Best Canadian Essays 2025

edited by Emily Urquhart

The Coincidence Problem

Selected Dispatches 1999-2022

by (author) Stephen Osborne

The Day My Mother Walked on Water

by (author) Helen Mourre

Ages

12 to 18

Grades

7 to 12

Relative to Wind

On Sailing, Craft, and Community

by (author) Phoebe Wang

This and That

The Lost Stories of Emily Carr; Revised and Updated

by (author) Emily Carr
edited by Ann-Lee Switzer

Toxemia

by (author) Christine McNair

Because Somebody Asked Me To

Observations on History, Literature, and the Passing Scene

by (author) Guy Vanderhaeghe

The Canadian Shields

Stories and Essays

by (author) Carol Shields
edited by Nora Foster Stovel
foreword by Margaret Atwood

Line Breaks

A Writing Life

by (author) George Galt

Marrow Memory

Essays of Discovery

by (author) Margaret Nowaczyk

Fungal

Foraging in the Urban Forest

by (author) Ariel Gordon

Black Cake, Turtle Soup, and Other Dilemmas

Essays

by (author) Gloria Blizzard

Monsters, Martyrs, and Marionettes

Essays on Motherhood

by (author) Adrienne Gruber

The Call Is Coming from Inside the House

Essays

by (author) Allyson McOuat

Beneath the Surface of Things

New and Selected Essays

by (author) Wade Davis

Songbook

The Lyrics and Music of Steven Heighton

by (author) Steven Heighton
introduction by Ginger Pharand

The Old Moon in Her Arms

Women I Have Known and Been

by (author) Lorri Neilsen Glenn

The Old Moon in Her Arms

Women I Have Known and Been

by (author) Lorri Neilsen Glenn

Laser Quit Smoking Massage

by (author) Cole Nowicki

Don't Honk Twice

A Prince Edward County Anthology

edited by Tanya Finestone & Leigh Nash
illustrated by Nella Casson

Work to Be Done

Selected Essays and Reviews

by (author) Bruce Whiteman

Some of My Best Friends

And other white lies I've been told

by (author) Tajja Isen

Apples on a Windowsill

by (author) Shawna Lemay

Off the Record

edited by John Metcalf
contributions by Caroline Adderson, Kristyn Dunnion, Cynthia Flood, Shaena Lambert, Elise Levine & Kathy Page