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Recipients[edit]
| Year | Title | Author | Publisher | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Think of The Earth | Bertram Brooker | Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada) | English |
| 1937 | The Dark Weaver | Laura G. Salverson | The Ryerson Press | English |
| 1938 | Swiss Sonata | Gwethalyn Graham | Jonathan Cape and Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada) | English |
| 1939 | The Champlain Road | Franklin D. McDowell | Macmillan Co. of Canada | English |
| 1940 | Thirty Acres (translation) | Ringuet (pseud.) | Macmillan Co. of Canada | English |
| 1941 | Three Came to Ville Marie | Alan Sullivan | Oxford University Press | English |
| 1942 | Little Man | G. Herbert Sallans | The Ryerson Press | English |
| 1943 | The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek | Thomas H. Raddall | William Blackwood & Son and McClelland and Stewart | English |
| 1944 | Earth and High Heaven | Gwethalyn Graham | Jonathan Cape and Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada) | English |
| 1945 | Two Solitudes | Hugh MacLennan | Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Canada | English |
| 1946 | Continental Revue | Winifred Bambrick | Faber and Faber and The Ryerson Press | Language |
| 1947 | The Tin Flute (translation) | Gabrielle Roy | Reynal & Hitchcock Co. and McClelland and Stewart | English |
| 1948 | The Precipice | Hugh MacLennan | Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Canada | English |
| 1949 | Mr. Ames Against Time | Philip Child | The Ryerson Press | English |
| 1950 | The Outlander (translation) | Germaine Guèvremont | McGraw-Hill Co. of Canada | English |
| 1951 | The Loved and the Lost | Morley Callaghan | Macmillan Co. of Canada | English |
| 1952 | The Pillar | David Walker | Collins Clear-Type Press and Houghton Mifflin | English |
| 1953 | Digby | David Walker | Collins Clear-Type Press | English |
| 1954 | The Fall of a Titan | Igor Gouzenko | Cassell & Co. | English |
| 1955 | The Sixth of June | Lionel Shapiro | Doubleday & Co. | English |
| 1956 | The Sacrifice | Adele Wiseman | Macmillan Co. of Canada | English |
| 1957 | Street of Riches (translation) | Gabrielle Roy | McClelland and Stewart | English |
| 1958 | Execution | Colin McDougall | Macmillan Co. of Canada | English |
| 1959 | The Watch that Ends the Night | Hugh MacLennan | Macmillan Co. of Canada | English |
| 1959 | Malgré tout, la joie | André Giroux | Institut Littéraire du Québec | French |
| 1960 | The Luck of Ginger Coffey | Brian Moore | Little, Brown & Co. | English |
| 1961 | Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place | Malcolm Lowry | J.B. Lippincott Co. and Longmans, Green | English |
| 1961 | Ashini | Yves Thériault | Éditions Fides | French |
| 1962 | Running to Paradise | Kildare Dobbs | Oxford University Press | English |
| 1962 | Contes du pays incertain | Jacques Ferron | Éditions d'Orphée | French |
| 1963 | Hugh Garner's Best Stories | Hugh Garner | The Ryerson Press | English |
| 1964 | The Deserter | Douglas LePan | McClelland and Stewart | English |
| 1964 | Les terres sèches | Jean-Paul Pinsonneault | Librairie Beauchemin | French |
| 1965 | L'incubation | Gérard Bessette | Librairie Déom | French |
| 1966 | A Jest of God | Margaret Laurence | McClelland and Stewart | Language |
| 1966 | L'avalée des avalés | Réjean Ducharme | Gallimard | Language |
| 1966 | La joue droite | Claire Martin | Cercle du Livre de France | Language |
| 1967 | Salut Galarneau | Jacques Godbout | Éditions du Seuil | Language |
| 1968 | Dance of the Happy Shades | Alice Munro | The Ryerson Press | Language |
| 1968 | Cocksure | Mordecai Richler | McClelland and Stewart | Language |
| 1968 | Trou de mémoire | Hubert Aquin (declined) | Éditions du Jour | Language |
| 1968 | Manuscrits de Pauline Archange | Marie-Claire Blais | Éditions du Jour | Language |
| 1969 | The Studhorse Man | Robert Kroetsch | Macmillan Co. of Canada | Language |
| 1969 | Une forêt pour Zoé | Louise Maheux-Forcier | Cercle du Livre de France | Language |
| 1970 | The New Ancestors | Dave Godfrey | New Press | Language |
| 1970 | La femme de Loth | Monique Bosco | Éditions HMH | Language |
| 1971 | St. Urbain's Horseman | Mordecai Richler | McClelland and Stewart | Language |
| 1971 | Le cycle | Gérard Bessette | Éditions du Jour | Language |
| 1972 | The Manticore | Robertson Davies | Macmillan Co. of Canada | Language |
| 1972 | Don l'Orignal | Antonine Maillet | Leméac | Language |
| 1973 | The Temptations of Big Bear | Rudy Wiebe | McClelland and Stewart | Language |
| 1973 | L'hiver de force | Réjean Ducharme | Gallimard | Language |
| 1974 | The Diviners | Margaret Laurence | McClelland and Stewart | Language |
| 1974 | Don Quichotte de la démanche | Victor-Levy Beaulieu | L'Aurore | Language |
| 1975 | The Great Victorian Collection | Brian Moore | McClelland and Stewart | Language |
| 1975 | Les enfants du sabbat | Anne Hébert | Seuil | Language |
| 1976 | Bear | Marian Engel | McClelland and Stewart | Language |
| 1976 | Les rescapés | André Major | Éditions Quinze | Language |
| 1977 | The Wars | Timothy Findley | Clarke, Irwin | Language |
| 1977 | Ces enfants de ma vie | Gabrielle Roy | Stanké | Language |
| 1978 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Alice Munro | Macmillan Co. of Canada | Language |
| 1978 | Les grandes marées | Jacques Poulin | Leméac | Language |
| 1979 | The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne | Jack Hodgins | Macmillan Co. of Canada | Language |
| 1979 | Le sourd dans la ville | Marie-Claire Blais | Stanké | Language |
| 1980 | Burning Water | George Bowering | Musson/General | Language |
| 1980 | La première personne | Pierre Turgeon | Quinze | Language |
| 1981 | Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories | Mavis Gallant | Macmillan-Gage | Language |
| 1981 | La province lunaire | Denys Chabot | Hurtubise HMH | Language |
| 1982 | Man Descending | Guy Vanderhaeghe | Macmillan of Canada | Language |
| 1982 | Le cercle des arènes | Roger Fournier | Albin Michel | Language |
| 1983 | Shakespeare's Dog | Leon Rooke | Stoddart | Language |
| 1983 | Laura Laur | Suzanne Jacob | Éditions du Seuil | Language |
| 1984 | The Engineer of Human Souls | Josef Skvorecky | Lester & Orpen Dennys | Language |
| 1984 | Agonie | Jacques Brault | Éditions du Sentier | Language |
| 1985 | The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood | McClelland & Stewart | Language |
| 1985 | Lucie ou un midi en novembre | Fernand Ouellette | Boréal Express | Language |
| 1986 | The Progress of Love | Alice Munro | McClelland & Stewart | Language |
| 1986 | Les silences du corbeau | Yvon Rivard | Éditions du Boréal | Language |
| 1987 | A Dream Like Mine | M.T. Kelly | Stoddart | Language |
| 1987 | L'obsédante obèse et autres agressions | Gilles Archambault | Éditions du Boréal | Language |
| 1988 | Nights Below Station Street | David Adams Richards | McClelland & Stewart | Language |
| 1988 | Le Silence ou le Parfait Bonheur | Jacques Folch-Ribas | Éditions Robert Laffont | Language |
| 1989 | Whale Music | Paul Quarrington | Doubleday Canada | Language |
| 1989 | La Rage | Louis Hamelin | Éditions Québec/Amérique | Language |
| 1990 | Lives of the Saints | Nino Ricci | Cormorant Books | Language |
| 1990 | La Mauvaise foi | Gérald Tougas | Éditions Québec/Amérique | Language |
| 1991 | Such a Long Journey | Rohinton Mistry | McClelland & Stewart | Language |
| 1991 | La croix du Nord | André Brochu | XYZ Éditeur | Language |
| 1992 | The English Patient | Michael Ondaatje | McClelland & Stewart | Language |
| 1992 | L'enfant chargé de songes | Anne Hébert | Éditions du Seuil | Language |
| 1993 | The Stone Diaries | Carol Shields | Random House of Canada | Language |
| 1993 | Cantique des plaines | Nancy Huston | Leméac Éditeur | Language |
| 1994 | A Discovery of Strangers | Rudy Wiebe | Alfred A. Knopf Canada | Language |
| 1994 | Le petit aigle à tête blanche | Robert Lalonde | Éditions du Seuil | Language |
| 1995 | The Roaring Girl | Greg Hollingshead | Somerville House Publishing: A Patrick Crean Book | Language |
| 1995 | Les Oiseaux de Saint-John Perse | Nicole Houde | Éditions de la Pleine Lune | Language |
| 1996 | The Englishman's Boy | Guy Vanderhaeghe | McClelland & Stewart | Language |
| 1996 | Soifs | Marie-Claire Blais | Éditions du Boréal | Language |
| 1997 | The Underpainter | Jane Urquhart | McClelland & Stewart | Language |
| 1997 | Cet imperceptible mouvement | Aude | XYZ Éditeur | Language |
| 1998 | Forms of Devotion | Diane Schoemperlen | A Phyllis Bruce Book/HarperCollins | Language |
| 1998 | La Terre ferme | Christiane Frenette | Éditions du Boréal | Language |
| 1999 | Elizabeth and After | Matt Cohen | Alfred A. Knopf Canada | Language |
| 1999 | La Danse juive | Lise Tremblay | Leméac Éditeur | Language |
| 2000 | Anil's Ghost | Michael Ondaatje | McClelland & Stewart | Language |
| 2000 | Un vent se lève qui éparpille | Jean Marc Dalpé | Éditions Prise de parole | Language |
| 2001 | Clara Callan Richard B. Wright Harper Flamingo Canada: A Phyllis Bruce Book | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2001 | Le ravissement Andrée A. Michaud 2x Les éditions de L'instant même | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2002 | A Song for Nettie Johnson Gloria Sawai Coteau Books | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2002 | La Gloire de Cassiodore Monique LaRue Les Éditions du Boréal | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2003 | Elle Douglas Glover Goose Lane Editions | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2003 | La maison étrangère Élise Turcotte 2x Leméac Éditeur | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2004 | A Complicated Kindness Miriam Toews Alfred A. Knopf Canada | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2004 | Le cercle parfait Pascale Quiviger Les éditions de L’instant même | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2005 | A Perfect Night to Go to China David Gilmour Thomas Allen Publishers, a division of Thomas Allen & Son | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2005 | Hotaru Aki Shimazaki Leméac Éditeur / Actes Sud | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2006 | The Law of Dreams Peter Behrens House of Anansi Press | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2006 | La rivière du loup Andrée Laberge XYZ éditeur | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2007 | Divisadero Michael Ondaatje 5x McClelland & Stewart | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2007 | La mer de la Tranquillité Sylvain Trudel Les Éditions Les Allusifs | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2008 | The Origin of Species Nino Ricci 2x Doubleday Canada | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2008 | Naissance de Rebecca à l’ère des tourments Marie-Claire Blais 4x Les Éditions du Boréal | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2009 | The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger McArthur & Company | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2009 | Le discours sur la tombe de l’idiot Julie Mazzieri Éditions José Corti | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2010 | Cool Water Dianne Warren Phyllis Bruce Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2010 | Ru Kim Thúy Éditions Libre Expression, Groupe Librex | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2011 | The Sisters Brothers Patrick deWitt House of Anansi Press | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2011 | L’homme blanc Perrine Leblanc Le Quartanier | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2012 | The Purchase Linda Spalding McClelland & Stewart, a division of Random House of Canada | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2012 | Pour sûr France Daigle Éditions du Boréal | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2013 | The Luminaries Eleanor Catton McClelland & Stewart, a division of Random House of Canada | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2013 | Quand les guêpes se taisent Stéphanie Pelletier Leméac Éditeur | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2014 | The Back of the Turtle Thomas King HarperCollins Publishers | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2014 | Bondrée Andrée A. Michaud 2x Éditions Québec Amérique | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2015 | Daddy Lenin and Other Stories Guy Vanderhaeghe 3x McClelland & Stewart / Penguin Random House Canada | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2015 | Six degrés de liberté Nicolas Dickner Éditions Alto | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2016 | Do Not Say We Have Nothing Madeleine Thien Alfred A. Knopf Canada / Penguin Random House Canada | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2016 | Au péril de la mer Dominique Fortier 3x Éditions Alto | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2017 | We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night Joel Thomas Hynes HarperCollins Publishers | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2017 | Le poids de la neige Christian Guay-Poliquin La Peuplade | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2018 | The Red Word Sarah Henstra ECW Press | Author | Publisher | Language |
| 2018 | De synthèse Karoline Georges Éditions Alto | Author | Publisher | Language |
- 1 tie?
- 1 winner in two languages
Up to 1959, only English books were eligible. French authors could receive the award if their work had been translated and published in English.
- Award declined by recipient.
There were no finalists prior to 1979. Categories have changed over time.
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