At the school, he learned of the work of Swedish sculptor Carl Milles, whose sculptures of indigenous people influenced him.

[4] After his return to Quebec in 1908, he established a studio in Montreal, creating paintings with classic interpretations of Canadian landscapes.

In his paintings, he was most interested in the play of light on snow and water, leaving behind optical truth for visual innovations.

As of 2020, the Suzor-Coté collection in Ottawa's National Gallery of Canada consists of twenty-eight paintings, ten sculptures and a number of drawings.

[9] Other Suzor-Coté works in Canada are to be found in Quebec City's Musée national des beaux-arts,[10] the RiverBrink Art Museum, and in private collections.