Jean-Paul Daoust (born January 30, 1946) is a Canadian poet.

He won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 1990 Governor General's Awards for Les Cendres bleues.

[1] Daoust has published thirty collections of poetry since 1976, and two novels.

He contributed to many poetry magazines, and edited the journal Estuary from 1993 to 2003.

He is a member of the Quebec Writers Union.