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==A== | ==A== | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1955), Canadian poet, journalist, editor and non-fiction writer | ||
*] ( |
*] (1923 – 1986) poet, writer, and playwright | ||
*], novelist, poet, short-story writer (a woman) | *], novelist, poet, short-story writer (a woman) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1953), Haitian native living in Canada since 1970; novelist, poet and writer of children's books | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1965), Native American writer and poet, founder (in 1993) of ], specializing in indigenous writers | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1945), writer, poet and teacher | ||
*], editor, author and poet who co-founded the magazine ''Dandelion'' | *], editor, author and poet who co-founded the magazine ''Dandelion'' | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1973) Scottish-Canadian writer, multimedia artist, bookseller, small press publisher and activist | ||
*], editor and poet | *], editor and poet | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1951) ] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1951 – 2005), playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher, born in Egypt and moved to Canada at the age of 12 | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1936) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1924), German-born, primarily francophone writer, academic and editor | ||
*] ( |
*] (1915 – 1979) English-born Canadian poet and academic | ||
*] ( |
*] (1935) poet, musician and accountant | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1946) poet, critic and editor living in the United States | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1948) Native American author, educator, artist, and activist | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1940), author and poet | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1935) poet, musician and Chartered Accountant | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1960) ] writer | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1939) poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist and activist | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1918 – 2007) | ||
==B== | ==B== | ||
*] political ] poet who has published chapbooks | *] political ] poet who has published chapbooks | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1905 – 1997) poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator | ||
*] ( |
*] (1731 – 1808), a Church of England clergyman and poet born in the United States (colony of New Hampshire), immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada in 1779 | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1970) | ||
*], native of India | *], native of India | ||
*] | *] | ||
*], author, composer, children's writer and poet | *], author, composer, children's writer and poet | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1953), Kurdish poet and writer living in Canada since 1998 | ||
*] ( |
*] (1950 – 1990), poet and author | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1967)), Ivoirian born Canadian poet and journalist | ||
*] American-born, living in Canada since 1965, husband of ] | *] American-born, living in Canada since 1965, husband of ] | ||
*](born |
*](born 1934), American-born, living in Canada since 1965, wife of ] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1941), poet and academic | ||
*] ( |
*] (1850 – 1931) francophone poet and physician (a man) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1973) poet, publisher and anthologist. | ||
*] | *] | ||
*], Indian-born poet, short-story writer, novelist and academic | *], Indian-born poet, short-story writer, novelist and academic | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1929), poet, author, writer and editor | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1946) | ||
*], arts journalist, novelist, poet and playwright | *], arts journalist, novelist, poet and playwright | ||
*] (died |
*] (died 2007) poet and writer | ||
*], India native and Canadian resident who has published books, including books of poetry, in Punjabi and English; publisher of Third Eye Press | *], India native and Canadian resident who has published books, including books of poetry, in Punjabi and English; publisher of Third Eye Press | ||
*], francophone writer and poet | *], francophone writer and poet | ||
*], author and poet | *], author and poet | ||
*], Punjabi-language poet living in Canada | *], Punjabi-language poet living in Canada | ||
*] ( |
*] (1949-1986), poet and editor | ||
*] ( |
*] (1904 – 1995) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1939) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1956), writer, short-story writer, playwright, poet and academic | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1925), author and poet (a man) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1949), a man | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1935) poet, literary critic, and translator | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1954) | ||
*], born "Christian Book" (born August 10, |
*], born "Christian Book" (born August 10, 1966), poet and author | ||
*], poet and academic | *], poet and academic | ||
*] pen name of Ruth Elizabeth Borson (born |
*] pen name of Ruth Elizabeth Borson (born 1952), American native living in Canada | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1932) Tunisian-born Canadian poet, novelist and academic | ||
*] ( |
*] (1893 – 1969), poet and lawyer | ||
*](born |
*](born 1935), novelist, poet, historian, and biographer | ||
*] ( |
*] (1949), poet, novelist and playwright | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1964), poet and novelist | ||
*] poet, fiction writer, critic, essayist and editor | *] poet, fiction writer, critic, essayist and editor | ||
*], poet and teacher | *], poet and teacher | ||
*] ( |
*] (1963 – July 14, 2008 at age 45), novelist, ] artist, ], essayist, digital drummer and short-story writer | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1973), poet and teacher | ||
*] (born January 7, |
*] (born January 7, 1953), poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer born and raised in ] before moving to Canada | ||
*] nee "Diana Ruth Janzen" (born |
*] nee "Diana Ruth Janzen" (born 1952), poet and literary critic | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1933), French Canadian poet and translator | ||
*] ( |
*] (1956–2001) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1950), poet and novelist | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1922) poet and academic | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1946), poet, typographer and author | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1933), Canadian poet living in the United States since 1962 | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1943), francophone poet and novelist | ||
*] ( |
*] (1904–1998) | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1946), American native living in Canada for most of her adult life | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1966) is a Canadian poet, novelist and academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1963) | ||
*] | *] | ||
==C== | ==C== | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1970), poet and academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1861 – 1929), poet and critic | ||
*] ( |
*] (born1950) poet, essayist, translator, and academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1953) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1940) poet and academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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==E== | ==E== | ||
*] ( |
*] (1902–1983), novelist, short-story writer, poet and academic | ||
*] ( |
*] (1948-2006), American-born, living in Canada from 1979, poet and academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1923–1999), poet and academic | ||
*] ( |
*] (1960–1999) Canadian-American astronomer, academic writer and poet | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1920) teacher, school administrator, writer and poet in ] (Mennonite Low German) | ||
==F== | ==F== | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1948) librarian, poet and publisher of ], which he founded in 1978 | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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==G== | ==G== | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1943) critic, editor, biographer, and poet | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1933) novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1946) novelist and poet | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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==H== | ==H== | ||
*] ( |
*] (1933–2003), poet and jazz lyricist, born in the United States and later a Canadian resident | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1953), poet, academic and publisher of broadsides and chapboooks under the the Flat Singles Press imprint since 1976 | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1954) short-story writer, poet and photographer | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1937) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1972) writer, poet, artist and photographer | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1936), painter and poet, born Hungary | ||
*] (born ]), poet and editor | *] (born ]), poet and editor | ||
*] (née Deichman) (born |
*] (née Deichman) (born 1936), novelist and poet | ||
*] (14 August |
*] (14 August 1575 – November 1629) poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] |
*] 1957) poet and academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1961), novelist and poet | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1951), poet and novelist | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1948), writer and poet | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1952) poet and academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1952) teacher, poet and fiction writer | ||
*] (born in |
*] (born in 1957), poet, novelist, editor, academic and critic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
==I== | ==I== | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1944) | ||
*] | *] | ||
==J== | ==J== | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1943) novelist, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, and critic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1943) American-born poet and novelist who moved to Canada in 1969 | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*], also known as "Tekahionwake" ( |
*], also known as "Tekahionwake" (1861 – 1913) | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1861 – 1899) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1938) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1939) | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1971), poet and novelist | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1943 – 1912 – 2006) | ||
*] (] – ]) | |||
*] | *] | ||
*], poet and academic | *], poet and academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1951), author, poet and academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1948 – 2006), poet and novelist | ||
*] ( |
*] (1914 – 1998), diplomat, poet, novelist and academic | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1950), poet and essayist | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1909 – 1996) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1965), novelist and poet | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1922), poet and (now retired) academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1945), poet, children's writer and editor | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1941 – 1987), novelist and poet | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1951), poet and physicist (a man) | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*], née Buckle (born |
*], née Buckle (born 1942) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1941), poet and novelist | ||
*], poet and novelist | *], poet and novelist | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1956), poet and collage artist | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1944), poet and literary translator | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1947) poet and academic, emigrated from the United Kingdom in 1968 | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1937) poet and busker (street performer) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1940) poet, fiction writer, and travel writer | ||
* ] | * ] | ||
*]( |
*](1828 – 1906), called "The Cheese Poet" | ||
* ] | * ] | ||
* ] | * ] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1942), poet, editor, and academic` | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1950), poet, literary editor, and spoken word performer | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1944), poet and academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1957) poet and academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1958) poet and novelist | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1942) poet and academic | ||
*] ( |
*] (1923 – 2004) | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1955) poet and playwright | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1948) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1947) poet and academic | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1952) Native American Canadian poet and playwright | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1955) | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*](born |
*](born 1951) poet and children's writer | ||
* ] | * ] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1879 – 1941) francophone poet from Quebec | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] Barrie Phillip Nichol, who often went by his lower-case initials and last name, with no spaces ( |
*] Barrie Phillip Nichol, who often went by his lower-case initials and last name, with no spaces (1944 – 1988), poet and writer | ||
*] ( |
*] (1938 – 2003) | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1943) Sri Lankan novelist and poet with Canadian citizenship | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1930 – 2005) | ||
==P== | ==P== | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1916) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1954) Italian poet living in Canada since 1987, editorial director of the quarterly magazine ItalyCanada Trade | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1943–2001) poet, writer, editor | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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==Q== | ==Q== | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1969), author who moved to Australia | ||
* ] | * ] | ||
* ] | * ] | ||
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==R== | ==R== | ||
*] poet of Punjabi descent who writes in the Punjabi language | *] poet of Punjabi descent who writes in the Punjabi language | ||
*] ( |
*] (1835 – 1900) educator and poet | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1943) poet and prose writer, critic, editor and academic born in England, immigrated to Canada in 1953 | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1946) German-born poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1943) poet, critic, and academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*], also known as Frank Scott ( |
*], also known as Frank Scott (1899–1985) poet, intellectual and constitutional expert | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1941, Jamaican poet and short story writer living in Canada | ||
*] ( |
*] (1874 – 1958), poet and writer | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1945 – 2006), poet and visual arts editor | ||
*] | *] | ||
*], poet and novelist | *], poet and novelist | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1956), poet and novelist | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1902 – ]), poet and academic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1927), poet and academic | ||
*] novelist, poet and filmmaker | *] novelist, poet and filmmaker | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1966) | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1941), poet, educational theorist, travel writer and literary critic | ||
*] | *] | ||
*](born |
*](born 1921), poet and (now retired) bank executive | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1966), American-born Canadian author, screenwriter and poet | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] |
*] 1943 – 2007), poet and novelist | ||
*] ( |
*] (1919 – 1972), poet and novelist | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] essayist, educator, and editor | *] essayist, educator, and editor | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1947), poet and novelist | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1948), poet born in Brazil, educated in the United States | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
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*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1951), poet and novelist | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1933), is an American and Canadian poet and novelist | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1922 – 1999) | ||
==T== | ==T== | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1960) | ||
*](born |
*](born 1977) Canadian poet, playwright and teacher living in England since 2002 | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] ( |
*] (1961 – 2006), poet, editor and academic | ||
*], poet and carpenter | *], poet and carpenter | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1946), poet and academic | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1849 &nash; 1924) journalist, writer and poet | ||
*] ( |
*] (1938 – 1976) | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1970 | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1943) Somali native and Canadian resident; poet, academic, and political activist | ||
*] (born June 15, |
*] (born June 15, 1937), poet, novelist and writer | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1953), poet and children's writer | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1968) French-Canadian poet, writer, spoken word artist, journalist and radio personality | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1930), poet and novelist | ||
*](born |
*](born 1970), born in the United States | ||
*] (born Diane Lynn McKiel in |
*] (born Diane Lynn McKiel in 1965) | ||
*] (born June 26, |
*] (born June 26, 1957), French-Canadian writer and poet | ||
*] (born "Ryszard Tylman" in Kraków, Poland in |
*] (born "Ryszard Tylman" in Kraków, Poland in 1952) ]-Canadian poet and painter | ||
*] | *] | ||
*] | *] | ||
==U== | ==U== | ||
* ] ( |
* ] (1955 – 1981) French- ] poet | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1974) ] poet and novelist | ||
==V== | ==V== | ||
* ], poet, novelist and playwright | * ], poet, novelist and playwright | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1973) | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1928) a Québéc poet, publisher and singer-songwriter; Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist | ||
* ] ( |
* ] (1826 – 1897) | ||
==W== | ==W== | ||
*] née Dworkin |
*] née Dworkin 1917 – 2004), poet, short story writer and translator | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1939) poet, novelist, and scholar | ||
* ] ( |
* ] (1945 – 1989), poet and short story writer | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1948) playwright, novelist, poet and screenwriter | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1950), actor, poet, playwright and storyteller | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1948) epidemiologist, essayist, poet, fiction writer, veterinarian, and a specialist in the epidemiology of food and waterborne diseases, zoonoses and ecosystem health | ||
* ] author, writer, and poet | * ] author, writer, and poet | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1957) writer, poet and painter | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1945) poet and academic | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1927), poet and radio broadcaster | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1949) | ||
* ] ( |
* ] (1856 – 1926), judge and poet most famous for writing the English lyrics to '']'', the national anthem of Canada | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1976), poet, critic, essayist and editor | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1966), experimental poet, non-fiction writer and cultural critic | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1935) | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1972), singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator and television personality | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1858) teacher, bookkeeper, poet | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1976), poet and novelist | ||
* ] ( |
* ] (1910 – 1961) Canadian poet, writer and essayist | ||
* ], poet and playwright | * ], poet and playwright | ||
* ], poet and academic | * ], poet and academic | ||
* ] political activist | * ] political activist | ||
* ] ( |
* ] (1912 – 1995) poet, essayist, critic, biographer and historiian; the founder (in 1959) of the journal '']'' | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1948) is a Canadian author, poet, playwright and director | ||
==Y== | ==Y== | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1938) poet and dramatist | ||
* ] (born |
* ] (born 1962) actor, poet and playwright | ||
* ] born in Jamaica, moved to Canada in 1993; ], actor and playwright | * ] born in Jamaica, moved to Canada in 1993; ], actor and playwright | ||
==Z== | ==Z== | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1947) poet and publisher | ||
*] (born |
*] (born 1955) philosopher, poet, essayist, and violinist | ||
* ], poet and editor | * ], poet and editor | ||
Revision as of 13:11, 9 December 2008
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
This is a list of Canadian poets. Years link to corresponding " in poetry" articles.
A
- Mark Abley (born 1955), Canadian poet, journalist, editor and non-fiction writer
- Milton Acorn (1923 – 1986) poet, writer, and playwright
- Gil Adamson, novelist, poet, short-story writer (a woman)
- Marie-Célie Agnant (born 1953), Haitian native living in Canada since 1970; novelist, poet and writer of children's books
- Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (born 1965), Native American writer and poet, founder (in 1993) of Kegedonce Press, specializing in indigenous writers
- Donald Alarie (born 1945), writer, poet and teacher
- Edna Alford, editor, author and poet who co-founded the magazine Dandelion
- Sandra Alland (born 1973) Scottish-Canadian writer, multimedia artist, bookseller, small press publisher and activist
- Donna Allard, editor and poet
- Lillian Allen (born 1951) dub poet
- Anne-Marie Alonzo (1951 – 2005), playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher, born in Egypt and moved to Canada at the age of 12
- George Amabile (born 1936)
- Marguerite Andersen (born 1924), 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 (born 1946) poet, critic and editor living in the United States
- Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948) Native American author, educator, artist, and activist
- David Arnason (born 1940), author and poet
- Rod Anderson (born 1935) poet, musician and Chartered Accountant
- Joanne Arnott (born 1960) Métis writer
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939) poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist and activist
- Margaret Avison (born 1918 – 2007)
B
- Lisa B political spoken word poet who has published chapbooks
- Ken Babstock
- Alfred Bailey (1905 – 1997) poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator
- Jacob Bailey (1731 – 1808), a Church of England clergyman and poet born in the United States (colony of New Hampshire), immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada in 1779
- Chris Banks (born 1970)
- Kaushalya Bannerji, native of India
- Frances Bannerman
- Gary Barwin, 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 (born 1967)), Ivoirian born Canadian poet and journalist
- Bill Bauer American-born, living in Canada since 1965, husband of Nancy Bauer
- Nancy Bauer(born 1934), American-born, living in Canada since 1965, wife of Bill Bauer
- Doug Beardsley (born 1941), poet and academic
- Nérée Beauchemin (1850 – 1931) francophone poet and physician (a man)
- Derek Beaulieu (born 1973) poet, publisher and anthologist.
- Joseph-Isidore Bédard
- Ven Begamudré, Indian-born poet, short-story writer, novelist and academic
- Henry Beissel (born 1929), poet, author, writer and editor
- Ken Belford (born 1946)
- John Bemrose, arts journalist, novelist, poet and playwright
- Robbie Benoit (died 2007) poet and writer
- Navtej Bharati, India native and Canadian resident who has published books, including books of poetry, in Punjabi and English; publisher of Third Eye Press
- Jean-Philippe Bergeron, francophone writer and poet
- Craven Langstroth Betts, author and poet
- Navtej Bharati, Punjabi-language poet living in Canada
- Robert Billings (1949-1986), poet and editor
- Earle Birney (1904 – 1995)
- bill bissett (born 1939)
- Mark Blagrave (born 1956), writer, short-story writer, playwright, poet and academic
- Robin Blaser (born 1925), author and poet (a man)
- Laurie Block (born 1949), a man
- E. D. Blodgett (born 1935) poet, literary critic, and translator
- Robert Boates (born 1954)
- Christian Bök, born "Christian Book" (born August 10, 1966), poet and author
- Stephanie Bolster, poet and academic
- Roo Borson 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 (1893 – 1969), poet and lawyer
- George Bowering(born 1935), novelist, poet, historian, and biographer
- Marilyn Bowering (1949), poet, novelist and playwright
- Tim Bowling (born 1964), poet and novelist
- Alex Boyd (author) poet, fiction writer, critic, essayist and editor
- Kate Braid, poet and teacher
- Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (1963 – July 14, 2008 at age 45), novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer and short-story writer
- Shannon Bramer (born 1973), poet and teacher
- Dionne Brand (born January 7, 1953), poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago before moving to Canada
- Di Brandt nee "Diana Ruth Janzen" (born 1952), poet and literary critic
- Jacques Brault (born 1933), French Canadian poet and translator
- Diana Brebner (1956–2001)
- Brian Brett (born 1950), poet and novelist
- Elizabeth Brewster (born 1922) poet and academic
- Robert Bringhurst (born 1946), poet, typographer and author
- David Bromige (born 1933), Canadian poet living in the United States since 1962
- Nicole Brossard (born 1943), francophone poet and novelist
- Audrey Alexandra Brown (1904–1998)
- Jean Brown
- Ronnie R. Brown (born 1946), American native living in Canada for most of her adult life
- Robert Budde (born 1966) is a Canadian poet, novelist and academic
- Suzanne Buffam
- April Bulmer (born 1963)
- Mick Burrs
C
- Stephen Cain (born 1970), poet and academic
- Alison Calder
- Barry Callaghan
- Anne Cameron
- Wilfred Campbell
- Natalee Caple
- Bliss Carman (1861 – 1929), poet and critic
- Anne Carson (born1950) poet, essayist, translator, and academic
- William Chapman
- Jean Charbonneau
- Herménégilde Chiasson
- Robert Choquette
- Lesley Choyce
- Margaret Christakos
- Evie Christie
- Dave Clark (Canadian musician)
- George Elliott Clarke
- Wayne Clifford
- Fred Cogswell
- Leonard Cohen
- Matt Cohen (writer)
- Don Coles
- John Robert Colombo
- Anne Compton
- Wayde Compton
- Jan Conn
- Karen Connelly
- Dennis Cooley
- Afua Cooper
- Dani Couture
- Thomas Cowherd
- Thomas Cowherd
- Isabella Valancy Crawford
- Octave Crémazie
- Lynn Crosbie
- Lorna Crozier
- Michael Crummey
- Julie Crysler
- jwcurry
D
- Cyril Dabydeen
- Paulo da Costa Canadian-Portuguese author, editor and translator
- Kalli Dakos
- Mary Dalton
- Joseph A. Dandurand
- Beverley Daurio (born 1953)
- Frank Davey (born 1940) poet and academic
- Nicholas Flood Davin
- Tom Dawe
- Adriana de Barros
- James Deahl
- Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan
- Barry Dempster
- Michelle Desbarats
- Christopher Dewdney
- Pier Giorgio Di Cicco
- Mary di Michele
- Robert Dickson (writer)
- Kildare Dobbs
- Don Domanski
- Magie Dominic
- Jeffery Donaldson
- David Donnell
- Candas Dorsey
- Clive Doucet
- Orville Lloyd Douglas
- Gordon Downie
- William Henry Drummond
- Louis Dudek
- Marilyn Dumont
E
- 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
- Ronda Eller
- David Elliott (poet) (1923–1999), poet and academic
- Rebecca Elson (1960–1999) Canadian-American astronomer, academic writer and poet
- Reuben Epp (born 1920) teacher, school administrator, writer and poet in Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German)
F
- Chris Faiers (born 1948) librarian, poet and publisher of Unfinished Monument Press, which he founded in 1978
- Margaret Fairley
- Brian Fawcett
- Ferron
- George Fetherling
- Robert Finch (poet)
- Joan Finnigan
- Jon Paul Fiorentino
- Judith Fitzgerald
- Robert Ford (poet)
- David Fraser
- Raymond Fraser
- Louis-Honoré Fréchette
- Patrick Friesen
- Mark Frutkin
G
- Radovan Gajić
- Keith Garebian (born 1943) critic, editor, biographer, and poet
- François-Xavier Garneau
- Bill Gaston
- Antoine Gérin-Lajoie
- Marty Gervais (born 1946) poet, photographer, professor, journalist, and publisher of Black Moss Press
- Marty Gervais
- Angus Morrison Gidney
- Charles Ignace Adélard Gill
- John Glassco
- Jacques Godbout (born 1933) novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet
- Gérald Godin
- Leona Gom (born 1946) novelist and poet
- Katherine L. Gordon
- Phyllis Gotlieb
- Sue Goyette
- Neile Graham
- Alain Grandbois
- Andrea Grant
- Leslie Greentree
- Andreas Gripp
- Ralph Gustafson
- Genni Gunn
- Gregory Wm. Gunn
- Kristjana Gunnars
H
- Paul Haines (1933–2003), poet and jazz lyricist, born in the United States and later a Canadian resident
- Phil Hall (born 1953), poet, academic and publisher of broadsides and chapboooks under the the Flat Singles Press imprint since 1976
- Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954) short-story writer, poet and photographer
- Claire Harris (born 1937)
- Sharon Harris (born 1972) writer, poet, artist and photographer
- Richard Harrison
- Paul Hartal (born 1936), painter and poet, born Hungary
- Jill Hartman (born 1974 in poetry), poet and editor
- Elisabeth Harvor (née Deichman) (born 1936), novelist and poet
- Robert Hayman (14 August 1575 – November 1629) poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland
- Charles Heavysege
- Anne Hébert
- Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau
- Allison Hedge Coke 1957) poet and academic
- Wilfrid Heighington
- Steven Heighton (born 1961), novelist and poet
- David Helwig
- Maggie Helwig
- Brian Henderson (poet)
- Robert Hilles (born 1951), poet and novelist
- Brian Henderson (born 1948), writer and poet
- Clive Holden
- Emily Holton
- Cornelia Hoogland (born 1952) poet and academic
- Sean Horlor
- Harry Howith
- Ray Hsu
- Helen Humphreys
- Aislinn Hunter
- Bruce Hunter (born 1952) teacher, poet and fiction writer
- Catherine Hunter (born in 1957), poet, novelist, editor, academic and critic
- Chris Hutchinson
- Douglas Smith Huyghue
I
- Susan Ioannou (born 1944)
- Frances Itani
J
- Suzanne Jacob (born 1943) novelist, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, and critic
- Jemeni (singer)
- Paulette Jiles (born 1943) American-born poet and novelist who moved to Canada in 1969
- Rita Joe
- Reg Johanson
- E. Pauline Johnson, also known as "Tekahionwake" (1861 – 1913)
- D. G. Jones
- Eve Joseph
K
- Surjeet Kalsey
- Smaro Kamboureli
- Ibi Kaslik
- Lionel Kearns
- M. T. Kelly
- Penn Kemp
- Robert Kirkland Kernighan
- Kevin Matthews (spoken word)
- Roy Kiyooka
- Johann Peter Klassen
- Sarah Klassen
- A. M. Klein
- Raymond Knister
- Joy Kogawa
- Maka Kotto
- Shane Koyczan
- Robert Kroetsch
- Janice Kulyk Keefer
L
- Sonnet L'Abbé
- Pierre Labrie
- Dany Laferrière
- Archibald Lampman (1861 – 1899)
- Tim Lander (born 1938)
- Patrick Lane (born 1939)
- M. Travis Lane
- Patrick Lane
- Rina Lasnier
- Evelyn Lau (born 1971), poet and novelist
- Edythe Morahan de Lauzon
- Eric Layman (1943 – 1912 – 2006)
- Gérald Leblanc
- Ross Leckie, poet and academic
- Félix Leclerc
- Dennis Lee
- John B. Lee (born 1951), author, poet and academic
- Sylvia Legris
- John Lent (1948 – 2006), poet and novelist
- Douglas LePan (1914 – 1998), diplomat, poet, novelist and academic
- Tim Lilburn (born 1950), poet and essayist
- Charles Lillard
- Dorothy Livesay (1909 – 1996)
- Billie Livingston (born 1965), novelist and poet
- Douglas Lochhead (born 1922), poet and (now retired) academic
- Pat Lowther
M
- Rozena Maart
- Robert McBride (poet)
- Steven McCabe
- Steve McCaffery
- Karen Mac Cormack
- John McCrae
- Bernell MacDonald
- Hugh MacDonald (born 1945), poet, children's writer and editor
- Roy McDonald
- Wilson MacDonald
- Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941 – 1987), novelist and poet
- David McFadden
- Walter Scott MacFarlane
- David McGimpsey
- Wendy McGrath
- Tom MacInnes
- Nadine McInnis
- James McIntyre (poet)
- Don McKay
- Barry McKinnon
- Susan McMaster
- Steve McOrmond
- Andrea MacPherson
- Jay Macpherson
- Travis MacRae
- Randall Maggs
- Keith Maillard
- Charles Mair
- Robert Majzels
- Alice Major
- Kim Maltman (born 1951), poet and physicist (a man)
- Eli Mandel
- Ahdri Zhina Mandiela
- David Manicom
- Lee Maracle
- David Margoshes
- Nicole Markotic
- Daphne Marlatt, née Buckle (born 1942)
- David Margoshes (born 1941), poet and novelist
- Nicole Markotic, poet and novelist
- Tom Marshall (poet)
- Camille Martin (born 1956), poet and collage artist
- Robin Mathews
- Kevin Matthews
- Seymour Mayne (born 1944), poet and literary translator
- Chandra Mayor
- Steve McCaffery (born 1947) poet and academic, emigrated from the United Kingdom in 1968
- Roy McDonald (born 1937) poet and busker (street performer)
- David McFadden (born 1940) poet, fiction writer, and travel writer
- David McGimpsey
- James McIntyre(1828 – 1906), called "The Cheese Poet"
- Don McKay
- Barry McKinnon
- Don McKay (born 1942), poet, editor, and academic`
- Susan McMaster (born 1950), poet, literary editor, and spoken word performer
- Barry McKinnon (born 1944), poet and academic
- Steve McOrmond
- Mary Melfi
- Bruce Meyer (born 1957) poet and academic
- Pauline Michel
- Anne Michaels (born 1958) poet and novelist
- Roy Miki (born 1942) poet and academic
- Kenneth G. Mills (1923 – 2004)
- Gaston Miron
- Marion E. Moodie
- Susanna Moodie
- Jacob McArthur Mooney
- Pamela Mordecai
- Pierre Morency
- Dwayne Morgan
- Kim Morrissey (born 1955) poet and playwright
- Colin Morton (born 1948)
- A. F. Moritz (born 1947) poet and academic
- Daniel David Moses (born 1952) Native American Canadian poet and playwright
- Erin Mouré (born 1955)
- William Murdoch (poet)
- George Murray
- Susan Musgrave(born 1951) poet and children's writer
- Jane Musoke-Nteyafas
N
- Akhtar Naraghi
- Roger Nash
- Lyle Neff
- Lorri Neilsen Glenn
- Émile Nelligan (1879 – 1941) francophone poet from Quebec
- Holly Nelson
- Pierre Nepveu
- W. H. New
- bpNichol Barrie Phillip Nichol, who often went by his lower-case initials and last name, with no spaces (1944 – 1988), poet and writer
- John Newlove (1938 – 2003)
- Lorri Neilsen Glenn
- Alden Nowlan
O
- Patrick O'Connell (poet)
- Sheree-Lee Olson
- Michael Ondaatje (born 1943) Sri Lankan novelist and poet with Canadian citizenship
- Heather O'Neill
- Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska
- Richard Outram (born 1930 – 2005)
P
- P. K. Page (born 1916)
- Corrado Paina (born 1954) Italian poet living in Canada since 1987, editorial director of the quarterly magazine ItalyCanada Trade
- John R. Palmer
- John Pass
- Christopher D. Patton
- Sasenarine Persaud
- W. T. Pfefferle
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- Ben Phillips
- Alison Pick
- Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
- Jean-Guy Pilon
- George Pirie
- Al Pittman
- Ted Plantos (1943–2001) poet, writer, editor
- Emily Pohl-Weary
- B. W. Powe
- Claire Pratt
- E. J. Pratt
- Frank Prewett
- Robert Priest
- Stefan Psenak
- Al Purdy
Q
- Andy Quan (born 1969), author who moved to Australia
- Joseph Quesnel
- Sina Queyras
R
- Gurcharan Rampuri poet of Punjabi descent who writes in the Punjabi language
- Theodore Harding Rand (1835 – 1900) educator and poet
- Ian Iqbal Rashid
- Richard Rathwell
- Angela Rawlings (a.k.a. a.rawlings)
- Wayne Ray
- Rafi Raza
- James Reaney
- Michael Redhill
- David Rehak
- D. C. Reid
- Jamie Reid
- Tracy Repchuk
- Shane Rhodes
- Charles G.D. Roberts
- Lisa Robertson
- Ajmer Rode
- Gordon Rodgers
- Carmen Rodríguez
- Linda Rogers
- Laisha Rosnau
- Bruce Ross
- Stuart Ross
- Stephen Rowe
S
- Lake Sagaris
- Trish Salah
- Peter Sanger (born 1943) poet and prose writer, critic, editor and academic born in England, immigrated to Canada in 1953
- Peter Sanger
- Charles Sangster
- Félix-Antoine Savard
- Jacob Scheier
- Libby Scheier
- Diane Schoemperlen
- Matthew Schreuder
- Andreas Schroeder (born 1946) German-born poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer
- Stephen Scobie (born 1943) poet, critic, and academic
- Duncan Campbell Scott
- Duncan Scott
- F. R. Scott, also known as Frank Scott (1899–1985) poet, intellectual and constitutional expert
- Peter Dale Scott
- Olive Senior (born 1941, Jamaican poet and short story writer living in Canada
- Robert W. Service (1874 – 1958), poet and writer
- April Severin
- Kathy Shaidle
- Joseph Sherman (1945 – 2006), poet and visual arts editor
- Carol Shields
- Trish Shields, poet and novelist
- Sandy Shreve
- Goran Simic
- Anne Simpson (born 1956), poet and novelist
- Sue Sinclair
- Sonja Skarstedt
- Robin Skelton
- Daniel Sloate
- Carolyn Smart
- Elizabeth Smart (author)
- A. J. M. Smith (1902 – 19801980), poet and academic
- Douglas Burnet Smith
- John Smith (born 1927), poet and academic
- Michael V. Smith novelist, poet and filmmaker
- Ron Smith (Canadian author)
- Karen Solie (born 1966)
- John Solomon (author)
- David Solway (born 1941), poet, educational theorist, travel writer and literary critic
- Madeline Sonik
- Raymond Souster(born 1921), poet and (now retired) bank executive
- Esta Spalding (born 1966), American-born Canadian author, screenwriter and poet
- Esta Spalding
- Heather Spears
- Birk Sproxton 1943 – 2007), poet and novelist
- Harold Standish (1919 – 1972), poet and novelist
- George Stanley (poet)
- Carmine Starnino essayist, educator, and editor
- John Steffler (born 1947), poet and novelist
- Ian Stephens (poet)
- Ricardo Sternberg (born 1948), poet born in Brazil, educated in the United States
- Richard Stevenson
- Shannon Stewart
- W. Gregory Stewart
- John Stiles
- Anne Stone
- Betsy Struthers (born 1951), poet and novelist
- Alan Sullivan
- Rosemary Sullivan
- John Sutherland (Canadian writer)
- Robert Swanson (inventor)
- Robert Sward (born 1933), is an American and Canadian poet and novelist
- George Swede
- Michael Ernest Sweet
- Todd Swift
- Anne Szumigalski (1922 – 1999)
T
- Bruce Taylor (born 1960)
- Heather Taylor(born 1977) Canadian poet, playwright and teacher living in England since 2002
- Kevin Taylor
- Ruth Taylor (1961 – 2006), poet, editor and academic
- John Terpstra, poet and carpenter
- Sharon Thesen (born 1946), poet and academic
- Edward William Thomson (writer) (born 1849 &nash; 1924) journalist, writer and poet
- John Thompson (1938 – 1976)
- Matthew Tierney (born 1970
- Mohamud Siad Togane (born 1943) Somali native and Canadian resident; poet, academic, and political activist
- Lola Lemire Tostevin (born June 15, 1937), poet, novelist and writer
- Rhea Tregebov (born 1953), poet and children's writer
- Raymond D. Tremblay
- Roland Michel Tremblay
- 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), born in the United States
- Diane Tucker (born Diane Lynn McKiel in 1965)
- Élise Turcotte (born June 26, 1957), French-Canadian writer and poet
- Richard Tylman (born "Ryszard Tylman" in Kraków, Poland in 1952) Polish-Canadian poet and painter
- John Tyndall
- Daniel Scott Tysdal
U
- Marie Uguay (1955 – 1981) French- Canadian poet
- Priscilla Uppal (born 1974) Canadian poet and novelist
V
- R. M. Vaughan, poet, novelist and playwright
- Paul Vermeersch (born 1973)
- Gilles Vigneault (born 1928) a Québéc poet, publisher and singer-songwriter; Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist
- Pamelia Sarah Vining (1826 – 1897)
W
- Miriam Waddington née Dworkin 1917 – 2004), poet, short story writer and translator
- 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) (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)
- 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 Ali (born 1972), singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator and television personality
- Michael Whelan (poet) (born 1858) teacher, bookkeeper, poet
- Zoe Whittall (born 1976), poet and novelist
- Anne Wilkinson (poet) (1910 – 1961) Canadian poet, writer and essayist
- Sheri-D Wilson, poet and playwright
- Rob Winger, poet and academic
- Theresa Wolfwood political activist
- George Woodcock (1912 – 1995) poet, essayist, critic, biographer and historiian; the founder (in 1959) of the journal Canadian Literature
- Lance Woolaver (born 1948) is a Canadian author, poet, playwright and director
Y
- J. Michael Yates (born 1938) poet and dramatist
- Jean Yoon (born 1962) actor, poet and playwright
- D'bi Young born in Jamaica, moved to Canada in 1993; dub poet, actor and playwright
Z
- Carolyn Zonailo (born 1947) poet and publisher
- Jan Zwicky (born 1955) philosopher, poet, essayist, and violinist
- Rachel Zolf, poet and editor
See also
- List of Canadian writers
- List of poets
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature