Governor General's Award (text)
Canada's national award for young people's literature in English, for the text. Canada. 212 books on this site.
2025
- Tig by Heather Smith Winner
- A Drop in the Ocean by Léa Taranto Finalist
- Beast by Richard Van Camp Finalist
- Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel Finalist
- The Outsmarters by Deborah Ellis Finalist
2024
- Crash Landing by Li Charmaine Anne Winner
- A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur Finalist
- Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline Finalist
- Mortified by Kristy Jackson Finalist
- Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams by Shari Green Finalist
2023
- The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett Winner
- As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh Finalist
- Berani by Michelle Kadarusman Finalist
- Fire on Headless Mountain by Iain Lawrence Finalist
- Weird Rules to Follow by Kim Spencer Finalist
2022
- The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson Winner
- A Boy Is Not a Ghost by Edeet Ravel Finalist
- Sorry for Your Loss by Joanne Levy Finalist
- Step by Deborah Ellis Finalist
- Urchin by Kate Story Finalist
2021
- Firefly by Philippa Dowding Winner
- Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury Finalist
- Peter Lee's Notes from the Field by Jo Treggiari Finalist
- The Fabulous Zed Watson! by Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester Finalist
- Unravel by Sharon Jennings Finalist
2020
- The King of Jam Sandwiches by Eric Walters Winner
- Harvey Holds His Own by Colleen Nelson and Tara Anderson Finalist
- Nevers by Sara Cassidy Finalist
- Pine Island Home by Polly Horvath Finalist
- The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson Finalist
2019
- Stand on the Sky by Erin Bow Winner
- Break in Case of Emergency by Brian Francis Finalist
- Cold White Sun by Sue Farrell Holler Finalist
- Girl of the Southern Sea by Michelle Kadarusman Finalist
- The Grey Sisters by Jo Treggiari Finalist
2018
- Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier Winner
- Ebb & Flow by Heather Smith Finalist
- Learning to Breathe by Janice Lynn Mather Finalist
- The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis Finalist
- Winnie's Great War by Lindsay Mattick and Josh Greenhut Finalist
2017
- The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline Winner
- Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined by Danielle Younge-Ullman Finalist
- Hit the Ground Running by Alison Hughes Finalist
- The Way Back Home by Allan Stratton Finalist
- Those Who Run in the Sky by Aviaq Johnston Finalist
2016
- Calvin by Martine Leavitt Winner
- A Thousand Nights by E. K. Johnston Finalist
- Once, in a Town Called Moth by Trilby Kent Finalist
- The Emperor of Any Place by Tim Wynne-Jones Finalist
- The Unquiet by Mikaela Everett Finalist
2015
- The Gospel Truth by Caroline Pignat Winner
- Are You Seeing Me? by Darren Groth Finalist
- Audrey (cow) by Dan Bar-el Finalist
- We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen Finalist
- Young Man with Camera by Emil Sher Finalist
2014
- When Everything Feels Like the Movies by Raziel Reid Winner
- Jeremy Stone by Lesley Choyce Finalist
- Skraelings by Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Finalist
- The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier Finalist
- This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki Finalist
2013
- The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten Winner
- Becoming Holmes by Shane Peacock Finalist
- Counting Back from Nine by Valerie Sherrard Finalist
- Once Upon a Northern Light by Jean E. Pendziwol Finalist
- The White Bicycle by Beverley Brenna Finalist
2012
- The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen Winner
- Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Finalist
- The Grave Robber's Apprentice by Allan Stratton Finalist
- The Umbrella by Judd Palmer Finalist
- Under the Moon by Deborah Kerbel Finalist
2011
- From Then to Now: A Short History of the World by Christopher Moore Winner
- A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk by Jan L. Coates Finalist
- Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones Finalist
- No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis Finalist
- This Dark Endeavour by Kenneth Oppel Finalist
2010
- Fishtailing by Wendy Phillips Winner
- Free as a Bird by Gina McMurchy-Barber Finalist
- Me, Myself and Ike by K. L. Denman Finalist
- Scars by Cheryl Rainfield Finalist
- Tyranny by Lesley Fairfield Finalist
2009
- Greener Grass: The Famine Years by Caroline Pignat Winner
- A Thousand Shades of Blue by Robin Stevenson Finalist
- Home Free by Sharon Jennings Finalist
- Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka Finalist
- The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones Finalist
2008
- The Landing by John Ibbitson Winner
- Child of Dandelions by Shenaaz Nanji Finalist
- Libertad by Alma Fullerton Finalist
- Shimmerdogs by Dianne Linden Finalist
- Skim by Mariko Tamaki Finalist
2007
- Gemini Summer by Iain Lawrence Winner
- Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting by Hugh Brewster Finalist
- Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis Finalist
- Kanada by Eva Wiseman Finalist
- The Alchemist's Dream by John Wilson Finalist
2006
- Pirate's Passage by William Gilkerson Winner
- Friendships by Budge Wilson Finalist
- Ingrid and the Wolf by André Alexis Finalist
- Me and the Blondes by Teresa Toten Finalist
- Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen by Glen Huser Finalist
2005
- The Crazy Man by Pamela Porter Winner
- After by Francis Chalifour Finalist
- Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach by Barbara Nickel Finalist
- Mella and the N'anga: An African Tale by Gail Nyoka Finalist
- Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai Finalist
2004
- Airborn by Kenneth Oppel Winner
- Esther by Sharon McKay Finalist
- Heck Superhero by Martine Leavitt Finalist
- Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution by Ange Zhang Finalist
- The Wolf King by Judd Palmer Finalist
2003
- Stitches by Glen Huser Winner
- Ann and Seamus by Kevin Major Finalist
- The Maestro by Judd Palmer Finalist
- The Several Lives of Orphan Jack by Sarah Ellis Finalist
- Theories of Relativity by Barbara Haworth-Attard Finalist
2002
- True Confessions of a Heartless Girl by Martha Brooks Winner
- Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine Finalist
- Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis Finalist
- The Losers' Club by John Lekich Finalist
- The Secret Life of Owen Skye by Alan Cumyn Finalist
2001
- Dust by Arthur Slade Winner
- Before Wings by Beth Goobie Finalist
- In Spite of Killer Bees by Julie Johnston Finalist
- Mary Ann Alice by Brian Doyle Finalist
- The Game by Teresa Toten Finalist
2000
- Looking for X by Deborah Ellis Winner
- Being with Henry by Martha Brooks Finalist
- Charlie Wilcox by Sharon E. McKay Finalist
- Kalifax by Duncan Thornton Finalist
- The Shaman's Nephew by Sheldon Oberman Finalist
1999
- A Screaming Kind of Day by Rachna Gilmore Winner
- Each One Special by Frieda Wishinsky Finalist
- Hate You by Graham McNamee Finalist
- The Christmas Orange by Don Gillmor Finalist
- The Divorced Kids Club and Other Stories by W. D. Valgardson Finalist
1998
- The Hollow Tree by Janet Lunn Winner
- Bat Summer by Sarah Withrow Finalist
- Janey's Girl by Gayle Friesen Finalist
- Make or Break Spring by Janet McNaughton Finalist
- The Only Outcast by Julie Johnston Finalist
1997
- Awake and Dreaming by Kit Pearson Winner
- Dippers by Barbara Nichol Finalist
- One Thing That's True by Cheryl Foggo Finalist
- The Fishing Summer by Teddy Jam Finalist
- Wish Me Luck by James Heneghan Finalist
1996
- Ghost Train by Paul Yee Winner
- Bottom Drawer by David Boyd Finalist
- Glory Days and Other Stories by Gillian Chan Finalist
- Keri by Jan Andrews Finalist
- The Fabulous Song by Don Gillmor Finalist
1995
- The Maestro by Tim Wynne-Jones Winner
- Mission Impossible by Beth Goobie Finalist
- Out of the Dark by Welwyn Wilton Katz Finalist
- RanVan A Worthy Opponent by Diana Wieler Finalist
- Tess by Hazel Hutchins Finalist
1994
- Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me by Julie Johnston Winner
- Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story by Jim McGugan Finalist
- Out of the Blue by Sarah Ellis Finalist
- Past Tense by Ken Roberts Finalist
- The Burning Time by Carol Matas Finalist
1993
- Some of the Kinder Planets by Tim Wynne-Jones Winner
- Bryna Means Courage by Mitzi Dale Finalist
- Daniel's Story by Carol Matas Finalist
- Drifting Snow: An Arctic Search by James Archibald Houston Finalist
- My Name Is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling Finalist
1992
- Hero of Lesser Causes by Julie Johnston Winner
- 1812: Jeremy and the General by John Ibbitson Finalist
- A Coyote Columbus Story by Thomas King Finalist
- Looking at the Moon by Kit Pearson Finalist
- My Mother's Ghost by Margaret Buffie Finalist
1991
- Pick-Up Sticks by Sarah Ellis Winner
- A Happy New Year's Day by Roch Carrier Finalist
- Stars Come Out Within by Jean Little Finalist
- The Last Great Dinosaurs by Monty Reid Finalist
- Two Moons in August by Martha Brooks Finalist
1990
- Redwork by Michael Bedard Winner
- Covered Bridge by Brian Doyle Finalist
- The Auction by Jan Andrews Finalist
- Whale Singer by Welwyn Wilton Katz Finalist
1989
- Bad Boy by Diana Wieler Winner
- Circle of Light by Eliane Corbeil Roe Finalist
- The Sky Is Falling by Kit Pearson Finalist
1988
- The Third Magic by Welwyn Wilton Katz Winner
- Easy Avenue by Brian Doyle Finalist
- Little by Little by Jean Little Finalist
- Paradise Café and Other Stories by Martha Brooks Finalist
1987
- Galahad Schwartz and the Cockroach Army by Morgan Nyberg Winner
- A Book Dragon by Donn Kushner Finalist
- False Face by Welwyn Wilton Katz Finalist
- Going to the Dogs by Russell McRae Finalist
1986
- Shadow in Hawthorn Bay by Janet Lunn Winner
1985
- Julie by Cora Taylor Winner
1984
- Sweetgrass by Jan Hudson Winner
1983
- The Ghost Horse of the Mounties by Sean O'Huigin Winner
1982
- Hunter in the Dark by Monica Hughes Winner
1981
- The Guardian of Isis by Monica Hughes Winner
1980
- The Trouble with Princesses by Christie Harris Winner
1979
- Days of Terror by Barbara Smucker Winner
1978
- Hold Fast by Kevin Major Winner
1977
- Listen for the Singing by Jean Little Winner
1976
- The Wooden People by Myra Paperny Winner
1975
- Shantymen of Cache Lake by Bill Freeman Winner
1958
- Nkwala by Edith L. Sharp Winner
1957
- The Great Chief by Kerry Wood Winner
1956
- Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat Winner
1955
- The Map-Maker by Kerry Wood Winner
1954
- The Nor'westers by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell Winner
1953
- Rebels Ride at Night by John F. Hayes Winner
1952
- Cargoes on the Great Lakes by Marie McPhedran Winner
1951
- A Land Divided by John F. Hayes Winner
1950
- The Great Adventure by Donalda Dickie Winner
1949
- Franklin of the Arctic by Richard S. Lambert Winner