1978 Governor General's Awards
Template:Short description Each winner of the 1978 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
English language
- Fiction: Alice Munro, Who Do You Think You Are?[1]
- Poetry or Drama: Patrick Lane, Poems New and Selected.[1]
- Non-Fiction: Roger Caron, Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars.[1]
French language
- Fiction: Jacques Poulin, Les grandes marées.[1]
- Poetry or Drama: Gilbert Langevin, Mon refuge est un volcan.[1]
- Non-Fiction: François-Marc Gagnon, Paul-Emile Borduas : Biographie critique et analyse de l'oeuvre.[1]