This document provides an overview of the history of art in Canada. It discusses that Canadian art began with the works of Indigenous peoples, including the First Nations and Inuit, who created portable art meant to be worn rather than architectural works. In the 19th-20th centuries, the Canadian government tried to ban traditional Indigenous arts and religion. However, in the 1950s-60s artists renewed interest in these works and reinvented some traditions. It then outlines different periods of Canadian art from early French colonial art influenced by the Catholic church to the English colonial period where officers sketched the land and people. In the early 20th century, the Group of Seven painted elaborate wilderness scenes and helped establish a distinct Canadian art style.