the Confederation College campus – Thunder Bay (figure drawing classes)
Toronto District School Board – Toronto (figure drawing and painting classes)
Toronto Heliconian Club – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
Toronto School of Art – Toronto (figure drawing and painting and sculpture classes)
The Underground Group – Sault St. Marie (open life drawing)
Visual Arts Brampton – Brampton (open life drawing sessions)
Willowdale Group of Artists – North York (open life drawing sessions)
York University – Toronto (life drawing classes)