List of Canadian poets

This is a list of Canadian poets. Years link to corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles.

A

 * 1) Mark Abley (born 1955), Quebec
 * 2) Milton Acorn (1923-1986), Prince Edward Island
 * 3) Mary Electa Adams (1823-1898),  (aunt of Helena Coleman)
 * 4) Gil Adamson, novelist, poet, short-story writer (a woman)
 * 5) Marie-Celie Agnant (born 1953), Haitian-born novelist, poet, and writer of children's books
 * 6) Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (born 1965), Native American writer and poet, founder of Kegedonce Press.
 * 7) John Akpata, writer. poet, musician, politician
 * 8) Donald Alarie (born 1945), writer, poet and teacher
 * 9) Edna Alford (born 1947), editor, author and poet who co-founded the magazine Dandelion
 * 10) Sandra Alland (born 1973), Scottish-Canadian writer, multimedia artist, bookseller, and perfomer.
 * 11) Donna Allard, editor and poet and activist
 * 12) Lillian Allen (born 1951), dub poet
 * 13) Henry Alline (1748-1784), New Brunswick
 * 14) William Talbot Allison (1874-1941), Manitoba
 * 15) Bert Almon (born 1943), Alberta
 * 16) Anne-Marie Alonzo (1951-2005), playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher, born in Egypt.
 * 17) George Amabile (born 1936)
 * 18) Mary Frances Ames (1853-1929), Canada
 * 19) Marguerite Andersen (born 1924), German-born, primarily francophone writer, academic and editor
 * 20) James Anderson (1842-1923), British Columbia
 * 21) Patrick Anderson (1915-1979), English-born Canadian poet and academic
 * 22) Robert T. Anderson (1880-1960)
 * 23) Rod Anderson (born 1935), poet, musician and accountant
 * 24) Michael Andre (born 1946), poet, critic and editor living in the United States
 * 25) Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948), British Columbia
 * 26) David Arnason (born 1940), Manitoba
 * 27) Joanne Arnott (born 1960), Metis writer
 * 28) Isidore G. Ascher (1835-1933), Quebec / England
 * 29) Margaret Atwood (born 1939), poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist and activist
 * 30) Margaret Avison (born 1918-2007)

B

 * 1) Lisa B political spoken word poet who has published chapbooks
 * 2) Ken Babstock
 * 3) Alfred Bailey (1905-1997), New Brunswick
 * 4) Jacob Bailey (1731-1808), Nova Scotia
 * 5) Chris Banks (born 1970)
 * 6) Kaushalya Bannerji, native of India
 * 7) Frances Bannerman (1855-1940)
 * 8) Gertrude Bartlett (1876-1942)
 * 9) John Barton (born 1957)
 * 10) Gary Barwin (born 1964), author, composer, children's writer and poet
 * 11) Jalal Barzanji (born 1953), Kurdish poet and writer living in Canada since 1998
 * 12) Shaunt Basmajian (1950-1990), poet and author
 * 13) Nancy Bauer (born 1934), New Brunswick, wife of William Bauer
 * 14) William Bauer (1932-2010), New Brunswick, husband of Nancy Bauer
 * 15) Doug Beardsley (born 1941), poet and academic
 * 16) Derek Beaulieu (born 1973) poet, publisher and anthologist.
 * 17) Henry Beissel (born 1929), poet, author, writer and editor
 * 18) Ken Belford (born 1946), British Columbia
 * 19) John Bemrose (born 1947), arts journalist, novelist, poet and playwright
 * 20) John Wilson Bengough (1851-1923), Ontario
 * 21) Robbie Benoit (died 2007), poet and writer
 * 22) Mary Josephine Benson (1887-1965)
 * 23) Jean-Philippe Bergeron, francophone writer and poet
 * 24) Craven Langstroth Betts (1853-1941)
 * 25) Navtej Bharati, Punjabi-language poet living in Canada, publisher of Third Eye Press.
 * 26) Robert Billings (1949-1986), poet and editor
 * 27) Earle Birney (1904-1995)
 * 28) bill bissett (born 1939)
 * 29) Grace Blackburn (1865-1926)
 * 30) Robin Blaser (1925-2009), Canada / United States
 * 31) Jean Blewett (1872-1934), Ontario
 * 32) Laurie Block (born 1949), Manitoba
 * 33) E.D. Blodgett (born 1935), poet, literary critic, and translator
 * 34) Robert Boates (born 1954)
 * 35) Christian Bok, born "Christian Book" (born 1966), poet and author
 * 36) Stephanie Bolster (born 1969), poet and academic
 * 37) Roo Borson (born 1952), pen name of Ruth Elizabeth Borson
 * 38) Michael Boughn (born 1946)
 * 39) Arthur Bourinot (1893-1969), poet and lawyer
 * 40) George Bowering (born 1935), novelist, poet, historian, and biographer
 * 41) Marilyn Bowering (born 1949), poet, novelist and playwright
 * 42) Tim Bowling (born 1964), poet and novelist
 * 43) Louise Morey Bowman (1881-1944)
 * 44) Alex Boyd (born 1969), poet, fiction writer, critic, essayist and editor
 * 45) Beverley Bie Brahic
 * 46) Kate Braid (born1947), poet and teacher
 * 47) Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (1963-2008), novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer and short-story writer
 * 48) Shannon Bramer (born 1973), poet and teacher
 * 49) Dionne Brand (born 1953), Ontario (born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago)
 * 50) Di Brandt (born 1952), poet and literary critic
 * 51) Jacques Brault (born 1933), French Canadian poet and translator
 * 52) Diana Brebner (1956-2001), Ontario
 * 53) Brian Brett (born 1950), British Columbia
 * 54) Elizabeth Brewster (born 1922), New Brunswick
 * 55) Robert Bringhurst (born 1946), British Columbia
 * 56) David Bromige (1933-2009), Canadian poet living in the United States since 1962
 * 57) Bertram Brooker (1888-1955)
 * 58) Nicole Brossard (born 1943), francophone poet and novelist
 * 59) Audrey Alexandra Brown (1904-1998)
 * 60) Ronnie R. Brown (born 1946), American native living in Canada
 * 61) Rob Budde (born 1966), poet, novelist and academic
 * 62) Suzanne Buffam (born 1972)
 * 63) April Bulmer (born 1963)
 * 64) Johnny Burke (1851-1930), Newfoundland
 * 65) Mick Burrs (born 1940), Saskatchewan

C

 * 1) Stephen Cain (born 1970), Ontario
 * 2) Alison Calder, poet and academic
 * 3) Frank Oliver Call (1878-1956), Quebec
 * 4) Barry Callaghan (born 1937), author and poet; son of the author Morley Callaghan
 * 5) Anne Cameron (born 1938), novelist, poet, screenwriter and short story writer
 * 6) George Frederick Cameron (1854-1885), Nova Scotia
 * 7) William Wilfred Campbell (1858-1918), Ontario
 * 8) Natalee Caple (born 1970), novelist and poet
 * 9) Paul Cargnello (born 1979), Quebec
 * 10) Bliss Carman (1861-1929), New Brunswick
 * 11) J.D. Carpenter (born 1948), Ontario
 * 12) Anne Carson (born 1950), poet, essayist, translator, and academic
 * 13) William Chapman (1850-1917), French-Canadian poet, journalist and bureaucrat
 * 14) Jean Charbonneau (1875-1960), francophone poet who was the primary founder of the Montreal Literary School
 * 15) Robert Choquette (1905-1991), novelist, poet and, briefly, (1968-1970) a diplomat
 * 16) Lesley Choyce (born 1951), novelist, writer, children's book writer, poet
 * 17) Margaret Christakos (born 1962), poet and university writing teacher
 * 18) Evie Christie (born 1979)
 * 19) Dave Clark, musician who published a book of poetry
 * 20) George Elliott Clarke (born 1960), poet and playwright.
 * 21) Wayne Clifford (born 1944)
 * 22) Fred Cogswell (1917-2004), New Brunswick
 * 23) Leonard Cohen (1934), Quebec
 * 24) Matt Cohen (1942-1999), Ontario
 * 25) Helena Coleman (1860-1953), Ontario (neice of Mary Electa Adams
 * 26) Don Coles (born 1928), poet, author and academic
 * 27) W.E. Collin (1893-1984), poet and critic
 * 28) John Robert Colombo (born 1936), poet, anthologist, editor, essayist, and humorist
 * 29) Anne Compton (born 1947), poet, critic, and anthologist
 * 30) Wayde Compton (born 1972),"sound poetry" performer, co-founded Commodore Books, the first black-oriented press in Western Canada
 * 31) Confederation Poets (1890-1914)
 * 32) Jan Conn (born 1952), geneticist and poet living in the United States
 * 33) Karen Connelly (born 1969), writer and poet
 * 34) Kevin Connolly (born 1962)
 * 35) Edmund Vance Cooke (1886-1932), the "Poet laureate of childhood"
 * 36) Dennis Cooley (born 1944), poet and academic
 * 37) Afua Cooper (born 1957), Jamaican-born historian and dub poet
 * 38) Paulo da Costa Canadian-Portuguese author, editor and translator
 * 39) Dani Couture (born 1978), poet, essayist, critic and journalist
 * 40) Thomas Cowherd (1817-1907), Ontario
 * 41) Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850-1887), Ontario
 * 42) Octave Cremazie (1827-1879), called "the father of French-Canadian poetry" for his patriotic verse
 * 43) Lynn Crosbie (born 1963), poet and novelist
 * 44) Lorna Crozier began writing under the name "Lorna Uher" (born 1948)
 * 45) Michael Crummey (born 1965), poet and writer.
 * 46) Julie Crysler, journalist and poet
 * 47) jwcurry, John Curry (born 1959), poet, publisher and bookseller
 * 48) Jen Currin (born 1972), from Oregon, lives in Vancouver.
 * 49) Sarah Anne Curzon (1833-1898), wrote verse dramas, famous for Laura Secord.

D

 * 1) Cyril Dabydeen (born 1945), native Guyana poet and writer living in Canada
 * 2) Christopher Dafoe (born 1936), Manitoba
 * 3) Kalli Dakos (born 1950), children's poet and teacher
 * 4) Annie Charlotte Dalton (1865-1938), British Columbia
 * 5) Mary Dalton, Newfoundland
 * 6) George J. Dance (born 1953), Ontario
 * 7) Joseph A. Dandurand, Native American poet, playwright, and archaeologist
 * 8) Beverley Daurio (born 1953), Ontario
 * 9) Frank Davey (born 1940), poet and academic
 * 10) Nicholas Flood Davin (1840-1901), lawyer, journalist, politician and poet
 * 11) Tanya Davis, Nova Scotia, spoken word poet and musician
 * 12) Tom Dawe (born 1940), Newfoundland
 * 13) Adriana de Barros (born 1976), Portuguese native who moved to Canada at age 3; illustrator, web designer and poet
 * 14) James Deahl (born 1945), poet, academic and publisher of Unfinished Monument Press; founding member of the Canadian Poetry Association
 * 15) Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, performance art duo who have collaborated on performances, films, videos, publications and public art projects since 1989
 * 16) Barry Dempster (born 1952), poet and novelist
 * 17) Michelle Desbarats
 * 18) Edward Hartley Dewart (1828-1903), Ontario
 * 19) Christopher Dewdney (born 1951), poet, writer, artist, creative writing teacher and writer in residence at various universities
 * 20) Ann Diamond (born 1951), an award-winning Montreal poet, novelist and short-story writer
 * 21) Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (born 1949), Italian-born, Canadian poet and priest
 * 22) Mary di Michele (born 1949), Italian-born, Canadian poet, author and creative writing teacher
 * 23) Robert Dickson (1944-2007), poet, translator and academic.
 * 24) Desi Di Nardo (born 1972), Ontario
 * 25) Kildare Dobbs (born 1923), Ontario
 * 26) Jeramy Dodds (born 1974)
 * 27) James B. Dollard (1872-1946), "Father Dollard"
 * 28) Don Domanski (born 1950)
 * 29) Magie Dominic (born 1944), poet and artist
 * 30) Jeffery Donaldson (born 1960), Ontario
 * 31) David Donnell (born 1939), Ontario
 * 32) Candas Jane Dorsey (born 1952), Alberta
 * 33) Clive Doucet (born 1946), writer poet, and politician
 * 34) Gordon Downie (born 1964), song writer, poet and musician
 * 35) Orville Lloyd Douglas (born 1976), poet and writer
 * 36) Gwladys Downes (botn 1915), British Columbia
 * 37) Gordon Downie (born 1964), Tragically Hip poet
 * 38) William Henry Drummond (1854-1907) Irish-born Canadian poet
 * 39) Louis Dudek (1918-2001) poet, literary critic and publisher
 * 40) Marilyn Dumont (born 1955)
 * 41) Douglas Leader Durkin (1884-1967), Manitoba
 * 42) Paul Dutton (born 1947), sound poet and essayist.

E

 * 1) Arthur Wentworth Eaton (1849-1947), Nova Scotia
 * 2) Evelyn Eaton (1902-1983), novelist, short-story writer, poet and academic
 * 3) Pelham Edgar (1871-1948), Ontario
 * 4) Vic Elias (1948-2006), American-born, living in Canada from 1979, poet and academic
 * 5) Ronda Eller (born 1965), Ontario
 * 6) David Elliott (1923-1999), poet and academic
 * 7) Rebecca Elson (1960-1999), Canadian-American astronomer, academic writer and poet
 * 8) Reuben Epp (born 1920) teacher, school administrator, writer and poet in Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German)
 * 9) R.G. Everson (1903-1992), Quebec

F

 * 1) Chris Faiers (born 1948), librarian, poet and publisher of Unfinished Monument Press.
 * 2) Margaret Fairley (1885-1968), English-born Canadian writer, educator and political activist
 * 3) Dorothy Farmiloe (born 1920)
 * 4) Brian Fawcett (born 1944), poet, novelist, nonfiction author and writer
 * 5) Charles Fenerty (c.1821-1882), Nova Scotia
 * 6) Jesse Patrick Ferguson, poet and singer-songwriter.
 * 7) Ferron, (born Debby Foisy, 1952), folk singer, songwriter and poet
 * 8) Douglas George Fetherling (born 1949), American-born poet, novelist, journalist and essayist who moved to Canada at age 18 and became a Canadian citizen
 * 9) Marya Fiamengo (born 1926), British Columbia
 * 10) Robert Finch (1900-1995), poet and academic whose area of expertise was French poetry
 * 11) Joan Finnigan (1925-2007), writer, poet, teacher and newspaper reporter
 * 12) Jon Paul Fiorentino, poet, novelist, short-story writer, academic and editor of Matrix magazine
 * 13) Judith Fitzgerald (born 1952), poet and journalist
 * 14) Robert Ford (1915-1998), poet, translator and diplomat
 * 15) Alexander Louis Fraser (1870-1954), Nova Scotia
 * 16) David Fraser, writer, poet, ski instructor, teacher, editor
 * 17) Raymond Fraser (born 1941), novelist, poet, biographer, essayist and editor
 * 18) Louis-Honoré Fréchette (1839-1908), French Canadian poet, politician, playwright and short-story writer
 * 19) Patrick Friesen (born 1946), poet and university-level creative writing teacher
 * 20) Mark Frutkin (born 1948), American-born novelist and poet who moved to Canada in 1970 as a Vietnam War draft resister

G

 * 1) Radovan Gajic (born 1953), native Yugoslavian Serb living in Canada since 1985
 * 2) Keith Garebian (born 1943), critic, editor, biographer, and poet
 * 3) Francois-Xavier Garneau (1809-1866), French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and historian
 * 4) Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (1912-1943), first modernist French Canadian poet
 * 5) Bill Gaston (born 1953), novelist, playwright, short-story writer and poet
 * 6) Gary Geddes (born 1940), British Columbia
 * 7) Antoine Gerin-Lajoie (1824-1882), French Canadian poet and novelist
 * 8) Marty Gervais (born 1946), Ontario, publisher of Black Moss Press
 * 9) Robert Gibbs (born 1930), New Brunswick.
 * 10) Angus Morrison Gidney (1803-1882), Nova Scotia
 * 11) Charles Ignace Adelard Gill (1871-1918), painter and poet
 * 12) John Glassco (1909-1981), Quebec
 * 13) Susan Glickman (born 1953), Ontario
 * 14) Michael Gnarowski (born 1934), Ontario
 * 15) Jacques Godbout (born 1933), novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet
 * 16) Gerald Godin (1938-1994), French Canadian poet and politician
 * 17) Oliver Goldsmith (1794-1861)
 * 18) Leona Gom (born 1946), novelist and poet\
 * 19) Alfred Gordon (1888-1959), Quebec
 * 20) Katherine L. Gordon, Ontario
 * 21) Phyllis Gotlieb (1926-2009), science fiction novelist and poet
 * 22) Sue Goyette (born 1964), poet and novelist
 * 23) Neile Graham (born 1958), poet and academic
 * 24) Alain Grandbois (1900-1975), French Canadian poet
 * 25) Richard Greene (born 1961)
 * 26) Leslie Greentree, Alberta.
 * 27) Eldon Grier (1917-2001)
 * 28) Andreas Gripp (born 1964)
 * 29) Ralph Gustafson (1909-1995), poet and academic
 * 30) Genni Gunn (born 1949), novelist, poet, and translator
 * 31) Gregory Wm. Gunn
 * 32) Kristjana Gunnars, Icelandic-Canadian poet, translator, and novelist
 * 33) Jason Guriel
 * 34) Ralph Gustafson (1909-1995)

H

 * 1) Paul Haines (1933-2003), poet and jazz lyricist, born in the United States and later a Canadian resident
 * 2) Katherine Hale (1878-1956), war poet, biographer of Isabella Valancy Crawford
 * 3) Phil Hall (born 1953), poet, academic and publisher of broadsides and chapboooks under the Flat Singles Press imprint since 1976
 * 4) Ronald Hambleton (born 1917), poet and freelance writer.
 * 5) Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954), short-story writer, poet and photographer
 * 6) Claire Harris (born 1937)
 * 7) Michael Harris
 * 8) Sharon Harris (born 1972), writer, poet, artist and photographer
 * 9) Richard Harrison
 * 10) Susan Frances Harrison (1859-1935), Ontario, wrote as "Seranus."
 * 11) Paul Hartal (born 1936), painter and poet, born Hungary
 * 12) Jill Hartman (born 1974), poet and editor
 * 13) Elisabeth Harvor (born 1936) (nee Deichman), novelist and poet
 * 14) Robert Hayman (1575-1629), poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland
 * 15) Caroline Hayward (fl. 1855), Ontario
 * 16) Charles Heavysege (1816-1876), first Canadian dramatist to attract international notice.
 * 17) Anne Hébert (1916-2000), French-Canadian novelist and poet.
 * 18) Anne Hecht (fl. 1786), New Brunswick
 * 19) Wilfrid Heighington (1897-1945), soldier, writer, poet lawyer and politician
 * 20) Steven Heighton (born 1961), novelist and poet
 * 21) David Helwig (born 1938), poet, novelist and essayist; father of Maggie Helwig
 * 22) Maggie Helwig (born 1961), poet, novelist, peace and human rights activist; daughter of David Helwig
 * 23) Brian Henderson (born 1948), poet, academic and editor
 * 24) Sophia Almon Hensley (1856-1946), Nova Scotia
 * 25) John Frederic Herbin (1860-1923), Nova Scotia
 * 26) Robert Hilles (born 1951), poet and novelist
 * 27) Daryl Hine (1936-2012)
 * 28) Susan Holbrook (born 1967), Ontario
 * 29) Clive Holden
 * 30) Norah M. Holland (1876-1925), Ontario
 * 31) Emily Holton
 * 32) Cornelia Hoogland (born 1952), poet and academic
 * 33) Sean Horlor (born 1981) poet, former speechwriter, freelance writing consultant
 * 34) Joseph Howe (1804-1873), journalist, politician, premier of Nova Scotia
 * 35) Harry Howith (born 1934)
 * 36) Ray Hsu (born 1978), poet and academic
 * 37) Annie Campbell Huestis (1878-1970)
 * 38) Helen Humphreys (born 1961), poet and novelist
 * 39) Al Hunter poet, author, tribal leader, activist
 * 40) Aislinn Hunter (born 1969), poet and author
 * 41) Bruce Hunter (born 1952), teacher, poet and fiction writer
 * 42) Catherine Hunter (born 1957), poet, novelist, editor, academic and critic
 * 43) Chris Hutchinson (born 1972)
 * 44) Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816-1891), Canadian and Australian poet, fiction writer, essayist, and artist

I

 * 1) Susan Ioannou (born 1944)
 * 2) Frances Itani (born 1942), novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist

J

 * 1) Suzanne Jacob (born 1943), novelist, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, and critic
 * 2) Jemeni (born 1976)
 * 3) Paulette Jiles (born 1943), American-born poet and novelist who moved to Canada in 1969
 * 4) Rita Joe (1932-2007), Mi'kmaq-Canadian poet and songwriter, called the "poet laureate of the Mi'kmaq people"
 * 5) Reg Johanson (born 1968), composition and literature instructor, poet and essayist
 * 6) Pauline Johnson, also known as "Tekahionwake" (1861-1913)
 * 7) George Johnston (1913-2004), postwar modernist.
 * 8) George Jonas (born 1935), Hungarian-born columnist.
 * 9) D.G. Jones (born 1929), poet, translator and educator
 * 10) Evan Jones, poet, critic and anthologist
 * 11) Eve Joseph (born 1953), poet and author
 * 12) Marie Joussaye (?1864-1949), Canada's first female working-class poet.

K

 * 1) Surjeet Kalsey (born 1944), British Columbia; Punjabi and English
 * 2) Smaro Kamboureli, poet and academic
 * 3) Mary Jane Katzmann (1828-1890), Nova Scotia
 * 4) Lionel Kearns (born 1937), poet and teacher
 * 5) Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 1952)
 * 6) W.J. Keith (born 1934), Ontario.
 * 7) M.T. Kelly (born 1949), Ontario.
 * 8) Penn Kemp (born 1944), Ontario
 * 9) Leo Kennedy (1907-2000), Quebec
 * 10) Robert Kirkland Kernighan (1854-1926), Ontario
 * 11) William Kirby (1817-1906), Ontario
 * 12) Roy Kiyooka (1926-1994), photographer, poet and artist
 * 13) Johann Peter Klassen (1868-1947), Russian Mennonite poet and writer who immigrated to Canada in 1923 and wrote primarily in German
 * 14) Sarah Klassen (born 1932), Manitoba
 * 15) A.M. Klein (1909-1972), Quebec
 * 16) Raymond Knister (1899-1932), Ontario
 * 17) Joy Kogawa (born 1935), poet and novelist
 * 18) Maka Kotto (born 1961), Cameroon-born francophone, former Member of Parliament who published a book of poetry in 2002
 * 19) Shane Koyczan (born 1976),
 * 20) Robert Kroetsch (born 1927)), Alberta
 * 21) Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 1952), novelist, poet and academic

L

 * 1) Sonnet L'Abbé, poet and critic
 * 2) Pierre Labrie (born 1972), French Canadian poet
 * 3) Dany Laferriere (born 1953), Haitian-born francophone novelist, journalist and poet who moved to Canada in 1976
 * 4) Archibald Lampman (1861-1899), often called Canada's best 19th-century poet.
 * 5) Tim Lander (born 1938), British Columbia
 * 6) M. Travis Lane (born 1934), New Brunswick
 * 7) Patrick Lane (born 1939), British Columbia
 * 8) Rina Lasnier (1915-1997), French Canadian poet and playwright
 * 9) Evelyn Lau (born 1971), British Columbia
 * 10) Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (fl.1918-1922}, Quebec
 * 11) Irving Layton (1912-2006), Quebec
 * 12) Stephen Leacock (1869-1944), Ontario
 * 13) Gerald Leblanc(1947-2005), French Canadian poet, playwright, novelist, essayist and writer
 * 14) Felix Leclerc (1914-1988), songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, actor, radio announcer, radio scriptwriter and writer
 * 15) Dennis Lee (born 1939), Ontario
 * 16) John B. Lee (born 1951), Ontario
 * 17) Sylvia Legris (born 1960), Saskatchewan
 * 18) John Lent (born 1948), poet and novelist
 * 19) Douglas LePan (1914-1998), diplomat, poet, novelist and academic
 * 20) Rosanna Leprohon (1829-1879), Quebec
 * 21) Kenneth Leslie (1892-1974), Nova Scotia
 * 22) William Douw Lighthall (1857-1954), Quebec
 * 23) Tim Lilburn (born 1950), poet and essayist
 * 24) Charles Lillard (1944-1997), poet and historian
 * 25) Michael Lista (born 1983), poet, editor, and columnist
 * 26) Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996)
 * 27) Florence Randal Livesay (1874-1953)
 * 28) Billie Livingston (born 1965)
 * 29) Stuart Livingston (1865-1923), Ontario
 * 30) Douglas Lochhead (1922-2011), poet and academic
 * 31) John Daniel Logan (1869-1929)
 * 32) Pat Lowther (1935-1975)
 * 33) Laura Lush (born 1959)

M

 * 1) Rozena Maart (born 1962), Ontario / South Africa
 * 2) Evan MacColl (1898-1898), Ontario / Scotland
 * 3) Karen Mac Cormack (born 1956), Canada / United States, wife of Steve McCaffery
 * 4) Bernell MacDonald (born 1948), Prince Edward Island / Ontario
 * 5) Goodridge MacDonald (1897-1967), son of Jane Elizabeth MacDonald
 * 6) Hugh MacDonald (born 1945), Prince Edward Island
 * 7) Jane Elizabeth MacDonald (1864-1922), sister of Charles G.D. Roberts
 * 8) Wilson MacDonald (1880-1967)
 * 9) Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941-1987), Ontario
 * 10) Walter Scott MacFarlane (1896-1979), Nova Scotia
 * 11) Agnes Maule Machar {1837-1927), Ontario
 * 12) Tom MacInnes (1867-1951), British Columbia
 * 13) Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (1875-1928)
 * 14) Bob MacKenzie (born 1947)
 * 15) George A. Mackenzie (1849-1936), Ontario
 * 16) Andrea MacPherson (born 1976), British Columbia
 * 17) Jay Macpherson (born 1931), Ontario
 * 18) Keith Maillard (born 1942), British Columbia
 * 19) Charles Mair (1838 or 1840-1927)
 * 20) Alice Major, Alberta
 * 21) Robert Majzels (born 1950), Quebec / Alberta
 * 22) Kim Maltman (born 1950), Ontario
 * 23) Eli Mandel (1922-1992), Saskatchewan, husband of Miriam Mandel
 * 24) Miriam Mandel (1930-1982), Saskatchewan, first wife of Eli Mandel
 * 25) Ahdri Zhina Mandiela (born 1953)
 * 26) David Manicom (born 1960), Quebec
 * 27) Lee Maracle (born 1950)
 * 28) Nicole Markotic
 * 29) Daphne Marlatt (born 1942)
 * 30) Anne Marriott (1913-1997), British Columbia
 * 31) Tom Marshall (1938-1993), Canadian poet and novelist
 * 32) Camille Martin (born 1956)
 * 33) Robin Mathews (born 1931), British Columbia
 * 34) Seymour Mayne (born 1944), poet and literary translator
 * 35) Chandra Mayor (born in 1973), Manitoba
 * 36) Peter McArthur (1866-1924)
 * 37) Robert McBride (1811 or 1812-1895), Irish-born Canadian poet
 * 38) Steven McCabe (born 1949)
 * 39) Steve McCaffery (born 1947), England/Canada/United States; husband of Karen Mac Cormack
 * 40) Alma Frances McCollum (1879-1906), Ontario
 * 41) John McCrae (1872-1918), Ontario
 * 42) Laura E. McCully (1886-1924)
 * 43) Roy McDonald (born 1937), Ontario
 * 44) David McFadden (born 11 October 1940), poet, fiction writer, and travel writer
 * 45) Wendy McGrath, poet and novelist
 * 46) David McGimpsey (born 1962), poet, humorist and academic
 * 47) Nadine McInnis (born 1957), Ontario
 * 48) James McIntyre (1828-1906), Ontario
 * 49) Don McKay (born 1942), poet, editor, and educator
 * 50) Barry McKinnon (born 1944), Brtish Columbia
 * 51) Alexander McLachlan (1817-1896), Ontario
 * 52) Brendan McLeod (born 1979), British Columbia
 * 53) Susan McMaster (born 1950), Ontario
 * 54) Eugene McNamara (born 1930), Ontario
 * 55) Steve McOrmond (born 1957)
 * 56) Mary Melfi (born 1951), Quebec
 * 57) Helen M. Merrill (1866-1951)
 * 58) Bruce Meyer (born 1957), poet and academic
 * 59) Pauline Michel (born 1944), Quebec, French
 * 60) Anne Michaels (born 1958), poet and novelist
 * 61) J. Edgar Middleton (1872-1960)
 * 62) Roy Miki (born 1942), poet and academic
 * 63) J. Lewis Milligan (1876-1961)
 * 64) David Mills (1831-1903)
 * 65) Kenneth G. Mills (1923-2004)
 * 66) Gaston Miron (1928-1996), French Canadian poet, writer, and editor
 * 67) Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942), Prince Edward Island / Ontario.
 * 68) Marion E. Moodie (1867-1958), nurse, botanist and poet
 * 69) Susanna Moodie (1803-1885), Ontario
 * 70) Jacob McArthur Mooney (born 1983)
 * 71) Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (fl.1918-1922}
 * 72) Pamela Mordecai (born 1942), Canada / Jamaica
 * 73) Pierre Morency (born 1942), French Canadian writer, poet and playwright
 * 74) Dwayne Morgan (born 1974), Ontario
 * 75) A.F. Moritz (born 1947), poet and academic
 * 76) Kim Morrissey (born 1955), poet and playwright
 * 77) Colin Morton (born 1948), Ontario
 * 78) Daniel David Moses (born 1952), Ontario
 * 79) Erin Mouré (born 1955)
 * 80) William Murdoch (1823-1887), Scottish-Canadian poet, writer and gasworks manager who immigrated to Canada in 1854
 * 81) George Murray (born 1971), Newfoundland and Labrador
 * 82) Susan Musgrave (born 1951), poet and children's writer
 * 83) Jane Musoke-Nteyafas (born 1976), Ontario

N

 * 1) Akhtar Naraghi, Quebec
 * 2) Roger Nash (born 1942), Ontario
 * 3) Lyle Neff (born 1969), British Columbia
 * 4) Lorri Nielsen Glenn, Nova Scotia
 * 5) Émile Nelligan (1879-1941), francophone poet from Quebec
 * 6) Holly Nelson, Manitoba
 * 7) Pierre Nepveu (born 1946), French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist
 * 8) W.H. New (born 1938), British Columbia
 * 9) John Newlove (1938-2003)
 * 10) Lorri Neilsen Glenn, poet, ethnographer and essayist
 * 11) bpNichol Barrie Phillip Nichol, who often went by his lower-case initials and last name, with no spaces (1944-1988), poet and writer
 * 12) Robert Norwood (1874-1932), poet and minister.
 * 13) Alden Nowlan (1933-1983), poet, novelist, playwright and journalist

O
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 * 1) Patrick O'Connell (1944-2005)
 * 2) Jonathan Odell (1737-1818), New Brunswick
 * 3) Standish O'Grady (fl. 1793-1841), Quebec
 * 4) Thomas O'Hagan (1855-1939), Ontario
 * 5) Sheree-Lee Olson, novelist, poet and journalist
 * 6) Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), Ontario
 * 7) Heather O'Neill, novelist, poet, short story writer, screenwriter and journalist
 * 8) Martha Ostenso (1900-1963), Manitoba
 * 9) Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska (born 1930), French-Canadian writer, novelist, essayist and poet
 * 10) Richard Outram (1930-2005), poet and writer; co-founder, with his wife, Barbara Howard, of The Gauntlet Press

P

 * 1) Desmond Pacey (1917-1975), New Brunswick
 * 2) P.K. Page (born 1916), British Columbia
 * 3) Corrado Paina (born 1954), Italian poet living in Canada since 1987, editorial director of the quarterly magazine ItalyCanada Trade
 * 4) Sir Gilbert Parker (1862-1932), Canada / England
 * 5) John Pass (born 1947), British Columbia. Husband of Theresa Kishkan
 * 6) Neil Peart (born 1952),Toronto
 * 7) Sasenarine Persaud Guyana-born
 * 8) M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947), poet, novelist, playwright, essayist and short story writer
 * 9) Ben Phillips (born 1947), Ontario
 * 10) John Arthur Phillips (1842-1907), poet and journalist, wrote "The Factory Girl."
 * 11) Alison Pick, poet and novelist
 * 12) Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922).
 * 13) Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (born 1975)
 * 14) Jean-Guy Pilon (born 1930), French Canadian poet
 * 15) George Pirie (1799-1870), newspaper publisher and poet
 * 16) Al Pittman (1940-2001), poet and playwright
 * 17) Ted Plantos (1943-2001), poet, writer, editor
 * 18) Emily Pohl-Weary, Ontario
 * 19) Sandy Pool
 * 20) B.W. Powe (born 1955), Ontario
 * 21) Claire Pratt (1921-1995), Ontario; daughter of E.J. Pratt.
 * 22) E.J. Pratt (1882-1964), Newfoundland / Ontario; father of Claire Pratt.
 * 23) Frank Prewett (1893-1962), Canada / England
 * 24) Robert Priest (born 1951), Ontario
 * 25) Stefan Psenak (born 1969), French Canadian poet, playwright and novelist
 * 26) Al Purdy (1918-2000), writer, editor and poet

Q

 * 1) Andy Quan (born 1969), Canada / Australia
 * 2) Joseph Quesnel (1746-1809), French Canadian composer, poet, and playwright
 * 3) Sina Queyras (born 1963), poet and academic

R

 * 1) Gurcharan Rampuri Punjabi-language poet
 * 2) Theodore Harding Rand (1835-1900), educator and poet
 * 3) Ian Iqbal Rashid (born 1971), Canada / England
 * 4) a.rawlings
 * 5) Wayne Ray (born 1950), Ontario
 * 6) John Reade (1837-1919), Quebec
 * 7) James Reaney (1926-2008), Ontario
 * 8) Michael Redhill (born 1966), Ontario
 * 9) Beatrice Redpath (died 1937), Quebec
 * 10) John Reibetanz (born 1944), Ontario
 * 11) D.C. Reid (born 1952), British Columbia
 * 12) Jamie Reid (born 1941), British Columbia
 * 13) Tracy Repchuk (born 1965)
 * 14) Shane Rhodes
 * 15) Charles G.D. Roberts (1860-1943), New Brunswick
 * 16) Dorothy Roberts (1906-1993), New Brunswick; daughter of Theodore Goodridge Roberts.
 * 17) Lloyd Roberts (1884-1966), New Brunswick; son of Charles G.D. Roberts.
 * 18) Theodore Goodridge Roberts (1877-1953), New Brunswick; brother of Charles G.D. Roberts.
 * 19) William Carman Roberts (1874-1941), New Brunswick; brother of Charles G.D. Roberts.
 * 20) Lisa Robertson (born 1961), British Columbia
 * 21) William John Robertson (1846-1894), translator of French poetry
 * 22) Ajmer Rode, British Columbia
 * 23) Gordon Rodgers (born 1952), Newfoundland and Labrador
 * 24) Carmen Rodriguez (born 1948), Chilean-Canadian poet, writes in both Spanish and English; translates her own work
 * 25) Linda Rogers (born 1944), poet and children's writer
 * 26) Alexander MacGregor Rose (1846-1898)
 * 27) Joe Rosenblatt (born 1933), Governor General's Award-winning experimentalist.
 * 28) Laisha Rosnau (born 1972), British Columbia
 * 29) Bruce Ross, Canada / United States
 * 30) Stuart Ross (born 1959), Ontario
 * 31) W.W.E. Ross (1894-1966), imagist poet of 1920s, has been called "Canada's first modern poet."
 * 32) Stephen Rowe (born 1980), Newfoundland and Labrador
 * 33) George Ryga (1932-1987), British Columbia, novelist, playwright, poet.

Sa-Sl

 * 1) Lake Sagaris (born 1956), Canada / Chile
 * 2) Trish Salah (born 1968)
 * 3) Peter Sanger (born 1943), Nova Scotia
 * 4) Charles Sangster (1822-1893), Ontario
 * 5) Robyn Sarah (born 1949), Quebec.
 * 6) Felix-Antoine Savard (1896-1982), priest, academic, poet, novelist and folklorist
 * 7) Jacob Scheier (born 1980), Ontario; son of Libby Scheier
 * 8) Libby Scheier (1946-2000), Ontario; mother of Jacob Scheier
 * 9) Andreas Schroeder (born 1946), British Columbia
 * 10) Stephen Scobie (born 1943), British Columbia
 * 11) Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947), Ontario.
 * 12) F.R. Scott (1899-1985), Quebec; son of Frederick George Scott, father of Peter Dale Scott.
 * 13) Frederick George Scott (1861-1944), Quebec; father of F.R. Scott
 * 14) Peter Dale Scott (born 1929), poet and academic; son of F.R.Scott.
 * 15) Joseph Scriven (1819-1886), author of "What a Friend we have in Jesus"
 * 16) Olive Senior (born 1941), Jamaica / Canada
 * 17) Seranus (1859-1935), Ontario.
 * 18) Robert W. Service (1874-1958), Yukon.
 * 19) April Severin, author of seven chapbooks, and three greeting cards
 * 20) Kathy Shaidle (born 1964), Ontario
 * 21) Virna Sheard (1865-1943)
 * 22) Francis Sherman (1871-1926)
 * 23) Joseph Sherman (1945-2006), poet and visual arts editor
 * 24) Carol Shields (1935-2003), American-born Canadian novelist, short-story writer, poet, playwright and writer
 * 25) Trish Shields, British Columbia
 * 26) Sandy Shreve (born 1950), British Columbia
 * 27) Goran Simic (born 1952), Bosnian-born poet, playwright and short-story writer living in Canada since 1995
 * 28) Melanie Siebert, British Columbia
 * 29) Anne Simpson (born 1956), poet and novelist
 * 30) Sue Sinclair
 * 31) Sonja A. Skarstedt (1960-2009), Quebec
 * 32) Robin Skelton, (1925-1997),  British Columbia
 * 33) Constance Lindsay Skinner (1877-1939), British Columbia
 * 34) Daniel Sloate (1931-2009), translator, poet, playwright and academic

Sm-Sz

 * 1) Carolyn Smart (born 1952), English-born poet, author and academic
 * 2) 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
 * 3) A.J.M. Smith (1902-1980), Quebec
 * 4) Douglas Burnet Smith (born 1949)
 * 5) John Smith (born 1927), Prince Edward Island
 * 6) Kay Smith (1911-2004), New Brunswick
 * 7) Mary Barry Smith (1844-1914), New Brunswick
 * 8) Michael V. Smith, British Columbia
 * 9) Ron Smith (born 1943), British Columbia
 * 10) William Wye Smith (1826-1917)
 * 11) Albert E.S. Smythe (1861-1947), Ontario
 * 12) Karen Solie (born 1966), Ontario
 * 13) John Solomon
 * 14) Madeline Sonik (born 1960), British Columbia
 * 15) Carolyn Marie Souaid (born 1959), Quebec
 * 16) Raymond Souster (1921 - 2012), Ontario
 * 17) Esta Spalding (born 1966)
 * 18) Heather Spears (born 1934), Canada / Denmark
 * 19) Birk Sproxton (1943-2007), Alberta
 * 20) Harold Standish (1919-1972), Ontario
 * 21) George Stanley (born 1934), California / British Columbia
 * 22) Carmine Starnino, Quebec
 * 23) John Steffler (born 1947), Newfoundland and Labrador
 * 24) Ian Stephens (1954-1996), Quebec
 * 25) Ricardo Sternberg (born 1948), poet born in Brazil, educated in the United States
 * 26) Richard Stevenson (born 1952), Alberta
 * 27) Shannon Stewart
 * 28) John Stiles (born 1966)
 * 29) Anne Stone, poet, writer and performance artist
 * 30) Barry Straton (1854-1906), New Brunswick
 * 31) Arthur Stringer (1874-1950), novelist and poet, first Canadian to use free verse
 * 32) Betsy Struthers (born 1951), Ontario
 * 33) Alan Sullivan (1868-1947), poet, short-story writer, railroad surveyor and mining engineer
 * 34) Rosemary Sullivan (born 1947), poet, biographer, academic and anthologist
 * 35) John Sutherland (1919-1956), poet, literary critic, and editor who founded First Statement in 1942 and Northern Review in 1945.
 * 36) Robert Swanson (1905-1994), British Columbia
 * 37) Robert Sward (born 1933), American and Canadian poet and novelist
 * 38) George Swede (born 1940), Latvian-born Canadian children's writer and poet who writes Haiku in English
 * 39) Todd Swift (born 1966), poet, editor and academic living in the United Kingdom
 * 40) Anne Szumigalski (1922-1999), Saskatchewan

T

 * 1) Bruce Taylor (born 1960), Quebec
 * 2) Heather Taylor (born 1977), Canada / England
 * 3) Ruth Taylor (1961-2006), poet, editor and academic
 * 4) John Terpstra, Ontario
 * 5) Sharon Thesen (born 1946), poet and academic
 * 6) Colleen Thibaudeau (1925-2012), Ontario, wife of James Reaney.
 * 7) John Thompson (1938-1976), New Brunswick
 * 8) E.W. Thomson (1849-1924), journalist, writer and poet
 * 9) Matthew Tierney (born 1970)
 * 10) Mohamud Siad Togane (born 1943), Somalia / Canada
 * 11) Lola Lemire Tostevin (born 1937), Ontario
 * 12) Rhea Tregebov (born 1953), poet and children's writer
 * 13) Raymond D. Tremblay, poet, writer, social services agency official
 * 14) Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972), French-Canadian author, poet, scriptwriter, development producer andconsultant who moved to London, England in 1995
 * 15) Tony Tremblay (born 1968), French-Canadian poet, writer, spoken word artist, journalist and radio personality
 * 16) Peter Trower (born 1930), poet and novelist
 * 17) Mark Truscott (born 1970), Ontario
 * 18) Helen Tsiriotakis (born 1967)
 * 19) James Alexander Tucker (1872-1903), Ontario
 * 20) Elise Turcotte (born 26 June 1957), French-Canadian writer and poet
 * 21) John Tyndall (born 1951), Ontario
 * 22) Maxine Tynes (1943-2011), Nova Scotia
 * 23) Daniel Scott Tysdal (born 1978)

U

 * 1) Marie Uguay (1955-1981), French-Canadian poet
 * 2) Doug Underhill (born 1946), New Brunswick
 * 3) Priscilla Uppal (born 1974), Ontario
 * 4) Jane Urquhart (born 1949), Ontario
 * 5) David UU (1948-1994), Ontario / British Columbia
 * 6) Uvavnuk, Nunavut

V

 * 1) R.M. Vaughan (born 1965), poet, novelist and playwright
 * 2) Steve Venright (born 1961), experimental poet and visual artist.
 * 3) Pasquale Verdicchio (born 1954)
 * 4) Paul Vermeersch (born 1973), Ontario
 * 5) Gilles Vigneault (born 1928), Quebec poet, publisher and singer-songwriter; Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist
 * 6) Garth von Buchholz (also G.A. Buchholz) (born 1968) British Columbia, poet, dark fiction author, playwright, journalist and arts critic

W

 * 1) Miriam Waddington (1917-2004), poet, short story writer and translator
 * 2) Fred Wah (born 1939), British Columbia
 * 3) Anna Louisa Walker (1836-1907), Canada / England
 * 4) Bronwen Wallace (1945-1989), poet and short story writer
 * 5) Tom Walmsley (born 1948), playwright, novelist, poet and screenwriter
 * 6) Agnes Walsh (born 1950), actor, poet, playwright and storyteller
 * 7) David Waltner-Toews (born 1948), epidemiologist, essayist, poet, fiction writer, veterinarian
 * 8) Bertram Warr (1917-1943), Canada / England
 * 9) Terry Watada (born 1951) author, writer, and poet
 * 10) James Wreford Watson (1915-1990), geologist, published poetry as "James Wreford."
 * 11) Wilfred Watson (1911-1998), avant-garde poet and playwright from Edmonton.
 * 12) Alison Watt (born 1957), writer, poet and painter
 * 13) Tom Wayman (born 1945), poet and academic
 * 14) Phyllis Webb (born 1927), poet and radio broadcaster
 * 15) John Weier (born 1949)
 * 16) Arthur Weir (1864-1902), Quebec
 * 17) Robert Stanley Weir (1856-1926), Quebec
 * 18) Liliane Welch (born 1937), New Brunswick
 * 19) Zachariah Wells (born 1976), poet, critic, essayist and editor
 * 20) Darren Wershler-Henry (born 1966), experimental poet, non-fiction writer and cultural critic
 * 21) Ethelwyn Wetherald (1857-1940)
 * 22) David Wevill (born 1935)
 * 23) Dawud Wharnsby (born 1972), singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator and television personality
 * 24) Michael Whelan (1858-1937), New Brunswick, "Poet of the Renous"
 * 25) Zoe Whittall (born 1976), poet and novelist
 * 26) Anne Wilkinson (1910-1961) modernist poet, writer and essayist
 * 27) Julia Williams (born 1976), Alberta
 * 28) Sheri-D Wilson (born 1958), poet and playwright.
 * 29) Rob Winger (born 1974), poet and academic
 * 30) Theresa Wolfwood, political activist and poet
 * 31) George Woodcock (1912-1995), poet, essayist, critic, biographer and historian
 * 32) Constance Woodrow (1899-1937), Canada
 * 33) Lance Woolaver (born 1948) is a Canadian author, poet, playwright and director

Y

 * 1) J. Michael Yates (born 1938), poet and dramatist
 * 2) Jean Yoon (born 1962), actor, poet and playwright
 * 3) D'bi Young born in Jamaica, moved to Canada in 1993 dub poet, actor and playwright
 * 4) Patricia Young (born 1954)
 * 5) Pamelia Vining Yule (1826-1897)

Z

 * 1) David Zieroth (born 1946)
 * 2) Sheldon Zitner (1925-2005)
 * 3) Rachel Zolf (born 1968), poet and editor
 * 4) Carolyn Zonailo (born 1947), poet and publisher
 * 5) Jan Zwicky (born 1955), philosopher, poet, essayist, and violinist