Yvonne Williams

Yvonne Williams (1901–1997) was a stained glass artist, known for her design and creation of stained glass windows in Canada, including the windows in St. John's Shaughnessy in Vancouver, Chalmers United Church in Guelph, Ontario and St. Michael & All Angels Church in Toronto.

Biography Williams was born to Canadian parents in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Returning to Toronto, Williams opened a studio in 1930, located on Cariboo Avenue in North Toronto in a house she rented from Arthur Lismer. The studio was in operation for almost 30 years. The studio received over four hundred commissions across Canada for both public and private spaces. An interview with Williams about her career is available in Library and Archives Canada under Joan Murray fonds, R4917.

Williams was a member of Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

She died in 1997 in Parry Sound, Ontario. She had previously donated lakefront land for a public park on Mill Lake, now known as Yvonne Williams Park.