List of Canadian Poets - B

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• 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 (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)
• 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 1966), poet and author
• Stephanie Bolster (born 1969), 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, 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
• 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