Main article: Canadian poetry in English
Main article: Canadian poetry in French
This is a list of Canadian poets . Years link to corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles. The poet's province is given; also, if the poet wrote in another language than English.
A [ ]
Margaret Atwood
Mark Abley (born 1955), Quebec
Milton Acorn (1923-1986), Prince Edward Island
Mary Electa Adams (1823-1898), Ontario; aunt of Helena Coleman
Gil Adamson (born 1961), Ontario
Marie-Celie Agnant (born 1953), Haitian-born novelist, poet, and writer of children's books
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (born 1965), Ontario, Chippewa
John Akpata , Ontario
Donald Alarie (born 1945), writer, poet and teacher
Edna Alford (born 1947), Saskatchewan
Sandra Alland (born 1973), Ontario / Scotland
Donna Allard (born 1956), New Brunswick
Lillian Allen (born 1951), Ontario
Henry Alline (1748-1784), New Brunswick
William Talbot Allison (1874-1941), Manitoba
Bert Almon (born 1943), Alberta
Anne-Marie Alonzo (1951-2005), Quebec, French..
George Amabile (born 1936), Manitoba
Mary Frances Ames (1853-1929), Ontario
Marguerite Andersen (born 1924), German-born, primarily francophone writer, academic and editor
James Anderson (1842-1923), British Columbia
Patrick Anderson (1915-1979), Quebec
Robert T. Anderson (1880-1960), British Columbia / Alberta
Rod Anderson (born 1935), poet, musician and accountant
Michael Andre (born 1946), poet, critic and editor living in the United States
Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948), British Columbia
David Arnason (born 1940), Manitoba
Joanne Arnott (born 1960), Metis writer
Isidore G. Ascher (1835-1933), Quebec / England
Margaret Atwood (born 1939), Ontario
Margaret Avison (born 1918-2007), Ontario
B [ ]
Earle Birney
Lisa B , British Columbia / Ontario
Ken Babstock (born 1970), Ontario
Alfred Bailey (1905-1997), New Brunswick
Jacob Bailey (1731-1808), Nova Scotia
Chris Banks (born 1970). Ontario
Kaushalya Bannerji , Ontario
Frances Bannerman (1855-1940), Nova Scotia / England
Brian Bartlett (born 1953), Canada
Gertrude Bartlett (1868-1942), Quebec
John Barton (born 1957), Ontario / British Columbia
Gary Barwin (born 1964), Ontario
Jalal Barzanji (born 1953), Kurdistan / Alberta
Shaunt Basmajian (1950-1990), Ontario
Nancy Bauer (born 1934), New Brunswick, wife of William Bauer
William Bauer (1932-2010), New Brunswick, husband of Nancy Bauer
Doug Beardsley (born 1941), British Columbia
Derek Beaulieu (born 1973) Alberta
Henry Beissel (born 1929), Ontario
Ken Belford (born 1946), British Columbia
John Bemrose (born 1947), Ontario
Sabrina Benaim (born 1987), Ontario
John Wilson Bengough (1851-1923), Ontario
Robbie Benoit (died 2007), Yukon
Mary Josephine Benson (1887-1965), Ontario
Jean-Philippe Bergeron , francophone writer and poet
Craven Langstroth Betts (1853-1941), New Brunswick / United States
Navtej Bharati , India / Ontario
Robert Billings (1949-1986), Ontario
Earle Birney (1904-1995), British Columbia
bill bissett (born 1939), British Columbia
Grace Blackburn (1865-1926), Ontario
Robin Blaser (1925-2009), United States / British Columbia
Jean Blewett (1872-1934), Ontario
Laurie Block (born 1949), Manitoba
E.D. Blodgett (born 1935), Alberta
Robert Boates (born 1954), Ontario
Christian Bok (born 1966), Ontario
Stephanie Bolster (born 1969), British Columbia / Quebec
Roo Borson (born 1952), Ontario
Michael Boughn (born 1946), Ontario
Arthur Bourinot (1893-1969), Ontario
George Bowering (born 1935), British Columbia
Marilyn Bowering (born 1949), British Columbia
Tim Bowling (born 1964), Alberta
Louise Morey Bowman (1881-1944), Quebec
Alex Boyd (born 1969), Ontario
Beverley Bie Brahic , France / United States
Kate Braid (born1947), British Columbia
Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (1963-2008), British Columbia
Shannon Bramer (born 1973), Ontario
Dionne Brand (born 1953), Ontario
Di Brandt (born 1952), Manitoba
Jacques Brault (born 1933), French Canadian poet and translator
Diana Brebner (1956-2001), Ontario
Brian Brett (born 1950), British Columbia
Elizabeth Brewster (born 1922), New Brunswick
Robert Bringhurst (born 1946), British Columbia
Edmund Broadus (1876-1936), Alberta
Bertram Brooker (1888-1955), Ontario
Nicole Brossard (born 1943), francophone poet and novelist
Audrey Alexandra Brown (1904-1998), British Columbia
Ronnie R. Brown (born 1946), Ontario
Julie Bruck (born 1957), Quebec / California
Rob Budde (born 1966), British Columbia
Suzanne Buffam (born 1972), Quebec / United States
April Bulmer (born 1963), Ontario
Johnny Burke (1851-1930), Newfoundland
Mick Burrs (born 1940), Saskatchewan
Adam Hood Burwell (1790-1849), Ontario
C [ ]
Bliss Carman
George Elliott Clarke
Leonard Cohen
Stephen Cain (born 1970), Ontario
Alison Calder , Manitoba
Frank Oliver Call (1878-1956), Quebec
Barry Callaghan (born 1937), Ontario
Anne Cameron (born 1938), British Columbia
George Frederick Cameron (1854-1885), Nova Scotia
William Wilfred Campbell (1858-1918), Ontario
Natalee Caple (born 1970), Ontario
Paul Cargnello (born 1979), Quebec
Bliss Carman (1861-1929), New Brunswick
J.D. Carpenter (born 1948), Ontario
Anne Carson (born 1950), Ontario
Thomas Cary (1751-1823), Quebec
William Chapman (1850-1917), Quebec, French
Jean Charbonneau (1875-1960), francophone poet who was the primary founder of the Montreal Literary School
Robert Choquette (1905-1991), novelist, poet and, briefly, (1968-1970) a diplomat
Lesley Choyce (born 1951), Nova Scotia
Margaret Christakos (born 1962), Ontario
Evie Christie (born 1979), Ontario
Dave Clark , Ontario
Austin Clarke (1934-2016), Barbados / Ontario
George Elliott Clarke (born 1960), Ontario
George Herbert Clarke (1873-1953), Ontario
Wayne Clifford (born 1944), Ontario / New Brunswick
Fred Cogswell (1917-2004), New Brunswick
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), Quebec
Matt Cohen (1942-1999), Ontario
Helena Coleman (1860-1953), Ontario; niece of Mary Electa Adams
Don Coles (born 1928), Ontario
W.E. Collin (1893-1984), Ontario
John Robert Colombo (born 1936), Ontario
Anne Compton (born 1947), New Brunswick
Wayde Compton (born 1972),British Columbia
Confederation Poets (1890-1914), New Brunswick / Ontario
Jan Conn (born 1952), Quebec / United States
Karen Connelly (born 1969), Ontario
Kevin Connolly (born 1962), Ontario
Edmund Vance Cooke (1886-1932), Ontario / United States
Dennis Cooley (born 1944), Manitoba
Afua Cooper (born 1957), Ontario
Paulo da Costa Canadian-Portuguese author, editor and translator
Dani Couture (born 1978), Ontario
Thomas Cowherd (1817-1907), Ontario
Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850-1887), Ontario
Octave Cremazie (1827-1879), called "the father of French-Canadian poetry" for his patriotic verse
Lynn Crosbie (born 1963), Ontario
Lorna Crozier began writing under the name "Lorna Uher" (born 1948)
Michael Crummey (born 1965), Newfoundland
Julie Crysler , Quebec
jwcurry , John Curry (born 1959), poet, publisher and bookseller
Jen Currin (born 1972), British Coumbia
Sarah Anne Curzon (1833-1898), Ontario
D [ ]
Louis Dudek
Cyril Dabydeen (born 1945), Guyana / Ontario
Christopher Dafoe (born 1936), Manitoba
Kalli Dakos (born 1950), Ontario / United States
Annie Charlotte Dalton (1865-1938), British Columbia
Mary Dalton , Newfoundland
George J. Dance (born 1953), Ontario
Joseph A. Dandurand (born 1964), British Columbia, Kwantlen
Beverley Daurio (born 1953), Ontario
Frank Davey (born 1940), Ontario
Nicholas Flood Davin (1840-1901), Saskatchewan
Tanya Davis , Nova Scotia
Tom Dawe (born 1940), Newfoundland
Adriana de Barros (born 1976), Portuguese native who moved to Canada at age 3; illustrator, web designer and poet
James Deahl (born 1945), Ontario
Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan , performance art duo who have collaborated on performances, films, videos, publications and public art projects since 1989
Barry Dempster (born 1952), Ontario
Michelle Desbarats , Ontario
Edward Hartley Dewart (1828-1903), Ontario
Christopher Dewdney (born 1951), Ontario
Ann Diamond (born 1951), Quebec
Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (born 1949), Ontario
Robert Dickson (1944-2007), Ontario, French
Mary di Michele (born 1949), Ontario / Quebec
Desi Di Nardo (born 1972), Ontario
Kildare Dobbs (born 1923), Ontario
Jeramy Dodds (born 1974), Ontario
James B. Dollard (1872-1946), Ontario
Don Domanski (born 1950), Nova Scotia
Magie Dominic (born 1944), Newfoundland / United States
Jeffery Donaldson (born 1960), Ontario
David Donnell (born 1939), Ontario
Candas Jane Dorsey (born 1952), Alberta
Clive Doucet (born 1946), Ontario
Orville Lloyd Douglas (born 1976), Ontario
Gwladys Downes (botn 1915), British Columbia
Gordon Downie (1964-2017), Ontario
William Henry Drummond (1854-1907), Quebec
Louis Dudek (1918-2001) Quebec
Marilyn Dumont (born 1955), Alberta
Douglas Leader Durkin (1884-1967), Manitoba / United States
Paul Dutton (born 1947), Ontario
E [ ]
Arthur Wentworth Eaton
Arthur Wentworth Eaton (1849-1947), Nova Scotia
Evelyn Eaton (1902-1983), New Brunswick / United States
James David Edgar (1841-1899), Ontario; father of Pelham Edgar
Pelham Edgar (1871-1948), Ontario; son of James David Edgar
Vic Elias (1948-2006), Ontario
Ronda Eller (born 1965), Ontario
David Elliott (1923-1999), Newfoundland
Rebecca Elson (1960-1999), Quebec / England
R.G. Everson (1903-1992), Quebec
F [ ]
Ferron
Chris Faiers (born 1948), Ontario
Margaret Fairley (1885-1968), Ontario
Dorothy Farmiloe (born 1920), Ontario
Brian Fawcett (born 1944), British Columbia / Ontario
Charles Fenerty (c.1821-1882), Nova Scotia
Jesse Patrick Ferguson , Nova Scotia
Ferron , (born Debby Foisy, 1952), British Columbia
Douglas George Fetherling (born 1949), Ontario
Marya Fiamengo (born 1926), British Columbia
Robert Finch (1900-1995), Ontario
Joan Finnigan (1925-2007), Ontario
Jon Paul Fiorentino (born 1975), Quebec
Judith Fitzgerald (1952-2015), Ontario
Robert Ford (1915-1998), Ontario / Russia
Alexander Louis Fraser (1870-1954), Nova Scotia
David Fraser , British Columbia
Raymond Fraser (born 1941), New Brunswick
Louis-Honoré Fréchette (1839-1908), Qubec, French
Patrick Friesen (born 1946), Manitoba / British Columbia
Mark Frutkin (born 1948), Ontario
G [ ]
John Glassco
Radovan Gajic (born 1953), native Yugoslavian Serb living in Canada since 1985
Don Gammon (1924-2004), New Brunswick
Keith Garebian (born 1943), Ontario
Francois-Xavier Garneau (1809-1866), French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and historian
Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (1912-1943), Quebec, French
Bill Gaston (born 1953), British Columbia
Edward Gates (born 1950), New Brunswick
Gary Geddes (born 1940), British Columbia
Antoine Gerin-Lajoie (1824-1882), French Canadian poet and novelist
Marty Gervais (born 1946), Ontario
Robert Gibbs (born 1930), New Brunswick.
Angus Morrison Gidney (1803-1882), Nova Scotia
Charles Ignace Adelard Gill (1871-1918), painter and poet
George W. Gillespie (died 1847), Scotland / Ontario
John Glassco (1909-1981), Quebec
Susan Glickman (born 1953), Ontario
Michael Gnarowski (born 1934), Ontario
Jacques Godbout (born 1933), novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet
Gerald Godin (1938-1994), French Canadian poet and politician
Oliver Goldsmith (1794-1861)
Leona Gom (born 1946), British Columbia
Alfred Gordon (1888-1959), Quebec
Katherine L. Gordon , Ontario
Phyllis Gotlieb (1926-2009), Ontario
Sue Goyette (born 1964), Nova Scotia
Neile Graham (born 1958), British Columbia / United States
Alain Grandbois (1900-1975), French Canadian poet
Richard Greene (born 1961), Ontario
Leslie Greentree , Alberta.
Eldon Grier (1917-2001), Quebec / British Columbia
Andreas Gripp (born 1964), Ontario
Genni Gunn (born 1949), British Columbia
Gregory Wm. Gunn (born 1960), Ontario
Kristjana Gunnars , Alberta / British Columbia
Jason Guriel , Ontario
Ralph Gustafson (1909-1995), Quebec
H [ ]
Daryl Hine
Paul Haines (1933-2003), Ontario
Katherine Hale (1878-1956), Ontario
Phil Hall (born 1953), Ontario
Ronald Hambleton (1917-2015), Ontario
Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954), British Columbia
Claire Harris (born 1937), Alberta
Michael Harris (born 1944), Quebec
Sharon Harris (born 1972), Ontario
Richard Harrison (born 1957), Alberta
Susan Frances Harrison (1859-1935), Ontario
Paul Hartal (born 1936), Quebec
Jill Hartman (born 1974), Alberta
Elisabeth Harvor (born 1936), Ontario
William Hawkins (1940-2016), Ontario
William Fitz Hawley (1894-1855), Quebec
Kate Simpson Hayes (1856-1945), Saskatchewan
Robert Hayman (1575-1629), Newfoundland
Caroline Hayward (1855 fl .), Ontario
Charles Heavysege (1816-1876), Quebec
Anne Hébert (1916-2000), Quebec, French
Anne Hecht (fl. 1786), New Brunswick
Wilfrid Heighington (1897-1945), Ontario
Steven Heighton (born 1961), Ontario
David Helwig (born 1938), Ontario / Prince Edward Island; father of Maggie Helwig
Maggie Helwig (born 1961), Ontario; daughter of David Helwig
Brian Henderson (born 1948), Ontario
Sophia Almon Hensley (1856-1946), Nova Scotia
John Frederic Herbin (1860-1923), Nova Scotia
Robert Hilles (born 1951), Alberta / British Columbia
Daryl Hine (1936-2012), Quebec / United States
Susan Holbrook (born 1967), Ontario
Clive Holden , Manitoba / Ontario
Norah M. Holland (1876-1925), Ontario
Emily Holton (born 1980), Ontario
Cornelia Hoogland (born 1952), Ontario
Sean Horlor (born 1981), British Columbia
Joseph Howe (1804-1873), Nova Scotia
Harry Howith (1934-2014), Ontario
Ray Hsu (born 1978), British Columbia
Annie Campbell Huestis (1878-1970), Nova Scotia
Helen Humphreys (born 1961), Ontario
Aislinn Hunter (born 1969), British Columbia
Al Hunter , Ontario, Anishinaabe
Bruce Hunter (born 1952), Ontario
Catherine Hunter (born 1957), Manitoba
John Hunter-Duvar (1821-1899), Prince Edward Island
Chris Hutchinson (born 1972), British Columbia
Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816-1891), New Brunswick / Australia
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Susan Ioannou (born 1944), Ontario
Frances Itani (born 1942)
J [ ]
Pauline Johnson
Suzanne Jacob (born 1943), novelist, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, and critic
Jemeni (born 1976), Ontario
Paulette Jiles (born 1943), Ontario / United States
Rita Joe (1932-2007), Nova Scotia, Mi'kmaq
Reg Johanson (born 1968), British Columbia
Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) (1861-1913), Ontario, Mohawk
pj johnson Poet Laureate of the Yukon 1994 -
George Johnston (1913-2004), Ontario
George Jonas (1935-2016), Ontario
D.G. Jones (1929-2016), Quebec
Evan Jones (born 1973), Ontario / England
Eve Joseph (born 1953), British Columbia
Marie Joussaye (?1864-1949), Ontario / Yukon
K [ ]
A.M. Klein
Surjeet Kalsey (born 1944), British Columbia; Punjabi & English
Smaro Kamboureli , British Columbia / Ontario
Mary Jane Katzmann (1828-1890), Nova Scotia
Lionel Kearns (born 1937), British Columbia
Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 1952), Ontario
W.J. Keith (born 1934), Ontario
Kaie Kellough (born 1975), British Columbia
M.T. Kelly (born 1949), Ontario
Penn Kemp (born 1944), Ontario
Leo Kennedy (1907-2000), Quebec
Robert Kirkland Kernighan (1854-1926), Ontario
Adam Kidd (?1802-1831), Quebec
William Kirby (1817-1906), Ontario
Roy Kiyooka (1926-1994), British Columbia
Johann Peter Klassen (1868-1947), Manitoba, German
Sarah Klassen (born 1932), Manitoba
A.M. Klein (1909-1972), Quebec
Raymond Knister (1899-1932), Ontario
Joy Kogawa (born 1935), British Columbia / Ontario
Maka Kotto (born 1961), Cameroon-born francophone, former Member of Parliament who published a book of poetry in 2002
Shane Koyczan (born 1976),
Robert Kroetsch (born 1927)), Alberta
Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 1952), Ontario
L [ ]
Irving Layton .
Sonnet L'Abbé , British Columbia
Pierre Labrie (born 1972), French Canadian poet
Dany Laferriere (born 1953), Haitian-born francophone novelist, journalist and poet who moved to Canada in 1976
Archibald Lampman (1861-1899), Ontario
Tim Lander (born 1938), British Columbia
M. Travis Lane (born 1934), New Brunswick
Patrick Lane (born 1939), British Columbia
Rina Lasnier (1915-1997), French Canadian poet and playwright
Evelyn Lau (born 1971), British Columbia
Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (fl.1918-1922}, Quebec
Irving Layton (1912-2006), Quebec
Stephen Leacock (1869-1944), Ontario
Gerald Leblanc (1947-2005), French Canadian poet, playwright, novelist, essayist and writer
Felix Leclerc (1914-1988), songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, actor, radio announcer, radio scriptwriter and writer
Dennis Lee (born 1939), Ontario
John B. Lee (born 1951), Ontario
Alexandra Leggat (born 1964), Ontario
Sylvia Legris (born 1960), Saskatchewan
John Lent (born 1948), British Columbia
Douglas LePan (1914-1998), Ontario
Rosanna Leprohon (1829-1879), Quebec
Kenneth Leslie (1892-1974), Nova Scotia
William Douw Lighthall (1857-1954), Quebec
Tim Lilburn (born 1950), British Columbia
Charles Lillard (1944-1997), British Columbia
Michael Lista (born 1983), Ontario
Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996), Ontario
Florence Randal Livesay (1874-1953), Manitoba / Ontario
Billie Livingston (born 1965), British Columbia
Stuart Livingston (1865-1923), Ontario
Douglas Lochhead (1922-2011), Ontario / New Brunswick
John Daniel Logan (1869-1929), Nova Scotia
John E. Logan (1852-1915), Quebec
May Austin Low (1863-1958), Quebec
Pat Lowther (1935-1975), British Columbia
Laura Lush (born 1959), Ontario
M [ ]
Wilson MacDonald
Rozena Maart (born 1962), Ontario / South Africa
Evan MacColl (1898-1898), Ontario / Scotland
Karen Mac Cormack (born 1956), Ontario / United States; wife of Steve McCaffery
Bernell MacDonald (born 1948), Ontario
Goodridge MacDonald (1897-1967); son of Jane Elizabeth MacDonald
Hugh MacDonald (born 1945), Prince Edward Island
Jane Elizabeth MacDonald (1864-1922); sister of Charles G.D. Roberts
Wilson MacDonald (1880-1967), Ontario
Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941-1987), Ontario
Walter Scott MacFarlane (1896-1979), Nova Scotia
Agnes Maule Machar {1837-1927), Ontario
Tom MacInnes (1867-1951), British Columbia
Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (1875-1928), Ontario / British Columbia
J. MacKay (1791 fl .), Quebec
Louis Alexander MacKay (1901-1982), British Columbia
Bob MacKenzie (born 1947), Ontario
George A. Mackenzie (1849-1936), Ontario
W.M. MacKeracher (1871-1913), Quebec
Archibald MacMechan (1862-1933), Nova Scotia
Andrea MacPherson (born 1976), British Columbia
Jay Macpherson (born 1931), Ontario
Keith Maillard (born 1942), British Columbia
Charles Mair (1838 or 1840-1927), Ontario
Alice Major (born 1949), Alberta
Robert Majzels (born 1950), Quebec / Alberta
Kim Maltman (born 1950), Ontario
Eli Mandel (1922-1992), Saskatchewan; husband of Miriam Mandel
Miriam Mandel (1930-1982), Saskatchewan; first wife of Eli Mandel
Ahdri Zhina Mandiela (born 1953)
David Manicom (born 1960), Quebec
Lee Maracle (born 1950), Ontario
Nicole Markotic (born 1962), Ontario
Daphne Marlatt (born 1942), British Columbia
Anne Marriott (1913-1997), British Columbia
Tom Marshall (1938-1993), Ontario
Camille Martin (born 1956), Ontario
Robin Mathews (born 1931), British Columbia
Seymour Mayne (born 1944), Ontario
Chandra Mayor (born in 1973), Manitoba
Peter McArthur (1866-1924)
Robert McBride (1811 or 1812-1895), Ontario
Steven McCabe (born 1949), Ontario
Steve McCaffery (born 1947), Ontario / United States; husband of Karen Mac Cormack
Alma Frances McCollum (1879-1906), Ontario
John McCrae (1872-1918), Ontario
Laura E. McCully (1886-1924), Ontario
Roy McDonald (born 1937), Ontario
Bernard McEvoy (1842-1932), Ontario / British Columbia
David McFadden (born 1940), poet, fiction writer, and travel writer
Wendy McGrath , Alberta
David McGimpsey (born 1962), Quebec
Nadine McInnis (born 1957), Ontario
James McIntyre (1828-1906), Ontario
Don McKay (born 1942), Ontario
Barry McKinnon (born 1944), Brtish Columbia
Alexander McLachlan (1817-1896), Ontario
Brendan McLeod (born 1979), British Columbia
Susan McMaster (born 1950), Ontario
Eugene McNamara (born 1930), Ontario
Steve McOrmond (born 1957), Ontario
Mary Melfi (born 1951), Quebec
Helen M. Merrill (1866-1951), Ontario
Bruce Meyer (born 1957), Ontario
Anne Michaels (born 1958), Ontario
Pauline Michel (born 1944), Quebec, French
J. Edgar Middleton (1872-1960), Ontario
Roy Miki (born 1942), British Columbia
James Lewis Milligan (1876-1961), Ontario
David Mills (1831-1903), Ontario
Kenneth G. Mills (1923-2004), Ontario
Ronnie Mills (born 1955) Brampton, Ontario. poet, NHA
Gaston Miron (1928-1996), French Canadian poet, writer, and editor
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942), Prince Edward Island / Ontario.
Marion E. Moodie (1867-1958), nurse, botanist and poet
Susanna Moodie (1803-1885), Ontario
Jacob McArthur Mooney (born 1983), Ontario
S. Moore , Quebec
Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (1918-1922 fl .}, Quebec
Pamela Mordecai (born 1942), Canada / Jamaica
Pierre Morency (born 1942), French Canadian writer, poet and playwright
Dwayne Morgan (born 1974), Ontario
A.F. Moritz (born 1947), Ontario
Kim Morrissey (born 1955), Sasatchewan / England
Colin Morton (born 1948), Ontario
Daniel David Moses (born 1952), Ontario
George Mountain (1789-1863), Quebec
Erin Mouré (born 1955). Quebec
William Murdoch (1823-1887), New Brunswick
George Murray (born 1971), Newfoundland and Labrador
Susan Musgrave (born 1951), British Columbia
Jane Musoke-Nteyafas (born 1976), Ontario
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Akhtar Naraghi (died 2015), Quebec
Roger Nash (born 1942), Ontario
Lyle Neff (born 1969), British Columbia
Lorri Nielsen Glenn (born 1947), Nova Scotia
Émile Nelligan (1879-1941), Quebec, French
Holly Nelson , Manitoba
Pierre Nepveu (born 1946), French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist
W.H. New (born 1938), British Columbia
John Newlove (1938-2003), British Columbia / Ontario
Lorri Neilsen Glenn (born 1947), Nova Scotia
bpNichol (Barrie Phillip Nichol) (1944-1988), Ontario
Robert Norwood (1874-1932), Nova Scotia
Alden Nowlan (1933-1983), New Brunswick
O [ ]
Michael Ondaatje
Patrick O'Connell (1944-2005), Manitoba
Jonathan Odell (1737-1818), New Brunswick
Standish O'Grady (1793-1841 fl. ), Quebec
Thomas O'Hagan (1855-1939), Ontario
Sheree-Lee Olson , novelist, poet and journalist
Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), Ontario
Heather O'Neill (born 1973), Quebec
Martha Ostenso (1900-1963), Manitoba
Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska (born 1930), French-Canadian writer, novelist, essayist and poet
Richard Outram (1930-2005), Ontario
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P.K. Page
Marjorie Pickthall
E.J. Pratt
Desmond Pacey (1917-1975), New Brunswick
P.K. Page (born 1916), British Columbia
Corrado Paina (born 1954), Italian poet living in Canada since 1987, editorial director of the quarterly magazine ItalyCanada Trade
Arleen Pare (born 1946), British Columbia
Sir Gilbert Parker (1862-1932), Canada / England
John Pass (born 1947), British Columbia
Neil Peart (born 1952), Ontario
David Pekrul (born 1950), British Columbia
Sasenarine Persaud Guyana-born
M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947), poet, novelist, playwright, essayist and short story writer
Ben Phillips (born 1947), Ontario
John Arthur Phillips (1842-1907), poet and journalist, wrote "The Factory Girl."
Alison Pick , poet and novelist
Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922).
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (born 1975)
Jean-Guy Pilon (born 1930), French Canadian poet
George Pirie (1799-1870), newspaper publisher and poet
Al Pittman (1940-2001), poet and playwright
Ted Plantos (1943-2001), poet, writer, editor
Emily Pohl-Weary , Ontario
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B.W. Powe (born 1955), Ontario
Claire Pratt (1921-1995), Ontario; daughter of E.J. Pratt .
E.J. Pratt (1882-1964), Newfoundland / Ontario; father of Claire Pratt .
Frank Prewett (1893-1962), Canada / England
Robert Priest (born 1951), Ontario
Stefan Psenak (born 1969), French Canadian poet, playwright and novelist
Al Purdy (1918-2000), writer, editor and poet
Q [ ]
Andy Quan (born 1969), Canada / Australia
Joseph Quesnel (1746-1809), French Canadian composer, poet, and playwright
Sina Queyras (born 1963), poet and academic
R [ ]
Charles G.D. Roberts
Gurcharan Rampuri Punjabi-language poet
Theodore Harding Rand (1835-1900), educator and poet
Ian Iqbal Rashid (born 1971), Canada / England
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Wayne Ray (born 1950), Ontario
John Reade (1837-1919), Quebec
James Reaney (1926-2008), Ontario
Michael Redhill (born 1966), Ontario
Beatrice Redpath (1886-1937), Quebec
John Reibetanz (born 1944), Ontario
D.C. Reid (born 1952), British Columbia
Jamie Reid (born 1941), British Columbia
Tracy Repchuk (born 1965)
Shane Rhodes
John Richardson (1796-1852), Ontario
Charles G.D. Roberts (1860-1943), New Brunswick
Dorothy Roberts (1906-1993), New Brunswick; daughter of Theodore Goodridge Roberts.
Lloyd Roberts (1884-1966), New Brunswick; son of Charles G.D. Roberts.
Theodore Goodridge Roberts (1877-1953), New Brunswick; brother of Charles G.D. Roberts.
William Carman Roberts (1874-1941), New Brunswick; brother of Charles G.D. Roberts.
Lisa Robertson (born 1961), British Columbia
William John Robertson (1846-1894), translator of French poetry
Ajmer Rode , British Columbia
Gordon Rodgers (born 1952), Newfoundland and Labrador
Carmen Rodriguez (born 1948), Chilean-Canadian poet, writes in both Spanish and English; translates her own work
Linda Rogers (born 1944), poet and children's writer
Alexander MacGregor Rose (1846-1898)
Joe Rosenblatt (born 1933), Governor General's Award -winning experimentalist.
Laisha Rosnau (born 1972), British Columbia
Bruce Ross , Canada / United States
Stuart Ross (born 1959), Ontario
W.W.E. Ross (1894-1966), imagist poet of 1920s, has been called "Canada's first modern poet."
Stephen Rowe (born 1980), Newfoundland and Labrador
George Ryga (1932-1987), British Columbia, novelist, playwright, poet.
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Sa-Sl [ ]
Duncan Campbell Scott
F.R. Scott
Lake Sagaris (born 1956), Canada / Chile
Trish Salah (born 1968)
Peter Sanger (born 1943), Nova Scotia
Charles Sangster (1822-1893), Ontario
Robyn Sarah (born 1949), Quebec.
Felix-Antoine Savard (1896-1982), priest, academic, poet, novelist and folklorist
Jacob Scheier (born 1980), Ontario; son of Libby Scheier
Libby Scheier (1946-2000), Ontario; mother of Jacob Scheier
Andreas Schroeder (born 1946), British Columbia
Stephen Scobie (born 1943), British Columbia
Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947), Ontario.
F.R. Scott (1899-1985), Quebec; son of Frederick George Scott , father of Peter Dale Scott .
Frederick George Scott (1861-1944), Quebec; father of F.R. Scott
Peter Dale Scott (born 1929), poet and academic; son of F.R.Scott .
Joseph Scriven (1819-1886), author of "What a Friend we have in Jesus"
Olive Senior (born 1941), Jamaica / Canada
Seranus (1859-1935), Ontario.
Robert W. Service (1874-1958), Yukon.
April Severin , author of seven chapbooks, and three greeting cards
Kathy Shaidle (born 1964), Ontario
Virna Sheard (1865-1943)
Francis Sherman (1871-1926)
Joseph Sherman (1945-2006), poet and visual arts editor
Carol Shields (1935-2003), American -born Canadian novelist, short-story writer, poet, playwright and writer
Trish Shields , British Columbia
Sandy Shreve (born 1950), British Columbia
Goran Simic (born 1952), Bosnian-born poet, playwright and short-story writer living in Canada since 1995
Melanie Siebert , British Columbia
Anne Simpson (born 1956), poet and novelist
Sue Sinclair
Sonja A. Skarstedt (1960-2009), Quebec
Robin Skelton , (1925-1997), British Columbia
Constance Lindsay Skinner (1877-1939), British Columbia
Daniel Sloate (1931-2009), translator, poet, playwright and academic
Sm-Sz [ ]
A.J.M. Smith
Raymond Souster
Carolyn Smart (born 1952), English -born poet, author and academic
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
A.J.M. Smith (1902-1980), Quebec
Douglas Burnet Smith (born 1949)
John Smith (born 1927), Prince Edward Island
Kay Smith (1911-2004), New Brunswick
Mary Barry Smith (1844-1914), New Brunswick
Michael V. Smith , British Columbia
Ron Smith (born 1943), British Columbia
William Wye Smith (1826-1917)
Albert E.S. Smythe (1861-1947), Ontario
Karen Solie (born 1966), Ontario
John Solomon
Madeline Sonik (born 1960), British Columbia
Carolyn Marie Souaid (born 1959), Quebec
Raymond Souster (1921 - 2012), Ontario
Esta Spalding (born 1966)
Heather Spears (born 1934), Canada / Denmark
Birk Sproxton (1943-2007), Alberta
Harold Standish (1919-1972), Ontario
George Stanley (born 1934), California / British Columbia
Carmine Starnino , Quebec
John Steffler (born 1947), Newfoundland and Labrador
Ian Stephens (1954-1996), Quebec
Ricardo Sternberg (born 1948), poet born in Brazil, educated in the United States
Richard Stevenson (born 1952), Alberta
Shannon Stewart
John Stiles (born 1966)
Anne Stone (born 1969)
Barry Straton (1854-1906), New Brunswick
Arthur Stringer (1874-1950), novelist and poet, first Canadian to use free verse
Betsy Struthers (born 1951), Ontario
Alan Sullivan (1868-1947), poet, short-story writer, railroad surveyor and mining engineer
Rosemary Sullivan (born 1947), poet, biographer, academic and anthologist
John Sutherland (1919-1956), Quebec
Robert Swanson (1905-1994), British Columbia
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 United Kingdom
Anne Szumigalski (1922-1999), Saskatchewan
T [ ]
E.W. Thomson
Bruce Taylor (born 1960), Quebec
Heather Taylor (born 1977), Canada / England
Ruth Taylor (1961-2006), poet, editor and academic
John Terpstra , Ontario
Sharon Thesen (born 1946), British Columbia
Colleen Thibaudeau (1925-2012), Ontario; wife of James Reaney .
John Thompson (1938-1976), New Brunswick
E.W. Thomson (1849-1924), journalist, writer and poet
Matthew Tierney (born 1970)
Mohamud Siad Togane (born 1943), Somalia / Canada
Lola Lemire Tostevin (born 1937), Ontario
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 andconsultant who moved to London, England in 1995
Tony Tremblay (born 1968), French-Canadian poet, writer, spoken word artist, journalist and radio personality
Peter Trower (born 1930), poet and novelist
Mark Truscott (born 1970), Ontario
Helen Tsiriotakis (born 1967)
James Alexander Tucker (1872-1903), Ontario
Elise Turcotte (born 26 June 1957), French-Canadian writer and poet
John Tyndall (born 1951), Ontario
Maxine Tynes (1943-2011), Nova Scotia
Daniel Scott Tysdal (born 1978)
U [ ]
Marie Uguay (1955-1981), French-Canadian poet
Doug Underhill (born 1946), New Brunswick
Priscilla Uppal (born 1974), Ontario
Jane Urquhart (born 1949), Ontario
David UU (1948-1994), Ontario / British Columbia
Uvavnuk , Nunavut
V [ ]
Peter Van Toorn (born 1944), Quebec
R.M. Vaughan (born 1965), poet, novelist and playwright
Steve Venright (born 1961), experimental poet and visual artist.
Pasquale Verdicchio (born 1954)
Paul Vermeersch (born 1973), Ontario
Katherena Vermette (born 1977), Manitoba
Roger Viets (1738-1811), Nova Scotia
Gilles Vigneault (born 1928), Quebec poet, publisher and singer-songwriter; Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist
Garth von Buchholz (also G.A. Buchholz) (born 1968) British Columbia, poet, dark fiction author, playwright, journalist and arts critic
W [ ]
Miriam Waddington
Miriam Waddington (1917-2004), poet, short story writer and translator
Fred Wah (born 1939), British Columbia
Anna Louisa Walker (1836-1907), Canada / England
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
Bertram Warr (1917-1943), Canada / England
Terry Watada (born 1951) author, writer, and poet
James Wreford Watson (1915-1990), geologist, published poetry as "James Wreford."
Wilfred Watson (1911-1998), Alberta
Alison Watt (born 1957), writer, poet and painter
Tom Wayman (born 1945), poet and academic
Phyllis Webb (born 1927), poet and radio broadcaster
John Weier (born 1949)
Arthur Weir (1864-1902), Quebec
Robert Stanley Weir (1856-1926), Quebec
Liliane Welch (born 1937), New Brunswick
Zachariah Wells (born 1976), poet, critic, essayist and editor
Darren Wershler-Henry (born 1966), experimental poet, non-fiction writer and cultural critic
Ethelwyn Wetherald (1857-1940)
David Wevill (born 1935)
George Whalley (1915-1983), Ontario
Dawud Wharnsby (born 1972), singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator and television personality
Michael Whelan (1858-1937), New Brunswick
John Roger White (1929-1993), Toronto, historian, novelist, editor, visual artist, and dancer
Clifton Whiten (1939-2003), Ontario
Zoe Whittall (born 1976), poet and novelist
Anne Wilkinson (1910-1961) modernist poet, writer and essayist
Julia Williams (born 1976), Alberta
Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901-1946), Ontario
Sheri-D Wilson (born 1958), poet and playwright.
Rob Winger (born 1974), poet and academic
Theresa Wolfwood , political activist and poet
George Woodcock (1912-1995), poet, essayist, critic, biographer and historian
Constance Woodrow (1899-1937), Canada
Lance Woolaver (born 1948) is a Canadian author, poet, playwright and director
Harold Verschoyle Wrong (1891-1916), Ontario
Y [ ]
J. Michael Yates (born 1938), poet and dramatist
Eric Mackay Yeoman (1885-1909), Nova Scotia
Jean Yoon (born 1962), actor, poet and playwright
D'bi Young born in Jamaica, moved to Canada in 1993 dub poet , actor and playwright
Patricia Young (born 1954)
Pamelia Vining Yule (1826-1897)
Z [ ]
David Zieroth (born 1946)
S.P. Zitner (1925-2005)
Rachel Zolf (born 1968), poet and editor
Carolyn Zonailo (born 1947), poet and publisher
Jan Zwicky (born 1955), philosopher, poet, essayist, and violinist
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Bentley, D. M. R (2004), The Confederation Group of Canadian poets, 1880-1897 , University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0802087396 , http://books.google.ca/books?id=yD_F8V0wONkC&lpg=PP1&dq=Canadian%20poets&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true
Woodcock, George (1976), Canadian poets, 1960-1973: a list , Golden Dog Press, ISBN 0919614140 , http://books.google.ca/books?id=OZ28ntU7AnoC&lpg=PP1&dq=Canadian%20poets&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true
Heath, Jeffrey M (1980-1991), Profiles in Canadian Literature, Volume 7 , Dundurn Press, ISBN 1550021451 , http://books.google.ca/books?id=qmMRJzrllTwC&lpg=PA69&dq=Canadian%20poets&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true
Trehearne, Brian (2010), Canadian Poetry 1920 to 1960 , McClelland & Stewart, ISBN 9780771086311 , http://books.google.ca/books?id=5YgppDd6JQcC&lpg=PA440&dq=Canadian%20poets&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true
Gerson, Carole; Gwendolyn Davies (2010), Canadian Poetry from the Beginnings Through the First World War , McClelland & Stewart, ISBN 9780771093647 , http://books.google.ca/books?id=YKfveTOyTB0C&lpg=PA417&dq=Canadian%20poets&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true