Titled Autumn Ploughing, Arthabaska, the 1909 canvas sold for $380,000 -- breaking by $20,000 the previous record for a Suzor-Coté set in 1988 in Montreal.
This was exclusive of buyer's premium.
All prices quoted do not include the premium.
A large work by Frank Hans Johnston, one of the original Group of Seven, went for $230,000.
The oil, Autumn, Algoma came into the bidding with a presale estimate of $125,000 to $150,000.
The previous record for a Johnston, at $150,000, was set this year in Vancouver by the Heffel auction house.
The sale was an indication of the rising fortunes of Johnston -- who had left the group by 1925 to live in Manitoba -- in recent years.
Also setting a record were two works by Montreal artist Fritz Brandtner. Previously, the top price for a Brandtner fetched at auction was $26,000, established by Joyner in Toronto in 1994.
However, that price was bested twice last night, first and foremost with a $50,000 bid for a still life, Gay Camp Table, then by the $38,000 paid for Montreal Harbour, a 1938 oil.
The first had gone into the auction with an estimate of $30,000 to $35,000, the second $10,000 to $15,000.
There were 273 lots on the block last night, drawing a large crowd and numerous bidders from across the country.
Despite the successes, there were some disappointments.
A 1920 oil by Group of Seven founder Lawren Harris of a Toronto streetscape sold to an unidentified overseas buyer for $400,000.
But this was less than the $500,000 to $700,000 estimate it carried into the auction.
Going unsold was mammoth abstract (200 centimetres by 300 centimetres) by the late Jean-Paul Riopelle.
Painted in 1975, Mascouche went into the bidding valued at $500,000-$700,000.
Bidding for the oil started at $300,000, but within 30 seconds the action had stopped at $410,000 and the painting was declared unsold.
Also failing to meet its reserve (the lowest possible selling price) was a large 1951 abstract by Mr. Riopelle's colleague, Paul-Émile Borduas. Composition had an estimated value of $150,000 to $175,000, but the bidding for it last night petered out at $110,000.
Another non-sale was Three Habitants Sledding on the St. Lawrence at Quebec by the 19-century master Cornelius Krieghoff.
This modest-sized canvas earned a top bid of $75,000 -- but with a low end presale estimate of $100,000, it failed to meet its reserve.
Total value of last night's sale was $4,325,000, (including the buyer's premium of 15 per cent of the first $150,000 on the hammer price, 10 per cent thereafter).
Always the biggest volume dealer in Canada's fine-art resale market, Joyners will auction 276 lots this morning.
Estimated total value of these works is $400,000 to $500,000.
