This is a list of Canadian poets. Years link to corresponding " earin poetry" articles.

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Mark Abley Mark Abley (born 13 May 1955) is a Canadian poet, journalist, editor and non-fiction writer. Both his poetry and several non-fiction books express his interest in endangered languages. He has also published numerous magazine articles. He publish ...

(born 1955), poet, journalist, editor, and non-fiction writer. * Milton Acorn (1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright *

José Acquelin José Acquelin (born April 4, 1956 in Montreal) is a Canadian poet from Quebec. He won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2014 Governor General's Awards for ''Anarchie de la lumière'',Gil Adamson, novelist, poet, and short-story writer * Randell Adjei *

Marie-Célie Agnant Marie-Célie Agnant (born 1953, Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is an author who has been living in Canada since 1970. Agnant is a writer of poems, novels and novellas, and she has also published children's books. She is also a storyteller and occasiona ...

(born 1953), Haitian native living in Canada since 1970; novelist, poet and writer of children's books * Neil Aitken (born 1974), poet, editor, and translator *

Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm is an Anishinaabe writer of mixed ancestry from the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation in Canada. She lives and works at Neyaashiinigmiing, Cape Croker Reserve on the Saugeen Peninsula in southwestern Ontario, and in Ottawa, ...

(born 1965), Anishinaabe writer and poet from the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation, founder (in 1993) of Kegedonce Press, specializing in indigenous writers * Donald Alarie (born 1945), writer, poet, and teacher * Edna Alford, editor, author, and poet who co-founded the magazine ''Dandelion'' * Sandra Alland (born 1973), Scottish-Canadian writer, multimedia artist, bookseller, small press publisher, and activist *

Donna Allard Donna Allard is a Canadian poet and writer. From 2000 to 2011, she served as Atlantic representative, national coordinator and president of the Canadian Poetry Association and was on its board of directors. She was president of the executive boa ...

, editor and poet *

Lillian Allen Lillian Allen (born 5 April 1951) is a Canadian dub poet, reggae musician, writer and Juno Award winner. Biography Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, she left that country in 1969, first moving to New York City, where she studied English at the C ...

(born 1951), dub poet * Anne-Marie Alonzo (1951–2005), playwright, poet, novelist, critic, and publisher, born in Egypt and moved to Canada at the age of 12 *

George Amabile George Amabile (born 29 May 1936) is a Canadian poet who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His poetry, fiction and non-fiction have been published in Canada, the USA, Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand in over a hundred anthologies, magaz ...

(born 1936) * Madhur Anand (born 1971), poet and scientist *

Marguerite Andersen Marguerite Andersen (October 15, 1924 – October 1, 2022) was a German-born Canadian francophone writer and educator writer, who was based in Toronto, Ontario, where she was a teacher at the Toronto Linden School. Life and career Andersen was ...

(1924–2022), German-born, primarily francophone writer, academic and editor * Patrick Anderson (1915–1979), English-born Canadian poet and academic *

Rod Anderson Rod Anderson is a race car driver born in Australia. His racing career started in the 1980s driving historic cars, before he moved on to driving Australian sports cars from 1989 until 1996. He won the Australian Formula Two Australian Formu ...

(1935), poet, musician, and accountant * Michael Andre (born 1946), poet, critic, and editor living in the United States * Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948), Syilx Okanagan author, educator, artist, and activist * Tammy Armstrong * David Arnason (born 1940), author and poet * Joanne Arnott (born 1960),

Métis The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United States. They have a shared history and culture which deri ...

poet, essayist, and activist writer *

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, ...

(born 1939), poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist, and activist * Charlotte Aubin * Martine Audet (born 1961) * Oana Avasilichioaei, poet and translator * Margaret Avison (1918–2007)

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Ken Babstock Ken Babstock (born 19 January 1970) is a Canadian poet.House of Anansi ...

(born 1970) * Elizabeth Bachinsky * Alfred Bailey (1905–1997), poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator * Jacob Bailey (1731–1808), Church of England clergyman and poet born in the United States (colony of New Hampshire), immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada in 1779 *

Marie Annharte Baker Marie Annharte Baker (born 1942) is an Anishnabe poet and author, a cultural critic and activist, and a performance artist/contemporary storyteller.

(born 1942) is an Anishnabe poet and author * Chris Banks (born 1970) *

Kaushalya Bannerji Kaushalya Bannerji (born Calcutta) is a Canadian poet, visual artist, and occasional essayist. A resident of Toronto since the 1970s, Kaushalya Bannerji is the daughter of sociologist, philosopher, and professor Himani Bannerji and professor, tran ...

, Indian-born poet * Frances Bannerman (1855–1944), painter and poet *

Simina Banu Simina Banu is a Canadian poet, whose debut poetry collection ''Pop'' won the ReLit Award for Poetry in 2021. She is haunted by sentient worm emoji, which whisper in a thousand voices the ad copy of snack food brands such as Doritos, Pepsi Pep ...

Joelle Barron Joelle Barron is a Canadian poet and activist, whose debut poetry collection ''Ritual Lights'' was published in 2018. The book was a longlisted nominee for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2019, and Barron was a shortlisted finalist for the Writers' T ...

* John Barton (born 1957) *

Gary Barwin Gary Barwin (born 1964 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Canadian poet, writer, composer, multimedia artist, performer and educator who lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He writes in a range of genres including poetry, fiction, visual poetry ...

(born 1964), author, composer, children's writer, and poet *

Jalal Barzanji Jalal Barzanji (July 1, 1953) is a contemporary Kurdish poet, writer and activist known for his multifaceted contributions to literature and culture, in Iraqi Kurdistan and Canada. Barzanji served on the board of Writers' Union in Iraqi K ...

(born 1953), Kurdish poet and writer living in Canada since 1998 *

Shaunt Basmajian Shaunt Basmajian (30 September 1950 – 25 January 1990) was a Canadian poet and author. He was a co-founder of Old Nun Publications and was a member of the Parliament Street Library poetry group. In 1986, he was attacked with a knife and robb ...

(1950–1990), poet and author * Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 1967)), Ivoirian born poet and journalist * Bill Bauer (1932–2010), American-born, living in Canada since 1965, husband of Nancy Bauer * Nancy Bauer (born 1934), American-born, living in Canada since 1965, wife of Bill Bauer *

Doug Beardsley Doug Beardsley (born April 27, 1941) is a Canadian poet and educator. He has collaborated with numerous other writers including Al Purdy, Theresa Kishkan and Charles Lillard. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied at Sir George Williams Un ...

(born 1941), poet and academic * Nérée Beauchemin (1850–1931), francophone poet and physician * Derek Beaulieu (born 1973), poet, publisher, and anthologist. * Joseph-Isidore Bédard (1806–1833), poet, lawyer, and politician * Ven Begamudré (born 1956), Indian-born poet, short-story writer, novelist, and academic *

Henry Beissel Henry Eric Beissel (born 12 April 1929 Cologne) is a writer and editor who has published 24 volumes of poetry, six books of plays, a non-fiction book on Canada, two anthologies of plays intended for use in high schools, and numerous essays and pie ...

(born 1929), poet, author, writer, and editor *

Billy-Ray Belcourt Billy-Ray Belcourt is a poet, scholar, and author from the Driftpile Cree Nation. Belcourt's works encompass a variety of topics and themes, including decolonial love, grief, intimacy and queer sexuality, and the role of Indigenous women in soc ...

* Ken Belford (born 1946) *

Lesley Belleau Lesley Belleau is an Anishinaabe writer from Canada. She is most noted for her 2017 poetry collection ''Indianland'', which won the Pat Lowther Award in 2018.Marlène Belley (born 1963), * John Bemrose, arts journalist, novelist, poet, and playwright * Gwen Benaway * Roxanna Bennett *

Robbie Benoit Robbie Benoit (?–2007) was a Canadian poet and writer. A longtime resident of Whitehorse, Yukon, he is best known for his '' Tall Yukon Tales''. Benoit was born in northwestern Quebec. After moving to the Yukon as a young man, he worked fo ...

(died 2007), poet and writer *

Jovette Bernier Marie-Angèle "Jovette" Alice Bernier (November 27, 1900 – December 4, 1981) was a journalist and writer in Quebec. Because of extensive exposure in the print media and on radio, she was often referred to simply as Jovette. Biography The da ...

(1900–1981), Quebec poet, novelist, and journalist *

Jean-Philippe Bergeron Jean-Philippe Bergeron may refer to: * Jean-Philippe Bergeron (writer) (born 1978), Canadian writer and poet * Jean-Philippe Bergeron (racing driver) Jean-Philippe "J. P." Bergeron is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He currently c ...

(born 1978), francophone writer and poet *

Craven Langstroth Betts Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941) was a Canadian poet and author. A seller of law books from Nova Scotia, Betts was a friend and patron of the American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson; he served as his 'banker', cashing cheques that came fro ...

(1853–1941), author and poet *

Navtej Bharati Navtej Bharati ( pa, ਨਵਤੇਜ ਭਾਰਤੀ) is one of the most well-known Punjabi poets living in Canada. Born and brought up in Rode village near Moga in Punjab, India, he moved to Canada in 1960s. He now lives in London, Ontario wit ...

, Indian-born poet and writer in Punjabi and English, publisher of Third Eye Press *

Bertrand Bickersteth Bertrand Bickersteth is a Canadian poet. His debut collection, ''The Response of Weeds'', was published in 2020 and won the Gerald Lampert Award from the League of Canadian Poets in 2021. From Calgary, Alberta, he is a communication instructor a ...

Robert Billings Robert Billings (1949 – 1986) was a Canadian poet and editor. Biography Robert Billings was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario and raised in Fort Erie.. He held two master's degrees in English from Queen's University and the University of Windsor ...

(1949–1986), poet and editor * Earle Birney (1904–1995) * Bill Bissett (born 1939) *

Cassandra Blanchard Cassandra Blanchard is a Canadian poet.Emma Cooper"‘Fresh Pack of Smokes’ Is Straight-Up Powerful Poetry". '' The Tyee'', June 4, 2019. Her debut collection, ''Fresh Pack of Smokes'', was the 2020 winner of the ReLit Award for poetry. A membe ...

* Mark Blagrave (born 1956), writer, short-story writer, playwright, poet, and academic * Robin Blaser (1925–2009), author and poet * Laurie Block (born 1949), poet and educator * E. D. Blodgett (1935–2018), poet, literary critic, and translator *

Ali Blythe Ali Blythe is a Canadian poet and editor. He is author of two poetry collection exploring trans-poetics: ''Twoism'' and ''Hymnswitch'', both of which were finalists for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. In 2017, he was recipient the Dayne Ogilvie P ...

, poet and editor *

Robert Boates Robert Boates (born 1954 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian poet. In 1989 he suffered a head injury which caused brain trauma, damaging the language center In neuroscience and psychology, the term language center refers collectively ...

(born 1954) * Christian Bök, (born Christian Book 1966), poet and author *

Dennis E. Bolen Dennis E. Bolen is a Canadian novelist, poet, editor, teacher and journalist. His work is often about the Canadian justice system, where he worked for 20 years. The novel ''Kaspoit!'' is a fictionalized account of British Columbia's missing women ...

, (born 1953), novelist, journalist and poet * Stephanie Bolster (born 1969), poet and academic * Shane Book * Roo Borson pen name of Ruth Elizabeth Borson (born 1952), American native living in Canada *

Hédi Bouraoui Hédi André Bouraoui (born July 16, 1932 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a Tunisian/Canadian poet, novelist and academic, who regularly deals with themes involving the transcendence of cultural boundaries. Bouraoui was educated in France and in the United ...

(born 1932), Tunisian-born Canadian poet, novelist, and academic * Arthur Bourinot (1893–1969), poet and lawyer * George Bowering (born 1935), novelist, poet, historian, and biographer * Marilyn Bowering (1949), poet, novelist, and playwright * Tim Bowling (born 1964), poet and novelist * Alex Boyd (born 1969), poet, fiction writer, critic, essayist, and editor * Frances Boyle * David Bradford * Kate Braid (born 1947), poet and teacher *

Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite Lawrence Christopher Patrick (aka Ytzhak) Braithwaite (March 17, 1963 – July 14, 2008) was a Canadian novelist, spoken-word artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer and short fiction writer. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he has been called "o ...

(1963–2008), novelist,

spoken word Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics o ...

artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer, and short-story writer *

Shannon Bramer Shannon Bramer (born 4 October 1973) is a Canadian poet. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, she attended York University before publishing her first book, ''suitcases and other poems'', which won the Hamilton and Region Arts Council Book Award. Over the ...

(born 1973), poet and teacher *

Dionne Brand Dionne Brand (born 7 January 1953) is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was Toronto's third Poet Laureate from September 2009 to November 2012. She was admitted to the Order of Canada in 2017Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, small ...

before moving to Canada * Di Brandt née "Diana Ruth Janzen" (born 1952), poet and literary critic *

Jacques Brault Jacques Brault (29 March 1933 – 20 October 2022) was a French Canadian poet and translator who lived in Cowansville, Quebec, Canada. He was born to a poor family, but received an excellent education at the Université de Montréal and at the ...

(born 1933), French Canadian poet and translator * Diana Brebner (1956–2001) * Brian Brett (born 1950), poet and novelist * Elizabeth Brewster (1922–2012), poet and academic *

Robert Bringhurst Robert Bringhurst Appointments to the Order of Canada (2013). (born 16 October 1946) is a Canadian poet, typographer and author. He has translated substantial works from Haida and Navajo and from classical Greek and Arabic. He wrote ''The Elemen ...

(born 1946), poet, typographer, and author * Eve Brodlique (1867–1949), poet, author, journalist * David Bromige (1933–2009), Canadian poet living in the United States since 1962 * Nicole Brossard (born 1943), francophone poet and novelist *

Audrey Alexandra Brown Audrey Alexandra Brown, (29 October 1904 – 20 September 1998) was a Canadian poet. Biography Brown was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Her parents were Joseph Miller Brown (1867-1942), and his wife, Rosa Elizabeth Rumming (1872-1960). ...

(1904–1998) *

Ronnie R. Brown Ronnie R. Brown (born November 8, 1946) is a Canadian poet who lives and writes in Ottawa, Ontario. Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, Brown has spent most of her adult life in Canada, living first in Montreal and then in Ottawa. She was awarded ...

(born 1946), United States-born living in Canada for most of her adult life *

Colin Browne Colin Browne is a Canadian writer, documentary filmmaker and academic.Lynne McNamara, "Vancouver film buff's passion is very old movies". ''Vancouver Sun'', December 1, 2003. He is most noted for his documentary film '' White Lake'', which was a Gen ...

* Charles Tory Bruce (1906–1971), poet, journalist and fiction writer * Julie Bruck *

Robert Budde The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(born 1966), poet, novelist, and academic *

Suzanne Buffam Suzanne Buffam is a Canadian poet, author of three collections of poetry, and associate professor of practice in the arts at the University of Chicago. Her third, A Pillow Book, was named by the New York Times as one of the ten best books of poetry ...

* April Bulmer (born 1963) * Murdoch Burnett (1953–2015), poet, performance artist, editor, and community activist *

Mick Burrs Mick Burrs (April 1940 – April 20, 2021) was a Canadians, Canadian poet who lived in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. He was born and raised in California, and after leaving the United States to avoid the Vietnam War, he spent much of his life in York ...

(1940–2021) *

Aaron Bushkowsky Aaron Bushkowsky (born 1957 in Winnipeg, Manitoba)Aaron Bushkowsky
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(born 1957) *

Arthur de Bussières Arthur de Bussières (January 20, 1877 – May 7, 1913) was a Canadian poet from Montreal, Quebec.

(1877–1913)

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Charmaine Cadeau Charmaine Cadeau is a Canadians, Canadian writer, who won the ReLit Award for Poetry in 2015 for her collection ''Placeholder''.Alison Calder (born 1969), poet and academic *

Frank Oliver Call Frank Oliver Call (April 11, 1878 – September 7, 1956)W. H. New, ''Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada''. University of Toronto Press, 2002. . p. 438. was a Canadian poet and academic. Born in Brome Lake, Quebec,

(1878–1956) * Barry Callaghan (born 1937), author, poet, and son of the author

Morley Callaghan Edward Morley Callaghan (February 22, 1903 – August 25, 1990) was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and TV and radio personality. Biography Of Canadian/English-immigrant parentage,Clara Thomas, ''Canadian Novelists 192 ...

Jason Camlot Jason Camlot (born 1967) is a Canadian poet, scholar and songwriter. His first collection of poems, ''The Animal Library'' was nominated for the 2000 A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry, and his co-edited collection of essays, ''Language Acts: Anglo-Qu ...

(born 1967), poet, scholar, and songwriter * Anne Cameron (born 1938), novelist, poet, screenwriter, and short-story writer * George Frederick Cameron (1854–1885), poet, lawyer, and journalist *

Wilfred Campbell William Wilfred Campbell (1 June ca. 1860 – 1 January 1918) was a Canadian poet. He is often classed as one of the country's Confederation Poets, a group that included fellow Canadians Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman, a ...

(1858–1918), poet and Anglican clergyman * Natalee Caple (born 1970), novelist and poet *

Paul Cargnello Paul Cargnello is a Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and poet from Montreal."His second language, his second chance; Paul Cargnello struggled to find an audience until he started singing his rebel folk-rock in French". ''Montreal Gazette'', ...

(born 1979), Montreal poet, lyricist * Bliss Carman (1861–1929), poet and critic *

Anne Carson Anne Carson (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, classicist, and professor. Trained at the University of Toronto, Carson has taught classics, comparative literature, and creative writing at universities across the Unit ...

(born 1950), poet, essayist, translator, and academic * Kate Cayley, poet, writer, and theatre director *

Weyman Chan Weyman Chan (born 1963 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian poet.Weyman Chan
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(born 1963), poet * Catherine Chandler (born 1950), poet, translator, and academic * William Chapman (1850–1917), poet, journalist, and bureaucrat *

Jean Charbonneau Jean Charbonneau (1875 – 25 October 1960) was a French-Canadian French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the twentieth century; french: Canadiens français, ; feminine form: , ), or Franco-Canadians (french: Franco-Canadie ...

(1875–1960), francophone poet who was the primary founder of the Montreal Literary School * Herménégilde Chiasson (born 1946), Acadian poet, playwright, journalist, academic, and the

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* Robert Choquette (1905–1991), novelist, poet, and briefly (1968–1970) a diplomat * Lesley Choyce (born 1951), novelist, writer, children's book writer, poet, and academic who founded Pottersfield Press and hosts the television program "Choyce Words" and "Off the Page"; born in the United States and immigrated to Canada in 1979 * Margaret Christakos (born 1962), poet and university writing teacher *

Evie Christie Evie Christie is a Canadian poet and author. Her works includes the poetry collection ''Gutted'' (2005) and her debut novel, ''The Bourgeois Empire'' (2010) both published by ECW Press ECW Press is a Canadian book publisher located in Toront ...

(born 1979), poet *

Jillian Christmas Jillian Christmas is a Canadian poet from Vancouver, British Columbia.Tom Sandborn"Book review: Jillian Christmas’s poems to break your heart, break open the world" '' Vancouver Sun'', May 16, 2020. Her work focuses on anti-colonial narratives, ...

, poet *

Chuan Sha Chuan Sha () is a Chinese-born Canadian poet and author. He has written novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays and literary reviews. Biography Chuan Sha was born in Chongqing in Sichuan Province, though he has ancestry in Shandong Province ...

, Chinese-born Canadian poet and author * Dave Clark, musician (

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) and poet * George Elliott Clarke (born 1960), poet and playwright. * Wayne Clifford (born 1944) * Fred Cogswell (1917–2004) *

Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted in ...

(1934–2016), singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist * Matt Cohen, (1942–1999), writer and poet * Victor Coleman * Don Coles (1928–2017), poet, author, and academic *

Stephen Collis Stephen Collis is a Canadian poet and professor. Collis is the author of several books of poetry, including ''On the Material'' (Talonbooks, 2010) and three parts of the on-going “Barricades Project”: ''Anarchive'' (New Star, 2005), ''The Commo ...

, poet and academic *

John Robert Colombo John Robert Colombo, CM (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian author, editor, and poet. He has published over 200 titles, including major anthologies and reference works. Early life Colombo was born in Kitchener, Ontario, in 1936. He attended t ...

(born 1936), poet, anthologist, editor, essayist, and humorist *

Daria Colonna Daria Colonna (born May 12, 1989) is a Canadian poet from Montreal, Quebec. She is a two-time Governor General's Literary Award nominee for French-language poetry, receiving nods at the 2018 Governor General's Awards for ''Ne faites pas honte à ...

Anne Compton Anne Compton (born 1947) is a Canadian poet, critic, and anthologist. Biography Compton was born and raised in the farming community of Bangor, Prince Edward Island. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Prince Edward Island, h ...

(born 1947), poet, critic, and anthologist *

Wayde Compton Wayde Compton (born 1972) is a Canadian writer. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Compton has published books of poetry, essays, and fiction, and he edited the first comprehensive anthology of black writing from British Columbia. He co ...

(born 1972), poet, writer, turntable-based "sound poetry" performer, academic who co-founded

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, the first black-oriented press in Western Canada *

Jan Conn Jan E. Conn (born 1952) is a Canadian geneticist and poet. She resides in Great Barrington, Massachusetts where she does research on mosquito genetics at the Wadsworth Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York State Department of Health ...

(born 1952), Canadian-born geneticist and poet living in the United States * Karen Connelly (born 1969), writer and poet * Kevin Connolly (born 1962), poet, writer, and critic *

Dennis Cooley Dennis Cooley (born 1944) is a Canadian writer of poetry and criticism, a retired university professor, and a vital figure in the evolution of the prairie long poem. He was raised on a farm near the small city of Estevan, Saskatchewan in Canada, ...

(born 1944), poet and academic *

Afua Cooper Afua Cooper (born 8 November 1957) is a Jamaican-born Canadian historian. In 2018 she is an associate professor of sociology at Dalhousie University. She is an author and dub poet. As of 2018 she has published five volumes of poetry.

(born 1957), Jamaican-born historian and dub poet * Judith Copithorne (born 1939), concrete and visual poet * Paulo da Costa, Canadian-Portuguese author, editor, and translator *

Sonia Cotten Sonia Cotten (born September 13, 1974) is a Canadian writer living in Quebec. She was born in Rouyn-Noranda Rouyn-Noranda ( 2021 population 42,313) is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. The city ...

(born 1974), poet *

Maya Cousineau Mollen Maya Cousineau Mollen (born 1975) is an Innu poet from Mingan, Quebec, Canada. She is most noted for her poetry collection ''Enfants du lichen'', which was the winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2022 Governor ...

* Dani Couture (born 1978), poet, essayist, critic, and journalist * Thomas Cowherd (1817–1907), tinsmith and poet * Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850–1887), poet, novelist, and short-story writer * Octave Crémazie (1827–1879), francophone poet who has been called "the father of French-Canadian poetry" for his patriotic verse * Lynn Crosbie (born 1963), poet and novelist * Lorna Crozier (born 1948), writes under the name Lorna Uher * Michael Crummey (born 1965), poet and writer *

Julie Crysler Julie Crysler is a Canadian journalist and a published poet. In 1996 she was voted Montreal's second-best poet. She was the editor of ''This Magazine'' from 2000 to 2004, and is currently a producer for CBC Radio One CBC Radio One is the Engli ...

, journalist and poet * Nancy Jo Cullen, poet and short story writer *

Jen Currin Jen Currin is an American/Canadian poet and fiction writer. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, she is currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia and teaches creative writing at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.Kayla Czaga Kayla Czaga (born 1989) is a Canadian poet, who won the Gerald Lampert Award in 2015 for her debut collection ''For Your Safety Please Hold On''. The book was also a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language poetry, ...

(born 1989), poet

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* Cyril Dabydeen (born 1945), native Guyana poet and writer living in Canada * Kalli Dakos (born 1950), children's poet and teacher *

Michel Dallaire Michel Dallaire (January 7, 1957 – April 25, 2017) was a Canadian novelist and poet. He was most noted for his novel ''Violoncelle pour une lune d'automne'', which won the Trillium Book Award for French language children's literature and the Pri ...

(1957–2017), novelist and poet * Mary Dalton, poet and academic *

Joseph A. Dandurand Joseph A. Dandurand is a Kwantlen person (Xalatsep) from Kwantlen First Nation in British Columbia. He is a poet, playwright, and archaeologist. Dandurand received a Diploma in Performing Arts from Algonquin College and studied Theatre and Direc ...

, Native American poet, playwright, and archaeologist * Jean-Paul Daoust (born 1946), poet *

Beverley Daurio Beverley Daurio (born 1953) is a Canadian writer and editor. Formerly editor-in-chief of ''Poetry Canada Review'' and editor and publisher of ''Paragraph: the Canadian Fiction Review'' (formerly Cross Canada Writers Quarterly owned by Ted Plantos) ...

(born 1953) *

Frank Davey Frankland Wilmot Davey, FRSC (born April 19, 1940) is a Canadian poet and scholar. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he grew up in the Fraser Valley village of Abbotsford. In 1957 he enrolled at the University of British Columbia where, in ...

(born 1940), poet and academic * Lynn Davies (born 1954), poet * Nicholas Flood Davin (1840–1901), lawyer, journalist, politician, and poet * Tanya Davis, spoken-word poet and musician * Tom Dawe (born 1940), writer, poet, children's book author, and artist * Adriana de Barros (born 1976), Portuguese native who moved to Canada at age 3; illustrator, web designer, and poet * Sadiqa de Meijer (born 1966) *

James Deahl James Deahl (born 1945) is a Canadian poet and publisher. He is known for his 1987 collaboration with Milton Acorn Milton James Rhode Acorn (March 30, 1923 – August 20, 1986), nicknamed ''The People's Poet'' by his peers, was a Canadian poet, w ...

(born 1945), moved to Canada from the

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in 1970 and a citizen of both countries; poet, academic, and publisher of Unfinished Monument Press; founding member of the Canadian Poetry Association *

Kris Demeanor Kris Demeanor is a Canadian poet, musician and actor, who received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards for his performance in the film ''The Valley Below''. Prior to his performance in th ...

, poet, musician and actor * Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, performance art duo who have collaborated on performances, films, videos, publications, and public art projects since 1989 *

Barry Dempster Barry Edward Dempster (born 17 January 1952) is a Canadian poet, novelist, and editor. Barry Dempster was born in Toronto, Ontario, and educated in child psychology. He is the author of two novels, a children's book, three volumes of short sto ...

(born 1952), poet and novelist * Joe Denham, poet and fiction writer *

Michelle Desbarats Michelle Desbarats is a Canadian poet. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she lives in Ottawa, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has ...

, poet *

Anne-Marie Desmeules Anne-Marie Desmeules is a Canadian poet from Quebec.

, poet * Christopher Dewdney (born 1951), poet, writer, artist, creative-writing teacher, and writer-in-residence at various universities * Ann Diamond (born 1951), an award-winning Montreal poet, novelist, and short-story writer *

Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (July 5, 1949 - December 22, 2019) was an Italian-Canadian poet. In 2005 he became the second Poet Laureate of Toronto. Born in Arezzo, Italy, his family immigrated to Canada in 1952. Di Cicco was brought up in several North ...

(1949–2019), Italian-born, Canadian poet and priest * Mary di Michele (born 1949), Italian-born, Canadian poet, author, and creative-writing teacher *

Adam Dickinson Adam Dickinson is a Canadian poet. He is most noted for his 2013 poetry collection ''The Polymers'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2013 Governor General's Awards, for the 2014 R ...

, poet * Robert Dickson (1944–2007), poet, translator, and academic * Kildare Dobbs (1923–2013), Indian-born teacher, poet, editor, short-story writer, and travel writer who moved to Canada in 1950 *

Jeramy Dodds Jeramy Dodds (born 4 December 1974 in Ajax, Ontario) is a Canadian poet. Born in Ajax, Ontario, Dodds grew up in Orono, Ontario. He studied English literature and anthropology at Trent University, medieval Icelandic studies at The University of ...

(born 1974), poet *

Don Domanski Don Domanski (April 29, 1950 – September 7, 2020) was a Canadian poet. Biography Domanski was born and raised in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and lived briefly in Toronto, Vancouver and Wolfville, before settling in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he lived ...

(born 1950) * Magie Dominic (born 1944), poet and artist * Jeffery Donaldson, poet and critic *

David Donnell David Donnell (born 13 October 1939, died 2020) was a Canadian poet and writer. Born in St. Marys, Ontario, Donnell moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1958 before publishing his first book. Poems (1961), During this period Donnell frequented the Bohemi ...

(born 1939), poet and writer *

Candas Dorsey Candas Jane Dorsey (born November 16, 1952) is a Canadian poet and science fiction novelist who resides in her hometown of Edmonton, Alberta. Dorsey became a writer from an early age and works across genre boundaries, writing poetry, fiction, mai ...

(born 1952), poet and science fiction novelist * Clive Doucet (born 1946), writer, poet, and politician *

Gordon Downie Gordon Edgar Downie (February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its form ...

(1964–2017), songwriter, poet, and musician *

Orville Lloyd Douglas Orville Lloyd Douglas (born September 26, 1976) is a Canadian essayist, poet and writer. Biography Orville Lloyd Douglas was born in Toronto, Ontario to Jamaican parents. He graduated from York University with two Bachelor of Arts degrees. He ...

(born 1976), poet and writer *

Stan Dragland Stanley Louis Dragland (December 2, 1942 – August 2, 2022) was a Canadian novelist, poet and literary critic.William Henry Drummond (1854–1907), Irish-born Canadian poet * Louis Dudek (1918–2001), poet, literary critic and publisher *

Marilyn Dumont Marilyn Dumont (born 1955) is a Canadian poet and educator of Cree/Métis descent. Born in northeastern Alberta, she is a descendant of Gabriel Dumont.

(born 1955), poet and educator *

Klara du Plessis Klara du Plessis is a South African-Canadian poet, who writes in both English and Afrikaans. Her debut poetry collection ''Ekke'' won the Pat Lowther Award, and was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award,Evelyn Eaton Evelyn Sybil Mary Eaton (22 December 1902 – 17 July 1983) was a Canadian novelist, short-story writer, poet and academic known for her early novels set in New France, and later writings which explored spirituality. Life account Born in Montreux, ...

(1902–1983), novelist, short-story writer, poet, and academic *

Vic Elias Vic Elias (1948–2006) was a poet who was born in Chicago, Illinois, and emigrated to Canada in 1979. Settling in London, Ontario, he was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Western Ontario. He was also an Affiliate Member o ...

(1948–2006), American-born, living in Canada from 1979, poet and academic * David Elliott (1923–1999), poet and academic * Rebecca Elson (1960–1999), Canadian-American astronomer, academic writer, and poet * Crispin Elsted *

Karen Enns Karen Enns is a Canadian poet based in Victoria, British Columbia. She is most noted for her 2017 collection ''Cloud Physics'', which won the Raymond Souster Award for poetry in 2018. Enns published her debut poetry collection ''That Other Beauty' ...

* Reuben Epp (1920–2009) teacher, school administrator, writer and poet in Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German) *

Michael Estok Michael John Estok (1939–1989) was a Canadian poet.''Queer CanLit: Canadian, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Literature in English''. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 2008. . He was best known for his posthumous collection ''A Pla ...

(1939–1989)

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Margaret Fairley Margaret Adele Fairley born Margaret Adele Keeling (1885–1968) was a British-born Canadian writer, educator, and political activist. From 1936 until her death, she was a member of the Communist Party of Canada (CPC). She was deported from the USA ...

(1885–1968), English-born Canadian writer, educator and political activist * Brian Fawcett (1944–2022), poet, novelist, nonfiction author and writer * Charles Fenerty (c. 1821–1892), poet, journalist, and inventor. Published two poems in book format in 1855 and 1866, and wrote over 32 poems (mostly published in local newspapers). * Ferron, born Debby Foisy (1952), folk singer, songwriter and poet *

George Fetherling Douglas George Fetherling (born 1949), is a Canadian poet, novelist, and cultural commentator. One of the most prolific figures in Canadian letters, he has written or edited more than fifty books, including a dozen volumes of poetry, five book-len ...

, wrote as "Doug Feathering" or "Douglas Fetherling" until 1999 when he began using his middle name (born 1949), American-born poet, novelist, journalist and essayist who moved to Canada at age 18 and became a Canadian citizen *

Connie Fife Connie Fife (August 27, 1961 – February 3, 2017) was a Canadian Cree poet and editor. She published three books of poetry, and edited several anthologies of First Nations women's writing. Her work appeared in numerous other anthologies and lite ...

* Robert Finch (1900–1995), poet and academic whose area of expertise was

French poetry French poetry () is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France. French prosody and poetics The modern French language does not have a significant stre ...

Joan Finnigan Joan Helen Finnigan (November 23, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was a Canadian writer and poet. She won a Genie Award for Best Screenplay in 1969. She wrote over 30 books, many of them oral histories of the Ottawa Valley. Personal life Joan Finnigan ...

(1925–2007), writer, poet, teacher and newspaper reporter * Jon Paul Fiorentino, poet, novelist, short-story writer, academic and editor of ''Matrix'' magazine * Judith Fitzgerald (born 1952), poet and journalist *

Polly Fleck Margaret Louise (Polly) Fleck (1933-2019) was a Canadian poet. She was most noted for her poetry collection ''The Chinese Execution'', which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1994 Governor General's ...

* Robert Ford (1915–1998), poet, translator and diplomat * Raymond Fraser (born 1941), novelist, poet, biographer, essayist and editor * Louis-Honoré Fréchette (1839–1908), French Canadian poet, politician, playwright and short-story writer *

Pauline Fréchette Pauline Fréchette (after marriage, Fréchette-Handfield; Religious name#, religious name, Soeur Marie-Pauline; 16 October 1889 – 5 January 1943) was a Canadian poet, dramatist, journalist, and lecturer. After marriage and a divorce in Canada, s ...

(1889–1943), French Canadian poet, dramatist, journalist, and Catholic nun * Patrick Friesen (born 1946), poet and university-level creative writing teacher * Mark Frutkin (born 1948), American-born novelist and poet who moved to Canada in 1970 as a Vietnam War draft resister

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* Rhonda Ganz * François-Xavier Garneau (1809–1866), French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant, and historian *

Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (June 13, 1912 – October 24, 1943) was a French Canadian poet and painter, who "was posthumously hailed as a herald of the Quebec literary renaissance of the 1950s".Roger Cardinal,Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, ...

(1912–1943), first modernist French Canadian poet * Bill Gaston (born 1953), novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and poet * Antoine Gérin-Lajoie (1824–1882), French Canadian poet and novelist *

Marty Gervais Charles Henry "Marty" Gervais, born in 1946 in Windsor, Ontario, is a Canadian poet, photographer, professor, journalist, and publisher of Black Moss Press. Gervais has also published plays, children's books, non-fiction and, a book of photograp ...

(born 1946), poet, photographer, professor, journalist, and publisher of Black Moss Press *

Chantal Gibson Chantal Gibson is a Canadian writer, poet, artist and educator. Her 2019 poetry collection ''How She Read'' won the 2020 Pat Lowther Award, the 2020 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize at the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, and was a shortlisted 2020 Griffin Po ...

* Elsa Gidlow *

Angus Morrison Gidney Angus Morrison Gidney may refer to: * Angus Morrison Gidney (writer) (1803–1882), Canadian educator, poet and journalist * Angus Morrison Gidney (politician) Angus Morrison Gidney (November 7, 1849 – June 28, 1926''A Directory of the Memb ...

(1803–1882), educator, poet, and journalist *

Gerry Gilbert Gerry Gilbert (April 7, 1936 in Calgary - June 19, 2009 in Vancouver) was a Canadian poet famous in underground literature for his deliberate eschewing of all awards and competitions as he felt that personal ambition in art led to a lack of sinceri ...

Charles Ignace Adélard Gill Charles Ignace Adélard Gill (21 October 1871 – 16 October 1918) was a Canadian artist, specializing in poetry and painting. He also worked under the alternate names of Clairon and Léon Duval. Career He was born at Sorel, Quebec to Charles-I ...

(1871–1918), painter and poet * John Glassco (1909–1981), poet, memoirist, and novelist * Jacques Godbout (born 1933), novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker, and poet * Gérald Godin (1938–1994), French Canadian poet and politician *

Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, who is best known for his novel '' The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1766), his pastoral poem '' The Deserted Village'' (1770), and his ...

(1794–1861) * Leona Gom (born 1946), novelist and poet * Katherine L. Gordon * Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009), science fiction novelist and poet *

Nora Gould Nora Gould is a Canadian poet."At the Desk: Nora Gould"
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Susan Goyette Susan (Sue) Goyette (born 4 April 1964 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian poet and novelist. Biography Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Goyette grew up in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, on Montreal's south shore. Her first poetry book, ''The True Na ...

(born 1964), poet and novelist *

Neile Graham Neile Graham (born October 8, 1958) is a poet and scholar. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and currently lives in Seattle in the United States. Graham serves as the program administrator for both the PhD in the Built Environment and the inter ...

(born 1958), poet and academic * Alain Grandbois (1900–1975), French Canadian poet * Richard Greene * Leslie Greentree, poet, short-story writer, and freelance writer *

Ralph Gustafson Ralph Barker Gustafson, CM (16 August 1909 – 29 May 1995) was a Canadian poet and professor at Bishop's University. Biography He was born in Lime Ridge, near Dudswell, Quebec on August 16, 1909. His mother was British, his father, Carl ...

(1909–1995), poet and academic * Genni Gunn (born 1949), novelist, poet, and translator *

Kristjana Gunnars Kristjana Gunnars (born March 19, 1948 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic-Canadian poet and novelist. She immigrated to Canada in 1969. Her works explore, among other themes, the 19th century Icelandic settler experience in Canada's prairie provinces. ...

, Icelandic-Canadian poet and novelist * Stephen Guppy

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* Paul Haines (1933–2003), poet and jazz lyricist, born in the United States and later a Canadian resident *

Helen Hajnoczky Helen Hajnoczky (born 1985) is a visual poet, who currently resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Life and work Hajnoczky is a first-generation Canadian citizen of Hungarian descent. Hajnoczky received a BA in English from the University of Calgary ...

(born 1985), visual poet * Phil Hall (born 1953), poet, academic, and publisher of broadsides and chapbooks under the Flat Singles Press imprint since 1976 *

Jane Eaton Hamilton Eaton Hamilton (born July 19, 1954) is a Canadian short story writer, novelist, essayist and poet, who goes by "Hamilton", 2021 legal name “Eaton Hamilton" and uses they/their pronouns. Hamilton has published the novel ''Weekend'' (Arsenal ...

(born 1954), short-story writer, poet, and photographer * Jennica Harper * Claire Harris (1937–2018) * Michael Harris * Richard Harrison *

Paul Hartal Paul Hartal (born 1936) is a Canadian painter and poet, born in Szeged, Hungary. He has created the term "Lyrical Conceptualism" to characterize his style in both painting and poetry, attempting to unite the scientific with the creative, or in ...

(born 1936), painter and poet, born in Hungary *

Jill Hartman Jill Hartman (born May 21, 1974) is a Canadian poet and editor. Hartman was born in Calgary, Alberta. Her first book of poetry, ''A Painted Elephant'', was published by Coach House Books in 2003 and was shortlisted for the League of Canadian Poet ...

(born 1974 in poetry), poet and editor *

Diana Hartog Diana Hartog (born 1942 in Palo Alto, California) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer.Gordon Ripley, ''Who's Who in Canadian Literature''. Reference Press, 1997. p. 148. She won the Gerald Lampert Award in 1983 for her poetry collection ''Matine ...

* Elisabeth Harvor (née Deichman) (born 1936), novelist and poet * Robert Hayman (1575–1629), poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland * Charles Heavysege (1816–1876) *

Anne Hébert Anne Hébert (pronounced in French) (August 1, 1916 – January 22, 2000), was a Canadian author and poet. She won Canada's top literary honor, the Governor General's Award, three times, twice for fiction and once for poetry. Early life Héb ...

(1916–2000), French-Canadian novelist and poet * Wilfrid Heighington (1897–1945), soldier, writer, poet, lawyer, and politician * Steven Heighton (1961-2022), novelist and poet * David Helwig (1938–2018), poet, novelist, and essayist; father of Maggie Helwig * Maggie Helwig (born 1961), poet, novelist, peace and human rights activist; daughter of David Helwig *

Anna Minerva Henderson Anna Minerva Henderson (1887–1987) was a teacher, civil servant, and poet from Saint John, New Brunswick. According to the New Brunswick Black History Society, during Canada's centennial in 1967 she published a "chaplet" containing 22 poems ...

(1887–1987), poet and civil servant * Brian Henderson (born 1948), poet, academic, and editor * Jason Heroux (born 1971), third poet laureate of Kingston, Ontario, born in Montreal *

Benjamin Hertwig Benjamin Hertwig is a Canadian poet, whose debut poetry collection ''Slow War'' was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2017 Governor General's Awards. A former member of the Canadian Armed Fo ...

* Robert Hilles (born 1951), poet and novelist * Robert Hogg (1942) *

Susan Holbrook Susan Holbrook is a Canadian poet, whose collection ''Throaty Wipes'' was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2016 Governor General's Awards.Clive Holden *

Norah M. Holland Norah M. Holland (after marriage, Claxton; January 10, 1876 – April 27, 1925) was a Canadian poet, playwright, journalist, and editor. She was a contributor to the ''Canadian Courier'', ''Canadian Magazine, The Canadian Magazine'', ''Toronto Dai ...

(1876–1925), poet, playwright, journalist, editor * Nancy Holmes *

Cornelia Hoogland Cornelia Hoogland is a Canadian poet, playwright and retired professor. She lived on Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada, but until 2011 divided her time between London, Ontario as well, where she was a professor at the University of Western ...

(born 1952), poet and academic * Hilda Mary Hooke (1898–1978), poet and playwright * Leah Horlick * Sean Horlor (born 1981) poet, former speechwriter, freelance writing consultant *

Karen Houle Karen Houle is a Canadian poet and academic.Jeremy Luke Hillic">"A river runs through it: Grand River watershed inspires Guelph philosopher ic/nowiki> poet Karen Houle"">ic">"A river runs through it: ...

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Susan Ioannou Susan Ioannou (born October 4, 1944) is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto, Ontario. Biography Ioannou was born October 4, 1944 to Frank and Margaret Thomas."Susan Ioannou." ''Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors'', Gale, 2008. ''Gale In C ...

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Doyali Islam Doyali Islam is a Canadian poet. She is most noted for her 2019 poetry collection ''heft'', which was a finalist for the 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize. Her poems have appeared in a number of literary magazines including The Kenyon Review Online and ...

* Frances Itani (born 1942), novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist

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Suzanne Jacob Suzanne Jacob (born 1943) is a French Canadian novelist, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, and critic. Life and career Born in the town of Amos, in the Abitibi region of Québec, she studied classics at the Collège Notre-Dame de l'Assomp ...

(born 1943), novelist, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, and critic *

Jemeni Joanne Gairy, better known by her stage name Jemeni, is a singer, actress, writer, activist, broadcaster and community worker. She was born in Grenada and grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario and now lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She studied R ...

(born 1976), actress, writer and activist * Paulette Jiles (born 1943), American-born poet and novelist who moved to Canada in 1969 * Rita Joe (1932–2007),

Mi'kmaq The Mi'kmaq (also ''Mi'gmaq'', ''Lnu'', ''Miꞌkmaw'' or ''Miꞌgmaw''; ; ) are a First Nations people of the Northeastern Woodlands, indigenous to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec as well as the nor ...

-Canadian poet and songwriter, called the "poet laureate of the Mi'kmaq people" *

E. Pauline Johnson Emily Pauline Johnson (10 March 1861 – 7 March 1913), also known by her Mohawk stage name ''Tekahionwake'' (pronounced ''dageh-eeon-wageh'', ), was a Canadian poet, author, and performer who was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centu ...

, also known as "Tekahionwake" (1861–1913) * Jim Johnstone *

D. G. Jones Douglas Gordon "D. G." Jones (January 1, 1929 – March 6, 2016) was a Canadian poet, translator and educator. Born in Bancroft, Ontario, Jones was educated at the private school of Lakefield College School in Ontario, at McGill University and at ...

(1929–2016), poet, translator, and educator * El Jones, poet and activist *

Julie Joosten Julie Joosten (born 1980) is an American-Canadian poet. Her debut collection, ''Light Light'', was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2014 Governor General's Awards,Clifton Joseph *

Eve Joseph Eve Joseph (born 1953) is a Canadian poet and author. She is the author of ''The Startled Heart'' (2004), which was shortlisted for the 2005 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and ''Quarrels'', which won the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize and was shortliste ...

(born 1953), poet and author

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Surjeet Kalsey Surjeet Kalsey (born in Amritsar, Punjab, India)W. H. New, ed. is a Canadian poet, dramatist, short story writer and translator who lives in British Columbia and writes in both Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, ...

, poet, dramatist, short-story writer, and translator who writes in both

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

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Smaro Kamboureli Smaro Kamboureli is a Canadian poet and scholar who currently is a professor of English at the University of Toronto, where she also sits as the Avie Bennett Chair in Canadian Literature. She previously taught English and was the Director of the ...

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Donna Kane Donna Kane is an American theater actress. Born in Beacon, NY, she grew up on Long Island and in Wayne, New Jersey, where she won Miss Teenage New Jersey in 1976, and was first runner-up for America's Junior Miss 1980. She was the recipient o ...

* Adeena Karasick, poet and academic * Rupi Kaur, poet and illustrator *

Lionel Kearns Lionel John Kearns (born February 16, 1937) is a Canadian poet and teacher He was born in Nelson, British Columbia, and attended the University of British Columbia, where he was a student of Earle Birney. He later taught at Simon Fraser University ...

(born 1937), poet and teacher * Diane Keating * Kaie Kellough *

M. T. Kelly Milton Terrence Kelly (born November 30, 1947) is a Canadian novelist, poet and playwright. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Kelly attended Parkdale Collegiate Institute, York University and the University of Toronto. His first novel, ''I Do Remember T ...

(born 1946), novelist, poet, and playwright. *

Penn Kemp Patricia Penn Anne Kemp (born 1944), better known simply as Penn Kemp, is a Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, and sound poet who lives in London, Ontario. Kemp has been publishing her writing since 1972 and was London's first poet laureate, serv ...

, novelist, playwright, poet and sound poet * Leo Kennedy (1907–2000), modernist poet, published in the 1930s * Robert Kirkland Kernighan (1854–1926), poet, journalist, and farmer * Roy Kiyooka (1926–1994), photographer, poet, and artist * Barbara Klar * Johann Peter Klassen (1868–1947), Russian Mennonite poet and writer who immigrated to Canada in 1923 and wrote primarily in

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

* Sarah Klassen (born 1932), poet and fiction writer *

A. M. Klein Abraham Moses Klein (14 February 1909 – 20 August 1972) was a Canadian poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer and lawyer. He has been called "one of Canada's greatest poets and a leading figure in Jewish-Canadian culture." Best known ...

(1909–1972), poet, journalist, novelist, and short-story writer *

Raymond Knister John Raymond Knister (27 May 1899 – 29 August 1932) was a Canadian poet, novelist, story writer, columnist, and reviewer, "known primarily for his realistic narratives set in rural Canada ... Knister was a highly respected member of t ...

(1899–1932), novelist, short-story writer, poet, critic, and journalist *

Joy Kogawa Joy Nozomi Kogawa (born June 6, 1935) is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent. Life Kogawa was born Joy Nozomi Nakayama on June 6, 1935, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to first-generation Japanese Canadians Lois Yao Nakayama a ...

(born 1935), poet and novelist *

Maka Kotto Maka Kotto (born December 7, 1961) is a Cameroonian-born French-Canadian politician. Educated in France, Kotto immigrated to Quebec, Canada, where he was an educator before entering politics. Kotto was a Parti Québécois member of the National A ...

(born 1961), Cameroon-born francophone Canadian, provincial level politician, former Canadian House of Commons member who published a book of poetry in 2002 * Shane Koyczan (born 1976),

poet * Robert Kroetsch (born 1927)), novelist, poet, non-fiction writer, and academic *

Aaron Kreuter Aaron Kreuter is a Canadian writer based in Toronto, Ontario. He published his debut poetry collection ''Arguments for Lawn Chairs'' in 2016, and followed up with his first short story collection, ''You and Me, Belonging'', in 2018. ''You and Me, ...

* Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 1952), novelist, poet, and academic

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Kama La Mackerel Kama La Mackerel is a Mauritian-Canadian multidisciplinary artist, activist, translator, and community organizer who resides in Montreal, Quebec.Leah Lalich"How one Montreal artist is creating stage magic for LGBTQ performers" ''This Magazine'', De ...

* Sonnet L'Abbé, poet and critic * Pierre Labrie (born 1972), French Canadian poet *

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Ben Ladouceur Ben Ladouceur (born 1987) is a Canadian writer, whose poetry collection ''Otter'' was a shortlisted nominee for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry at the 28th Lambda Literary Awards and won the Gerald Lampert Award in 2016. Born and raised ...

Chloé LaDuchesse Chloé LaDuchesse is a Canadian poet from Sudbury, Ontario, whose collection ''Exosquelette'' was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2021 Governor General's Awards, and the 2022 winner of the T ...

* Dany Laferrière (born 1953), Haitian-born francophone novelist, journalist, and poet who moved to Canada in 1976 *

Annie Lafleur Annie Lafleur (born 1980 in Montreal) is a Canadian poet from Quebec."Lafleur, Annie"
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* Catherine Lalonde (born 1974), French Canadian poet and journalist *

Archibald Lampman Archibald Lampman (17 November 1861 – 10 February 1899) was a Canadian poet. "He has been described as 'the Canadian Keats;' and he is perhaps the most outstanding exponent of the Canadian school of nature poets." ''The Canadian Encyclope ...

(1861–1899) *

Tim Lander Tim Lander (born 26 February 1938) is a Canadian poet. Born in Surrey, England, he studied at the University of London. In 1964, Lander emigrated to Canada. He lived primarily in Vancouver, where he began publishing chapbooks of his poetry. He n ...

(born 1938) * Patrick Lane (1939–2019) *

M. Travis Lane Millicent Travis Lane (known as M. Travis Lane; born 23 September 1934) is an American-born Canadian poet based in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Early and personal life Millicent Travis was born into a military family in San Antonio, Texas on 23 S ...

(born 1934), American-born Canadian poet who moved to Canada in 1960 * Rina Lasnier (1915–1997), French Canadian poet and playwright * Evelyn Lau (born 1971), poet and novelist * Edythe Morahan de Lauzon *

Irving Layton Irving Peter Layton, OC (March 12, 1912 – January 4, 2006) was a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won him a wide following, but also made him enemies. As T. Jacobs notes in his biography (2001) ...

(1912–2006) * Georgette LeBlanc *

Gérald Leblanc Gérald Leblanc (September 25, 1945 – May 30, 2005) was an Acadian poet notable for seeking his own Acadian roots and the current voices of Acadian culture. Leblanc was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. He studied at the Université de Monc ...

(1947–2005), French Canadian poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, and writer *

Félix Leclerc Félix Leclerc, (August 2, 1914 – August 8, 1988) was a French-Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and '' Québécois'' political activist. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 20, 1968. Leclerc was post ...

(1914–1988), songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, actor, radio announcer, radio scriptwriter, and writer * Dennis Lee (born 1939), poet, writer and children's fiction author * John B. Lee (born 1951), author, poet, and academic *

Lily Alice Lefevre Lily Alice Lefevre (5April 185417October 1938) was a Canadian writer whose literary work closely linked her to her hometown of Vancouver. Her book of poems ''Lion's Gate and Other Verses'' (1895) was the first book written by a woman and published ...

(1854–1938) * Sylvia Legris (born 1960) *

John Lent John Lent is a Canadian poet and novelist, as well as a college teacher of creative writing and literature. He has published ten books from 1978 to 2012. His book, ''So It Won't Go Away'', was shortlisted for the 2006 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. ...

(1948–2006), poet and novelist * Douglas LePan (1914–1998), diplomat, poet, novelist, and academic *

Alex Leslie Alex Leslie is a Canadian writer, who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers from the Writers Trust of Canada in 2015.Lilian Leveridge Lilian Leveridge (15 April 1879 – 1953) was a British-born Canadian teacher who became a writer, particularly of poetry, later in her career. In addition to six volumes of verse, she contributed articles, poems and short stories to various period ...

(1879–1953), poet, short story writer, and non-fiction writer *

Katherine Leyton Katherine Leyton is a Canadian poet, whose debut collection ''All the Gold Hurts My Mouth'' won the ReLit Award for poetry in 2017. She has also served as poet-in-residence at the Al Purdy writers' retreat in Prince Edward County. In late March ...

Tess Liem Tess Liem or T. Liem is a Canadian poet from Montreal, Quebec, who published their debut poetry collection ''Obits'' in 2018. The book was named one of the year's best Canadian poetry collections by CBC Arts,Tim Lilburn Tim Lilburn (born 27 June 1950) is a Canadian poet and essayist. Lilburn was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. He obtained a B.A. from the University of Regina, a Master's Degree in Philosophy from Gonzaga University, and his PhD from McMaster Uni ...

(born 1950), poet and essayist *

Charles Lillard Charles "Red" Lillard (February 26, 1944 – March 27, 1997) was an American-born poet and historian who spent much of his adult life in British Columbia and became a Canadian citizen in 1967. He wrote extensively about the history and culture o ...

(born 1944–1997), poet and historian * Dorothy Livesay (1909–1996) *

Billie Livingston Billie Livingston is a Canadian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Livingston grew up in Toronto and Vancouver, British Columbia. She lives in Vancouver. Her critically acclaimed first novel, ''Going Down ...

(born 1965), novelist and poet * Douglas Lochhead (1922–2011), poet, librarian, and academic *

Jennifer LoveGrove Jennifer LoveGrove is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel ''Watch How We Walk'' was a longlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2014.Pat Lowther Patricia Louise Lowther (born Patricia Louise Tinmuth) (July 29, 1935 – September 24, 1975) was a Canadian poet. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, she grew up in the neighboring city of North Vancouver. Life Lowther's first published poem a ...

(1935–1975) * Laura Lush *

Richard Lush Richard Lush is a British-born Australian recording engineer and producer. He began his career in the mid-1960s as an assistant engineer at the EMI Abbey Road Studios in London. Working alongside producer Sir George Martin and senior engineer G ...

(born 1934) * Michael Lynch

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Rozena Maart Rozena Maart (born 1962) is a South African writer, and professor, currently living in Durban. She is the Director for the Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity. She has been recognized for her writing, and for her work opposing aparth ...

(born 1962), poet, short-story writer, novelist, playwright, academic, and psychotherapist;

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living in Canada * Annick MacAskill *

Kathy Mac Kathleen McConnell is a Canadian academic and writer."Book launch for McConnell's collection of essays to be held at STU today". ''The Daily Gleaner'', January 18, 2013. A professor of English literature at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, Ne ...

Karen Mac Cormack Karen Mac Cormack (born Luanshya, Zambia, 1956) is a contemporary experimental poet. She holds dual British/Canadian citizenship, and lived for many years in Toronto; more recently, she moved to Buffalo, New York, when her husband, the poet Steve Mc ...

(born 1956), experimental poet born in Zambia, who holds dual British/Canadian citizenship, she has moved from Toronto to Buffalo, New York, with her husband, poet Steve McCaffery *

Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (, Roberts; 17 February 1864 – 8 November 1922) was a Canadian writer of poetry, children's literature, essays, and short stories. She regularly contributed articles to a number of Canadian and U.S. dailies. MacDonald ...

(1864–1922), poet, children's literature, short story writer and essayist * Hugh MacDonald (born 1945), poet, children's writer and editor * Wilson MacDonald (1880–1967) * Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987), novelist and poet *

Walter Scott MacFarlane Walter Scott MacFarlane (1896–1979) was a Canadian soldier and bard who composed Christian poetry in Canadian Gaelic. He was known as the "Bard of Margaree." He was born near the Margaree River of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and liv ...

(1896–1979), poet and soldier *

Tom MacInnes Thomas Robert Edward MacInnes (né McInnes) (October 29, 1867 – February 11, 1951) was a Canadian poet and writer whose writings ranged from "vigorous, slangy recollections of the Yukon gold rush" (''Lonesome Bar,'' 1909) to "a translation ...

(1867–1951), poet and writer *

Andrea MacPherson Andrea MacPherson is a Canadian poet and novelist. Biography Born in 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, she was educated at the University of British Columbia where she received a Master's Degree in Creative Writing. She works as a freelance ...

, poet and novelist * Jay Macpherson (born 13 June 1931), poet and academic (a woman)* * Keith Maillard (born 28 February 1942), author and poet *

Charles Mair Charles Mair (September 21, 1838 – July 7, 1927) was a Canadian poet and journalist. He was a fervent Canadian nationalist noted for his participation in the Canada First movement and his opposition to Louis Riel during the two Riel Rebell ...

(1838/1840–1927), poet and political activist *

Robert Majzels Robert Majzels (born May 12, 1950) is a Canadian novelist, poet, playwright and translator. Life Majzels was born in Montreal, Quebec. In 1986, he graduated with a master's degree in English Literature from Concordia University in Montreal, whe ...

(born 1950), novelist, poet, playwright, and translator * Alice Major, contemporary poet *

Kim Maltman Kim Maltman (born 1951) is a Canadian poet and physicist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is a professor of applied mathematics at York University and pursues research in theoretical nuclear/particle physics. He is serving as a judge for the 2019 ...

(born 1951), poet and physicist (a man) * Donato Mancini * Eli Mandel (1922–1992), poet, essayist, and academic * Ahdri Zhina Mandiela (born 1953), Jamaican-born dub poet, theatre producer, and artistic director; Jamaican native living in Canada * David Manicom (born 1960), diplomat, poet, and novelist *

Lee Maracle Bobbi Lee Maracle (born Marguerite Aline Carter; July 2, 1950November 11, 2021) was an Indigenous Canadian writer and academic of the Stó꞉lō nation. Born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, she left formal education after grade 8 to tra ...

(born 1950), Native American poet and author *

Blaine Marchand Blaine Marchand (born 1949 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian writer."An interview with poet Blaine Mar ...

* Nicole Markotic, poet and novelist *

Daphne Marlatt Daphne Marlatt, born Buckle, CM (born July 11, 1942 in Melbourne, Australia), is a Canadian poet and novelist who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. At a young age her family moved to Malaysia and at age nine they moved to British Columb ...

, née Buckle (born 1942) * Tom Marshall (1938–1993), Canadian poet and novelist * Émile Martel *

Garth Martens Garth Martens is a Canadian poet. He was the winner of the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award in 2011,"Local poet wins literary prize". ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', April 7, 2011. and his debut collection ''Prologue for the Age of Consequence'', publi ...

Camille Martin Camille Martin (born 1956) is a Canadian poet and collage artist. After residing in New Orleans for fourteen years, in 2005 she moved to Toronto following Hurricane Katrina. Biography Early life and education Camille Martin was born in El Dorado ...

(born 1956), poet and collage artist *

Sid Marty Sid Marty (born 1944) is a Canadian writer. Marty has written five non-fiction books and five poetry books, and also is a singer. Many of his books reflect the time he spent as a park warden for Parks Canada between 1966 and 1978 in Yoho, Jasper ...

(born 1944), poet, author, and musician * Robin Mathews (born 1931), poet and professor, known for his political activism in support of Canadian independence from U.S. domination * Seymour Mayne (born 1944), poet and literary translator *

Micheline Maylor Micheline Maylor (born in 1970) is a Canadian poet, academic, critic and editor. Early life Maylor was born in Windsor, Ontario of Voyageur Metis, and English ancestry. She moved to Calgary, Alberta and was raised as a Buddhist by artist paren ...

(born 1970), poet and academic *

Chandra Mayor Chandra Mayor (born in 1973), is a Canadian poet and novelist whose writings explore urban and alternative cultures, among others. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Publishing career Mayor's writing has appeared in several anthologies, includin ...

(born 1973), poet and novelist * Robert McBride (1811/1812–1895), Irish-born Canadian poet * Steven McCabe, contemporary artist and poet * Steve McCaffery (born 1947), poet and academic born in England and moved to Toronto in 1968; husband of poet Karen MacCormack * Julia McCarthy *

Susan McCaslin Susan Elizabeth McCaslin (born June 3, 1947) is a Canadian poet and writer. Biography McCaslin lives in Fort Langley, British Columbia. She received an M.A. in English (thesis: Edgar Allan Poe) at Simon Fraser University, 1973; and a Ph.D. ...

(born 1947), poet and academic *

Alma Frances McCollum Alma Frances McCollum (7 December 1879, near Chatham, Ontario – 21 March 1906, Toronto) was a Canadian poet and composer. She is best known for her collection of poems ''Flower Legends and Other Poems'' (1902). Early life and education Alma ...

(1879–1906), poet and composer * Kathleen McCracken * John McCrae (1872–1918), poet, physician, author, artist, and soldier during World War I, and a surgeon during the battle of Ypres; best known for writing the famous war memorial poem ''

In Flanders Fields "In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend an ...

''. * Roy McDonald (born 1937–ca. 2018), poet and busker (street performer) * David McFadden (born 11 October 1940), poet, fiction writer, and travel writer *

Wendy McGrath Wendy McGrath is a Canadian poet and novelist. Career "Broke City" (NeWest Press 2019) is the final novel in McGrath's Santa Rosa Trilogy. The second novel in the trilogy, ''North East'' (NeWest Press 2014) was nominated for the Georges Bugnet P ...

, poet and novelist *

David McGimpsey David McGimpsey is a Canadian poet and author, born and raised in Montreal. He is the author of the poetry collections ''Li'l Bastard'' (Coach House), ''Sitcom'' (Coach House) ''Hamburger Valley'', ''California'', ''Dogboy'', ''Lardcake'' (ECW Pre ...

, poet, humorist, and academic *

Nadine McInnis Nadine McInnis is a Canadian author of poetry, short stories and essays. Biography McInnis was born in Belleville, Ontario in September, 1957, and grew up in Toronto and Ottawa. She attended Colonel By Secondary School, where she began a lifelong ...

(born 1956), poet, short-story writer and essayist * James McIntyre (1828–1906), called The Cheese Poet *

Don McKay Don McKay may refer to: * Don McKay (poet) (born 1942), Canadian poet, editor, and educator * Don McKay (actor) (1925–2018), American actor, dancer and singer * Don McKay (rugby union) (born 1937), New Zealand rugby union player * Sir Don McKay (p ...

(born 1942) poet editor and educator *

Barry McKinnon Barry Benjamin McKinnon (born 1944) is a Canadian poet. Born in Calgary, Alberta, he taught English at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, British Columbia. Bibliography * ''The Golden Daybreak Hair''. Toronto, ON: Aliquondo Press, 19 ...

(born 1944) *

Brendan McLeod Brendan McLeod is a Canadian spoken word artist, musician and novelist. His work often deals with the exploration of social and political commentary, family histrionics, surreal love poems, obscure adventure stories, and powerful personal stories. ...

(born 1979), poet novelist, member of The Fugitives. * Emily Julian McManus (1865-1918), poet, author, and educator *

Susan McMaster Susan McMaster (born 1950) is a Canadian poet, literary editor, performance poet, and former president of the League of Canadian Poets (2011–12). Early life and education McMaster came to Ottawa with her family in 1955 and attended First Avenue ...

(born 1950), poet literary editor and

performer *

Eugene McNamara Eugene Joseph McNamara (1930 in Oak Park, IL – September 17, 2016 in Windsor, Ontario) was a poet, author and teacher, and a Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario. He founded and edited th ...

(1930–2016), poet, author and teacher *

Steve McOrmond Steve McOrmond is a Canadian poet. He was born in Nova Scotia and grew up on Prince Edward Island. His work has appeared in literary magazines in Canada, Australia and the UK, and has been anthologized in ''Breathing Fire 2: Canada’s New Poets ...

(born 1957), poet and academic *

Mary Melfi Mary Melfi is a Canadian writer of Italian descent. She is a prolific poet, novelist, and playwright. Biography Melfi was born in Casacalenda, a small mountain town in the province of Campobasso, (Molise), south of Rome in 1951. At the age of s ...

(born 1951), Italian-born poet novelist, and playwright who immigrated to Canada as a young child *

Joshua Mensch Joshua Mensch is a Canadian poet."Joshua Mensch"

Iman Mersal Iman Mersal ( ar, إيمان مرسال; born November 30, 1966 Mit 'Adlan, Dakahlia, Egypt) is an Egyptian poet. Life Iman Mersal graduated from Mansoura University, and received her MA and PhD from Cairo University. She co-founded ''Bint al-Ard ...

(born 1966), Egyptian-born Egyptian/Canadian poet and professor of Arabic literature *

Bruce Meyer Bruce Meyer (born April 23, 1957) is a Canadian poet, broadcaster, and educator—among other roles in the Canadian literary scene. He has authored more than 64 books of poetry, short fiction, non-fiction, and literary journalism. He is a professo ...

(born 1957), poet and academic *

Shayne Michael Shayne Michael is a Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) poet from Canada. He is most noted for his 2020 poetry collection ''Fif et sauvage'', which was the winner in the French poetry category at the 2021 Indigenous Voices Awards.Vicky Qiao"Nathan Adler, Bevan ...

* Anne Michaels (born 1958) poet and novelist * Pauline Michel novelist, poet, playwright, songwriter and screenwriter *

Marianne Micros Marianne Micros (born 1943) is a Canadian writer.Jeremy Luke Hill"Folklore and mythology seen through the Eye of Guelph author Marianne Micros" ''Guelph Mercury'', December 8, 2018. A retired professor of English at the University of Guelph, her de ...

Roy Miki Roy Akira Miki, (born 10 October 1942) is a Canadian poet, scholar, editor, and activist most known for his social and literary work. Born in Ste. Agathe, Manitoba to second generation Japanese-Canadian parents, Miki grew up on a sugar beet farm ...

(born 1942), poet and academic * Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004) * Roswell George Mills *

Gaston Miron Gaston Miron (; 8 January 1928 – 14 December 1996) was an important poet, writer, and editor of Quebec's Quiet Revolution. His classic ''L'homme rapaillé'' (partly translated as ''The March to Love: Selected Poems of Gaston Miron'', whose ...

(1928–1996), French Canadian poet writer and editor *

Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with '' Anne of Green Gables''. Sh ...

(1874–1942), primarily an author, but also a poet from Prince Edward Island *

Marion E. Moodie Marion Elizabeth Moodie (January 30, 1867 – April 26, 1958) was a Canadian nurse and botanist who was the first nurse to graduate in Alberta. She was also an accomplished poet and writer. Biography Born in Quebec City, of Scottish/ English d ...

(1867–1958), nurse, botanist, and poet * Susanna Moodie (1803–1885), British-born Canadian author and poet *

Jacob McArthur Mooney Jacob McArthur Mooney (born 1983) is a Canadian poet, blogger, and literary critic. He is most noted for his 2011 poetry collection ''Folk'', which was a shortlisted Trillium Book Award finalist for English poetry in 2012."Bezmozgis, Babstock amo ...

(born 1983) *

Pamela Mordecai Pamela Claire Mordecai (born 1942) is a Jamaican-born poet, novelist, short story writer, scholar and anthologist who lives in Canada. Biography Born in Kingston, Jamaica, she attended high school in Jamaica, and Newton College of the Sacred ...

(born 1942), Jamaican writer, teacher, scholar, and poet living in Canada since 1994 * Pierre Morency (born 1942), French Canadian writer, poet, and playwright * Dwayne Morgan

spoken word artist Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics of ...

, motivational speaker, event organizer, and poet * Jeffrey Morgan, primarily a writer, but with poetry published in

Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its co ...

and '' Bakka'' Magazine * Kim Morrissey (born 1955), poet and playwright * Colin Morton (born 1948) * A. F. Moritz (born 1947), poet and academic *

Garry Thomas Morse Garry Thomas Morse is a Canadian poet and novelist. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry, at the 2011 Governor General's Awards for ''Discovery Passages'' and at the 2016 Governor General's Awards fo ...

* Daniel David Moses (born 1952), Native American Canadian poet and playwright * Erín Moure (born 1955) *

Jane Munro Jane Munro (born December 3, 1943) is a Canadian poet. She has published six collections of poetry, including '' Blue Sonoma'', which won the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize. Munro was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia in 1943 and raised in Va ...

(born 1943) * Sachiko Murakami *

William Murdoch William Murdoch (sometimes spelled Murdock) (21 August 1754 – 15 November 1839) was a Scottish engineer and inventor. Murdoch was employed by the firm of Boulton & Watt and worked for them in Cornwall, as a steam engine erector for ten yea ...

(1823–1887),

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

-Canadian poet, writer and

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manager who immigrated to Canada in 1854 * George Murray, poet and associate editor at '' Maisonneuve Magazine'', contributing editor at several literary magazines *

Susan Musgrave Susan Musgrave (born March 12, 1951) is a Canadian poet and children's writer. She was born in Santa Cruz, California, to Canadian parents, and currently lives in British Columbia, dividing her time between Sidney and Haida Gwaii. She has been no ...

(born 1951), poet and children's writer

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Akhtar Naraghi Akhtar Naraghi ( fa, اختر نراقی) is a Canadian poet, writer and scholar. She founded the International Organization of the Helen Prize for Women. Biography She holds a doctorate in English literature from McGill University and works in ...

André Narbonne André Narbonne is a Canadian writer,Trevor Wilhelm"Windsor’s Black Moss Press and writer Andre Narbonne score first Giller nod" ''Windsor Star'', September 8, 2022. whose novel ''Lucien & Olivia'' was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize. Origi ...

Roger Nash Roger Nash BA, MA, PhD (Exon) is a Canadian philosopher and poet. He was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England on 3 November 1942. He grew up in England, Egypt, Cyprus, Singapore and Hong Kong. He has a B.A. from the University of Wales (1965), ...

(born 1942), English-born philosopher, poet, and academic *

Lyle Neff Lyle Neff (born 1969) is a Canadian poet and journalist in Vancouver, British Columbia. Born in Prince George, British Columbia, he is the author of three books of poetry published by Anvil Press. He has also written scattered essays, cultural jou ...

(born 1969), poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic * Lorri Neilsen Glenn, poet, ethnographer, essayist, and academic * Émile Nelligan (1879–1941), francophone poet from Quebec *

Holly Nelson Holly Nelson is a Canadian writer, poet, activist and print reporter. She served as leader of the Green Party of Manitoba from 2005 to 2006. Early life and career Nelson was born in Mankato, Minnesota, the daughter of electrical engineer Fo ...

, writer, poet, activist, journalist, leader of the Green Party of Manitoba (2005–2006) * Pierre Nepveu (born 1946), French Canadian poet, novelist, and essayist * W. H. New (born 1938), poet, editor, and literary critic * bpNichol Barrie Phillip Nichol, who often went by his lower-case initials and last name, with no spaces (1944–1988), poet and writer * Cecily Nicholson * Emilia Nielsen * John Newlove (1938–2003) *

Alden Nowlan Alden Albert Nowlan (; January 25, 1933 – June 27, 1983) was a Canadian poet, novelist, and playwright. History Alden Nowlan was born into rural poverty in Stanley, Nova Scotia, adjacent to Mosherville, and close to the small town of Windsor, ...

(1933–1983), poet, novelist, playwright, and journalist

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* Patrick O'Connell (1944–2005) *

Alexandra Oliver Alexandra Oliver (born 1970) is a Canadian poet, who won the Pat Lowther Award in 2014 for her collection ''Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway''. A graduate of the University of Toronto and the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing, Oliver be ...

* Tolu Oloruntoba *

Sheree-Lee Olson Sheree-Lee Olson (born December 11, 1954) is a Canadian novelist, poet and journalist. Biography She was born in Picton, Ontario on the shores of Lake Ontario and grew up across Canada and in Europe, moving frequently with her family to her fath ...

, novelist, poet, and journalist *

Michael Ondaatje Philip Michael Ondaatje (; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, editor, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of multiple literary awards such as the Governor General's Award, the Giller ...

(born 1943), Sri Lankan novelist and poet with Canadian citizenship * Heather O'Neill, novelist, poet, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist * Gabriel Osson *

Fernand Ouellette Fernand Ouellette is a Quebecois writer. He is a three-time winner of the Governor General's Awards, having won the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the 1970 Governor General's Awards for ''Les actes retrouvés'', the ...

(born 1930) * Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska (born 1930), French-Canadian writer, novelist, essayist, and poet * Richard Outram (1930–2005), poet and writer; co-founder with his wife,

Barbara Howard Barbara Howard may refer to: * Barbara Howard, Countess of Suffolk (1622–1681), English courtier * Barbara Howard (athlete) (1920–2017), Canadian sprinter * Barbara Howard (artist) (1926–2002), Canadian painter, wood engraver, draughtsperson, ...

, of The Gauntlet Press *

Catherine Owen Catherine Owen may refer to: * Catherine Dale Owen (1900–1965), American stage and film actress * Catherine Owen (writer), Canadian writer and musician {{hndis, Owen, Catherine ...

, poet and musician

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Susan Paddon Susan Paddon is a Canadian poet.

* P. K. Page (1916–2010) * Corrado Paina (born 1954), Italian poet living in Canada since 1987, editorial director of the quarterly magazine ''ItalyCanada Trade'' *

Arleen Paré Arleen Lyda Paré (born 1946) is a Canadians, Canadian writer. She has published three collections of poetry and two novels to date. Originally from Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Paré was educated in social work and adult education, and worked in ...

Fawn Parker Fawn Parker is a Canadian writer. Career Parker's novel ''What We Both Know'' was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize. Her essay "The Prescription" appeared in Maisonneuve (magazine), Maisonneuve Magazine and was a finalist for the 2023 Nation ...

Lisa Pasold Lisa Pasold is a Canadian poet from Montreal. She is most noted for her 2012 poetry collection ''Any Bright Horse'', which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2012 Governor General's Awards.

* John Pass (born 1947), English-born Canadian poet and academic who has lived in Canada since 1953; married to poet and novelist Theresa Kishkan * Philip Kevin Paul *

Amy Parkinson Amy Parkinson (27 December 1855 – 13 February 1938) was a British-born Canadian poet, her work being chiefly devotional. Parkinson's poems were distributed in leaflet form by her friends among the sick and the "shut-ins", having a wide ministry ...

(1855–1938), English-born Canadian poet *

Neil Peart Neil Ellwood Peart OC (; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian-American musician, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. Peart earned numerous awards for his musical performances, including an ...

(1952–2020), musician, songwriter, producer, author, and drummer of the Canadian Rock band Rush * Soraya Peerbaye *

W. T. Pfefferle W.T. Pfefferle is a Canadian author and poet born in 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, but who was based in Texas for many years. He's the author of five books. The most recent is ''My Coolest Shirt'', published in April 2015 by The Word Works ...

, poet, writer, and academic *

Anthony Phelps Anthony Phelps (born August 25, 1928) is a Haitian Canadian writer, whose novel ''La contrainte de l’inachevé'' was a Governor General's Literary Award nominee for French-language fiction at the 2007 Governor General's Awards. Born in Port-a ...

* M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947), poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, and short-story writer * Ben Phillips (born 1947), poet, teacher, and publisher * Alison Pick, poet and novelist * Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (born 1975), American-born poet, spoken-word poet, writer, educator, and social activist living in Canada * Jean-Guy Pilon (1930–2021), French Canadian poet *

Sarah Pinder Sarah Pinder is a Canadian poet. Her debut poetry collection, ''Cutting Room'', was published in 2012, and she followed up with ''Common Place'' in 2017. ''Common Place'' received a Lambda Literary Award nomination for Lesbian Poetry at the 30th L ...

* George Pirie (1799–1870), newspaper publisher and poet * Al Pittman (1940–2001), poet and playwright * Michel Pleau *

Emily Pohl-Weary Emily Pohl-Weary (born 1973) is a Canadian novelist, poet, university professor, and magazine editor. She is the granddaughter of science fiction writers and editors Judith Merril and Frederik Pohl. Life Pohl-Weary is an author and creative ...

, novelist, poet, and magazine editor * Craig Poile *

Laurent Poliquin Laurent Poliquin (born June 12, 1975) is a Franco-Manitoban poet, educator and a community activist. He is a member of the Green Party of Canada. Biography He studied philosophy at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières and completed a MA ...

(born 1975), French Canadian poet and academic *

Sandy Pool Sandy Pool is a Canadian poet, editor and professor of creative writing. She is the author of two full-length poetry collections and a chapbook published by Vallum Editions. Her first collection, ''Exploding Into Night'' (Guernica Editions) was a ...

* Joël Pourbaix *

B. W. Powe Bruce William Powe (; born 23 March 1955), commonly known as B. W. Powe, is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist, philosopher, and teacher. Early life and background Born in Ottawa, Powe lived in Toronto from 1959 until 1996. His father is Bruce ...

(born 1955), author, poet, and academic * Claire Pratt (1921–1995), artist, poet, and editor; daughter of writer and editor

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E. J. Pratt Edwin John Dove Pratt (February 4, 1882 – April 26, 1964), who published as E. J. Pratt, was "the leading Canadian poet of his time."

, a poet and academic *

E. J. Pratt Edwin John Dove Pratt (February 4, 1882 – April 26, 1964), who published as E. J. Pratt, was "the leading Canadian poet of his time."

(1882–1964), poet and academic *

Frank Prewett Frank James Prewett (August 24, 1893 – February 16, 1962) was a Canadian poet who spent most of his life in the United Kingdom. He was a war poet of the First World War and was taken up by Siegfried Sassoon, but after a period of being lionised s ...

(1893–1962), poet and broadcaster, who spent most of his life in the

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; a war poet of World War I *

Robert Priest Robert Priest (born July 10, 1951, in Walton-on-Thames, England) is a Canadian poet, children's author and singer/songwriter. He has written eighteen books of poetry, four children's novels, four children's albums, and six CDs of songs and poems. ...

(born 1951), poet and children's author *

Stefan Psenak Stefan Psenak (born 1969 in Joliette, Quebec) is a Canadian poet, playwright, novelist and politician from Quebec. He won the Trillium Book Award in 1998 for ''Du chaos et de l'ordre des choses'',W. H. New, ''Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada''. ...

(born 1969), French Canadian poet, playwright, and novelist * Al Purdy (1918–2000), writer, editor, and poet

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* Andy Quan (born 1969), author who moved to Australia *

Marion Quednau Marion Quednau (born 1952) is a Canadian author, poet and children's writer who lives in British Columbia. Her novel, ''The Butterfly Chair'', won the 1987 Books in Canada First Novel Award. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was educated at the Unive ...

Joseph Quesnel Joseph Quesnel (15 November 1746 – 2 or 3 July 1809) was a French Canadian composer, poet, playwright and slave-trader. Among his works were two operas, ''Colas et Colinette'' and ''Lucas et Cécile''; the former is considered to be the fir ...

(1746–1809), French Canadian composer, poet, and playwright *

Sina Queyras Sina Queyras is a Canadian writer."From P.I. to poet, author has one varied resume; Teaching tops list for new writer-in-residence". ''Calgary Herald'', September 9, 2007. To date, they have published seven collections of poetry, a novel and an ess ...

, poet and academic

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Kenneth Radu Kenneth Radu is a Canadian writer. He was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1988 Governor General's Awards for his short story collection ''The Cost of Living''."Senneville author Radu wary ...

* Gurcharan Rampuri poet of Punjabi descent who writes in the Punjabi language *

Theodore Harding Rand Theodore Harding Rand (8 February 1835 – 29 May 1900) was a Canadians, Canadian educator and poet. Early life He was born 8 February 1835 in Canard, Nova Scotia, to Thomas Woodworth Rand, deacon of First Cornwallis Baptist Church, and Eliza ...

(1835–1900), educator and poet * Ian Iqbal Rashid (born 1971), Canadian/ British Muslim poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker of Indian descent; has lived primarily in London * Angela Rawlings (a.k.a. a.rawlings) *

James Reaney James Crerar Reaney, (September 1, 1926 – June 11, 2008) was a Canadian poet, playwright, librettist, and professor, "whose works transform small-town Ontario life into the realm of dream and symbol." Reaney won Canada's highest literary a ...

(1926–2008), poet, playwright, and literary critic *

Michael Redhill Michael Redhill (born 12 June 1966) is an American-born Canadian poet, playwright and novelist.American-born Canadian poet, playwright, and novelist * Beatrice Redpath (1886–1937), poet and short story writer *

D. C. Reid Dennis "D. C." Reid (born 5 August 1952) is a Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer. He also writes about fly fishing, high end automobiles, round the world yacht races and the human brain. The latter subject covers the last fifteen years ...

(born 1952), poet, novelist, and short-story writer * Jamie Reid (1941–2015) *

Shane Rhodes Shane Rhodes is a Canadian poet. Life He graduated from the University of New Brunswick, and currently lives in Ottawa. He is a two-time winner of the Archibald Lampman Award for poetry. In 2008, when his work ''The Bindery'' won the award, Rh ...

Robin Richardson Robin Mark Richardson (born 26 June 1942) is a Canadian former politician and Vancouver Islander separatist/activist who was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He represented the Toronto, Ontario riding of B ...

Lisa Richter Lisa Richter (born ) is a Canadian poet. She has written two books. Her book ''Nautilus and Bone'' won the 2020 National Jewish Book Award for poetry.Lederman, Marsha (April 13, 2021). "Canadian poet wins major literary prize", ''The Globe and Mai ...

(born ), poet, winner of the 2020 (U.S.) National Jewish Book Award for poetry *

Charles G.D. Roberts Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (January 10, 1860 – November 26, 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. He was one of the first Canadian authors to be internationally known. He published various works on Canadian exploration and na ...

(1860–1943), poet and prose writer; called the "Father of Canadian Poetry" for his influence on other poets * Lisa Robertson (born 1961), poet, essayist, and writer * Matt Robinson (born 1974) *

Ajmer Rode Ajmer Rode is a Canadian author writing in Punjabi as well as in English. His first work was non-fiction ''Vishva Di Nuhar'' on Albert Einstein's Relativity in dialogue form inspired by Plato's ''Republic''. Published by the Punjabi Universit ...

, poet, playwright, and writer in

and English *

Gordon Rodgers Gordon Rodgers (born 1952 in Gander, Newfoundland) is a Canadian writer. Biography Rodgers is the author of two books of poetry: ''Floating Houses'' (1984), and ''The Pyrate Latitudes'' (1986), as well as a novella entitled ''The Phoenix'' (198 ...

(born 1952), poet, novelist, and clinical psychologist *

Carmen Rodríguez Carmen Rodríguez (born June 19, 1948) is a Chilean- Canadian author, poet, educator, political social activist, and a founding member of ''Aquelarre Magazine''. Along with her husband and daughters, she fled to Canada after the Chilean Coup ...

(born 1948), Chilean-Canadian author, poet, educator, political social activist, co-founder of Aquelarre Magazine; exiled from Chile after the 1973 coup; writes in both Spanish and English and translates her own work *

Janet Rogers Janet Marie Rogers (born January 29, 1963) is a First Nations Mohawk/Tuscarora writer from the Ontario Six Nations. Her work includes poetry and spoken-word performance poetry. Early life Rogers was born in Vancouver. Since 1994, she has lived ...

First Nations poet *

Linda Rogers Linda Rogers (born 10 October 1944) is a Canadian poet and children's writer based in British Columbia. Early life and education Rogers was born October 10, 1944, in Port Alice, British Columbia. Rogers attended the University of British Columbi ...

(born 1944), poet and children's writer *

Joe Rosenblatt Joseph Rosenblatt (December 26, 1933 – March 11, 2019) was a Canadian poet who lived in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia. He won Canada's Governor-General's Award and British Columbia's B.C. Book Prize for poetry.Governor General's Award The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...

-winning experimentalist * Laisha Rosnau (born 1972), novelist and poet * Bruce Ross, poet, author, academic, and past president of the Haiku Society of America * Stuart Ross (born 1959), writer, poet, editor, and creative-writing instructor *

W.W.E. Ross William Wrighton Eustace Ross ften misspelt William Wrightson Eustace Ross(June 14, 1894 – August 26, 1966) was a Canadian geophysicist and poet. He was the first published poet in Canada to write Imagist poetry, and later the first to writ ...

(born 1894), imagist poet of the 1920s and 1930s, has been called "Canada's first modern poet" * Annie Rothwell (1837–1927), writer of

paean A paean () is a song or lyric poem expressing triumph or thanksgiving. In classical antiquity, it is usually performed by a chorus, but some examples seem intended for an individual voice (monody). It comes from the Greek παιάν (also πα� ...

s to colonial forces during the

North-West Rebellion The North-West Rebellion (french: Rébellion du Nord-Ouest), also known as the North-West Resistance, was a resistance by the Métis people under Louis Riel and an associated uprising by First Nations Cree and Assiniboine of the District of ...

and other

imperial Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imperial, Nebraska * Imperial, Pennsylvania * Imperial, Texas ...

wars, she was known among contemporary critics mainly as a war poet. * Nancy-Gay Rotstein * Stephen Rowe (born 1980) * André Roy

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Lake Sagaris Lake Sagaris (born 1956 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian journalist, poet, writer, urban planner, translator, and community leader who lives in Chile. When she was elected a leader into the Bellavista neighborhood association in the 1990s she ...

(born 1956), journalist, poet, and translator living in Chile *

Rodney Saint-Éloi Rodney Saint-Éloi is a Haitian- Canadian poet. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry, at the 2013 Governor General's Awards for ''Jacques Roche, je t'écris cette lettre'' and at the 2016 Governor Ge ...

Trish Salah Trish Salah is an Arab Canadian poet, activist, and academic. She is the author of the poetry collections, ''Wanting in Arabic'', published in 2002 by TSAR Publications and ''Lyric Sexology Vol. 1'', published by Roof Books in 2014. An expanded C ...

, academic, writer, and poet whose first volume of poetry appeared in 2002 *Rebecca Salazar *Peter Sanger (born 1943), poet and prose writer, critic, editor, and academic born in England, immigrated to Canada in 1953 *Charles Sangster (1822–1893) *Robyn Sarah (born 1949) *Félix-Antoine Savard (1896–1982), priest, academic, poet, novelist, and folklorist *Jacob Scheier, poet whose first collection of verses won the 2008 Governor General's Award for English poetry, editor, son of Libby Scheier, lives in New York City *Libby Scheier (1946–2000),

-born poet and short-story writer who moved to Canada in 1975, mother of Jacob Scheier *Andreas Schroeder (born 1946), German-born poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer *Stephen Scobie (born 1943), poet, critic, and academic *Gregory Scofield (born 1966) *Duncan Campbell Scott (1862–1947), poet and writer *F. R. Scott, also known as Frank Scott (1899–1985), poet, intellectual and constitutional expert *Jordan Scott (poet), Jordan Scott *Peter Dale Scott (born 1929), poet and academic *Olive Senior (born 1941), Jamaican poet and short-story writer living in Canada *Robert W. Service (1874–1958), poet and writer *Kathy Shaidle (born 1964), author, columnist, and poet *Francis Joseph Sherman, Francis Sherman (1871–1926) *Joseph Sherman (1945–2006), poet and visual arts editor *Carol Shields (1935–2003), American-born Canadian novelist, short-story writer, poet, playwright, and writer *Trish Shields, poet and novelist *Ann Shin *Sandy Shreve, poet, newspaper reporter, and office worker *Goran Simić (poet), Goran Simic (born 1952), Bosnian-born poet, playwright, and short-story writer living in Canada since 1995 *Melanie Siebert *Bren Simmers *Anne Simpson (born 1956), poet and novelist *jaye simpson *Bardia Sinaee *Sue Sinclair *George Sipos *Sonja Skarstedt (born 1960), poet, short-story writer, playwright, painter, and illustrator who founded and edited the now-defunct literary magazine ''Zymergy'' (1987–1991), and founded Empyreal Press in 1990 *Robin Skelton, sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Georges Zuk", a purported French surrealist (born 1925–1997), British-born Canadian academic, writer, poet, translator, and anthologist who immigrated to Canada in 1963; a founder and editor of ''The Mahalat Review'' *Daniel Sloate (1931–2009), translator, poet, playwright, and academic *Carolyn Smart (born 1952), English-born poet, author and academic *Elizabeth Smart (author), Elizabeth Smart (1913–1986), poet and novelist whose book, ''By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept'', detailed her romance with English poet George Barker (poet), George Barker *A. J. M. Smith (1902–1980), poet and academic *Clara Kathleen Smith (1911–2004), poet and educator *Douglas Burnet Smith (born 1949) *John Smith (Canadian poet), John Smith (born 1927), poet and academic *Michael V. Smith novelist, poet and filmmaker *Ron Smith (Canadian author), Ron Smith (born 1943), poet, author, editor, playwright, and former academic; founder and co-publisher of Oolichan Books in 1984; influential in the founding of Theytus Books in 1971 *Steven Ross Smith (born 1945), poet, arts journalist, Poet Laureate of Banff, previous Director Literary Arts, Banff Centre *Karen Solie (born 1966) *David Solway (born 1941), poet, educational theorist, travel writer, and literary critic *Madeline Sonik (born 1960), novelist, short-story writer, children's-book author, editor, and poet *Carolyn Marie Souaid (born 1959), poet and editor, living in Montreal, co-founder of Poetry Quebec magazine *Raymond Souster (1921–2012), Toronto poet *Esta Spalding (born 1966), American-born Canadian author, screenwriter, and poet *Heather Spears (1934–2021), poet, novelist, and artist living in Danish poetry, Denmark since 1962 *Birk Sproxton (1943–2007), poet and novelist *Harold Standish (1919–1972), poet and novelist *George Stanley (poet), George Stanley, American-born poet and academic associated with the San Francisco Renaissance in his early years, moved to Canada in the 1970s; associated with New Star Books and the ''Capilano Review'' *Carmine Starnino, essayist, educator, and editor *Jason Stefanik *John Steffler (born 1947), poet and novelist *Ian Stephens (poet), Ian Stephens (died 1996), journalist, musician, and poet associated with the

movement *Ricardo Sternberg (born 1948), poet born in Brazil, educated in the United States *Richard Stevenson (poet), Richard Stevenson *Shannon Stewart (poet), Shannon Stewart *W. Gregory Stewart (born 1950), poet, science fiction author, short-story writer who works at a public utility and lives in Los Angeles, California *John Stiles, poet living in London,

*Anne Stone (writer), Anne Stone, poet, writer, and performance artist *Betsy Struthers (born 1951), poet and novelist *Andrew Suknaski (1942–2012), Saskatchewan poet *Alan Sullivan (1868–1947), poet, short-story writer, railroad surveyor, and mining engineer *Rosemary Sullivan (born 1947), poet, biographer, academic, and anthologist *Moez Surani (born 1979), poet *John Sutherland (Canadian writer), John Sutherland (1919–1956), poet, literary critic, and magazine editor who founded and edited ''First Statement'' in 1942 and its successor publication, ''Northern Review'' in 1945 *Robert Swanson (inventor), Robert Swanson 1905–1994) *Robert Sward (born 1933), American and Canadian poet and novelist *George Swede (born 1940), Latvian-born Canadian children's writer and poet who writes Haiku in English *Todd Swift (born 1966), poet, editor, and academic living in the

*Anne Szumigalski (1922–1999)

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*Proma Tagore *Bruce Taylor (poet), Bruce Taylor (born 1960) *Heather Taylor (born 1977), poet, playwright, and teacher living in England since 2002 *Ruth Taylor (poet), Ruth Taylor (1961–2006), poet, editor, and academic *John Terpstra, poet and carpenter *Souvankham Thammavongsa, poet and short story writer *Sharon Thesen (born 1946), poet and academic *Serge Patrice Thibodeau (born 1959) *Kai Cheng Thom *Edward William Thomson (writer), Edward William Thomson (1849–1924), journalist, writer, and poet *John Thompson (Canadian poet), John Thompson (1938–1976) *Russell Thornton (writer), Russell Thornton, poet *Matthew Tierney (born 1970) *Jose Tlatelpas (born 1953), Mexican native and Canadian resident; Native cultures poet, publisher, and political activist *Mohamud Siad Togane (born 1943), Somali native and Canadian resident; poet, academic, and political activist *Lola Lemire Tostevin (born 1937), poet, novelist, and writer *Michaël Trahan (born 1984), poet *Kim Trainor, Vancouver poet *Rhea Tregebov (born 1953), poet and children's writer *Raymond D. Tremblay, poet, writer, social services agency official *Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972), French-Canadian author, poet, scriptwriter, development producer, and science-fiction consultant who moved to London, English poetry, England in 1995 *Tony Tremblay (born 1968), French-Canadian poet, writer,

artist, journalist, and radio personality *Peter Trower (1930–2017), poet and novelist *Mark Truscott (born 1970), born in the United States *Élise Turcotte (born 26 June 1957), French-Canadian writer and poet *Arielle Twist *John Tyndall (Canadian poet), John Tyndall *Daniel Scott Tysdal (born 1978)

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* Marie Uguay (1955–1981), French-Canadian poetry, Canadian poet * Priscila Uppal (born 1974), poet and novelist * David UU (David W. Harris) (1948–1994), visual poet

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* Léonise Valois (1868–1936), first French Canadian woman to publish a collection of poetry * Peter van Toorn (born 1944) * R. M. Vaughan (1965–2020), poet, novelist, and playwright * Paul Vermeersch (born 1973) * Katherena Vermette * Gilles Vigneault (born 1928), Quebec poet, publisher, and singer-songwriter; Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist * Pamelia Sarah Vining (1826–1897) * Garth Von Buchholz (also G.A. Buchholz), British Columbia poet, dark fiction author, playwright, journalist, and arts critic * Prvoslav Vujčić (born 1960)

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*Miriam Waddington (née Dworkin 1917–2004), poet, short-story writer, and translator * Michael Wade (Canadian actor), Michael Wade (1944–2004) * Fred Wah (born 1939), poet, novelist, and scholar * Bronwen Wallace (1945–1989), poet and short-story writer * Tom Walmsley (born 1948), playwright, novelist, poet, and screenwriter * Agnes Walsh (born 1950), actor, poet, playwright, and storyteller * David Waltner-Toews (born 1948), epidemiologist, essayist, poet, fiction writer, veterinarian, and a specialist in the epidemiology of food and waterborne diseases, zoonoses, and ecosystem health * Terry Watada author, writer, and poet * Alison Watt (writer), Alison Watt (born 1957), writer, poet, and painter * Tom Wayman (born 1945), poet and academic * Phyllis Webb (1927–2021), poet and radio broadcaster * John Weier (born 1949) * Matthew James Weigel * Robert Stanley Weir (1856–1926), judge and poet most famous for writing the English lyrics to ''O Canada'', the national anthem of Canada * Zachariah Wells (born 1976), poet, critic, essayist, and editor * Darren Wershler-Henry (born 1966), experimental poet, non-fiction writer, and cultural critic * David Wevill (born 1935) * Dawud Wharnsby (born 1972), singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator, and television personality * Michael Whelan (born 1858–1937) teacher, bookkeeper, and poet * Joshua Whitehead * Bruce Whiteman (born 1952), poet, writer, scholar, and essayist * Isabella Whiteford (1835–1905), poet who also write under the name Caed Mille Failtha * Zoe Whittall (born 1976), poet and novelist * Anne Wilkinson (poet), Anne Wilkinson (1910–1961), poet, writer, and essayist * Alan R. Wilson * Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901–1946) poet, writer, editor * Sheri-D Wilson, poet and playwright * Rob Winger, poet and academic * Theresa Wolfwood, political activist and poet * George Woodcock (1912–1995), poet, essayist, critic, biographer, and historian; the founder (in 1959) of the journal ''Canadian Literature (journal), Canadian Literature'' * Lance Woolaver (born 1948), author, poet, playwright, and director

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* Isa Hasan al-Yasiri (1942), Iraqi-Canadian poet * J. Michael Yates (1938–2019), poet and dramatist * Leo Yerxa * Jean Yoon (born 1962), actor, poet, and playwright * D'bi Young, born in Jamaica, moved to Canada in 1993; dub poet, actor, and playwright * Ian Young (writer), Ian Young * Josée Yvon

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*Robert Zend (1929–1985), Hungarian-Canadian poet, fiction writer, and multi-media artist *David Zieroth *Rachel Zolf, poet and editor *Daniel Zomparelli *Carolyn Zonailo (born 1947), poet and publisher *Jan Zwicky (born 1955), philosopher, poet, essayist, and violinist

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