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| Name | Lifetime | Genre | Notable works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Cain | b. 1970 | poet | American Standard/ Canada Dry |
| Barry Callaghan | b. 1937 | novelist and journalist | Barrelhouse Kings |
| Morley Callaghan | 1903–1990 | novelist, short stories | A Fine and Private Place |
| Anne Cameron | b. 1938 | novelist, poet, short story writer | Daughters of Copper Woman |
| Elspeth Cameron | b. 1943 | biographer | No Previous Experience |
| George Frederick Cameron | 1854–1885 | poet, lawyer, and journalist, | operetta Leo, the Royal Cadet |
| Silver Donald Cameron | b. 1937 | ||
| Natalee Caple | b. 1970 | novelist | The Plight of Happy People in an Ordinary World |
| Pat Capponi | b. 1949 | memoirist | Upstairs in the Crazy House |
| Bliss Carman | 1861–1929 | poet | Low Tide on Grand Pré |
| David Carpenter | |||
| Roch Carrier | b. 1937 | novelist, short stories | La Guerre, Yes Sir!, Le chandail |
| Anne Carson | b. 1950 | poet | Autobiography of Red |
| Allan Casey | non-fiction | Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada | |
| Robert Chafe | playwright | Afterimage, Tempting Providence | |
| Gillian Chan | |||
| David Chariandy | novelist | Soucouyant | |
| Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix | 1682–1761 | historian | |
| Évelyne de la Chenelière | b. 1975 | playwright, novelist | Désordre public, Bashir Lazhar |
| Herménégilde Chiasson | b. 1946 | poet, playwright | |
| Denise Chong | memoirist | The Concubine's Children | |
| Wayson Choy | b. 1939 | novelist | The Jade Peony, All That Matters |
| Lesley Choyce | b. 1951 | ||
| Michael Christie | short stories | The Beggar's Garden | |
| Eliza Clark | b. 1963 | novelist | Bite the Stars |
| Greg Clark | 1892–1977 | humorist | |
| Joan Clark | b. 1934 | novelist | Latitudes of Melt, The Hand of Robin Squires |
| Austin Clarke | b. 1934 | novelist | The Polished Hoe, Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack |
| George Elliott Clarke | b. 1960 | poet, novelist, dramatist | Whylah Falls, George and Rue |
| Lynn Coady | b. 1970 | novelist | Saints of Big Harbour, Strange Heaven |
| Mark Coakley | true crime | Tip and Trade | |
| Leonard Cohen | b. 1934 | poet, novelist, singer-songwriter | Beautiful Losers |
| Matt Cohen | 1942–1999 | novelist | Emotional Arithmetic, Elizabeth and After |
| Susan G. Cole | b. 1952 | journalist | Pornography and the Sex Crisis, Power Surge: Sex Violence and Pornography |
| Trevor Cole | b. 1960 | novelist | The Fearsome Particles, Practical Jean |
| Don Coles | b. 1928 | poet | Forests of the Medieval World |
| John Robert Colombo | b. 1936 | poet and compiler of reference books | |
| Jan Conn | b. 1952 | poet and insect geneticist | |
| Karen Connelly | b. 1969 | ||
| Kevin Connolly | poet, book editor | Drift, Revolver | |
| Ralph Connor (also known as Charles William Gordon) | 1860–1937 | novelist, essayist | The Man from Glengarry, Glengarry School Days |
| George Ramsay Cook | b. 1931 | historian | |
| Hugh Cook | b. 1942 | ||
| Michael Cook | |||
| Dennis Cooley | b. 1944 | ||
| Douglas Cooper | novelist | ||
| Carole Corbeil | 1952–2000 | novelist, journalist | Voice-Over, In the Wings |
| Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman | playwright | Scratch | |
| Thomas B. Costain | 1885–1965 | historical fiction and non-fiction | Below the Salt, Ride with Me, The Black Rose, The Silver Chalice |
| Douglas Coupland | b. 1961 | novelist | Generation X, Girlfriend in a Coma |
| Daniel Allen Cox | b. 1976 | novelist | Shuck, Tattoo This Madness In |
| Isabella Valancy Crawford | |||
| Donald Creighton | 1902–1979 | historian | |
| Octave Crémazie | 1827–1879 | poet | |
| Lynn Crosbie | |||
| Lorna Crozier | b. 1948 | poet | |
| Michael Crummey | |||
| Alan Cumyn | b. 1960 | ||
| Richard Cumyn | |||
| Herb Curtis |
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