She is known for her independent feature films We Were Wolves (2014) and Suck It Up (2017), as well as her work directing on television series Baroness Von Sketch Show, Burden of Truth and Schitt's Creek.

Suck it Up stars Grace Glowicki and Erin Carter, and won Best Feature Film at the 2017 B3 Frankfurt Biennale,[10] and Canning was nominated for the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Discovery Award.

[11] In 2016, Canning made a foray into television, directing on Saving Hope and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, where she became the first female director on the show.

The following year, she directed episodes of the series The Detail (CTV), Burden of Truth (CBC/The CW), and Baroness Von Sketch Show (CBC/IFC).

[17] Canning also directed a number of music videos, including: She is a 2010 graduate of the Director's Lab at the Canadian Film Centre and an alumnus of TIFF Pitch This!