SF Canada was founded as an authors collective circa 1989 under the title Canada’s National Association of Speculative Fiction Professionals. Several Canadian science fiction authors have made public claim to be "founding members" of the organization, notably

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 ...

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

Karl Schroeder Karl Schroeder () (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian science fiction author and a professional futurist. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality, and interstellar travel, a ...

and Yves Meynard, but documentation from this early period is sparse, apart from the self-report of the participants on their official websites. SF Canada in its present form was Incorporated by Letters Patent with the Government of Canada on Sept. 21, 1992 with three signatories,

, Michael Skeet and Diane Walton, with the stated goals to: "foster a sense of community among Canadian writers of speculative fiction, improve communication between Canadian writers of speculative fiction through such means as the publication of a regular newsletter, foster the growth of quality writing in Canadian speculative fiction, carry out lobbying activities on behalf of Canadian writers of speculative fiction, encourage the translation of Canadian speculative fiction, and to promote positive social action." (copied from the original document held on file by the Royal Bank of Canada.) The complete Bylaws of the corporation are publicly available in both Canadian languages on the official website of the Association. Presidents of SF Canada in order of succession have been:

, Jean-Louis Trudel, Hugh Spencer, Mark Shainblum,

, Derryl Murphy, Colleen Anderson, Edward Willett, Steve Stanton, Peter Halasz, Ann Dulhanty, Lynda Williams, Ira Nayman, Robert Dawson, Arinn Dembo, and Margaret Curelas. During the tenure of Steve Stanton from 2011 to 2014, SF Canada awarded cash prizes in support of the

Prix Aurora Award The Aurora Awards (french: Prix Aurora-Boréal) are a set of primarily literary awards given annually for the best Canadian science fiction or fantasy professional and fan works and achievements from the previous year."Literary glow of Auroras lur ...

and Aurora-Boréal Award, initially $500 increasing in 2013 to $1,000 each to the winners of the Best Novel in English and le Meilleur Roman en Français. SF Canada Award Winners May 15, 2011, Montréal:

Héloïse Côté Héloïse Côté (born 1979) is a Québécoise author of fantasy novels and a researcher in the sciences of education. Biography Héloïse Côté began studying in 1998 for a Bachelor of Science in Education at Laval University in Quebec. Rat ...

for ''La Tueuse de dragons'' Nov. 20, 2011, Toronto:

Robert J. Sawyer Robert James Sawyer (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 24 novels published and his short fiction has appeared in ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'', ''Amazing Stories'', '' On Spec'', ''Nature'', and numerou ...

May 6, 2012, Quebec: Éric Gauthier Aug. 11, 2012, Calgary:

May 5, 2013, Montréal: Ariane Gélinas Oct. 6, 2013, Ottawa:

Tanya Huff Tanya Sue Huff (born 1957) is a Canadian fantasy author. Her stories have been published since the late 1980s, including five fantasy series and one science fiction series. One of these, her '' Blood Books'' series, featuring detective Vicki Ne ...

May 3, 2014, Quebec: Sébastien Chartrand and Ariane Gélinas (split Award) Oct. 4, 2014, Vancouver:

Julie Czerneda Julie E. Czerneda (born April 11, 1955) is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. She has written many novels, including four Aurora Award for Best Novel winners (''In the Company of Others'', ''A Turn of Light'', ''A Play of Shadow'', an ...

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* {{Official website, http://www.sfcanada.org Canadian writers' organizations