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Canada House Gallery
A compact Trafalgar Square showcase inside the Canadian High Commission that rotates exhibitions of Canadian art and craft—often foregrounding Indigenous artists, landscape traditions and contemporary practice—bringing Canada’s regions into a London gallery setting.
Opening Hours
Monday: 11:00 AM – 5:45 PM
Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 5:45 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 5:45 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 5:45 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM – 5:45 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 5:45 PM
What's not to miss inside?
Contemporary Painting & Photography
Recent exhibitions spotlight emerging and established Canadian artists, from conceptual photography to large-scale painting.Look for curatorial notes that map artists to provinces and territories—Canada by way of studio practice.
📍 Main gallery, Trafalgar Square frontage
Indigenous Art Focus
Shows frequently include First Nations, Inuit and Métis work—prints, sculpture and textiles—framed within living cultural traditions.Compare an Inuit stonecut print edition with a later lithograph: different processes produce distinct line qualities.
📍 Feature wall / rotating casework
Design & Craft Dialogues
Ceramics, textiles and metalwork underline Canada’s strong craft scene and its links to landscape and materials.Match glazes and clays to stated regions—geology as part of the object’s identity.
📍 Side cases and plinths
Inspire your Friends
- The gallery sits within Canada House on Trafalgar Square—an 1820s Smirke building later adapted as the Canadian High Commission—so exhibitions pair contemporary art with a neoclassical backdrop.
- Programme themes often rotate by region or community, bringing work from across Canada’s provinces and territories to a single London room.
- Inuit printmaking—pioneered in Arctic communities from the late 1950s—regularly features; captions explain cooperative studios and community editions.
