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Vancouver · BC
Valeriia is named as a tattoo artist on La Maison Tattoo Studio's current roster. Her profile page is still marked coming soon and carries no biography; it lists geometric and patternwork, large-scale realism, and the ambiguous site phrase 'Fine + Bold line'. Her roster card adds blackwork and ornamental; the ambiguous phrase is not normalized to a controlled style.
Vancouver · BC
Van Tattoo Studio Vancouver is a tattoo studio in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its official site mentions or presents work in black and grey, fine line, geometric and illustrative.
Vancouver · BC
The current official profile presents Varian Loo as a tattoo artist. It roots his work in Japanese tattooing from traditional foundations to contemporary interpretations and attributes portrait plus black-and-grey realism to him.
Hamilton · ON
Veronika “Vern” Merkel is listed among the artists presented by Silver Skull Tattoo Studio in Hamilton. The profile mentions or presents work in black and grey, colour, fine line and illustrative. Work samples are linked from the artist's official page.
Ottawa · ON
Vicky is a Liquid Impact tattoo artist specializing in black-and-grey realism, from micro-realism to portraits and large-scale projects. Her official profile notes Canadian convention awards in portrait, realism, and black-and-grey categories.
Toronto · ON
The official site presents Vince Kogut, also displayed as Vince, for fine-line work and illustrative, photorealistic black-and-grey tattooing.
Halifax · NS
Vivek Divine is Tattoo Lab's founder and lead tattoo artist; the Halifax studio opened in November 2024. The studio credits him with more than seven years of practice and specializes his work in colour realism and black-and-grey realism.
Toronto · ON
The official index presents Vlad Black for large-scale black-and-grey realism, dark surrealism, and complex cover-ups.
Mississippi Mills · ON
Waxwing Tattoo Company is a tattoo studio in Mississippi Mills, Ontario. Its official site mentions or presents work in anime and manga, black and grey, blackwork and dotwork. A public booking link is available in the verified contact details.
Oakville · ON
Way Cool Tattoos Oakville is a tattoo studio established in Oakville in 2000. The current official site publishes a five-person tattooer team and the Kerr Street address; a professional retailer directory corroborates the exact public contacts and domain.
Mundare · AB
Whale Anchor Tattoo is a current tattoo studio near Mundare. Its official site publishes active booking and the studio's public contact details.
Markham · ON
Wild Crane Tattoos is a by-appointment private tattoo studio at 304 Copper Creek Dr. in Markham, Ontario, serving Markham, Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area. Its current official site publishes a tattoo request form, a free consultation, a cover-up service, and dedicated service pages for biomechanical, realism, lettering, old school, Asian style, fine line, jewelry and stone-carving tattooing. The Team page names six tattoo artists: Ciel, Echo, Ken, Rex, Sugar and Marvin. The studio also offers tattoo courses.
Abbotsford · BC
Wild Moon Tattoo is a tattoo studio in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Its official site mentions or presents work in black and grey and realism.
Vancouver · BC
William Chavez is listed among the artists presented by Adrenaline Studios - Granville in Vancouver. The profile mentions or presents work in realism. Work samples are linked from the artist's official page.
Montréal · QC
The current official page identifies Wilson as a tattoo artist; only literally attributed styles are retained.
Quesnel · BC
Wise Owl Tattoo is a tattoo studio in Quesnel, British Columbia. Its official site mentions or presents work in anime and manga, blackwork, fine line and neo-traditional. A public booking link is available in the verified contact details.
Trail · BC
Wolf's Den Tattoo is a tattoo studio in Trail, British Columbia. Its official site mentions or presents work in black and grey, illustrative, new school and realism.
Montréal · QC
X/S Tattoos and Piercings is a tattoo studio in Montréal, Quebec. Its official site mentions or presents work in lettering and realism.
Mississauga · ON
Xtremities Tattoo and Piercing is a tattoo studio in Mississauga, Ontario. Its official site mentions or presents work in fine line and realism.
Toronto · ON
YB, who publishes professionally as Justin YB, is named on The KCHN Tattoos' official website as a tattoo artist with three years of experience in black and grey realism and blackwork. The about page explicitly attributes photorealistic portraits and bold blackwork designs to him, the homepage states that YB and Justin both master realism and blackwork, and his professional profile cites stippling and dot shading. He is a separate person from Justin (Jay Kim), the studio's other artist.
Toronto · ON
Yan Tattoo and Piercing Studio is a tattoo studio in Toronto, Ontario. Its official site mentions or presents work in black and grey, fine line, illustrative and lettering.
Laval · QC
The current official roster presents “Sassy - Yanick” and his individual profile as a tattoo artist at Zen Tattoo. The profile explicitly attributes black-and-grey, cover-up, and realism work; the public Yanick Sasseville spelling is normalized while retaining first-party variants.
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu · QC
Yann Gauvin is a tattoo studio in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. Its official site mentions or presents work in black and grey, cover-ups, new school and realism. A public booking link is available in the verified contact details.
Toronto · ON
Yes Electric Tattoo is a tattoo and piercing studio at 499 Queen St W on Queen West in downtown Toronto. Its current website describes the shop as a collective, states opening hours of noon to midnight seven days a week, accepts walk-ins for flash and small custom work and offers online booking with a named artist. The site publishes a nine-person tattoo roster with individual profile pages: Carol, Nau Frago, Sarah Johnson, Jessie (Ink of Dawn), Yæ, Coop, BlacMars, Lux and Strawberry. Body piercing, tooth gems and an in-house barber chair are offered alongside tattooing, and the barber and the unnamed rotating guest tattooers, piercers and tooth-gem artists are kept outside the tattoo roster.
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