diff --git a/flow/layers/clip_path_layer.cc b/flow/layers/clip_path_layer.cc
index 4eef378229b48..17fd4db739acf 100644
--- a/flow/layers/clip_path_layer.cc
+++ b/flow/layers/clip_path_layer.cc
@@ -50,14 +50,15 @@ void ClipPathLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) const {
   TRACE_EVENT0("flutter", "ClipPathLayer::Paint");
   FML_DCHECK(needs_painting());
 
-  SkAutoCanvasRestore save(context.canvas, true);
-  context.canvas->clipPath(clip_path_, clip_behavior_ != Clip::hardEdge);
+  SkAutoCanvasRestore save(context.internal_nodes_canvas, true);
+  context.internal_nodes_canvas->clipPath(clip_path_,
+                                          clip_behavior_ != Clip::hardEdge);
   if (clip_behavior_ == Clip::antiAliasWithSaveLayer) {
-    context.canvas->saveLayer(paint_bounds(), nullptr);
+    context.internal_nodes_canvas->saveLayer(paint_bounds(), nullptr);
   }
   PaintChildren(context);
   if (clip_behavior_ == Clip::antiAliasWithSaveLayer) {
-    context.canvas->restore();
+    context.internal_nodes_canvas->restore();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/flow/layers/clip_rect_layer.cc b/flow/layers/clip_rect_layer.cc
index e230bb86a5cc4..cb4ed56daff89 100644
--- a/flow/layers/clip_rect_layer.cc
+++ b/flow/layers/clip_rect_layer.cc
@@ -41,14 +41,15 @@ void ClipRectLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) const {
   TRACE_EVENT0("flutter", "ClipRectLayer::Paint");
   FML_DCHECK(needs_painting());
 
-  SkAutoCanvasRestore save(context.canvas, true);
-  context.canvas->clipRect(paint_bounds(), clip_behavior_ != Clip::hardEdge);
+  SkAutoCanvasRestore save(context.internal_nodes_canvas, true);
+  context.internal_nodes_canvas->clipRect(paint_bounds(),
+                                          clip_behavior_ != Clip::hardEdge);
   if (clip_behavior_ == Clip::antiAliasWithSaveLayer) {
-    context.canvas->saveLayer(paint_bounds(), nullptr);
+    context.internal_nodes_canvas->saveLayer(paint_bounds(), nullptr);
   }
   PaintChildren(context);
   if (clip_behavior_ == Clip::antiAliasWithSaveLayer) {
-    context.canvas->restore();
+    context.internal_nodes_canvas->restore();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/flow/layers/clip_rrect_layer.cc b/flow/layers/clip_rrect_layer.cc
index e616488c66851..9016c7f5b7bff 100644
--- a/flow/layers/clip_rrect_layer.cc
+++ b/flow/layers/clip_rrect_layer.cc
@@ -48,14 +48,15 @@ void ClipRRectLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) const {
   TRACE_EVENT0("flutter", "ClipRRectLayer::Paint");
   FML_DCHECK(needs_painting());
 
-  SkAutoCanvasRestore save(context.canvas, true);
-  context.canvas->clipRRect(clip_rrect_, clip_behavior_ != Clip::hardEdge);
+  SkAutoCanvasRestore save(context.internal_nodes_canvas, true);
+  context.internal_nodes_canvas->clipRRect(clip_rrect_,
+                                           clip_behavior_ != Clip::hardEdge);
   if (clip_behavior_ == Clip::antiAliasWithSaveLayer) {
-    context.canvas->saveLayer(paint_bounds(), nullptr);
+    context.internal_nodes_canvas->saveLayer(paint_bounds(), nullptr);
   }
   PaintChildren(context);
   if (clip_behavior_ == Clip::antiAliasWithSaveLayer) {
-    context.canvas->restore();
+    context.internal_nodes_canvas->restore();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/flow/layers/layer.cc b/flow/layers/layer.cc
index ce2a6b427ace7..c3653ed52d0cf 100644
--- a/flow/layers/layer.cc
+++ b/flow/layers/layer.cc
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ Layer::AutoSaveLayer::AutoSaveLayer(const PaintContext& paint_context,
                                     const SkRect& bounds,
                                     const SkPaint* paint)
     : paint_context_(paint_context), bounds_(bounds) {
-  paint_context_.canvas->saveLayer(bounds_, paint);
+  paint_context_.internal_nodes_canvas->saveLayer(bounds_, paint);
 }
 
 Layer::AutoSaveLayer::AutoSaveLayer(const PaintContext& paint_context,
                                     const SkCanvas::SaveLayerRec& layer_rec)
     : paint_context_(paint_context), bounds_(*layer_rec.fBounds) {
-  paint_context_.canvas->saveLayer(layer_rec);
+  paint_context_.internal_nodes_canvas->saveLayer(layer_rec);
 }
 
 Layer::AutoSaveLayer Layer::AutoSaveLayer::Create(
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ Layer::AutoSaveLayer Layer::AutoSaveLayer::Create(
 
 Layer::AutoSaveLayer::~AutoSaveLayer() {
   if (paint_context_.checkerboard_offscreen_layers) {
-    DrawCheckerboard(paint_context_.canvas, bounds_);
+    DrawCheckerboard(paint_context_.internal_nodes_canvas, bounds_);
   }
-  paint_context_.canvas->restore();
+  paint_context_.internal_nodes_canvas->restore();
 }
 
 }  // namespace flow
diff --git a/flow/layers/layer.h b/flow/layers/layer.h
index 724c89edfba5f..0e53e9281c64c 100644
--- a/flow/layers/layer.h
+++ b/flow/layers/layer.h
@@ -77,11 +77,7 @@ class Layer {
     // The leaf_nodes_canvas is the "current" canvas and is used by leaf
     // layers.
     SkCanvas* internal_nodes_canvas;
-    // I'm temporarily leaving the name of this field to be canvas to reduce
-    // noise in the incremental change. A followup change will rename this
-    // and use the corrrect canvas in each callsite.
-    // TODO(amirh) rename canvas to leaf_nodes_canvas.
-    SkCanvas* canvas;
+    SkCanvas* leaf_nodes_canvas;
     ExternalViewEmbedder* view_embedder;
     const Stopwatch& frame_time;
     const Stopwatch& engine_time;
diff --git a/flow/layers/opacity_layer.cc b/flow/layers/opacity_layer.cc
index bd2c05188c725..3e94abdbb6568 100644
--- a/flow/layers/opacity_layer.cc
+++ b/flow/layers/opacity_layer.cc
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ void OpacityLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) const {
   SkPaint paint;
   paint.setAlpha(alpha_);
 
-  SkAutoCanvasRestore save(context.canvas, true);
-  context.canvas->translate(offset_.fX, offset_.fY);
+  SkAutoCanvasRestore save(context.internal_nodes_canvas, true);
+  context.internal_nodes_canvas->translate(offset_.fX, offset_.fY);
 
 #ifndef SUPPORT_FRACTIONAL_TRANSLATION
-  context.canvas->setMatrix(
-      RasterCache::GetIntegralTransCTM(context.canvas->getTotalMatrix()));
+  context.internal_nodes_canvas->setMatrix(RasterCache::GetIntegralTransCTM(
+      context.leaf_nodes_canvas->getTotalMatrix()));
 #endif
 
   // Embedded platform views are changing the canvas in the middle of the paint
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ void OpacityLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) const {
   // don't use the cache.
   if (context.view_embedder == nullptr && layers().size() == 1 &&
       context.raster_cache) {
-    const SkMatrix& ctm = context.canvas->getTotalMatrix();
+    const SkMatrix& ctm = context.leaf_nodes_canvas->getTotalMatrix();
     RasterCacheResult child_cache =
         context.raster_cache->Get(layers()[0].get(), ctm);
     if (child_cache.is_valid()) {
-      child_cache.draw(*context.canvas, &paint);
+      child_cache.draw(*context.leaf_nodes_canvas, &paint);
       return;
     }
   }
diff --git a/flow/layers/performance_overlay_layer.cc b/flow/layers/performance_overlay_layer.cc
index 7189ae392dc3d..1ec2eeaa3b9bd 100644
--- a/flow/layers/performance_overlay_layer.cc
+++ b/flow/layers/performance_overlay_layer.cc
@@ -73,15 +73,16 @@ void PerformanceOverlayLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) const {
   SkScalar y = paint_bounds().y() + padding;
   SkScalar width = paint_bounds().width() - (padding * 2);
   SkScalar height = paint_bounds().height() / 2;
-  SkAutoCanvasRestore save(context.canvas, true);
+  SkAutoCanvasRestore save(context.leaf_nodes_canvas, true);
 
-  VisualizeStopWatch(*context.canvas, context.frame_time, x, y, width,
-                     height - padding,
+  VisualizeStopWatch(*context.leaf_nodes_canvas, context.frame_time, x, y,
+                     width, height - padding,
                      options_ & kVisualizeRasterizerStatistics,
                      options_ & kDisplayRasterizerStatistics, "GPU");
 
-  VisualizeStopWatch(*context.canvas, context.engine_time, x, y + height, width,
-                     height - padding, options_ & kVisualizeEngineStatistics,
+  VisualizeStopWatch(*context.leaf_nodes_canvas, context.engine_time, x,
+                     y + height, width, height - padding,
+                     options_ & kVisualizeEngineStatistics,
                      options_ & kDisplayEngineStatistics, "UI");
 }
 
diff --git a/flow/layers/physical_shape_layer.cc b/flow/layers/physical_shape_layer.cc
index f3adc33bd910f..3e8e1a4118f43 100644
--- a/flow/layers/physical_shape_layer.cc
+++ b/flow/layers/physical_shape_layer.cc
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void PhysicalShapeLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) const {
   FML_DCHECK(needs_painting());
 
   if (elevation_ != 0) {
-    DrawShadow(context.canvas, path_, shadow_color_, elevation_,
+    DrawShadow(context.leaf_nodes_canvas, path_, shadow_color_, elevation_,
                SkColorGetA(color_) != 0xff, device_pixel_ratio_);
   }
 
@@ -91,20 +91,20 @@ void PhysicalShapeLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) const {
   SkPaint paint;
   paint.setColor(color_);
   if (clip_behavior_ != Clip::antiAliasWithSaveLayer) {
-    context.canvas->drawPath(path_, paint);
+    context.leaf_nodes_canvas->drawPath(path_, paint);
   }
 
-  int saveCount = context.canvas->save();
+  int saveCount = context.internal_nodes_canvas->save();
   switch (clip_behavior_) {
     case Clip::hardEdge:
-      context.canvas->clipPath(path_, false);
+      context.internal_nodes_canvas->clipPath(path_, false);
       break;
     case Clip::antiAlias:
-      context.canvas->clipPath(path_, true);
+      context.internal_nodes_canvas->clipPath(path_, true);
       break;
     case Clip::antiAliasWithSaveLayer:
-      context.canvas->clipPath(path_, true);
-      context.canvas->saveLayer(paint_bounds(), nullptr);
+      context.internal_nodes_canvas->clipPath(path_, true);
+      context.internal_nodes_canvas->saveLayer(paint_bounds(), nullptr);
       break;
     case Clip::none:
       break;
@@ -115,12 +115,12 @@ void PhysicalShapeLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) const {
     // (https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/18057#issue-328003931)
     // using saveLayer, we have to call drawPaint instead of drawPath as
     // anti-aliased drawPath will always have such artifacts.
-    context.canvas->drawPaint(paint);
+    context.leaf_nodes_canvas->drawPaint(paint);
   }
 
   PaintChildren(context);
 
-  context.canvas->restoreToCount(saveCount);
+  context.internal_nodes_canvas->restoreToCount(saveCount);
 }
 
 void PhysicalShapeLayer::DrawShadow(SkCanvas* canvas,
diff --git a/flow/layers/picture_layer.cc b/flow/layers/picture_layer.cc
index 0532e1ddef41c..74057039d304d 100644
--- a/flow/layers/picture_layer.cc
+++ b/flow/layers/picture_layer.cc
@@ -34,22 +34,22 @@ void PictureLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) const {
   FML_DCHECK(picture_.get());
   FML_DCHECK(needs_painting());
 
-  SkAutoCanvasRestore save(context.canvas, true);
-  context.canvas->translate(offset_.x(), offset_.y());
+  SkAutoCanvasRestore save(context.leaf_nodes_canvas, true);
+  context.leaf_nodes_canvas->translate(offset_.x(), offset_.y());
 #ifndef SUPPORT_FRACTIONAL_TRANSLATION
-  context.canvas->setMatrix(
-      RasterCache::GetIntegralTransCTM(context.canvas->getTotalMatrix()));
+  context.leaf_nodes_canvas->setMatrix(RasterCache::GetIntegralTransCTM(
+      context.leaf_nodes_canvas->getTotalMatrix()));
 #endif
 
   if (context.raster_cache) {
-    const SkMatrix& ctm = context.canvas->getTotalMatrix();
+    const SkMatrix& ctm = context.leaf_nodes_canvas->getTotalMatrix();
     RasterCacheResult result = context.raster_cache->Get(*picture(), ctm);
     if (result.is_valid()) {
-      result.draw(*context.canvas);
+      result.draw(*context.leaf_nodes_canvas);
       return;
     }
   }
-  context.canvas->drawPicture(picture());
+  context.leaf_nodes_canvas->drawPicture(picture());
 }
 
 }  // namespace flow
diff --git a/flow/layers/platform_view_layer.cc b/flow/layers/platform_view_layer.cc
index a53e4c7321a7c..d10bd2ac4f309 100644
--- a/flow/layers/platform_view_layer.cc
+++ b/flow/layers/platform_view_layer.cc
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ void PlatformViewLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) const {
     return;
   }
   EmbeddedViewParams params;
-  SkMatrix transform = context.canvas->getTotalMatrix();
+  SkMatrix transform = context.leaf_nodes_canvas->getTotalMatrix();
   params.offsetPixels =
       SkPoint::Make(transform.getTranslateX(), transform.getTranslateY());
   params.sizePoints = size_;
 
   SkCanvas* canvas =
       context.view_embedder->CompositeEmbeddedView(view_id_, params);
-  context.canvas = canvas;
+  context.leaf_nodes_canvas = canvas;
 }
 }  // namespace flow
diff --git a/flow/layers/shader_mask_layer.cc b/flow/layers/shader_mask_layer.cc
index 15f994ad28d93..5c13f56e8b9a1 100644
--- a/flow/layers/shader_mask_layer.cc
+++ b/flow/layers/shader_mask_layer.cc
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ void ShaderMaskLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) const {
   SkPaint paint;
   paint.setBlendMode(blend_mode_);
   paint.setShader(shader_);
-  context.canvas->translate(mask_rect_.left(), mask_rect_.top());
-  context.canvas->drawRect(
+  context.leaf_nodes_canvas->translate(mask_rect_.left(), mask_rect_.top());
+  context.leaf_nodes_canvas->drawRect(
       SkRect::MakeWH(mask_rect_.width(), mask_rect_.height()), paint);
 }
 
diff --git a/flow/layers/texture_layer.cc b/flow/layers/texture_layer.cc
index 65ab470bf73c5..df845caf80215 100644
--- a/flow/layers/texture_layer.cc
+++ b/flow/layers/texture_layer.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void TextureLayer::Paint(PaintContext& context) const {
   if (!texture) {
     return;
   }
-  texture->Paint(*context.canvas, paint_bounds(), freeze_);
+  texture->Paint(*context.leaf_nodes_canvas, paint_bounds(), freeze_);
 }
 
 }  // namespace flow