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"A country's literature is a crystal ball into which its people may look to understand their past and their present, and to find some foretaste of their future." - Robertson Davies

Fiction

Chronological List

Brooker, Bertram. Think of the Earth, 1936

Salverson, Laura Goodman. The Dark Weaver, 1937

Graham, Gwethalyn. Swiss Sonata, 1938

McDowell, Franklin D. The Champlain Road, 1939

Ringuet (pseudonym). Thirty Acres (translation), 1940

Sullivan, Alan, Three Came to Ville Marie, 1941

Sallans, G. Herbert. Little Man, 1942

Raddall, Thomas H. The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek, 1943

Graham, Gwethalyn. Earth and High Heaven, 1944

MacLennan, Hugh. Two Solitudes, 1945

Bambrick, Winifred. Continental Revue, 1946

Roy, Gabrielle. The Tin Flute (translation), 1947

MacLennan, Hugh. The Precipice, 1948

Child, Philip. Mr. Ames Against Time, 1949

Guevremont, Germaine. The Outlander (translation), 1950

Callaghan, Morley. The Loved and the Lost, 1951

Walker, David. The Pillar, 1952

Walker, David. Digby, 1953

Gouzenko, Igor. The Fall of a Titan, 1954

Shapiro, Lionel. The Sixth of June, 1955

Wiseman, Adele. The Sacrifice, 1956

Roy, Gabrielle. Street of Riches (translation), 1957

McDougall, Colin. Execution, 1958

MacLennan, Hugh. The Watch that Ends the Night, 1959

Moore, Brian. The Luck of Ginger Coffey, 1960

Lowry, Malcolm. Her Us O Lord from Heaven, 1961

Dobbs, Kildare. Running to Paradise, 1962

Garner, Hugh. Hugh Garner’s Best Stories, 1963

LePan, Douglas. The Deserter, 1964

1965 No Award for Fiction

Laurence, Margaret. A Jest of God, 1966

1967 No Award for Fiction

Munro, Alice. Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968

Kroetsch, Robert. The Studhorse Man, 1969

Godfrey, Dave. The New Ancestors, 1970

Richler, Mordecai. St. Urbain’s Horseman, 1971

Davies, Robertson. The Manticore, 1972

Wiebe, Rudy. The Temptations of Big Bear, 1973

Laurence, Margaret. The Diviners, 1974

Moore, Brian. The Great Victorian Collection, 1975

Engel, Marian. Bear, 1976

Findley, Timothy. The Wars, 1977

Munro, Alice. Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978

Hodgins, Jack. The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne, 1979

Bowering, George. Burning Water, 1980

Gallant, Mavis. Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories, 1981

Vanderhaeghe, Guy. Man Descending, 1982

Rooke, Leon. Shakespeare’s Dog, 1983

Skvorecky, Josef. The Engineer of Human Souls, 1984

Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid’s Tale, 1985

Munro, Alice. The Progress of Love, 1986

Kelly, M. T. A Dream Like Mine, 1987

Richards, David Adams. Nights Below Station Street, 1988

Quarrington, Paul. Whale Music, 1989

Ricci, Nino. Lives of the Saints, 1990

Mistry, Rohinton. Such a Long Journey, 1991

Ondaatje, Michael. The English Patient, 1992

Shields, Carol. The Stone Diaries, 1993

Wiebe, Rudy. A Discovery of Strangers, 1994

Hollingshead, Greg. The Roaring Girl, 1995

Vanderhaeghe, Guy. The Englishman’s Boy, 1996

Urquhart, Jane. The Underpainter, 1997

Schoemperlen, Diane. Forms of Devotion, 1998

Cohen, Matt. Elizabeth and After, 1999

Ondaatje, Michael. Anil’s Ghost, 2000

Wright, Richard B. Clara Callan, 2001

Sawai, Gloria. A Song for Nettie Johnson, 2002

Glover, Douglas. Elle, 2003

Toews, Miriam. A Complicated Kindness, 2004

Gilmour, David. A Perfect Night to Go to China, 2005

Behrens, Peter. The Law of Dreams, 2006

Ondaatje, Michael. Divisadero, 2007

Ricci, Nino. The Origin of Species, 2008

Pullinger, Kate. The Mistress of Nothing, 2009

Warren, Dianne. Cool Water, 2010

deWitt, Patrick. The Sisters Brothers, 2011