Resources for young Canadian collectors?

I wouldn't go so far as to say that we're looking for a piece of art that will be in our family for generations --- I remember as a student that Fine Arts students at our university used to have shows where they sold their exercises and projects. Since they were student works, kind of rushed for the end of term, they were less expensive than professional canvases.

I guess I'm just thinking it could work out for both of parties if we could find kind of an amateur gallery --- we could have an original and interesting piece at a reasonable price, and at the same time support a young or amateur artist that hasn't gone professional yet.

(And I wouldn't be comfortable picking something from a catalogue; I was more hoping that there would be some kind of gallery listing somewhere. For example, a magazine or website with entries like:

"Gallery Tatar, Toronto: Contemporary Canadian and American artists, photography, mixed media" or some such.)

Thanks for the responses so far!