Notable playwrights from Canada include:
- François Archambault
- Geneviève Billette
- George Boyd
- Daniel Brooks
- Mark Brownell
- Serge Boucher
- Réjane Charpentier
- Normand Chaurette
- Olivier Choinière
- Marie Clements
- Hugues Corriveau
- Daniel Danis
- Claudia Dey
- Brian Drader
- Jasmine Dubé
- Timothy Findley
- Carole Fréchette
- David French
- Lorena Gale
- Jean-Rock Gaudreault
- Joanna Glass
- Linda Griffiths
- Michael Healey
- Tomson Highway
- Maureen Hunter
- Kevin Kerr
- Sunil Kuruvilla
- Suzanne Lebeau
- Mark Leiren-Young
- François Létourneau
- Michael Lewis MacLennan
- Wendy Lill
- Ann-Marie MacDonald
- Daniel MacIvor
- Jacques Marchand
- Clem Martini
- Carole Massé
- Bruce McManus
- Kim Morrisse
- Daniel David Moses
- Wajdi Mouawad
- Colleen Murphy
- Michel Ouellette
- Sharon Pollock
- Michael Redhill
- Jean-Pierre Ronfard
- Rick Salutin
- Richard Sanger
- Djanet Sears
- Sandra Shamas
- Jason Sherman
- Kent Stetson
- Gaétan Soucy
- Vern Thiessen
- Theresa Tova
- Lise Tremblay
- Lise Vaillancourt
- David Young
