Poets Laureate of Canada

Parliamentary Poets Laureate

• Pierre DesRuisseaux - Ottawa

Current Poets Laureate

• Alberta

  • Roland Pemberton - Poet Laureate of Edmonton, Alberta   (Edmonton)

• British Columbia

  • Linda Rogers - Poet Laureate of Victoria, B.C.   (Victoria)
• Brad Cran - Poet Laureate of Vancouver, B.C.   (Vancouver)
• Candice James - Poet Laureate of New Westminster, B.C.   (New Westminster)

• Nova Scotia

  • Shauntay Grant - Poet Laureate of Halifax, Nova Scotia   (Halifax)

• Ontario

  • John B. Lee - Poet Laureate of Brantford, Ontario (2005-) & Poet Laureate for Norfolk County (2011-2014)   (Brantford)
• Ann Margetson - Poet Laureate of Cobalt, Ontario   (Cobalt)
• Jill Battson - Poet Laureate of Cobourg   (Cobourg)
• Dionne Brand - Poet Laureate of Toronto, Ontario   (Toronto)
• Roger Nash - Poet Laureate of Sudbury, Ontario   (Sudbury)
• Penn Kemp - Inaugural Poet Laureate of London, Ontario   (London)
• Bruce Meyer - Poet Laureate, City of Barrie, Ontario   (Barrie)
• Eric Folsom - Poet Laureate for the City of Kingston   (Kingston)
• Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm - Poet Laureate   (Owen Sound)

• Prince Edward Island

  • Hugh MacDonald - Poet Laureate of Prince Edward Island

• Saskatchewan

  • Robert Currie - Poet Laureate, City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan   (Moose Jaw)

• Yukon

  • pj johnson - Poet Laureate of the Yukon

Past Parliamentary Poets Laureate

• John Steffler - 2006 - 2008
• George Bowering - 2002 - 2004
• Pauline Michel - 2004 - 2006

Past Poets Laureate

• Alberta

  • Alice Major - Edmonton, Alberta Poet Laureate 2005 - 2007
• E.D. Blodgett - Poet Laureate of Edmonton, Alberta 2008 - 2009

• British Columbia

  • George McWhirter - First Poet Laureate of Vancouver, B.C. 2007 - 2009
• Carla Funk - First Poet Laureate of Victoria, B.C. 2006 - 2008
• Don Benson - New Westminster, B.C. Poet Laureate 1999 - 2006
• Edna Anderson - First Poet Laureate for New Westminster, B.C. Poet Laureate 1998 - 1999

• New Brunswick

  • Douglas Lochhead - Poet Laureate of Sackville, New Brunswick 2002 - 2011

• Newfoundland

  • Agnes Walsh - Poet Laureate of St. John’s, Newfoundland 2006 - 2009

• Nova Scotia

  • Sue MacLeod - First Poet Laureate of Halifax, Nova Scotia 2001 - 2005
• Lorri Neilsen Glenn - Poet Laureate of Halifax, Nova Scotia 2005 - 2009
• Rita Joe - Poet Laureate of the Mi’kmaq nation 2007

• Ontario

  • Elizabeth Zetlin - Poet Laureate of Owen Sound 2007 - 2008
• Kristan Anderson - Poet Laureate of Owen Sound, Ontario 2009 - 2010
• Pier Giorgio Di Cicco - Poet Laureate of Toronto, Ontario 2005 - 2009
• Dennis Lee - First Poet Laureate of Toronto, Ontario 2001 - 2004
• Cyril Dabydeen - Poet Laureate of Ottawa 1984 - 1987
• Eric Winter - Poet Laureate of Cobourg 1997 - 2009

• Prince Edward Island

  • Dr. John Smith - First Poet Laureate of Prince Edward Island 2002 - 2004
• Frank Ledwell - Poet Laureate of Prince Edward Island 2004 - 2007
• David Helwig - Poet Laureate of Prince Edward Island 2008 - 2009

• Saskatchewan

  • Glen Sorestad - First Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan 2000 - 2004
• Gary Hyland - Poet Laureate, City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan 1991 - 2011
• Louise Bernice Halfe - Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan 2005 - 2006