List of Canadian poets

This is a list of Canadian poets. Years link to corresponding " earin poetry" articles.

A

*Mark Abley (born 1955), poet, journalist, editor, and non-fiction writer.
*Milton Acorn (1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright
* José Acquelin (born 1956)
*Gil Adamson, novelist, poet, and short-story writer
* Randell Adjei
* Marie-Célie Agnant (born 1953), Haitian native living in Canada since 1970; novelist, poet and writer of children's books
* Neil Aitken (born 1974), poet, editor, and translator
* Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (born 1965), Anishinaabe writer and poet from the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation, 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 (1924–2022), 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), Syilx Okanagan author, educator, artist, and activist
* Tammy Armstrong
*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
*Charlotte Aubin
*Martine Audet (born 1961)
*Oana Avasilichioaei, poet and translator
* Margaret Avison (1918–2007)

B

*Ken Babstock (born 1970)
* Elizabeth Bachinsky
* Alfred Bailey (1905–1997), poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator
* Jacob Bailey (1731–1808), Church of England clergyman and poet born in the United States (colony of New Hampshire), immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada in 1779
* Marie Annharte Baker (born 1942) is an Anishnabe poet and author
* Chris Banks (born 1970)
* Kaushalya Bannerji, Indian-born poet
* Frances Bannerman (1855–1944), painter and poet
* Simina Banu
* Joelle Barron
* John Barton (born 1957)
*Gary Barwin (born 1964), 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 poet and journalist
* Bill Bauer (1932–2010), 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
* Derek Beaulieu (born 1973), poet, publisher, and anthologist.
* Joseph-Isidore Bédard (1806–1833), poet, lawyer, and politician
* Ven Begamudré (born 1956), Indian-born poet, short-story writer, novelist, and academic
* Henry Beissel (born 1929), poet, author, writer, and editor
*Billy-Ray Belcourt
* Ken Belford (born 1946)
* Lesley Belleau
* Marlène Belley (born 1963),
*John Bemrose, arts journalist, novelist, poet, and playwright
*Gwen Benaway
* Roxanna Bennett
* Robbie Benoit (died 2007), poet and writer
*Jovette Bernier (1900–1981), Quebec poet, novelist, and journalist
* Jean-Philippe Bergeron (born 1978), francophone writer and poet
* Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941), author and poet
*Navtej Bharati, Indian-born poet and writer in Punjabi and English, publisher of Third Eye Press
*Bertrand Bickersteth
* Robert Billings (1949–1986), poet and editor
*Earle Birney (1904–1995)
* Bill Bissett (born 1939)
*Cassandra Blanchard
*Mark Blagrave (born 1956), writer, short-story writer, playwright, poet, and academic
*Robin Blaser (1925–2009), author and poet
*Laurie Block (born 1949), poet and educator
* E. D. Blodgett (1935–2018), poet, literary critic, and translator
*Ali Blythe, poet and editor
* Robert Boates (born 1954)
* Christian Bök, (born Christian Book 1966), poet and author
* Dennis E. Bolen, (born 1953), novelist, journalist and poet
* 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 (born 1969), poet, fiction writer, critic, essayist, and editor
* Frances Boyle
* David Bradford
*Kate Braid (born 1947), 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 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 (1922–2012), poet and academic
*Robert Bringhurst (born 1946), poet, typographer, and author
*Eve Brodlique (1867–1949), poet, author, journalist
* David Bromige (1933–2009), 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), United States-born living in Canada for most of her adult life
* Colin Browne
* Charles Tory Bruce (1906–1971), poet, journalist and fiction writer
*Julie Bruck
*Robert Budde (born 1966), poet, novelist, and academic
* Suzanne Buffam
* April Bulmer (born 1963)
* Murdoch Burnett (1953–2015), poet, performance artist, editor, and community activist
*Mick Burrs (1940–2021)
*Aaron Bushkowsky (born 1957)
* Arthur de Bussières (1877–1913)

C

* Charmaine Cadeau
*Alison Calder (born 1969), poet and academic
* Frank Oliver Call (1878–1956)
*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 (1854–1885), 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, poet, writer, and theatre director
* Weyman Chan (born 1963), poet
* 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), poet
* Jillian Christmas, poet
* Chuan Sha, Chinese-born Canadian poet and author
* Dave Clark, musician ( Rheostatics) and poet
*George Elliott Clarke (born 1960), poet and playwright.
* Wayne Clifford (born 1944)
* Fred Cogswell (1917–2004)
*Leonard Cohen (1934–2016), singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist
* Matt Cohen, (1942–1999), writer and poet
* Victor Coleman
* Don Coles (1928–2017), poet, author, and academic
* Stephen Collis, poet and academic
*John Robert Colombo (born 1936), poet, anthologist, editor, essayist, and humorist
* Daria Colonna
*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), Canadian-born geneticist and poet living in the United States
*Karen Connelly (born 1969), writer and poet
* Kevin Connolly (born 1962), poet, writer, and critic
* Dennis Cooley (born 1944), poet and academic
* Afua Cooper (born 1957), Jamaican-born historian and dub poet
*Judith Copithorne (born 1939), concrete and visual poet
* Paulo da Costa, Canadian-Portuguese author, editor, and translator
* Sonia Cotten (born 1974), poet
* Maya Cousineau Mollen
* 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 (born 1948), writes under the name Lorna Uher
* Michael Crummey (born 1965), poet and writer
*Julie Crysler, journalist and poet
*Nancy Jo Cullen