Sylvia Hahn (born in 1911) is the youngest daughter of Ellen Smith (sculptor and painter) and Gustav Hahn (instructor).
Born to artists Gustav Hahn and Ellen Smith in Toronto, Ontario, Hahn came from a creative family. Her father was an instructor at the Ontario College of Art and her mother, a sculptor and painter in her own right, was his pupil. Together they had three daughters, of whom Sylvia was the youngest. Sylvia Hahn (2 May 1911  2 January 2001) was a Canadian artist and head of the art department at the Royal Ontario Museum. 
