List of Canadian Poets - W

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• Miriam Waddington née Dworkin 1917–2004), poet, short story writer and translator
• Fred Wah (born 1939), poet, novelist, and scholar
• Bronwen Wallace (1945–1989), poet and short story writer
• Tom Walmsley (born 1948), playwright, novelist, poet and screenwriter
• Agnes Walsh (born 1950), actor, poet, playwright and storyteller
• David Waltner-Toews (born 1948), epidemiologist, essayist, poet, fiction writer, veterinarian, and a specialist in the epidemiology of food and waterborne diseases, zoonoses and ecosystem health
• Terry Watada author, writer, and poet
• Alison Watt (born 1957), writer, poet and painter
• Tom Wayman (born 1945), poet and academic
• Phyllis Webb (born 1927), poet and radio broadcaster
• John Weier (born 1949)
• Robert Stanley Weir (1856–1926), judge and poet most famous for writing the English lyrics to O Canada, the national anthem of Canada
• Zachariah Wells (born 1976), poet, critic, essayist and editor
• Darren Wershler-Henry (born 1966), experimental poet, non-fiction writer and cultural critic
• David Wevill (born 1935)
• Dawud Wharnsby (born 1972), singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator and television personality
• Michael Whelan (born 1858–1937) teacher, bookkeeper and poet
• Zoe Whittall (born 1976), poet and novelist
• Anne Wilkinson (1910–1961) Canadian poet, writer and essayist
• Sheri-D Wilson, poet and playwright
• Rob Winger, poet and academic
• Theresa Wolfwood, political activist and poet
• George Woodcock (1912–1995), poet, essayist, critic, biographer and historiian; the founder (in 1959) of the journal Canadian Literature
• Lance Woolaver (born 1948) is a Canadian author, poet, playwright and director