Poet Laureate Map of Canada
Does Canada have a national poet laureate?

Yes, Federal legislators created the position of Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2001.
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2010 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners

2010 Canadian and International winners of the tenth annual Griffin Poetry Prize. [details]
If you are going to speak truth in public places You may as well take wing from the earth.
Robert Hass, US poet laureate, 1995-97
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Poet Laureate Map of Canada

Map Candice James - Poet Laureate of New Westminster, B.C. Roger Nash, Sudbury, Ontario Jill Battson, Cobourg, Ontario pj johnson, Poet Laureate of the Yukon Kristan Anderson, Owen Sound Ontario Roland Pemberton - Poet Laureate of Edmonton, AlbertaBrad Cran - Poet Laureate of Vancouver, B.C. Poet Laureate of Newfoundland: Agnes Walsh Linda Rogers - Poet Laureate of Victoria, B.C. Douglas Lochhead, Sackville, New Brunswick Shauntay Grant - Poet Laureate of Halifax, Nova Scotia John B. Lee, Brantford Ontario Dionne Brand, Toronto, Ontario Pierre DesRuisseaux - Parliamentary Poet Laureate - Ottawa Hugh MacDonald, Prince Edward Island Robert Currie, Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan Gary Hyland, Poet Laureate, City of Moose Jaw, SK Poet Laureate of Cobalt Ann Margetson

Ann Margetson

Ann Margetson

Poet Laureate of Cobalt, Ontario
  2008 - 2010

(Temiskaming Shores to Temagami)

Ann Margetson was appointed poet laureate for the first annual Spring Pulse Poetry Festival, held in Cobalt, Ontario. She was born in England in 1934, managed to overcome the trauma of the war that gave her a very tender heart. She came to Canada in the spring of 1973 and now has four living children and eleven grandchildren. She was influenced by a wonderful teacher who helped her love words and especially poetry. This enabled her to develop a talent for short stories and poems during the school years. So far she has written well over 500 poems and many short stories for children and adults. The honour of being called poet laureate has surpassed her wildest dreams. Since becoming poet laureate she has composed close to 100 poems. 

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