Melita Aitken (March 31, 1866 – August 28, 1945) was a Canadian artist and writer. She was born in Drumbo, Ontario and studied art with Mary Dignam in Toronto and with John Vanderpoel at the Art Institute of Chicago. At first, Aitken painted portraits in oil but switched to painting flowers in watercolour after finding out that lead in the oil paints was affecting her health. Around 1920, she published a collection of poems Maple Grove, and Other Poems. Aitken died in Vancouver at the age of 79.