This is a list of Canadian poets. Years link to corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles.
Mark Abley (born 1955), Canadian poet, journalist, editor, and non-fiction writer.
Milton Acorn (1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright
José Acquelin
Gil Adamson, Female novelist, poet, and short-story writer
Marie-Célie Agnant (born 1953), Haitian native living in Canada since 1970; novelist, poet and writer of children's books
Neil Aitken (born 1974), Canadian poet, editor, and translator
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)
Madhur Anand (born 1971), poet and scientist
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
Joanne Arnott (born 1960), Métis poet, essayist, and activist writer
Margaret Atwood (born 1939), poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist, and activist
Martine Audet
Margaret Avison (born 1918–2007)
Lisa B, political spoken word poet who has published chapbooks
Ken Babstock
Elizabeth Bachinsky
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
John Barton (born 1957)
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 (1806–1833), poet, lawyer, and politician
Ven Begamudré, Indian-born poet, short-story writer, novelist, and academic
Henry Beissel (born 1929), poet, author, writer, and editor
Ken Belford (born 1946)
Marlène Belley (born 1963),
John Bemrose, arts journalist, novelist, poet, and playwright
Robbie Benoit (died 2007), poet and writer
Jovette Bernier (1900–1981), Quebec poet, novelist, and journalist
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 1966), poet and author
Stephanie Bolster (born 1969), poet and academic
Shane Book
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, poet, fiction writer, critic, essayist, and editor
Kate Braid, poet and teacher
Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (1963–2008), novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer, and short-story writer
Shannon Bramer (born 1973), poet and teacher
Dionne Brand (born 1953), poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago before moving to Canada
Di Brandt née "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)
Ronnie R. Brown (born 1946), American native living in Canada for most of her adult life
Charles Tory Bruce
Julie Bruck
Robert Budde (born 1966), poet, novelist, and academic
Suzanne Buffam
April Bulmer (born 1963)
Murdoch Burnett (born 1953), Canadian poet, performance artist, editor, and community activist
Mick Burrs
Aaron Bushkowsky
Charmaine Cadeau
Stephen Cain (born 1970), poet and academic
Alison Calder, poet and academic
Frank Oliver Call
Barry Callaghan (born 1937), author, poet, and son of the author Morley Callaghan
Jason Camlot (born 1967), poet, scholar, and songwriter
Anne Cameron (born 1938), novelist, poet, screenwriter, and short-story writer
George Frederick Cameron (24 Sept. 1854 – 17 Sept. 1885), poet, lawyer, and journalist
Wilfred Campbell (1858–1918), poet and Anglican clergyman
Natalee Caple (born 1970), novelist and poet
Paul Cargnello (born 1979), Montreal poet, lyricist
Bliss Carman (1861–1929), poet and critic
Anne Carson (born 1950), poet, essayist, translator, and academic
Kate Cayley
Catherine Chandler (born 1950), poet, translator, and academic
William Chapman (1850–1917), poet, journalist, and bureaucrat
Jean Charbonneau (1875–1960), francophone poet who was the primary founder of the Montreal Literary School
Herménégilde Chiasson (born 1946), Acadian poet, playwright, journalist, academic, and the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick
Robert Choquette (1905–1991), novelist, poet, and briefly (1968–1970) a diplomat
Lesley Choyce (born 1951), novelist, writer, children's book writer, poet, and academic who founded Pottersfield Press and hosts the television program "Choyce Words" and "Off the Page"; born in the United States and immigrated to Canada in 1979
Margaret Christakos (born 1962), poet and university writing teacher
Evie Christie (born 1979)
Dave Clark, musician who published a book of poetry
George Elliott Clarke (born 1960), poet and playwright.
Wayne Clifford (born 1944)
Fred Cogswell (1917–2004)
Leonard Cohen (1934), singer-songwriter, musician, published poet, and novelist
Matt Cohen, (1942–1999), writer and poet
Victor Coleman
Don Coles (born 1928), poet, author, and academic
John Robert Colombo (born 1936), poet, anthologist, editor, essayist, and humorist
Anne Compton (born 1947), poet, critic, and anthologist
Wayde Compton (born 1972), poet, writer, turntable-based "sound poetry" performer, academic who co-founded Commodore Books, the first black-oriented press in Western Canada
Jan Conn (born 1952), geneticist and poet living in the United States
Karen Connelly (born 1969), writer and poet
Kevin Connolly
Dennis Cooley (born 1944), poet and academic
Afua Cooper, Jamaican-born historian and dub poet
Paulo da Costa Canadian-Portuguese author, editor, and translator
Sonia Cotten (born 1974), poet
Dani Couture (born 1978), poet, essayist, critic, and journalist
Thomas Cowherd (1817–1907), tinsmith and poet
Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850–1887), poet, novelist, and short-story writer
Octave Crémazie(1827–1879), francophone poet who has been called "the father of French-Canadian poetry" for his patriotic verse
Lynn Crosbie (born 1963), poet and novelist
Lorna Crozier began writing under the name "Lorna Uher" (born 1948)
Michael Crummey (born 1965), poet and writer
Julie Crysler, journalist and poet
Nancy Jo Cullen
Jen Currin
Kayla Czaga
Cyril Dabydeen (born 1945), native Guyana poet and writer living in Canada
Kalli Dakos (born 1950), children's poet and teacher
Mary Dalton, poet and academic
Joseph A. Dandurand, Native American poet, playwright, and archaeologist
Jean-Paul Daoust
Beverley Daurio (born 1953)
Frank Davey (born 1940), poet and academic
Nicholas Flood Davin (1840–1901), lawyer, journalist, politician, and poet
Tanya Davis, spoken word poet and musician
Tom Dawe (born 1940), writer, poet, children's book author, and artist
Adriana de Barros (born 1976), Portuguese native who moved to Canada at age 3; illustrator, web designer, and poet
Sadiqa de Meijer
James Deahl (born 1945), moved to Canada from the United States in 1970 and a citizen of both countries; poet, academic, and publisher of Unfinished Monument Press; founding member of the Canadian Poetry Association
Kris Demeanor
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), poet and novelist
Joe Denham
Michelle Desbarats
Christopher Dewdney (born 1951), poet, writer, artist, creative-writing teacher, and writer-in-residence at various universities
Ann Diamond (born 1951), an award-winning Montreal poet, novelist, and short-story writer
Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (born 1949), Italian-born, Canadian poet and priest
Mary di Michele (born 1949), Italian-born, Canadian poet, author, and creative-writing teacher
Robert Dickson (1944–2007), poet, translator, and academic
Kildare Dobbs (born 1923), Indian-born teacher, poet, editor, short-story writer, and travel writer who moved to Canada in 1950
Jeramy Dodds
Don Domanski (born 1950)
Magie Dominic (born 1944), poet and artist
Jeffery Donaldson, poet and critic
David Donnell (born 1939), poet and writer
Candas Dorsey (born 1952), poet and science fiction novelist
Clive Doucet (born 1946), writer, poet, and politician
Gordon Downie (born 1964), songwriter, poet, and musician
Orville Lloyd Douglas (born 1976), poet and writer
William Henry Drummond (1854–1907), Irish-born Canadian poet
Louis Dudek (1918–2001), poet, literary critic and publisher
Marilyn Dumont (born 1955)
Evelyn Eaton (1902–1983), novelist, short-story writer, poet, and academic
Vic Elias (1948–2006), American-born, living in Canada from 1979, poet and academic
David Elliott (1923–1999), poet and academic
Rebecca Elson (1960–1999), Canadian-American astronomer, academic writer, and poet
Reuben Epp (born 1920) teacher, school administrator, writer and poet in Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German)
Michael Estok (1939-1989)
Margaret Fairley (1885–1968), English-born Canadian writer, educator and political activist
Brian Fawcett (born 1944), poet, novelist, nonfiction author and writer
Charles Fenerty (c. 1821 – 1982), Canadian poet, journalist, and inventor. Published two poems in book format in 1855 and 1866, and wrote over 32 poems (mostly published in local newspapers).
Ferron, born Debby Foisy (1952), folk singer, songwriter and poet
George Fetherling, wrote as "Doug Feathering" or "Douglas Fetherling" until 1999 when he began using his middle name (born 1949), American-born poet, novelist, journalist and essayist who moved to Canada at age 18 and became a Canadian citizen
Connie Fife
Robert Finch (1900–1995), poet and academic whose area of expertise was French poetry
Joan Finnigan (1925–2007), writer, poet, teacher and newspaper reporter
Jon Paul Fiorentino, poet, novelist, short-story writer, academic and editor of Matrix magazine
Judith Fitzgerald (born 1952), poet and journalist
Robert Ford (1915–1998), poet, translator and diplomat
Raymond Fraser (born 1941), novelist, poet, biographer, essayist and editor
Louis-Honoré Fréchette (1839–1908), French Canadian poet, politician, playwright and short-story writer
Patrick Friesen (born 1946), poet and university-level creative writing teacher
Mark Frutkin (born 1948), American-born novelist and poet who moved to Canada in 1970 as a Vietnam War draft resister
François-Xavier Garneau (1809–1866), French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant, and historian
Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (1912–1943), first modernist French Canadian poet
Bill Gaston (born 1953), novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and poet
Antoine Gérin-Lajoie (1824–1882), French Canadian poet and novelist
Marty Gervais (born 1946), poet, photographer, professor, journalist, and publisher of Black Moss Press
Elsa Gidlow
Angus Morrison Gidney (1803–1882), educator, poet, and journalist
Gerry Gilbert
Charles Ignace Adélard Gill (1871–1918), painter and poet
John Glassco (1909–1981), poet, memoirist, and novelist
Jacques Godbout (born 1933), novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker, and poet
Gérald Godin (1938–1994), French Canadian poet and politician
Oliver Goldsmith (1794–1861)
Leona Gom (born 1946), novelist and poet
Katherine L. Gordon
Phyllis Gotlieb (born 1926), science fiction novelist and poet
Sue Goyette (born 1964), poet and novelist
Neile Graham (born 1958), poet and academic
Alain Grandbois (1900–1975), French Canadian poet
Richard Greene
Leslie Greentree, poet, short-story writer, and freelance writer
Ralph Gustafson (1909–1995), poet and academic
Genni Gunn (born 1949), novelist, poet, and translator
Gregory Wm. Gunn
Kristjana Gunnars, Icelandic-Canadian poet and novelist
Paul Haines (1933–2003), poet and jazz lyricist, born in the United States and later a Canadian resident
Helen Hajnoczky (born 1985), visual poet
Phil Hall (born 1953), poet, academic, and publisher of broadsides and chapboooks under the Flat Singles Press imprint since 1976
Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954), short-story writer, poet, and photographer
Claire Harris (born 1937)
Michael Harris
Richard Harrison
Paul Hartal (born 1936), painter and poet, born in Hungary
Jill Hartman (born 1974 in poetry), poet and editor
Diana Hartog
Elisabeth Harvor (née Deichman) (born 1936), novelist and poet
Robert Hayman (1575–1629), poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland
Charles Heavysege (1816–1876)
Anne Hébert (1916–2000), French-Canadian novelist and poet
Allison Hedge Coke 1958), poet, writer, artist, activist, and academic
Wilfrid Heighington (1897–1945), soldier, writer, poet, lawyer, and politician
Steven Heighton (born 1961), novelist and poet
David Helwig (born 1938), poet, novelist, and essayist; father of Maggie Helwig
Maggie Helwig (born 1961), poet, novelist, peace and human rights activist; daughter of David Helwig
Brian Henderson (born 1948), poet, academic, and editor
Robert Hilles (born 1951), poet and novelist
Robert Hogg (born 1942), poet, miller, organic farmer, entrepreneur, and former professor
Susan Holbrook
Clive Holden
Nancy Holmes
Cornelia Hoogland (born 1952), poet and academic
Leah Horlick
Sean Horlor (born 1981) poet, former speechwriter, freelance writing consultant
Liz Howard
Harry Howith (born 1934)
Ray Hsu, poet and academic
Helen Humphreys (born 1961), poet and novelist
Al Hunter poet, author, tribal leader, and activist
Aislinn Hunter (born 1969), poet and author
Bruce Hunter (born 1952), teacher, poet, fiction writer, and lifewriter
Catherine Hunter (born 1957), poet, novelist, editor, academic, and critic
Chris Hutchinson (born 1972)
Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816–1891), Canadian and Australian poet, fiction writer, essayist, and artist
Susan Ioannou (born 1944)
Frances Itani (born 1942), novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist
Suzanne Jacob (born 1943), novelist, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, and critic
Jemeni
Paulette Jiles (born 1943), American-born poet and novelist who moved to Canada in 1969
Rita Joe (1932–2007), Mi'kmaq-Canadian poet and songwriter, called the "poet laureate of the Mi'kmaq people"
Reg Johanson (born 1968), composition and literature instructor, poet and essayist
E. Pauline Johnson, also known as "Tekahionwake" (1861–1913)
D. G. Jones (born 1929), poet, translator, and educator
El Jones (poet and activist)
Julie Joosten
Eve Joseph (born 1953), poet and author
Surjeet Kalsey, poet, dramatist, short-story writer, and translator who writes in both Punjabi and English
Smaro Kamboureli, poet and academic
Lionel Kearns (born 1937), poet and teacher
Diane Keating
M. T. Kelly (born 1946), novelist, poet, and playwright.
Penn Kemp, novelist, playwright, poet and sound poet
Leo Kennedy (1907–2000), modernist poet, published in the 1930s
Robert Kirkland Kernighan (1854–1926), poet, journalist, and farmer
Roy Kiyooka (1926–1994), photographer, poet, and artist
Barbara Klar
Johann Peter Klassen (1868–1947), Russian Mennonite poet and writer who immigrated to Canada in 1923 and wrote primarily in German
Sarah Klassen (born 1932), poet and fiction writer
A. M. Klein (1909–1972), poet, journalist, novelist, and short-story writer
Raymond Knister (1899–1932), novelist, short-story writer, poet, critic, and journalist
Joy Kogawa (born 1935), poet and novelist
Maka Kotto (born 1961), Cameroon-born francophone Canadian, provincial level politician, former Canadian House of Commons member who published a book of poetry in 2002
Shane Koyczan (born 1976), spoken word poet
Robert Kroetsch (born 1927)), novelist, poet, non-fiction writer, and academic
Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 1952), novelist, poet, and academic
Sonnet L'Abbé, poet and critic
Pierre Labrie (born 1972), French Canadian poet
Edward A. Lacey
Ben Ladouceur
Dany Laferrière (born 1953), Haitian-born francophone novelist, journalist, and poet who moved to Canada in 1976
Catherine Lalonde (born 1974), French Canadian poet and journalist
Archibald Lampman (1861–1899)
Tim Lander (born 1938)
Patrick Lane (born 1939)
M. Travis Lane (born 1934), American-born Canadian poet who moved to Canada in 1960
Rina Lasnier (1915–1997), French Canaadian poet and playwright
Evelyn Lau (born 1971), poet and novelist
Edythe Morahan de Lauzon
Irving Layton (1912–2006)
Gérald Leblanc(1947–2005), French Canadian poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, and writer
Félix Leclerc (1914–1988), songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, actor, radio announcer, radio scriptwriter, and writer
Dennis Lee (born 1939), poet, writer and children's fiction author
John B. Lee (born 1951), author, poet, and academic
Sylvia Legris (born 1960)
John Lent (1948–2006), poet and novelist
Douglas LePan (1914–1998), diplomat, poet, novelist, and academic
Alex Leslie
Tim Lilburn (born 1950), poet and essayist
Charles Lillard (born 1944–1997), poet and historian
Dorothy Livesay (1909–1996)
Billie Livingston (born 1965), novelist and poet
Douglas Lochhead (1922–2011), poet, librarian, and academic
Jennifer LoveGrove
Pat Lowther (1935–1975)
Richard Lush (b. 1934)
Rozena Maart (born 1962), poet, short-story writer, novelist, playwright, academic, and psychotherapist; South African living in Canada
Karen Mac Cormack (born 1956), experimental poet born in Zambia, who holds dual British/Canadian citizenship, she has moved from Toronto to Buffalo, New York, with her husband, poet Steve McCaffery
Hugh MacDonald (born 1945), poet, children's writer and editor
Wilson MacDonald (1880–1967)
Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987), novelist and poet
Walter Scott MacFarlane (1896–1979), poet and soldier
Tom MacInnes (1867–1951), poet and writer
Andrea MacPherson, poet and novelist
Jay Macpherson (born 13 June 1931), poet and academic (a woman)*
Keith Maillard (born 28 February 1942), author and poet
Charles Mair (1838 or 1840–1927), poet and political activist
Robert Majzels (born 1950), novelist, poet, playwright, and translator
Alice Major, contemporary poet
Kim Maltman (born 1951), poet and physicist (a man)
Eli Mandel (1922–1992), poet, essayist, and academic
Ahdri Zhina Mandiela (born 1953 Jamaican-born dub poet, theatre producer, and artistic director; Jamaican native living in Canada
David Manicom (born 1960), diplomat, poet, and novelist
Lee Maracle (born 1950), Native American poet and author
Blaine Marchand
Nicole Markotic, poet and novelist
Daphne Marlatt, née Buckle (born 1942)
Tom Marshall (1938–1993), Canadian poet and novelist
Émile Martel
Garth Martens
Camille Martin (born 1956), Canadian poet and collage artist
Sid Marty (born l944), Canadian poet, author, and musician
Robin Mathews (born 1931), Canadian poet and professor, known for his political activism in support of Canadian independence from U.S. domination
Seymour Mayne (born 1944), poet and literary translator
Chandra Mayor (born 1973), poet and novelist
Robert McBride (1811 or 1812–1895), Irish-born Canadian poet
Steven McCabe, contemporary artist and poet
Steve McCaffery (born 1947), poet and academic born in England and moved to Toronto in 1968; husband of poet Karen MacCormack
Susan McCaslin (born 1947), poet and academic
John McCrae (1872–1918), poet, physician, author, artist, and soldier during World War I, and a surgeon during the battle of Ypres; best known for writing the famous war memorial poem In Flanders Fields.
Roy McDonald (born 1937), is a poet and busker (street performer)
David McFadden (born 11 October 1940), poet, fiction writer, and travel writer
Wendy McGrath, poet and novelist
David McGimpsey, poet, humorist, and academic
Nadine McInnis (born 1956), poet, short-story writer and essayist
James McIntyre (1828–1906) called The Cheese Poet
Don McKay (born 1942) poet editor and educator
Barry McKinnon (born 1944)
Brendan McLeod (born 1979) poet novelist, member of The Fugitives.
Susan McMaster (born 1950) poet literary editor and spoken word performer
Steve McOrmond (born 1957), poet and academic
Mary Melfi (born 1951), Italian-born poet novelist, and playwright who immigrated to Canada as a young child
Iman Mersal (born 1966), Egyptian-born Egyptian/Canadian poet and professor of Arabic literature
Bruce Meyer (born 1957), poet and academic
Pauline Michel novelist, poet, playwright, songwriter and screenwriter
Anne Michaels (born 1958) poet and novelist
Roy Miki (born 1942) poet and academic
Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004)
Roswell George Mills
Gaston Miron (1928–1996), French Canadian poet writer and editor
Elliott Moglica (born 1971), poet, novelist biographer educator academic essayist visual artist critic freelance journalist interpreter translator, human rights activist
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942), Primarily an author, but also a poet from PEI.
Marion E. Moodie (1867–1958), nurse, botanist, and poet
Susanna Moodie (1803–1885), British-born Canadian author and poet
Jacob McArthur Mooney (born 1983)
Pamela Mordecai (born 1942), Jamaican writer, teacher, scholar, and poet living in Canada since 1994
Pierre Morency (born 1942), French Canadian writer, poet, and playwright
Dwayne Morgan spoken word artist, motivational speaker, event organizer, and poet
Jeffrey Morgan, primarily a writer, but with poetry published in Rolling Stone and Bakka Magazine.
Kim Morrissey (born 1955), poet and playwright
Colin Morton (born 1948)
A. F. Moritz (born 1947), poet and academic
Garry Thomas Morse
Daniel David Moses (born 1952), Native American Canadian poet and playwright
Erin Mouré (born 1955)
William Murdoch (1823–1887), Scottish-Canadian poet, writer and gasworks manager who immigrated to Canada in 1854
George Murray, poet and an associate editor at Maisonneuve Magazine, contributing editor at several literary magazines
Susan Musgrave (born 1951), poet and children's writer
Jane Musoke-Nteyafas (born c. 1976), poet, writer, visual artist, columnist, and playwright
Akhtar Naraghi
Roger Nash (born 1942), English-born philosopher, poet, and academic
Lyle Neff (born 1969), poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic
Lorri Neilsen Glenn, poet, ethnographer, essayist, and academic
Émile Nelligan (1879–1941), francophone poet from Quebec
Holly Nelson, writer, poet, activist, journalist, leader of the Green Party of Manitoba (2005–2006)
Pierre Nepveu (born 1946), French Canadian poet, novelist, and essayist
W. H. New (born 1938), poet, editor, and literary critic
bpNichol Barrie Phillip Nichol, who often went by his lower-case initials and last name, with no spaces (1944–1988), poet and writer
John Newlove (1938–2003)
Alden Nowlan (1933–1983), poet, novelist, playwright, and journalist
Patrick O'Connell (1944–20024)
Alexandra Oliver
Sheree-Lee Olson, novelist, poet, and journalist
Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), Sri Lankan novelist and poet with Canadian citizenship
Heather O'Neill, novelist, poet, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist
Fernand Ouellette (born 1930)
Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska (born 1930), French-Canadian writer, novelist, essayist, and poet
Richard Outram (1930–20098), poet and writer; co-founder with his wife, Barbara Howard, of The Gauntlet Press
Catherine Owen, poet and musician
P. K. Page (1916-2010)
Corrado Paina (born 1954), Italian poet living in Canada since 1987, editorial director of the quarterly magazine ItalyCanada Trade
Arleen Paré
John Pass (born 1947), English-born Canadian poet and academic who has lived in Canada since 1953; married to poet and novelist Theresa Kishkan
Philip Kevin Paul
Neil Peart (born 1952), musician, songwriter, producer, author, and drummer of the Canadian Rock band Rush
Soraya Peerbaye
W. T. Pfefferle, poet, writer, and academic
M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947), poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, and short-story writer
Ben Phillips (born 1947), poet, teacher, and publisher
Alison Pick, poet and novelist
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (born 1975), American-born poet, spoken-word poet, writer, educator, and social activist living in Canada
Jean-Guy Pilon (born 1930), French Canadian poet
George Pirie (1799);1870), newspaper publisher and poet
Al Pittman (1940–2001), poet and playwright
Michel Pleau
Emily Pohl-Weary, novelist, poet, and magazine editor
Craig Poile
Laurent Poliquin (born 1975), French Canadian poet and academic
Sandy Pool
Joël Pourbaix
B. W. Powe (born 1955), author, poet, and academic
Claire Pratt (1921–1995), artist, poet, and editor; daughter of writer and editor Viola Whitney and E. J. Pratt, a poet and academic
E. J. Pratt (1882–1964), poet and academic
Frank Prewett (1893–1962), poet and broadcaster, who spent most of his life in the United Kingdom; a war poet of World War I
Robert Priest (born 1951), poet and children's author
Stefan Psenak (born 1969), French Canadian poet, playwright, and novelist
Al Purdy (1918–2000), writer, editor, and poet
Andy Quan (born 1969), author who moved to Australia
Joseph Quesnel (1746–1809), French Canadian composer, poet, and playwright
Sina Queyras, poet and academic
Kenneth Radu
Gurcharan Rampuri poet of Punjabi descent who writes in the Punjabi language
Theodore Harding Rand (1835–1900), educator and poet
Ian Iqbal Rashid (born 1971), Canadian/British Muslim poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker of Indian descent; has lived primarily in London
Angela Rawlings (a.k.a. a.rawlings)
James Reaney (1926–2008), poet, playwright, and literary critic
Michael Redhill (born 1966), American-born Canadian poet, playwright, and novelist
D. C. Reid (born 1952), poet, novelist, and short-story writer
Jamie Reid (born 1941)
Tracy Repchuk (born 1965), writer, poet, and editor; president and founder of the Canadian Federation of Poets; editor of Poetry Canada magazine
Shane Rhodes
Charles G.D. Roberts (1860–1943), poet and prose writer; called the "Father of Canadian Poetry" for his influence on other poets
Lisa Robertson (born 1961), poet, essayist, and writer
Ajmer Rode, poet, playwright, and writer in Punjabi and English
Gordon Rodgers (born 1952), poet, novelist, and clinical psychologist
Carmen Rodríguez (born 1948), Chilean-Canadian author, poet, educator, political social activist, co-founder of Aquelarre Magazine; exiled from Chile after the 1973 coup; writes in both Spanish and English and translates her own work
Janet Rogers First Nations poet
Linda Rogers (born 1944), poet and children's writer
Joe Rosenblatt (born 1933), Governor General's Award-winning experimentalist.
Laisha Rosnau (born 1972), novelist and poet
Bruce Ross, poet, author, academic, and past president of the Haiku Society of America
Stuart Ross (born 1959), writer, poet, editor, and creative-writing instructor
W.W.E. Ross (born 1894), imagist poet of the 1920s and 1930s, has been called "Canada's first modern poet."
Nancy-Gay Rotstein
Stephen Rowe (born 1980)
André Roy
Lake Sagaris (born 1956), journalist, poet, and translator living in Chile
Rodney Saint-Éloi
Trish Salah, academic, writer, and poet whose first volume of poetry appeared in 2002
Peter Sanger (born 1943), poet and prose writer, critic, editor, and academic born in England, immigrated to Canada in 1953
Charles Sangster (1822–1893)
Robyn Sarah (born 1949)
Félix-Antoine Savard (1896–1982), priest, academic, poet, novelist, and folklorist
Jacob Scheier, poet whose first collection of verses won the 2008 Governor General's Award for English poetry, editor, son of Libby Scheier, lives in New York City
Libby Scheier (1946–2000), United States-born poet and short-story writer who moved to Canada in 1975, mother of Jacob Scheier
Andreas Schroeder (born 1946), German-born poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer
Stephen Scobie (born 1943), poet, critic, and academic
Gregory Scofield
Duncan Campbell Scott (1862–1947), poet and writer
F. R. Scott, also known as Frank Scott (1899–1985), poet, intellectual and constitutional expert
Peter Dale Scott (born 1929), poet and academic
Olive Senior (born 1941), Jamaican poet and short-story writer living in Canada
Robert W. Service (1874–1958), poet and writer
Kathy Shaidle (born 1964), author, columnist, and poet
Francis 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, poet and novelist
Sandy Shreve, poet, newspaper reporter, and office worker
Goran Simic (born 1952), Bosnian-born poet, playwright, and short-story writer living in Canada since 1995
Melanie Siebert
Bren Simmers
Anne Simpson (born 1956), poet and novelist
Sue Sinclair
George Sipos
Sonja Skarstedt (born 1960), poet, short-story writer, playwright, painter, and illustrator who founded and edited the now-defunct literary magazine Zymergy (1987–1991), and founded Empyreal Press in 1990
Robin Skelton, sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Georges Zuk", a purported French surrealist (born 1925–1997), British-born Canadian academic, writer, poet, translator, and anthologist who immigrated to Canada in 1963; a founder and editor of The Mahalat Review
Daniel Sloate (1931–2009), translator, poet, playwright, and academic
Carolyn Smart (born 1952), 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), poet and academic
Clara Kathleen Smith (1911–2004), poet and educator
Douglas Burnet Smith (born 1949)
John Smith (born 1927), poet and academic
Michael V. Smith novelist, poet and filmmaker
Ron Smith (born 1943), poet, author, editor, playwright, and former academic; founder and co-publisher of Oolichan Books in 1984; influential in the founding of Theytus Books in 1971
Karen Solie (born 1966)
David Solway (born 1941), poet, educational theorist, travel writer, and literary critic
Madeline Sonik (born 1960), novelist, short-story writer, children's-book author, editor, and poet
Carolyn Marie Souaid (born 1959), poet and editor, living in Montreal, co-founder of Poetry Quebec magazine
Raymond Souster (born 1921), poet and (now retired) bank executive
Esta Spalding (born 1966), American-born Canadian author, screenwriter, and poet
Heather Spears (born 1934), poet, novelist, and artist living in Denmark since 1962
Birk Sproxton (1943–2007), poet and novelist
Harold Standish (1919–1972), poet and novelist
George Stanley, American-born poet and academic associated with the San Francisco Renaissance in his early years, moved to Canada in the 1970s; associated with New Star Books and the Capilano Review
Carmine Starnino, essayist, educator, and editor
John Steffler (born 1947), poet and novelist
Ian Stephens (died 1996), journalist, musician, and poet associated with the spoken word movement
Ricardo Sternberg (born 1948), poet born in Brazil, educated in the United States
Richard Stevenson
Shannon Stewart
W. Gregory Stewart (born 1950), poet, science fiction author, short-story writer who works at a public utility and lives in Los Angeles, California
John Stiles, poet living in London, United Kingdom
Anne Stone, poet, writer, and performance artist
Betsy Struthers (born 1951), poet and novelist
Andrew Suknaski (1942–2012), Saskatchewan poet
Alan Sullivan (1868–1947), poet, short-story writer, railroad surveyor, and mining engineer
Rosemary Sullivan (born 1947), poet, biographer, academic, and anthologist
Moez Surani (born 1979), poet
John Sutherland (1919–1956), poet, literary critic, and magazine editor who founded and edited First Statement in 1942 and its successor publication, Northern Review in 1945
Robert Swanson
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)
Proma Tagore
Bruce Taylor (born 1960)
Heather Taylor (born 1977), poet, playwright, and teacher living in England since 2002
Ruth Taylor (1961–2006), poet, editor, and academic
John Terpstra, poet and carpenter
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Sharon Thesen (born 1946), poet and academic
Serge Patrice Thibodeau
Edward William Thomson (1849–1924), journalist, writer, and poet
John Thompson (1938–1976)
Russell Thornton
Matthew Tierney (born 1970)
Jose Tlatelpas (born 1953), Mexican native and Canadian resident; Native cultures poet, publisher, and political activist
Mohamud Siad Togane (born 1943), Somali native and Canadian resident; poet, academic, and political activist
Lola Lemire Tostevin (born 1937), poet, novelist, and writer
Rhea Tregebov (born 1953), poet and children's writer
Raymond D. Tremblay, poet, writer, social services agency official
Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972), French-Canadian author, poet, scriptwriter, development producer, and science-fiction consultant who moved to London, 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), born in the United States
Élise Turcotte (born 26 June 1957), French-Canadian writer and poet
John Tyndall
Daniel Scott Tysdal (born 1978)
Marie Uguay (1955–1981), French-Canadian poet
Priscilla Uppal (born 1974), poet and novelist
David UU (David W. Harris) (1948–1994), visual poet
Léonise Valois (1868–1936), first French Canadian woman to publish a collection of poetry
R. M. Vaughan, poet, novelist, and playwright
Paul Vermeersch (born 1973)
Katherena Vermette
Gilles Vigneault (born 1928), Quebec poet, publisher, and singer-songwriter; Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist
Pamelia Sarah Vining (1826–1897)
Garth Von Buchholz (also G.A. Buchholz) British Columbia poet, dark fiction author, playwright, journalist, and arts critic
Prvoslav Vujčić (born 1960)
Miriam Waddington née Dworkin 1917–2004), poet, short-story writer, and translator
Michael Wade (1944-2004)
Fred Wah (born 1939), poet, novelist, and scholar
Bronwen Wallace (1945–1989), poet and short-story writer
Tom Walmsley (born 1948), playwright, novelist, poet, and screenwriter
Agnes Walsh (born 1950), actor, poet, playwright, and storyteller
David Waltner-Toews (born 1948), epidemiologist, essayist, poet, fiction writer, veterinarian, and a specialist in the epidemiology of food and waterborne diseases, zoonoses, and ecosystem health
Terry Watada author, writer, and poet
Alison Watt (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 (born 1972), singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator, and television personality
Michael Whelan (born 1858–1937) teacher, bookkeeper, and poet
Bruce Whiteman (born 1952), poet, writer, scholar, and essayist.
Zoe Whittall (born 1976), poet and novelist
Anne Wilkinson (1910–1961), Canadian poet, writer, and essayist
Alan R. Wilson
Sheri-D Wilson, poet and playwright
Rob Winger, poet and academic
Theresa Wolfwood, political activist and poet
George Woodcock (1912–1995), poet, essayist, critic, biographer ,and historian; the founder (in 1959) of the journal Canadian Literature
Lance Woolaver (born 1948) is a Canadian author, poet, playwright, and director
J. Michael Yates (born 1938), poet and dramatist
Leo Yerxa
Jean Yoon (born 1962), actor, poet, and playwright
D'bi Young born in Jamaica, moved to Canada in 1993; dub poet, actor, and playwright
Ian Young
Robert Zend (1929–1985), Hungarian-Canadian poet, fiction writer, and multi-media artist
David Zieroth
Rachel Zolf, poet and editor
Carolyn Zonailo (born 1947), poet and publisher
Jan Zwicky (born 1955), philosopher, poet, essayist, and violinist
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