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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 publishe ...

(born 1955), poet, journalist, editor, and non-fiction writer. *

Milton Acorn Milton James Rhode Acorn (March 30, 1923 – August 20, 1986), nicknamed ''The People's Poet'' by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright. Early life He was born in Prince Edward Island, and grew up in Charlottetown. He joined th ...

(1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright * José Acquelin (born 1956) *

Gil Adamson Gillian "Gil" Adamson (born January 1, 1961) is a Canadian writer. She won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2008 for her 2007 novel ''The Outlander''. Adamson's first published work was ''Primitive'', a volume of poetry, in 1991. She foll ...

, novelist, poet, and short-story writer *

Randell Adjei Randell Adjei is a Canadian poet who was named in April 2021 as the first Poet Laureate of Ontario. Primarily a spoken word poet, Adjei published his debut book ''I Am Not My Struggles'' in 2018. He is also the founder and creative director of ...

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 Neil Aitken (born 1974 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet, editor, and translator. He founded ''Boxcar Poetry Review.'' His first book, ''The Lost Country of Sight'', won the 2007 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. Biography Early ...

(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 Kegedonce Press is an Indigenous publishing house in Neyaashiinigmiing Reserve No. 27 (Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, Cape Croker), Ontario, Canada, owned by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm. Started in 1993, it is one of only a handful of dedicat ...

, specializing in indigenous writers *

Donald Alarie Donald Alarie (born 4 July 1945) is a writer from Quebec. Alarie was born in Montreal to Jean-Paul Alarie and his wife Thérèse (née Raymond). He graduated from University of Montreal in 1971, and worked as a teacher at the Cégep régional de ...

(born 1945), writer, poet, and teacher *

Edna Alford Edna Alford (born 19 November 1947 in Turtleford, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian author and editor. She was a graduate of Adam Bowden Collegiate, Saskatoon, and got scholarships to attend the Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts. Some of her teache ...

, editor, author, and poet who co-founded the magazine ''Dandelion'' *

Sandra Alland Sandra Alland is a Glasgow-based Scottish-Canadian writer, interdisciplinary artist, small press publisher, performer, filmmaker, and curator. Alland's work focuses on social justice, language, humour, and experimental forms. Life and work Sandra ...

(born 1973), Scottish-Canadian writer, multimedia artist, bookseller, small press publisher, and activist * Donna Allard, 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 Ci ...

(born 1951), dub poet *

Anne-Marie Alonzo Anne-Marie Alonzo, (December 13, 1951 – June 11, 2005) was a Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, she immigrated to Quebec when she was twelve. In 1966 she was the victim of a car accident wh ...

(1951–2005), playwright, poet, novelist, critic, and publisher, born in Egypt and moved to Canada at the age of 12 * George Amabile (born 1936) *

Madhur Anand Madhur Anand is a Canadian poet and professor of ecology and environmental sciences. She was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario and lives in Guelph, Ontario. Scientific career Anand completed her PhD in theoretical ecology at Western University in ...

(born 1971), poet and scientist * Marguerite Andersen (1924–2022), German-born, primarily francophone writer, academic and editor * Patrick Anderson (1915–1979), English-born Canadian poet and academic * Rod Anderson (1935), poet, musician, and accountant *

Michael Andre Michael Andre (born August 31, 1946) is a Canadian, disc jockey, poet, critic and editor living in New York City. Andre was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to a civil engineer doing wartime work on a military hospital. His mother's father was a ne ...

(born 1946), poet, critic, and editor living in the United States *

Jeannette Armstrong Jeannette Christine Armstrong (born 1948 in Okanagan) is a Canadian author, educator, artist, and activist. She was born and grew up on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and fluently speaks both the Syilx and Eng ...

(born 1948), Syilx Okanagan author, educator, artist, and activist *

Tammy Armstrong Tammy Lynn Armstrong (born March 26, 1974) is a Canadian poet and novelist."Tammy Lynn Armstrong"

David Arnason David Arnason (born 23 May 1940) is a Canadian author and poet of Icelandic heritage from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Life Born in Gimli, Manitoba, Arnason is of Icelandic descent and often writes about the Icelandic community in Canada. He is the son ...

(born 1940), author and poet *

Joanne Arnott Joanne Arnott (born 16 December 1960 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian writer. She has conducted writing workshops across much of Canada and in Australia, including a series at the Carnegie Centre, sponsored by SFU, and has written for the Lite ...

(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 derives ...

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, nin ...

(born 1939), poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist, and activist *

Charlotte Aubin Charlotte Aubin (born September 4, 1991 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the film '' Isla Blanca'', for which she received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Actress at the 20th Quebec ...

Martine Audet Martine Audet (born October 15, 1961) is a Canadian poet from Montreal, Quebec. She won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2020 Governor General's Awards for her poetry collection ''La Société des cendres''. She wa ...

(born 1961) *

Oana Avasilichioaei Oana Avasilichioaei is a Canadian poet and translator. Her poetry work includes ''Expeditions of a Chimæra'' (2009), a collaboration with Erín Moure, and ''We Beasts'' (2012), which won the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. As a translator, she is m ...

, poet and translator *

Margaret Avison Margaret Avison, (April 23, 1918 – July 31, 2007) was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize.Michael Gnarowski,Avison, Margaret" ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' (Edmonton: Hurtig ...

(1918–2007)

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* Ken Babstock (born 1970) *

Elizabeth Bachinsky Elizabeth Bachinsky (born May 10, 1976) is a Canadian poet. She has published four collections since 2005: ''Curio'', ''Home of Sudden Service'', ''God of Missed Connections'', and ''The Hottest Summer in Recorded History''. Her second book, ''Ho ...

* 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 (born 1942) is an Anishnabe poet and author * Chris Banks (born 1970) * Kaushalya Bannerji, Indian-born poet *

Frances Bannerman Frances Bannerman (born Jones) (1855 – 1944) was a Canadian painter and poet. She painted in oil and watercolour and made black and white illustrations. Biography She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1855. She was the youngest daughter o ...

(1855–1944), painter and poet * Simina Banu * Joelle Barron * John Barton (born 1957) * Gary Barwin (born 1964), author, composer, children's writer, and poet * Jalal Barzanji (born 1953), Kurdish poet and writer living in Canada since 1998 * Shaunt Basmajian (1950–1990), poet and author *

Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 8 February 1967) is an Ivoirian-born Canadian poet and journalist. She has won the Trillium Book Award and been nominated for the Ottawa Book Award. Biography She was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, and rais ...

(born 1967)), Ivoirian born poet and journalist * Bill Bauer (1932–2010), American-born, living in Canada since 1965, husband of

Nancy Bauer Nancy Bauer, née Nancy Luke (born July 7, 1934) is a Canadian writer and editor who writes for a number of Canadian maritime magazines about people who write, produce crafts and create visual art. Born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, the daughter ...

(born 1934), American-born, living in Canada since 1965, wife of Bill Bauer * Doug Beardsley (born 1941), poet and academic *

Nérée Beauchemin Charles-Nérée Beauchemin (February 20, 1850 – June 29, 1931) was a French Canadian regionalist poet and physician from Yamachiche, near Trois-Rivières, Quebec. He was part of Quebec's ''Le Terroir'' ("The Soil") school of poetry. Beauc ...

(1850–1931), francophone poet and physician *

Derek Beaulieu Derek Alexander Beaulieu (born December 7, 1973 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian poet, publisher and anthologist. Beaulieu studied contemporary Canadian poetics at the University of Calgary and Creative Writing at Roehampton University. His wor ...

(born 1973), poet, publisher, and anthologist. *

Joseph-Isidore Bédard Joseph-Isidore Bédard (January 9, 1806 – April 14, 1833) was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Quebec City in 1806, the son of Pierre-Stanislas Bédard, and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet, where he was a ...

(1806–1833), poet, lawyer, and politician *

Ven Begamudré Ven Begamudré (born 1956) is a Canadian poet, short story writer and novelist. He was born in Bangalore, India and moved with his family to Canada when he was six. During his writing career, he has been a part of six writers-in-residence. He curr ...

(born 1956), Indian-born poet, short-story writer, novelist, and academic * Henry Beissel (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 so ...

Ken Belford Ken Belford (1946–2020) was a Canadian poet. Belford was born in DeBolt, Alberta, and grew up in East Vancouver. As a young man, he worked on the log booms of the BC lower mainland, and as a lumber piler in the sawmill camps of the interior. In ...

(born 1946) * Lesley Belleau *

Marlène Belley Marlène Belley (born 1963) is a Canadian poet. She was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec and went on to teach French in Ottawa. Her first collection of poetry ''Les jours sont trop longs pour se mentir'', published in 1995, received the Prix Émile ...

(born 1963), *

John Bemrose John Bemrose is a Canadian arts journalist, novelist, poet and playwright. His arts reviews have appeared in ''Maclean's'', ''The Globe and Mail'', the ''National Post'' and on CBC Radio. Bemrose was born and raised in Paris, Ontario, where his f ...

, arts journalist, novelist, poet, and playwright *

Gwen Benaway Gwen Benaway is Canadian poet and activist. As of October 2019, She was a PhD candidate in the Women & Gender Studies Institute at the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto. Benaway has also written non-fiction for ''The Globe ...

* Roxanna Bennett *

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

(died 2007), poet and writer * Jovette Bernier (1900–1981), Quebec poet, novelist, and journalist * Jean-Philippe Bergeron (born 1978), francophone writer and poet * Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941), author and poet * Navtej Bharati, Indian-born poet and writer in Punjabi and English, publisher of Third Eye Press * Bertrand Bickersteth * Robert Billings (1949–1986), poet and editor *

Earle Birney Earle Alfred Birney (13 May 1904 – 3 September 1995) was a Canadian poet and novelist, who twice won the Governor General's Award, Canada's top literary honour, for his poetry. Life Born in Calgary, Alberta, and raised on a farm in Eri ...

(1904–1995) * Bill Bissett (born 1939) * Cassandra Blanchard *

Mark Blagrave Mark Blagrave (born 1956) is a Canadian writer of plays, short stories, and novels, and a former university professor and administrator. Born in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Blagrave was raised in Southern Ontario and Bermuda before finishing high schoo ...

(born 1956), writer, short-story writer, playwright, poet, and academic *

Robin Blaser Robin Francis Blaser (May 18, 1925 – May 7, 2009) was an author and poet in both the United States and Canada. Personal background Born in Denver, Colorado, Blaser grew up in Idaho, and came to Berkeley, California, in 1944. There he met Jack ...

(1925–2009), author and poet *

Laurie Block Laurie Block (1949–2018) was a Canadian poet and educator. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he studied at the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba. Bibliography *''Governing Bodies'' - poetry, 1988 *''Foreign Graces/Bendiciones Aj ...

(born 1949), poet and educator * E. D. Blodgett (1935–2018), poet, literary critic, and translator * Ali Blythe, poet and editor * Robert Boates (born 1954) *

Christian Bök Christian Bök, FRSC (; born August 10, 1966 in Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian poet known for unusual and experimental works. He is the author of '' Eunoia'', which won the Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize. Life and work He was born "Christian Bo ...

, (born Christian Book 1966), poet and author * Dennis E. Bolen, (born 1953), novelist, journalist and poet *

Stephanie Bolster Stephanie Bolster (born 1969) is a Canadian poet and professor of creative writing at Concordia University, Montreal. History She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (1991) and a Master of Fine Arts (1994) from the University of Br ...

(born 1969), poet and academic *

Shane Book Background Shane Book born in 1970, grew up in Canada and Ghana. Shane Book is a Canadian poet and writer. He is known for his work in contemporary poetry. His poetry often explores themes related to identity, history, and the human experience. ...

Roo Borson Ruth Elizabeth Borson, who writes under the name Roo Borson (born January 20, 1952 in Berkeley, California) is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto. After undergraduate studies at UC Santa Barbara and Goddard College, she received an MFA from th ...

pen name of Ruth Elizabeth Borson (born 1952), American native living in Canada * Hédi Bouraoui (born 1932), Tunisian-born Canadian poet, novelist, and academic *

Arthur Bourinot Arthur Stanley Bourinot, SM (November 3, 1893 – January 17, 1969) was a Canadian lawyer, scholar, and poet. "His carefully researched historical and biographical books and articles on Canadian poets, such as Duncan Campbell Scott, Archib ...

(1893–1969), poet and lawyer *

George Bowering George Harry Bowering, (born December 1, 1935) is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer. He was the first Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. He was born in Penticton, British Columbia, and raised in the nearby town o ...

(born 1935), novelist, poet, historian, and biographer *

Marilyn Bowering Marilyn Bowering (born April 13, 1949) is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright. As well as several adventure novels and many books of poetry, Bowering has also scripted a number of dramatic works and a libretto. Early life Bowering was born i ...

(1949), poet, novelist, and playwright *

Tim Bowling Tim Bowling (born 1964 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Guggenheim winning Canadian novelist and poet. He spent his youth in Ladner, British Columbia, and now lives in Edmonton, Alberta. He has published four novels. He was a judge for the 2 ...

(born 1964), poet and novelist * Alex Boyd (born 1969), poet, fiction writer, critic, essayist, and editor *

Frances Boyle Frances Boyle (born 1954) is a Canadian writer from Ottawa, Ontario. Her debut short story collection ''Seeking Shade'', published in 2020, was nominated for the 2021 ReLit Award for short fiction and the 2021 Danuta Gleed Literary Award.Vicky Qiao ...

* David Bradford *

Kate Braid Kathleen (Kate) Braid (born March 19, 1947) is a Canadian poet. Born in Calgary, Alberta, she was raised in Montreal, Quebec, and graduated from Mount Allison University. Her poems and personal essays have been widely printed and anthologized. Sh ...

(born 1947), poet and teacher * Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (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 of ...

artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer, and short-story writer * Shannon Bramer (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 2017

(born 1953), poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer born and raised in

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before moving to Canada *

Di Brandt Di Brandt (born 31 January 1952) (née Janzen) often stylized as di brandt, is a Canadian poet and scholar from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She became Winnipeg's first Poet Laureate in 2018. Life and career Brandt grew up in Reinland, a Mennonite farmin ...

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 (Jennivien) Diana Brebner (May 20, 1956 – April 29, 2001) was a Canadian poet. She was a recipient of the Archibald Lampman Award. Life Diana Brebner was the eldest daughter of Dutch immigrants and grew up in a suburb of Montreal, Quebec. She w ...

(1956–2001) *

Brian Brett Brian Brett (born 28 April 1950) is a Canadian poet, journalist, editor and novelist.Brian Brett< ...

(born 1950), poet and novelist *

Elizabeth Brewster Elizabeth Winifred Brewster, (26 August 1922 – 26 December 2012) was a Canadian poet, author, and academic. Biography Born in the logging village of Chipman, New Brunswick, Brewster was the youngest of Frederick John and Ethel May (Day) ...

(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 Eleme ...

(born 1946), poet, typographer, and author *

Eve Brodlique Eve Brodlique Summers (, Brodlique; pen names, Willice Wharton, Peg Woffington, Evelyn; 1867 – 10 October 1949) was a British-born Canadian/American author and journalist. One of the best-known newspaper women on the Continent, she filled ever ...

(1867–1949), poet, author, journalist *

David Bromige David Mansfield Bromige (October 22, 1933 – June 3, 2009) was a Canadians, Canadian-American poet who resided in northern California from 1962 onward. Bromige published thirty books, many so different from one another as to appear to be t ...

(1933–2009), Canadian poet living in the United States since 1962 *

Nicole Brossard Nicole Brossard (born November 27, 1943) is a leading French-Canadian formalist poet and novelist. Her work is known for exploration of feminist themes and for challenging masculine-oriented language and points of view in French literature. Sh ...

(born 1943), francophone poet and novelist * Audrey Alexandra Brown (1904–1998) * Ronnie R. Brown (born 1946), United States-born living in Canada for most of her adult life * Colin Browne *

Charles Tory Bruce Charles Tory Bruce (May 11, 1906 - December 19, 1971) was a Canadian poet, journalist and fiction writer.

(1906–1971), poet, journalist and fiction writer *

Julie Bruck Julie Bruck is a Canadian- American poet who won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry in 2012 for her collection ''Monkey Ranch''.Ann Ireland"The Cloven Lychee Nut: Poems & Interview with Julie Bruck" ''Numéro Cinq'', October ...

* Robert Budde (born 1966), poet, novelist, and academic * Suzanne Buffam *

April Bulmer April Bulmer (born 1963) is a Canadian poet whose poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies, including Arc, the Malahat Review, Quills, and Ascent Aspirations.

(born 1963) *

Murdoch Burnett Murdoch Maclean Burnett (9 October 1953 – 20 September 2015) was a Canadian poet, performance artist, editor, and community activist. Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Murdoch Burnett was the seventh of eleven children born to Pat and Jim ...

(1953–2015), poet, performance artist, editor, and community activist * Mick Burrs (1940–2021) *

Aaron Bushkowsky Aaron Bushkowsky (born 1957 in Winnipeg, Manitoba)Aaron Bushkowsky
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(born 1957) * Arthur de Bussières (1877–1913)

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* Charmaine Cadeau * Alison Calder (born 1969), poet and academic * Frank Oliver Call (1878–1956) *

Barry Callaghan Barry Morley Joseph Callaghan (born July 5, 1937) is a Canadian author, poet and anthologist. He is currently the editor-in-chief of ''Exile'' Quarterly. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he is the son of late Canadian novelist and short story write ...

(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 (born 1967), poet, scholar, and songwriter * Anne Cameron (born 1938), novelist, poet, screenwriter, and short-story writer *

George Frederick Cameron George Frederick Cameron (24 September 1854 – 17 September 1885) was a Canadian poet, lawyer, and journalist, best known for the libretto for the operetta '' Leo, the Royal Cadet''. Life He was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, the son of Ja ...

(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, and ...

(1858–1918), poet and Anglican clergyman *

Natalee Caple Natalee Caple (born 1970 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian author of novels and poetry who is based at the University of Calgary where she is working on a PhD. As a published author, her latest publication, ''Mackerel Sky'', has enjoyed America ...

(born 1970), novelist and poet * Paul Cargnello (born 1979), Montreal poet, lyricist *

Bliss Carman William Bliss Carman (April 15, 1861 – June 8, 1929) was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years. In Canada, Car ...

(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 Kate Cayley is a Canadian writer and theatre director. She was the artistic director of Stranger TheatreWeyman Chan (born 1963), poet *

Catherine Chandler Catherine M. Chandler (born November 1950) is a Canadian poet and translator, born in Queens, New York City and raised in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, emigrating to Canada in 1971. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Spanish from ...

(born 1950), poet, translator, and academic * William Chapman (1850–1917), poet, journalist, and bureaucrat * Jean Charbonneau (1875–1960), francophone poet who was the primary founder of the Montreal Literary School *

Herménégilde Chiasson Herménégilde Chiasson (born 7 April 1946) is a Canadian poet, playwright and visual artist of Acadian origin. Born in Saint-Simon, New Brunswick, he was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick between 2003 and 2009. He is also curre ...

(born 1946), Acadian poet, playwright, journalist, academic, and the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick * Robert Choquette (1905–1991), novelist, poet, and briefly (1968–1970) a diplomat *

Lesley Choyce Lesley Choyce (born 21 March 1951) (m. Linda Choyce) is a Canadian author of novels, non-fiction, children's books, young adult novels, and poetry. He is the author of more than 100 books for adults, teens and children, and teaches in the Englis ...

(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 Margaret Christakos (born 1962 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto. Life Christakos was born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario. She is a Canadian poet, fiction author, literary essayist and creative writing instructor. Sinc ...

(born 1962), poet and university writing teacher * Evie Christie (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, fa ...

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

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George Elliott Clarke George Elliott Clarke, (born February 12, 1960) is a Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic who served as the Poet Laureate of Toronto from 2012 to 2015 and as the 2016–2017 Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. His work is known larg ...

(born 1960), poet and playwright. *

Wayne Clifford ''For the Australian former professional rugby league footballer, see Wayne Clifford (rugby league).'' Wayne Clifford (born 1944) is a Canadian poet and academic. Early life and education Clifford was born in 1944 in Toronto, Ontario. He e ...

(born 1944) *

Fred Cogswell Fred Cogswell CM (November 8, 1917 – June 20, 2004) was a Canadian poet. Life and career Born in East Centreville, New Brunswick he served overseas in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. A teacher at the age of sixteen, Cogswell gai ...

(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 Victor Coleman (born September 9, 1944) is a Canadian poet. Biography Born in Toronto, Coleman was the first editor at Coach House Books from 1966 until 1975. After his tenure in publishing, he managed the multidisciplinary art centre, A Space ...

Don Coles Donald L. Coles (April 12, 1927 – November 29, 2017) was a Canadian poet and novelist. He won the 1993 Governor General's Award for English poetry for his collection ''Forests of the Medieval World'' and the Trillium Book Award in 2000 for his co ...

(1928–2017), poet, author, and academic * Stephen Collis, 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 ...

(born 1936), poet, anthologist, editor, essayist, and humorist * Daria Colonna * Anne Compton (born 1947), poet, critic, and anthologist * Wayde Compton (born 1972), poet, writer, turntable-based "sound poetry" performer, academic who co-founded Commodore Books, the first black-oriented press in Western Canada * Jan Conn (born 1952), Canadian-born geneticist and poet living in the United States *

Karen Connelly Karen Marie Connelly (born 12 March 1969) is a Canadian travel writer, novelist and poet who has written extensively about her experiences living in Greece, Thailand and Canada. Life and work Connelly was born in Calgary, Alberta. At seventeen, ...

(born 1969), writer and poet * Kevin Connolly (born 1962), poet, writer, and critic * Dennis Cooley (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 Judith Copithorne (born 1939) is a Canadian concrete and visual poet. Life and career Judith Copithorne grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, in an artistic family. She started writing and drawing at an early age and, by the time she attende ...

(born 1939), concrete and visual poet * Paulo da Costa, Canadian-Portuguese author, editor, and translator * Sonia Cotten (born 1974), poet * Maya Cousineau Mollen *

Dani Couture Danielle (Dani) Couture (born 1978) is a Canadians, Canadian poet and novelist.

(born 1978), poet, essayist, critic, and journalist *

Thomas Cowherd Thomas C. Cowherd (March 20, 1817 – April 4, 1907) was a British-born tinsmith and poet, and father to 16 children in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, including James H. Cowherd, the second earliest manufacturer of telephones to Alexander Graham B ...

(1817–1907), tinsmith and poet *

Isabella Valancy Crawford Isabella Valancy Crawford (25 December 1846 – 12 February 1887) was an Irish-born Canadian writer and poet. She was one of the first Canadians to make a living as a freelance writer. "Crawford is increasingly being viewed as Canada's first maj ...

(1850–1887), poet, novelist, and short-story writer *

Octave Crémazie Octave Crémazie (April 16, 1827 – January 16, 1879) was a French Canadian poet and bookseller born in Quebec City. Recognized both during and after his lifetime for his patriotic verse and his significant role in the cultural development of ...

(1827–1879), francophone poet who has been called "the father of French-Canadian poetry" for his patriotic verse *

Lynn Crosbie Lynn Crosbie (born 7 August 1963) is a Canadian poet and novelist. She teaches at the University of Toronto. Life and career Crosbie was born in Montreal, Quebec, and now lives in Toronto, Ontario. She received her PhD in English from the Univer ...

(born 1963), poet and novelist *

Lorna Crozier Lorna Crozier, OC (born 24 May 1948) is a Canadian poet who holds the Head Chair in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria. She has authored fifteen books and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011. She is credited as ...

(born 1948), writes under the name Lorna Uher *

Michael Crummey Michael Crummey (born November 18, 1965) is a Canadian poet and a writer of historical fiction. His writing often draws on the history and landscape of Newfoundland and Labrador. Early life and education Crummey was born in Buchans, Newfoundl ...

(born 1965), poet and writer * Julie Crysler, journalist and poet *

Nancy Jo Cullen Nancy Jo Cullen is a Canadian poet and fiction writer, who won the 2010 Dayne Ogilvie Prize from the Writers' Trust of Canada for an emerging lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender writer.Jen Currin, United States-born poet * Kayla Czaga (born 1989), poet

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Cyril Dabydeen Cyril Dabydeen is a Guyana-born Canadian writer of Indian descent. He grew up in Rose Hall sugar plantation with the sense of Indian indenture rooted in his family background (he lived with his mother and with a grandmother in an extended family of ...

(born 1945), native Guyana poet and writer living in Canada *

Kalli Dakos Kalli Dakos (born June 16, 1950) is a Canadians, Canadian children's poet and teacher. She was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and graduated from Queen's University at Kingston, Queen's University, earning BAH and BEd degrees. Bibliography *1995 ...

(born 1950), children's poet and teacher * Michel Dallaire (1957–2017), novelist and poet *

Mary Dalton Mary Dalton (born 1950) is a Canadians, Canadian poet and educator. Life and career Mary Dalton was born in the parish of Harbour Main, Newfoundland and Labrador. She edited ''Newfoundland Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal'' in 1987 and was ...

, poet and academic * Joseph A. Dandurand, Native American poet, playwright, and archaeologist *

Jean-Paul Daoust Jean-Paul Daoust (born January 30, 1946) is a Canadian poet. He won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 1990 Governor General's Awards for ''Les Cendres bleues''. Life Daoust has published thirty collections of poetry ...

(born 1946), poet * Beverley Daurio (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 1 ...

(born 1940), poet and academic *

Lynn Davies Lynn Davies CBE (born 20 May 1942) is a Welsh former track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He was the 1964 Olympic champion in the event. He was born in Nantymoel near Bridgend and was a member of the Cardiff Amateur Athl ...

(born 1954), poet *

Nicholas Flood Davin Nicholas Flood Davin, KC (January 13, 1840 – October 18, 1901) was a lawyer, journalist and politician, born at Kilfinane, Ireland. The first MP for Assiniboia West (1887–1900), Davin was known as the voice of the North-West. Davin fou ...

(1840–1901), lawyer, journalist, politician, and poet * Tanya Davis, spoken-word poet and musician *

Tom Dawe Tom Dawe, (born October 24, 1940) is a Canadian writer from Newfoundland and Labrador. Life Born in Long Pond, Newfoundland, Dawe has written poetry and children's literature for many years. He is also a visual artist. His work often draws on ...

(born 1940), writer, poet, children's book author, and artist *

Adriana de Barros Adriana Aleixo Pereira de Barros (born 1976) is a Portuguese and Canadian illustrator, web designer, and poet. Since 1999, de Barros has created visual poems that combine various disciplines: writing, designing and drawing, sound editing, and fil ...

(born 1976),

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native who moved to Canada at age 3; illustrator, web designer, and poet *

Sadiqa de Meijer Sadiqa de Meijer is a Canadian poet. Her debut collection, ''Leaving Howe Island'', was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2014 Governor General's AwardsJames Deahl (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, poet, musician and actor *

Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan are a Canadian performance art duo who, since 1989, have collaborated on performances, films, videos, publications and public art projects. Both out lesbians, Dempsey and Millan collaborate most commonly on humo ...

, performance art duo who have collaborated on performances, films, videos, publications, and public art projects since 1989 * Barry Dempster (born 1952), poet and novelist *

Joe Denham Joe Denham is a Canadian poet and fiction writer."Windstorm, by Joe Denham"
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, poet and fiction writer * Michelle Desbarats, poet * Anne-Marie Desmeules, poet *

Christopher Dewdney Christopher Dewdney (born May 9, 1951) is a prize-winning Canadian poet and essayist. His poetry reflects his interest in natural history. His book '' Acquainted with the Night, an investigation into darkness'' was nominated for both the Charles T ...

(born 1951), poet, writer, artist, creative-writing teacher, and writer-in-residence at various universities *

Ann Diamond Ann Diamond is a Canadian poet, short story writer, and novelist. Diamond's poetic tale, ''A Nun's Diary'', was adapted for theatre by Robert LePage and presented in Montreal and Toronto at Theatre Passe Muraille.Jane Koustas. Robert Lepage ...

(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 Mary di Michele (born 6 August 1949) is an Italian-Canadian poet and author.Joseph Pivato. Mary Di Michele: Essays on Her Works'. Guernica Editions; 2007. . p. 206–. She is a professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec where she teach ...

(born 1949), Italian-born, Canadian poet, author, and creative-writing teacher * Adam Dickinson, poet * Robert Dickson (1944–2007), poet, translator, and academic *

Kildare Dobbs Kildare Robert Eric Dobbs (10 October 1923 – 1 April 2013) was a Canadian short story and travel writer. Born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, he was educated in Ireland and later spent 5 years in the Royal Navy during the Second World Wa ...

(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 Magie Dominic (born 1944) is a Canadian poet, author, and artist who was born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Corner Brook, Dominion of Newfoundland, Newfoundland. Her first memoir, ''The Queen of Peace Room'', from Wilfrid Laurier Uni ...

(born 1944), poet and artist *

Jeffery Donaldson Jeffery William Donaldson is a Canadian poet and critic. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Donaldson was educated at Victoria College, University of Toronto. He teaches American literature, poetry, and creative writing and literary criticism in the En ...

, poet and critic * David Donnell (born 1939), poet and writer * Candas Dorsey (born 1952), poet and science fiction novelist *

Clive Doucet Clive Doucet (born 1946) is a Canadian writer and politician. He served as the Ottawa City Councillor for Capital Ward from 1997 to 2010 and ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Ottawa in the 2010 Ottawa municipal election, finishing third with 15 pe ...

(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 forma ...

(1964–2017), songwriter, poet, and musician * Orville Lloyd Douglas (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 William Henry Drummond (April 13, 1854 – April 6, 1907) was an Irish-born Canadian poet whose humorous dialect poems made him "one of the most popular authors in the English-speaking world," and "one of the most widely-read and loved poets" ...

(1854–1907),

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

-born Canadian poet *

Louis Dudek Louis Dudek, (February 6, 1918 – March 23, 2001) was a Canadian poet, academic, and publisher known for his role in defining Modernism in poetry, and for his literary criticism. He was the author of over two dozen books. In ''A Digital Hist ...

(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, poet

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* Evelyn Eaton (1902–1983), novelist, short-story writer, poet, and academic * Vic Elias (1948–2006), American-born, living in Canada from 1979, poet and academic * David Elliott (1923–1999), poet and academic *

Rebecca Elson Rebecca Anne Wood Elson (2 January 1960 – 19 May 1999) was a Canadian–American astronomer and writer. Early life and education Rebecca "Becky" Anne Wood Elson was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Jeanne Bridgman, ''née'' Hickey and John ...

(1960–1999), Canadian-American astronomer, academic writer, and poet *

Crispin Elsted Crispin Elsted is a Canadian poet and publisher."Poet Reads at the ACT". ''Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times'', May 16, 2006. He was born on May 31, 1947, to Dennis and Isabel Elsted. He is the co-founder, with his wife Jan Elsted, of the book-publish ...

* Karen Enns *

Reuben Epp Reuben Epp (March 1 1920 – June 20, 2009) was an author of works in Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German). Early life Epp's parents were Russian Mennonites who emigrated from Russia to Canada, where Epp was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1920 ...

(1920–2009) teacher, school administrator, writer and poet in Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German) * Michael Estok (1939–1989)

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* Margaret Fairley (1885–1968),

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

-born Canadian writer, educator and political activist * Brian Fawcett (1944–2022), poet, novelist, nonfiction author and writer *

Charles Fenerty Charles Fenerty (January 1821 – 10 June 1892), was a Canadian inventor who invented the wood pulp process for papermaking, which was first adapted into the production of newsprint. Fenerty was also a poet (writing over 32 known poems). Early ...

(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 Ferron (born Deborah Foisy on 1 June 1952) is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter and poet. In addition to gaining fame as one of Canada's most respected songwriters, Ferron, who is openly lesbian, became one of the earliest and most influential ...

, born Debby Foisy (1952), folk singer, songwriter and poet * George Fetherling, wrote as "Doug Feathering" or "Douglas Fetherling" until 1999 when he began using his middle name (born 1949),

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

-born poet, novelist, journalist and essayist who moved to Canada at age 18 and became a Canadian citizen * Connie Fife * 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 st ...

* Joan Finnigan (1925–2007), writer, poet, teacher and newspaper reporter *

Jon Paul Fiorentino Jon Paul Fiorentino is a Canadian poet, novelist, short story writer, editor, and professor. Fiorentino was born and raised in the Transcona area of Winnipeg, Manitoba. In his book of poems, ''Resume Drowning'', he wrote that because he has re ...

, poet, novelist, short-story writer, academic and editor of ''Matrix'' magazine *

Judith Fitzgerald Judith Ariana Fitzgerald (11 November 1952 – 25 November 2015) was a Canadian poet and journalist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she attended York University (where she earned her BA and MA; she did her doctoral work at the University of Toronto) ...

(born 1952), poet and journalist * Polly Fleck * Robert Ford (1915–1998), poet, translator and diplomat *

Raymond Fraser Raymond Fraser (May 8, 1941 – October 22, 2018) was a Canadian biographer, editor, essayist, memoirist, novelist, poet and short story writer. Fraser published fourteen books of fiction, three of non-fiction, and eight poetry collections. Fras ...

(born 1941), novelist, poet, biographer, essayist and editor *

Louis-Honoré Fréchette Louis-Honoré Fréchette, (November 16, 1839 – May 31, 1908), was a Canadian poet, politician, playwright, and short story writer. For his prose, he would be the first Quebecois to receive the Prix Montyon from the Académie française, as w ...

(1839–1908), French Canadian poet, politician, playwright and short-story writer * Pauline Fréchette (1889–1943), French Canadian poet, dramatist, journalist, and Catholic nun *

Patrick Friesen Patrick Frank Friesen (born 5 July 1946) is a Canadian author born in Steinbach, Manitoba, primarily known for his poetry and stage plays beginning in the 1970s. Life and career Friesen was born into a Mennonite family in Steinbach, Manitoba ...

(born 1946), poet and university-level creative writing teacher *

Mark Frutkin Mark Frutkin (born January 2, 1948) is a Canadian novelist and poet. He has published ten books of fiction, three books of poetry, as well as two works of non-fiction and a book of essays. In 2022, his novel ''The Artist and the Assassin'' won the ...

(born 1948),

-born novelist and poet who moved to Canada in 1970 as a Vietnam War draft resister

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Rhonda Ganz Rhonda Ganz is a Canadian poet and illustrator from Victoria, British Columbia, whose debut poetry collection ''Frequent, Small Loads of Laundry'' won the 2018 ReLit Award for poetry. It was a finalist for the 2018 City of Victoria Butler Book Pri ...

François-Xavier Garneau François-Xavier Garneau (June 15, 1809 – February 2 or February 3, 1866) was a nineteenth-century French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and liberal who wrote a three-volume history of the French Canadian nation entitled ''Histoire du Cana ...

(1809–1866), French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant, and historian * Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (1912–1943), first modernist French Canadian poet *

Bill Gaston Bill Gaston (born January 14, 1953 in Tacoma, Washington) is a Canadian novelist, playwright and short story writer. Gaston grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Toronto, Ontario, and North Vancouver, British Columbia. Aside from teaching at various univ ...

(born 1953), novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and poet *

Antoine Gérin-Lajoie Antoine Gérin-Lajoie (; August 4, 1824 – August 7, 1882) was a Québécois Canadian attorney, poet and novelist. He was the author of the famous poem "Un Canadien errant" ('A Wandering Canadian'), as well as the novels roman du terroir ''Jea ...

(1824–1882), French Canadian poet and novelist * Marty Gervais (born 1946), poet, photographer, professor, journalist, and publisher of Black Moss Press * Chantal Gibson *

Elsa Gidlow Elsa Gidlow (29 December 1898 – 8 June 1986) was a British-born, Canadian-American poet, freelance journalist, philosopher and humanitarian. She is best known for writing ''On a Grey Thread'' (1923), the first volume of openly lesbian love ...

* Angus Morrison Gidney (1803–1882), educator, poet, and journalist * Gerry Gilbert * Charles Ignace Adélard Gill (1871–1918), painter and poet *

John Glassco John Glassco (December 15, 1909 – January 29, 1981) was a Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist. According to Stephen Scobie, "Glassco will be remembered for his brilliant autobiography, his elegant, classical poems, and for his translations."S ...

(1909–1981), poet, memoirist, and novelist *

Jacques Godbout Jacques Godbout, OC, CQ (born November 27, 1933) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet. By his own admission a bit of a dabbler (''touche-à-tout''), Godbout has become one of the most important wri ...

(born 1933), novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker, and poet *

Gérald Godin Gérald Godin (November 13, 1938 – October 12, 1994) was a Quebec poet and politician. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, he worked as a journalist at '' La Presse'' and other newspapers and magazines. His most important poetry collection, '' ...

(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 pl ...

(1794–1861) *

Leona Gom Leona Gom (born 1946) is a Canadian poet and novelist. Born on an isolated farm in northern Alberta, she received her B.Ed. and M.A. from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She has published six books of poetry and eight novels and has won bo ...

(born 1946), novelist and poet *

Katherine L. Gordon Katherine L. Gordon is a Canadian poet with numerous publications to her credit. She lives and writes in the Eramosa River valley near Guelph, Ontario, and also works as an editor, independent publisher and literary critic. Her work has been pub ...

Phyllis Gotlieb Phyllis Fay Gotlieb (née Bloom; May 25, 1926 July 14, 2009) was a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet. Biography Born of Jewish heritage in Toronto, Gotlieb graduated from the University of Toronto with degrees in literature in 1948 ...

(1926–2009), science fiction novelist and poet * Nora Gould * Susan Goyette (born 1964), poet and novelist * Neile Graham (born 1958), poet and academic *

Alain Grandbois Alain Grandbois, (May 25, 1900 – March 18, 1975) was a Canadian Quebecer poet, considered the first great modern one. Traveling around the world in 1918-1939 and sharing the hopes and problems of contemporary man, his work combined the the ...

(1900–1975), French Canadian poet *

Richard Greene Richard Marius Joseph Greene (25 August 1918 – 1 June 1985) was a noted English film and television actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series '' ...

* 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 Genni Gunn is a Canadian novelist, poet, and translator. Born in Trieste, Italy, she currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. Gunn has a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. from the University of British Columbia. She is chair of Public Lending Rights ...

(born 1949), novelist, poet, and translator * Kristjana Gunnars, Icelandic-Canadian poet and novelist *

Stephen Guppy Stephen Guppy (born February 10, 1951, in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian writer.

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

(born 1954), short-story writer, poet, and photographer *

Jennica Harper Jennica Harper is a Canadian television writer and producer, most noted as a WGC Screenwriting Award winner and two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for her work on the television sitcom '' Jann''. She won the WGC award in 2020 for the episode ...

* Claire Harris (1937–2018) * Michael Harris * Richard Harrison * Paul Hartal (born 1936), painter and poet, born in Hungary * Jill Hartman (born 1974 in poetry), poet and editor * Diana Hartog *

Elisabeth Harvor Erica Elisabeth Arendt Harvor () is a Canadian novelist and poet who lives in Ottawa, Ontario. She was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, where she grew up on the Kingston Peninsula. She enrolled at Concordia University in 1983, receiving an MA ...

(née Deichman) (born 1936), novelist and poet *

Robert Hayman Robert Hayman (14 August 1575 – November 1629) was a poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland. Early life and education Hayman was born in Wolborough near Newton Abbot, Devon, the eldest of nine ch ...

(1575–1629), poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland *

Charles Heavysege Charles Heavysege (May 2, 1816 – July 14, 1876) was a Canadian poet and dramatist. He was one of the earliest poets to publish in Canada. He is known for his critically acclaimed play ''Saul''.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 Hébe ...

(1916–2000), French-Canadian novelist and poet * Wilfrid Heighington (1897–1945), soldier, writer, poet, lawyer, and politician *

Steven Heighton Steven Heighton (August 14, 1961 – April 19, 2022) was a Canadian fiction writer, poet, and singer-songwriter. He is the author of eighteen books, including three short story collections, four novels, and seven poetry collections.

(1961-2022), novelist and poet *

David Helwig David Helwig (April 5, 1938 – October 16, 2018) was a Canadian editor, essayist, memoirist, novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. Life and career Helwig was born in Toronto, Ontario, where he spent his early childhood years. When h ...

(1938–2018), poet, novelist, and essayist; father of

Maggie Helwig Maggie Helwig (born 1961) is a Canadian poet, novelist, social justice activist, and Anglican priest. Academic career Her early education was at Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Kingston, Ontario, graduating in 1979, then at Trent ...

(born 1961), poet, novelist, peace and human rights activist; daughter of

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 w ...

(1887–1987), poet and civil servant * Brian Henderson (born 1948), poet, academic, and editor *

Jason Heroux Jason Heroux (born 1971) is a Canadian poet. He is the third poet laureate of the city of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, a position to which he was appointed in 2018. He is the author of four books of poetry and three novels; his works have been transl ...

(born 1971), third poet laureate of Kingston, Ontario, born in Montreal * Benjamin Hertwig *

Robert Hilles Robert Hilles (born November 13, 1951) is a Canadian poet and novelist. He was born in Kenora, Ontario and grew up at Longbow Lake, Ontario. He left there in 1971 to attend university and later studied at the University of Calgary, earning a ...

(born 1951), poet and novelist * Robert Hogg (1942) * Susan Holbrook * Clive Holden * Norah M. Holland (1876–1925), poet, playwright, journalist, editor *

Nancy Holmes Nancy Holmes (born February 9, 1959) is a Canadian poet and educator. Biography Holmes was born in Edmonton and went to high school in Toronto. She then attended the University of Calgary where she received her MA in English. She has published ...

* Cornelia Hoogland (born 1952), poet and academic *

Hilda Mary Hooke Hilda Mary Hooke (after marriage, Smith; 3 October 1898 – 1978) was an English-born Canadian writer of dramas, poetry, and prose. Her 1938 play, ''Here Will I Nest'' was adapted into Canada's first colour feature-length motion picture, ''Talbot ...

(1898–1978), poet and playwright *

Leah Horlick Leah Horlick is a Canadian poet, who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender writers in 2016. She has published two poetry collections, ''Riot Lung'' (2012) and ''For Your Own Good'' (2015)."Sask. poets tell persona ...

Sean Horlor Sean Horlor (born January 11, 1981) is a Canadian film director, film producer, poet, actor, television producer, columnist and blogger, who co-directs with Steve J. Adams under their production company, Nootka St.Mike Devlin"Victoria native Se ...

(born 1981) poet, former speechwriter, freelance writing consultant * Karen Houle *

Liz Howard Elizabeth Howard (Éilís Níc Iomhair) is an Irish camogie player who was the 27th President of the Camogie Association. Background Howard, from Deerpark, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, is the daughter of Limerick hurler, Garrett Howard ...

* Harry Howith (1934–2014) *

Ray Hsu Ray Hsu was a Canadian professor at the University of British Columbia. His primary research areas are virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. Biography Hsu grew up in Toronto, Ontario. He received an Honours B.A. and an M.A. ...

, poet and academic * David Huebert *

Helen Humphreys Helen Humphreys (born March 29, 1961) is a Canadian poet and novelist. Personal life Humphreys was born in Kingston-on-Thames, England. Her brother Martin and sister Cathy were born after the family moved to Canada. She now lives in Kingsto ...

(born 1961), poet and novelist * Al Hunter poet, author, tribal leader, and activist *

Aislinn Hunter Aislinn Hunter (born 1969 in Belleville, Ontario) is a Canadian poetry and fiction author. She studied art history and writing at the University of Victoria where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Her Master of Fine Arts degree ...

(born 1969), poet and author * Bruce Hunter (born 1952), teacher, poet, fiction writer, and lifewriter * Catherine Hunter (born 1957), poet, novelist, editor, academic, and critic * Chris Hutchinson (born 1972) * Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816–1891), Canadian and

Australian Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal A ...

poet, fiction writer, essayist, and artist *

Maureen Hynes Maureen Hynes is a Canadian poet."Poets in Profile: Maureen Hynes"
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(born 1948), poet

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* Susan Ioannou (born 1944) * Doyali Islam *

Frances Itani Frances Susan Itani, née Hill (born August 25, 1942) is a Canadian fiction writer, poet and essayist. She is a Member of the Order of Canada. Biography Itani was born in Belleville, Ontario,Suzanne Jacob (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 ...

(born 1976), actress, writer and activist *

Paulette Jiles Paulette Jiles (aka Paulette K. Jiles, Paulette Jiles-Johnson) (born 4 April 1943) is an American poet, memoirist, and novelist. Personal life Paulette Kay Jiles was born in 1943 in Salem, Missouri. She attended college at the University of ...

(born 1943), American-born poet and novelist who moved to Canada in 1969 *

Rita Joe Rita Joe, (born Rita Bernard; March 15, 1932 – March 20, 2007) was a Mi'kmaq poet and songwriter, often referred to as the Poet Laureate of the Mi'kmaq people. Biography Rita was born March 15, 1932 in Whycocomagh, Cape Breton Island, N ...

(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 northe ...

-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 language, Mohawk stage name ''Tekahionwake'' (pronounced ''dageh-eeon-wageh'', ), was a Canadians, Canadian poet, author, and performer who was popular in the lat ...

, also known as "Tekahionwake" (1861–1913) * Jim Johnstone * D. G. Jones (1929–2016), poet, translator, and educator *

El Jones El Jones is a poet, journalist, professor and activist living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was Halifax's Poet Laureate from 2013 to 2015. Biography She was born in Wales and grew up in Winnipeg. Her book, ''Live From the Afrikan Resistance!'' ...

, poet and activist * Julie Joosten *

Clifton Joseph Clifton Joseph is a Canadian dub poet."Scat, rap, soca, soul, a dub poet sings it all". ''Toronto Star'', April 5, 1988. He is most noted for his 1989 album ''Oral/Trans/Missions'', from which the song "Chuckie Prophesy" was a shortlisted Juno Awar ...

* Eve Joseph (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 and English. She has published a dozen books. Life After rec ...

, poet, dramatist, short-story writer, and translator who writes in both Punjabi and English * Smaro Kamboureli, poet and academic * Donna Kane *

Adeena Karasick Adeena Karasick (born June 1, 1965) is a Canadian poet, performance artist, and essayist. Born in Winnipeg of Russian Jewish heritage, she has authored several books of poetry and poetic theory, as well as a series of parodic videopoems, such as ...

, poet and academic *

Rupi Kaur Rupi Kaur (born 4 October 1992) is a Canadian poet, illustrator, photographer, and author. Born in Punjab, India, Kaur emigrated to Canada at a young age with her family. She began performing poetry in 2009 and rose to fame on Instagram, eventua ...

, poet and illustrator * Lionel Kearns (born 1937), poet and teacher *

Diane Keating Diane Keating is a Canadian writer. She is most noted for her poetry collection ''No Birds or Flowers'', which was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1982 Governor General's Awards. She publ ...

Kaie Kellough Kaie Kellough (born 1975) is a Canadians, Canadian poet and novelist. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, raised in Calgary, Alberta, and in 1998 moved to Montreal, Quebec, where he lives. Writing Kellough has published three books of p ...

* M. T. Kelly (born 1946), novelist, poet, and playwright. *

Penn Kemp Patricia Penn Anne Kemp (born 1944), better known simply as Penn Kemp, is a Canadians, 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 lau ...

, novelist, playwright, poet and

sound poet Sound poetry is an artistic form bridging literacy and musical composition, in which the phonetic aspects of human speech are foregrounded instead of more conventional semantic and syntax, syntactic values; "verse without words". By definition, sou ...

Leo Kennedy John Leo Kennedy (August 22, 1907 – 2000) was a Canadian poet and critic, who in the 1920s and 1930s was a member of the Montreal Group of modernist poets. ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' says of him that "Kennedy helped change the direction o ...

(1907–2000), modernist poet, published in the 1930s *

Robert Kirkland Kernighan Robert Kirkland Kernighan (25 April 1854 – 3 November 1926) was a Canadian poet, journalist, and farmer. Born at Rushdale Farm, Rockton, Ontario, he apprenticed as a journalist on the ''Hamilton Spectator'' staff. In about 1876, the paper pri ...

(1854–1926), poet, journalist, and farmer *

Roy Kiyooka Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (January 18, 1926January 8, 1994) was a Canadian painter, poet, photographer, arts teacher, and multi-media artist. Biography A Nisei, or a second generation Japanese Canadian, Roy Kenzie Kiyooka was born in Moose Jaw, Saska ...

(1926–1994), photographer, poet, and artist *

Barbara Klar Barbara Klar (born 1966 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian poet, who won the Gerald Lampert Award in 1994 for her poetry collection ''The Night You Called Me a Shadow''.Heather Hodgson, ''Saskatchewan Writers: Lives Past and Present''. Cana ...

Johann Peter Klassen Johann Peter Klassen (1868–1947) was a Russian Mennonite poet and writer who emigrated to Canada in 1923 but wrote primarily in the German language. He was born 27 May 1868 (O.S. 15 May) in Neu-Schönwiese near Alexandrovsk (Zaporizhia) Ukraine ( ...

(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 **Ge ...

Sarah Klassen Sarah Klassen (born 1932) is an award-winning Canadian writer living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Klassen's first volume of poetry, ''Journey to Yalta'', was awarded the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award in 1989. Klassen is the recipient of Canadian Autho ...

(born 1932), poet and fiction writer * A. M. Klein (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 Shane L. Koyczan , born 22 May 1976, is a Canadian spoken word poet, writer, and member of the group Tons of Fun University. He is known for writing about issues like bullying, cancer, death, and eating disorders. He is most famous for the an ...

(born 1976),

poet *

Robert Kroetsch Robert Paul Kroetsch (June 26, 1927 – June 21, 2011)

(born 1927)), novelist, poet, non-fiction writer, and academic * Aaron Kreuter *

Janice Kulyk Keefer Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 2 June 1952) is a Canadian novelist and poet. Of Ukrainian heritage, Kulyk Keefer often writes about the experiences of first-generation Canadian children of immigrants. Biography She was born as Janice Kulyk on 2 June ...

(born 1952), novelist, poet, and academic

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* Kama La Mackerel *

Sonnet L'Abbé Sonnet L'Abbé, is a Canadian poet, editor, professor and critic. As a poet, L'Abbé writes about national identity, race, gender and language. Career L'Abbé has a PhD in English literature from the University of British Columbia, a master's d ...

, poet and critic *

Pierre Labrie Pierre Labrie (born 23 April 1972) is a French-speaking Quebecer, Québécois poet, born at Mont-Joli, Quebec. He now lives in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Trois-Rivières. Very involved in the social and cultural milieu of the region, he was preside ...

(born 1972), French Canadian poet * Edward A. Lacey * Ben Ladouceur * Chloé LaDuchesse *

Dany Laferrière Dany Laferrière (born Windsor Kléber Laferrière, 13 April 1953) is a Haitian-Canadian novelist and journalist who writes in French. He was elected to seat 2 of the Académie française on 12 December 2013, and inducted in May 2015. Life Bo ...

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

Catherine Lalonde Catherine Lalonde (born 1974) is a Quebec poet and journalist. She was born in Montreal and studied theatre and contemporary dance. At the age of 16, she published her first collection of poems ''Jeux de brume''. She has worked in media and commun ...

(born 1974), French Canadian poet and journalist * Archibald Lampman (1861–1899) * Tim Lander (born 1938) * Patrick Lane (1939–2019) * M. Travis Lane (born 1934),

-born Canadian poet who moved to Canada in 1960 *

Rina Lasnier Rina Lasnier, (6 August 1915 – 9 May 1997) was a Québécois poet. Born in St-Grégoire d'Iberville- Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, she attended Collège Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Université de Montréal. Although she was the author o ...

(1915–1997), French Canadian poet and playwright *

Evelyn Lau Evelyn Lau (; born July 2, 1971) is a Canadian poet and novelist. Biography Evelyn Lau was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on July 2, 1971 to Chinese-Canadian parents from Hong Kong, who intended for her to become a doctor. Her parents' am ...

(born 1971), poet and novelist *

Edythe Morahan de Lauzon Edythe Morahan de Lauzon was a Canadian poet. She is possibly best known for her poem collection ''Angels' Songs from the Golden City of the Blessed'' published in 1918 and ''From The Kingdom Of The Stars'' in 1922. Inspired by the First World War ...

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 Georgette Leblanc (8 February 1869, Rouen – 27 October 1941, Le Cannet) was a French operatic soprano, actress, author, and the sister of novelist Maurice Leblanc. She became particularly associated with the works of Jules Massenet and w ...

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 Moncton ...

(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 posth ...

(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 John Busteed Lee (born 1951) is a Canadian author and poet who is Poet Laureate of Brantford, Ontario. He has received more than 60 prestigious international awards for poetry. Biography Early life Born in Highgate, Ontario, Lee was rais ...

(born 1951), author, poet, and academic * Lily Alice Lefevre (1854–1938) *

Sylvia Legris Sylvia Legris (born 1960) is a Canadian poet. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she now lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She has published four volumes of poetry, the third of which, ''Nerve Squall'', won the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize and Pat L ...

(born 1960) * John Lent (1948–2006), poet and novelist *

Douglas LePan Douglas Valentine LePan (25 May 1914 – 27 November 1998) was a Canadian diplomat, poet, novelist and professor of literature. Life Born in Toronto, Ontario, LePan was educated at the University of Toronto, at Harvard (where he also tau ...

(1914–1998), diplomat, poet, novelist, and academic * Alex Leslie * Lilian Leveridge (1879–1953), poet, short story writer, and non-fiction writer * Katherine Leyton * Tess Liem * Tim Lilburn (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 of ...

(born 1944–1997), poet and historian *

Dorothy Livesay Dorothy Kathleen May Livesay, (October 12, 1909 – December 29, 1996) was a Canadian poet who twice won the Governor General's Award in the 1940s, and was "senior woman writer in Canada" during the 1970s and 1980s.Mathews, R.D.. "Dorothy L ...

(1909–1996) * Billie Livingston (born 1965), novelist and poet *

Douglas Lochhead Douglas Grant Lochhead (pronounced ''Lock''-heed) FRSC (March 25, 1922 – March 15, 2011) was a Canadian poet, academic librarian, bibliographer and university professor who published more than 30 collections of poetry over five decades, from 19 ...

(1922–2011), poet, librarian, and academic * Jennifer LoveGrove *

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 ...

(1935–1975) *

Laura Lush Laura Lush (born 1959) is a Canadian poet and short story writer. She is most noted for her 1992 poetry book ''Hometown'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1992 Governor General's ...

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 (born 1962), poet, short-story writer, novelist, playwright, academic, and psychotherapist; South African living in Canada *

Annick MacAskill Annick MacAskill is a Canada, Canadian poet from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, who won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2022 Governor General's Awards for her collection ''Shadow Blight''.Deborah Dundas" ...

* Kathy Mac * Karen Mac Cormack (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 Steven McCaffery (born January 24, 1947) is a Canadian poet and scholar who was a professor at York University. He currently holds the David Gray Chair at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. McCaffery was born in Sheffie ...

* Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922), poet, children's literature, short story writer and essayist *

Hugh MacDonald Hugh John Macdonald (born 31 January 1940 in Newbury, Berkshire) is an English musicologist chiefly known for his work within the music of the 19th century, especially in France. He has been general editor of the ''Hector Berlioz: New Edition of ...

(born 1945), poet, children's writer and editor *

Wilson MacDonald Wilson Pugsley MacDonald (May 5, 1880 – April 8, 1967) was a popular Canadian poet who "was known mainly in his own time for his considerable platform abilities" as a reader of his poetry. By reading fees, and by selling his books at readings, ...

(1880–1967) *

Gwendolyn MacEwen Gwendolyn Margaret MacEwen (1 September 1941 – 29 November 1987) was a Canadian poet and novelist.Gwendoly ...

(1941–1987), novelist and poet * Walter Scott MacFarlane (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, poet and novelist *

Jay Macpherson Jean Jay Macpherson (June 13, 1931 – March 21, 2012) was a Canadian lyric poet and scholar. '' The Encyclopædia Britannica'' calls her "a member of 'the mythopoeic school of poetry,' who expressed serious religious and philosophical themes in ...

(born 13 June 1931), poet and academic (a woman)* *

Keith Maillard Keith Maillard (born 28 February 1942 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is a Canadian-American novelist, poet, and professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia. He moved to Canada in 1970 (due to his opposition to the Vietnam ...

(born 28 February 1942), author and poet * Charles Mair (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, w ...

(born 1950), novelist, poet, playwright, and translator *

Alice Major Alice Major is a Canadian poet, writer, and essayist, who served as poet laureate of Edmonton, Alberta. She has published 12 collections of poetry and a collection of essays on poetry and science. Her work has received multiple awards, most rece ...

, contemporary poet * Kim Maltman (born 1951), poet and physicist (a man) *

Donato Mancini Donato Mancini is a Canadian poet.

Eli Mandel Eli Mandel (December 3, 1922 – September 3, 1992) was a Canadian poet, editor of many Canadian anthologies, and literary academic. Biography Eli Mandel died in relative obscurity. A series of strokes had left him unable to write and, as a r ...

(1922–1992), poet, essayist, and academic *

Ahdri Zhina Mandiela Ahdri Zhina Mandiela (born May 10, 1953) is a Toronto-based dub poet, theatre producer, and artistic director. She has gained worldwide acclaim for her books, music recordings, film, theatre and dance productions.

(born 1953), Jamaican-born dub poet, theatre producer, and artistic director; Jamaican native living in Canada *

David Manicom David Alton Manicom (born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian diplomat, civil servant, poet and novelist. Biography Manicom was born in Ingersoll, Ontario, and lived there until he attended the University of Toronto and McGill University in Montreal. ...

(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 tr ...

(born 1950), Native American poet and author * Blaine Marchand *

Nicole Markotic Nicole Markotić is a Canadian poet and novelist who lives in Windsor, Ontario. She teaches creative writing at the University of Windsor. Markotic specializes in the subjects of Canadian literature, poetry, children's literature, disability in ...

, 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 Columbia, ...

, née Buckle (born 1942) * Tom Marshall (1938–1993), Canadian poet and novelist * Émile Martel * Garth Martens * Camille Martin (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, Jaspe ...

(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 Seymour Mayne (born 1944 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian author, editor, or translator of more than seventy books and monographs. As he has written about the Jewish Canadian poets, his work is recognizable by its emphasis on the human dimension, ...

(born 1944), poet and literary translator * Micheline Maylor (born 1970), poet and academic * Chandra Mayor (born 1973), poet and novelist * Robert McBride (1811/1812–1895),

-born Canadian poet *

Steven McCabe Steven McCabe is a Kansas City, Missouri-born American-Canadian visual artist and poet. He is the author of five books of poetry, most recently ''Hierarchy of Loss'' (Ekstasis Editions 2007). He recently illustrated a children's book of ''Vict ...

, contemporary artist and poet *

(born 1947), poet and academic born in England and moved to Toronto in 1968; husband of poet Karen MacCormack *

Julia McCarthy Julia McCarthy (1964-2021) was a Canadian poet.

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. in E ...

(born 1947), poet and academic * Alma Frances McCollum (1879–1906), poet and composer *

Kathleen McCracken Kathleen McCracken (born 1960 in Markdale, Ontario, Markdale, Ontario) is a Canadians, Canadian poet, who was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1992 Governor General's Awards for her collecti ...

John McCrae Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I, and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. He is best known for writing the ...

(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 and f ...

''. * 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, poet and novelist * David McGimpsey, poet, humorist, and academic * Nadine McInnis (born 1956), poet, short-story writer and essayist * James McIntyre (1828–1906), called The Cheese Poet * Don McKay (born 1942) poet editor and educator * Barry McKinnon (born 1944) * Brendan McLeod (born 1979), poet novelist, member of The Fugitives. *

Emily Julian McManus Emily Julian McManus (December 30, 1865 – September 21, 1918) was a Canadian poet, author, and educator. In addition to a number of poems, some of which were reproduced in the collection of George William Ross, and some by William Douw Lighthall ...

(1865-1918), poet, author, and educator * Susan McMaster (born 1950), poet literary editor and

performer * Eugene McNamara (1930–2016), poet, author and teacher * Steve McOrmond (born 1957), poet and academic * Mary Melfi (born 1951),

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

-born poet novelist, and playwright who immigrated to Canada as a young child * Joshua Mensch * Iman Mersal (born 1966), Egyptian-born Egyptian/Canadian poet and professor of Arabic literature * Bruce Meyer (born 1957), poet and academic * Shayne Michael *

Anne Michaels Anne Michaels (born 15 April 1958) is a Canadian poet and novelist whose work has been translated and published in over 45 countries. Her books have garnered dozens of international awards including the Orange Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, t ...

(born 1958) poet and novelist *

Pauline Michel Pauline Michel (born 1944 in Asbestos, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist, poet, playwright, songwriter and screenwriter. Michel has a Bachelor of Education from the Université de Sherbrooke as well a teaching certificate from École normale Margu ...

novelist, poet, playwright, songwriter and screenwriter * Marianne Micros *

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 Kenneth George Mills (January 25, 1923 – October 8, 2004) was a Canadian metaphysical/philosophical speaker and author. An exponent of the oral tradition, he gave spontaneous lectures and poetry for over 37 years. At the same time, he became not ...

(1923–2004) *

Roswell George Mills Roswell George Mills (1896 - 1966) was a Canadian journalist, poet and magazine publisher. A friend and colleague of poet Elsa Gidlow, he is the first known gay man in Canadian history whose life and sexual orientation is attested through biograph ...

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''. She ...

(1874–1942), primarily an author, but also a poet from Prince Edward Island * Marion E. Moodie (1867–1958), nurse, botanist, and poet *

Susanna Moodie Susanna Moodie (born Strickland; 6 December 1803 – 8 April 1885) was an English-born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, which was a British colony at the time. Biography Susanna Moodie was born in Bungay, ...

(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 a ...

(born 1983) * Pamela Mordecai (born 1942), Jamaican writer, teacher, scholar, and poet living in Canada since 1994 *

Pierre Morency Pierre Morency, (born 8 May 1942) is a French Canadian writer, poet and playwright. Life Born in Lauzon, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Collège de Lévis in 1963 and a teaching diploma from the Université Laval in 196 ...

(born 1942), French Canadian writer, poet, and playwright *

Dwayne Morgan Dwayne Morgan is a Canadian spoken word artist, motivational speaker and event organizer based in Toronto, Ontario. Morgan began his career as a spoken word artist in 1993. He is the founder of Up From The Roots Entertainment, which was estab ...

spoken word artist, 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, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...

and '' Bakka'' Magazine *

Kim Morrissey Janice Dales ''aka'' Kim Morrissey is a Canadian poet and playwright who lives in London, England. Many of her works examine the role of women in nineteenth century culture, re-imagining the lives of historical figures. She is also part of the Co ...

(born 1955), poet and playwright *

Colin Morton Colin Morton (born 1948) is a Canadian poet. Personal life Morton was born in Toronto, Ontario, but grew up in Calgary, Alberta and has worked as a teacher and editor. His poetry and fiction have appeared in ''Descant'', ''The Fiddlehead'', ''A ...

(born 1948) *

A. F. Moritz Albert Frank Moritz (born April 15, 1947) is a United States-born Canadian poet, teacher, and scholar. Born in Niles, Ohio, Moritz was educated at Marquette University. Since 1975, he has made his home in Toronto, Ontario where he has worked vari ...

(born 1947), poet and academic * Garry Thomas Morse *

Daniel David Moses Daniel David Moses (February 18, 1952 - July 13, 2020) was a First Nations poet and playwright from Canada. Moses was born in Ohsweken, Ontario, and raised on a farm on the Six Nations of the Grand River near Brantford, Ontario, Canada.Colin Bo ...

(born 1952), Native American Canadian poet and playwright *

Erín Moure Erín Moure (born 1955 in Calgary, Alberta) Erín Moure is a Canadian poet and translator with 18 books of poetry, a coauthored book of poetry, a volume of essays, a book of articles on translation, a poetics, and two memoirs; she has translated ...

(born 1955) * Jane Munro (born 1943) *

Sachiko Murakami Sachiko Murakami (born 1980) is a Canadian poet."Renga renaissance rolling out in poetic perfection". ''The Province'', August 2, 2012. She is most noted for her 2008 collection ''The Invisibility Exhibit'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the ...

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-Canadian poet, writer and

gasworks A gasworks or gas house is an industrial plant for the production of flammable gas. Many of these have been made redundant in the developed world by the use of natural gas, though they are still used for storage space. Early gasworks Coal ...

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 n ...

(born 1951), poet and children's writer

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* Akhtar Naraghi * André Narbonne * Roger Nash (born 1942),

-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 Lorri Neilsen Glenn is a Canadians, Canadian poet, ethnographer, and essayist. Born and raised on the Prairies, she moved to Nova Scotia in 1983. Neilsen Glenn is the author and editor of several books of creative nonfiction, poetry, literacy, ethno ...

, poet, ethnographer, essayist, and academic *

Émile Nelligan Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 – November 18, 1941) was a Canadian Symbolist poet from Montreal who wrote in French. Even though he stopped writing poetry after being institutionalized at the age of 19, Nelligan remains an iconic figure ...

(1879–1941), francophone poet from Quebec * Holly Nelson, writer, poet, activist, journalist, leader of the Green Party of Manitoba (2005–2006) *

Pierre Nepveu Pierre Nepveu (born 16 September 1946 in Montreal, Quebec) is a French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist. As a scholar, he specializes in modern Quebec poetry, in particular the work of Gaston Miron. He taught at the French Studies Departm ...

(born 1946), French Canadian poet, novelist, and essayist *

W. H. New William Herbert New (born March 28, 1938) is a Canadian poet and literary critic. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was educated at John Oliver Secondary School, where he received one of the top matriculation exam scores in British Columbi ...

(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 Cecily Nicholson is a Canadians, Canadian poet, arts administrator, independent curator, and activist. Originally from Ontario, she is now based in British Columbia. As a writer and a poet, Nicholson has published collections of poetry, contribut ...

Emilia Nielsen Emilia Nielsen is a Canadians, Canadian writer and academic. An associate professor in the faculty of social sciences at York University, she has published both poetry and academic literature on the sociological aspects of health and disability. I ...

* 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 * Tolu Oloruntoba * Sheree-Lee Olson, 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 P ...

(born 1943), Sri Lankan novelist and poet with Canadian citizenship *

Heather O'Neill Heather O'Neill (born 1973) is a Canadian novelist, poet, short story writer, screenwriter and journalist, who published her debut novel, '' Lullabies for Little Criminals'', in 2006. The novel was subsequently selected for the 2007 edition of ' ...

, novelist, poet, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist *

Gabriel Osson Gabriel Osson is a Haitian-Canadian writer and broadcaster, whose novel ''Le jour se lèvera'' won the Prix Alain-Thomas from the Salon du livre de Toronto in 2021.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 G ...

(born 1930) *

Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska (born May 27, 1930) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.Quebec Since 1930'. James Lorimer & Company; 1991. . p. 579–. Early life and education Ouellette-Michalska was born in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Quebec. ...

(born 1930), French-Canadian writer, novelist, essayist, and poet *

Richard Outram Richard Daley Outram (April 9, 1930 – January 21, 2005) was a Canadian poet. Often regarded as a poet's poet, he wrote eleven commercially published books of poetry in addition to the many collections of poetry and prose published under the imp ...

(1930–2005), poet and writer; co-founder with his wife, Barbara Howard, of The Gauntlet Press * Catherine Owen, poet and musician

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* Susan Paddon *

P. K. Page Patricia Kathleen Page, (23 November 1916 – 14 January 2010) was a British-born Canadian poet,Peter ScowenP.K. Page dies at age 93 ''The Globe and Mail'', 14 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010. though the citation as she was inducted as a ...

(1916–2010) * Corrado Paina (born 1954), Italian poet living in Canada since 1987, editorial director of the quarterly magazine ''ItalyCanada Trade'' * Arleen Paré * Fawn Parker * Lisa Pasold * 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 Philip Kevin Paul is a Canadian poet. His debut collection ''Taking the Names Down from the Hill'' won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2004, and his second collection ''Little Hunger'' was a shortlisted nominee for the 2009 ReLit Award for po ...

* Amy Parkinson (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 Soraya Peerbaye is a Canadians, Canadian writer."Pulled punches". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 30, 2001. She was a shortlisted nominee for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2010 for her poetry collection ''Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarcti ...

* W. T. Pfefferle, 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-au- ...

M. NourbeSe Philip Marlene Nourbese Philip (born 3 February 1947), usually credited as M. NourbeSe Philip, is a Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, essayist and short story writer. Life and works Born in the Caribbean in Woodlands, Moriah, Trinidad and Tobago, W ...

(born 1947), poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, and short-story writer * Ben Phillips (born 1947), poet, teacher, and publisher *

Alison Pick Alison Pick (born 1975) is a Canadian writer. She is most noted for her Booker Prize-nominated novel ''Far to Go'', and was a winner of the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award for most promising writer in Canada under 35. Life and career Alison Pick ...

, poet and novelist *

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (born April 21, 1975, in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a U.S. /Canadian poet, writer, educator and social activist. Their writing and performance art focuses on documenting the stories of queer and trans people of ...

(born 1975), American-born poet, spoken-word poet, writer, educator, and social activist living in Canada *

Jean-Guy Pilon Jean-Guy Pilon, (12 November 1930 – 27 April 2021Sarah Pinder * George Pirie (1799–1870), newspaper publisher and poet *

Al Pittman Al Pittman (April 11, 1940 – August 26, 2001) was a Canadian writer and teacher from Newfoundland. Life and work Born in St. Leonard's, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Pittman grew up in Corner Brook. He moved to Montreal in 1964 where he began w ...

(1940–2001), poet and playwright *

Michel Pleau Michel Pleau (born May 25, 1964)Pleau, Michel
L'infocentre litteraire des écrivains qué ...

* Emily Pohl-Weary, novelist, poet, and magazine editor *

Craig Poile Craig Poile is a Canadian poet, who won the Archibald Lampman Award in 2010 for his collection ''True Concessions''.

* Laurent Poliquin (born 1975), French Canadian poet and academic * Sandy Pool *

Joël Pourbaix Joël Pourbaix (born June 2, 1958) is a Canadian poet. He won the Governor General's Award for French language poetry at the 2015 Governor General's Awards for his collection ''Le mal du pays est un art oublié''. Life He has reported for Radi ...

* B. W. Powe (born 1955), author, poet, and academic *

Claire Pratt Mildred Claire Pratt (18 March 1921 – 5 April 1995) was a Canadian artist, poet and editor who published her work as Claire Pratt. Biography Pratt was born in Toronto, Ontario on March 18, 1921, the only daughter of Viola Whitney, an editor ...

(1921–1995), artist, poet, and editor; daughter of writer and editor Viola Whitney and

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

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

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war poet A war poet is a poet who participates in a war and writes about their experiences, or a non-combatant who writes poems about war. While the term is applied especially to those who served during the First World War, the term can be applied to a p ...

of World War I * Robert Priest (born 1951), poet and children's author * Stefan Psenak (born 1969), French Canadian poet, playwright, and novelist *

Al Purdy Alfred Wellington Purdy (December 30, 1918 – April 21, 2000) was a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet. Purdy's writing career spanned fifty-six years. His works include thirty-nine books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four b ...

(1918–2000), writer, editor, and poet

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* Andy Quan (born 1969), author who moved to Australia * Marion Quednau * Joseph Quesnel (1746–1809), French Canadian composer, poet, and playwright * Sina Queyras, poet and academic

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*Kenneth Radu *Gurcharan Rampuri poet of Punjabi descent who writes in the Punjabi language *Theodore Harding Rand (1835–1900), educator and poet *Ian Iqbal Rashid (born 1971), Canadian/English poetry, British Muslim poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker of Indian descent; has lived primarily in London *Angela Rawlings (a.k.a. a.rawlings) *James Reaney (1926–2008), poet, playwright, and literary critic *Michael Redhill (born 1966),

-born Canadian poet, playwright, and novelist *Beatrice Redpath (1886–1937), poet and short story writer *D. C. Reid (born 1952), poet, novelist, and short-story writer *Jamie Reid (Canadian poet), Jamie Reid (1941–2015) *Shane Rhodes *Robin Richardson (writer), Robin Richardson *Lisa Richter (born ), poet, winner of the 2020 (U.S.) National Jewish Book Award for poetry *Charles G.D. Roberts (1860–1943), poet and prose writer; called the "Father of Canadian Poetry" for his influence on other poets *Lisa Robertson (poet), Lisa Robertson (born 1961), poet, essayist, and writer *Matt Robinson (poet), Matt Robinson (born 1974) *Ajmer Rode, poet, playwright, and writer in Punjabi and English *Gordon Rodgers (born 1952), poet, novelist, and clinical psychologist *Carmen Rodríguez (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 First Nations poet * Linda Rogers (born 1944), poet and children's writer * Joe Rosenblatt (1933–2019), Governor General's Awards, Governor General's Award-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 (born 1894), imagist poet of the 1920s and 1930s, has been called "Canada's first modern poet" * Annie Rothwell (1837–1927), writer of paeans to colonial forces during the North-West Rebellion and other British Empire, imperial wars, she was known among contemporary critics mainly as a

. * Nancy-Gay Rotstein * Stephen Rowe (poet), Stephen Rowe (born 1980) * André Roy (writer), André Roy

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*Lake Sagaris (born 1956), journalist, poet, and translator living in Chile *Rodney Saint-Éloi *Trish Salah, 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),

-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), English poetry, 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),

-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,

-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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