List of Canadian writers

This is a list of Canadian literary figures, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars.

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• Annie Charlton Dalton
• Frank Davey (1940- )
• Robertson Davies, (1913-1995) wrote Fifth Business (1970), publisher, professor, journalist
• Mazo de la Roche (1879-1961), Jalna saga
• Charles de Lint
• Sandra Dempsey
• Barry Dempster
• Alexander Dewdney computer science and philosophy
• Christopher Dewdney (1951- )
• Mary di Michele
• Kildare Dobbs (1923- ) short story writer
• Cory Doctorow (1971- )
• Don Domanski (1950- )
• Candas Dorsey (1960- )
• Heather Down
• Clive Doucet
• William Henry Drummond, (1854-1907), poet, The habitant
• Marcel Dubé
• Réjean Ducharme (1941- )
• Louis Dudek (1918-2001), poet
• Dave Duncan (1933- )
• Margaret Dyment