Municipal poets laureate in Ontario

This is a list of municipal poets laureate in the province of Ontario, Canada.

Barrie The city of Barrie has had four poets laureate Tyneisha Ternent (2022–present), Victoria Butler (2018–2022), Damian Lopes (2014–2018), and Dr. Bruce Meyer (2010–2014).

Brantford The city of Brantford named John B. Lee poet laureate in perpetuity in 2005.

Cobalt The town of Cobalt named Ann Margetson poet laureate

Cobourg

Cobourg’s poets laureate are Jessica Outram (2019–2022), Ted Amsden (2011–2018), Jill Battson (2009–2011), and Eric Winter (1997–2009).

Dufferin County Dufferin County's poets laureate is Harry Posner (2017–present)

Emery Poets laureate of Emery include Laurence Hutchman (2018–present).

Kingston Kingston’s poets laureate are Sadiqa de Meijer, (2022-2026) Jason Heroux (2019–2022), Helen Humphreys (2015–2019), and Eric Folsom (2011–2015).

London London’s poets laureate are Tom Cull (2016–present), and Penn Kemp (2011–2013)

Mississauga Mississauga’s poets laureate program was created in 2015. Poets are required to produce at least three poems for city-determined events annually, and read at civic events. Most serve a 2-year term, with Ayomide Bayowa being assigned the role for 30 months, due to delays in selection due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2015–2017: Anna Yin 2017–2019: Wali Shah 2019–2021: Paul Edward Costa 2021–2024: Ayomide Bayowa

Norfolk County In Norfolk County, John B. Lee was appointed in 2011.

Ottawa Ottawa’s poets laureate are Albert Dumont (Anglophone) (2021–2022) and Gilles Latour (Francophone) (2021–2022), Margaret Michèle Cook (Francophone) and Diana Young (Anglophone) (2019–2021), Andrée Lacelle (Francophone) and Jamaal Jackson Rogers (Anglophone) (2017–2019).

Owen Sound Owen Sound’s poets laureate are Rebecca Diem (2024–2025), Richard-Yves Sitoski (2019–2023), Lauren Best (2017–2019), Rob Rolfe & Larry Jensen (2015–2017), Terry Burns (2013–2014), Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (2011–2012), Kristan Anderson (2008–2010) and Liz Zetlin (2007–2008).

Scugog Hollay Ghadery was named the inaugural poet laureate of Scugog in 2023."Scugog appoints its own poet laureate". Durham Post, August 29, 2023.

Greater Sudbury Greater Sudbury’s poets laureate have been Roger Nash (2010–2011), Daniel Aubin (2012–2013), Thomas Leduc (2014–2015), Kim Fahner (2016–2018), Chloé LaDuchesse (2018–2020), Vera Constantineau (2020–2022), Kyla Heyming (2022–2024) and Alex Tétreault (2024-present).Heidi Ulrichsen, "Meet Alex Tétreault, Greater Sudbury’s newest poet laureate". Sudbury.com, June 10, 2024.

Prior to its amalgamation into Greater Sudbury, the old city of Sudbury named Robert L. J. Zenik (1986–1988) as its first and only Poet Laureate.

Toronto The Poet Laureate of Toronto program was established in 2001, naming Dennis Lee as the first poet laureate. Successors include: A. F. Moritz (2019–2022), Anne Michaels (2016–2019), George Elliott Clarke (2012–2015), Dionne Brand (2009–2012), and Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (2004–2009).

The title of "Poet Laureate of Emery," referring to the Emery Village community in the former borough of North York, was created by then-Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti. Dr. Laurence Hutchman was given the title in 2017.

Windsor The city of Windsor poets laureate are Mary Ann Mulhern (2019–2022), Marty Gervais (2011–2019), Vanessa Shields (April 2022- September 2022) and Peter Hrastovec (2023–2027).

Woodstock The city of Woodstock posthumously named Barry C. Butson poet laureate emeritus.

Municipal poets laureate in Ontario

Bron en licentie