Born in Alberton, P.E.I., the year the province launched its comprehensive development plan, Paul Gallant has lived in Ottawa, Vancouver and Toronto, where he has worked as a writer and editor for more than 20 years.

Now a Toronto-based journalist, he is best known for his work as an editor at the LGBTQ+ publication Xtra, the travel magazine BOLD and the Toronto-celebrating website Yongestreetmedia. In the past decade, in addition to his work as an editor, Gallant has published freelance work in The Walrus, the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, the National Post, Reader's Digest Canada and many other publications.