List of Canadian Poets - P

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• P. K. Page (born 1916)
• Corrado Paina (born 1954), Italian poet living in Canada since 1987, editorial director of the quarterly magazine ItalyCanada Trade
• John Pass (born 1947), English-born Canadian poet and academic who has lived in Canada since 1953; married to poet and novelist Theresa Kishkan
• Neil Peart (born 1952), musician, songwriter, producer, author, drummer of the Canadian Rock band Rush
• Sasenarine Persaud Guyana-born, Canadian essayist, novelist, short story writer, and poet
• 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
• Ted Plantos (1943–2001), poet, writer, editor
• Emily Pohl-Weary, novelist, poet and magazine editor
• Sandy Pool
• 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