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{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}
The '''Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration''' is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian illustrator for a children's book written in English. It is one of four children's book awards among the [[Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit]], one each for writers and illustrators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the [[Canada Council]].

In name, this award is part of the Governor General's Award program only from 1987 but the four children's literature awards were established in 1975 under a Canada Council name. In the event, the "Canada Council" and "Governor General's" awards have recognized [[children's book illustration]] in an English-language children's book every year from 1978.<ref name=ogwc-CCe/><ref name=ogwc-GG/>

== Canada Council Children's Literature Prize ==

In 1975 the Canada Council established four annual prizes of $5000 for the year's best English- and French-language children's books by Canadian writers and illustrators. Those 
"Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes" were continued under the "Governor General's Awards" rubric from 1987, and continue today. Among them the English-language illustration prize was awarded every year from 1978.<ref name=ogwc-CCe/>

* 1978: [[Ann Blades]], ''A Salmon for Simon'', written by Betty Waterton
* 1979: [[László Gál]], ''[[The Twelve Dancing Princesses]]'', retold by Janet Lunn
* 1980: [[Elizabeth Cleaver]], ''Petrouchka: adapted from Igor Stravinsky and Alexandre Benois'', [[Petrushka]] retold by Cleaver
* 1981: [[Heather Woodall]], ''Ytek and the Arctic Orchid: an Inuit legend'', by Garnet Hewitt
* 1982: [[Vlasta van Kampen]], ''ABC/123: The Canadian Alphabet and Counting Book''
* 1983: [[László Gál]], ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', retold by Margaret Crawford Maloney
* 1984: [[Marie-Louise Gay]], ''Lizzy's Lion'', by [[Dennis Lee (author)|Dennis Lee]]
* 1985: [[Terry Gallagher]], ''Murdo's Story'', by [[Murdo Scribe]]
* 1986: [[Barbara Reid]], ''Have You Seen Birds?'', by Joanne Oppenheim

Three of these winning English-language illustrators also won the annual [[Canadian Library Association]] award for children's book illustration, recognizing the same books. Their CLA [[Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award]]s are dated one year later: Blades 1979, Gál 1980, and Woodall 1982. The Howard-Gibbon award was inaugurated in 1971 for 1970 publications.<ref name=winners-CLA>[http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Amelia_Frances_Howard_Gibbon_Illustrator_s_Award&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2505 "Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706073554/http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Amelia_Frances_Howard_Gibbon_Illustrator_s_Award&Template=%2FCM%2FContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2505 |date=2015-07-06 }} [winners]. ''Book Awards''. Canadian Library Association (cla.org). Retrieved 2015-08-06.</ref>

Six illustrators listed below, winners of the English-language illustration award under the "Governor General's" name, also won the CLA award for the same book: Gay 1988, LaFave 1989, Morin 1991, Lightburn 1992, Reid 1998, and Denton 1999.<ref name=winners-CLA/>

==1980s==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!Year
! style="width:35%;"|Author
! style="width:55%;"|Title
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| [[1987 Governor General's Awards|1987]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Marie-Louise Gay]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Rainy Day Magic'''''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| John Bianchi
|| ''Exploring the Night Sky'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| László Gál
|| ''The Enchanted Tapestry'' 
|- style="text-align:center;"  
|| Shawn Steffler
|| ''Flights of Magic''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[1988 Governor General's Awards|1988]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Kim LaFave]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Amos's Sweater'''''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Marie-Louise Gay]]
|| ''Angel and the Polar Bear'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Jillian Hulme Gilliland
|| ''How the Devil Got His Cat'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Dayal Kaur Khalsa]]
|| ''Sleepers'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Jan Thornhill]]
|| ''The Wildlife ABC''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| [[1989 Governor General's Awards|1989]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Robin Muller]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''The Magic Paintbrush'''''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Michèle Lemieux]]
|| ''A Gift from Saint Francis'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Jan Thornhill]]
|| ''The Wildlife 123''
|}

==1990s==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!Year
! style="width:35%;"|Author
! style="width:55%;"|Title
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| [[1990 Governor General's Awards|1990]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Paul Morin (illustrator)|Paul Morin]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''The Orphan Boy'''''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Warabé Aska
|| ''Seasons'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Frances Tyrrell
|| ''The Huron Carol''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[1991 Governor General's Awards|1991]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Joanne Fitzgerald]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Doctor Kiss Says Yes'''''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Kady MacDonald Denton]]
|| ''The Travelling Musicians'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Michèle Lemieux]]
|| ''Peter and the Wolf'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Gilles Pelletier]]
|| ''A Happy New Year's Day'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Jacquelinne White
|| ''Coyote Winter''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[1992 Governor General's Awards|1992]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Ron Lightburn]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Waiting for the Whales'''''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Eric Beddows]]
|| ''Zoom Upstream'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Suzanne Duranceau]]
|| ''Hickory, Dickory, Dock'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Maryann Kovalski
|| ''The Big Storm'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Mireille Levert]]
|| ''When Jeremiah Found Mrs. Ming''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[1993 Governor General's Awards|1993]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Mireille Levert]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming'''''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Scott Cameron
|| ''Beethoven Lives Upstairs'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Marc Mongeau
|| ''There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen!'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Russ Willms
|| ''Brewster Rooster'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Leo Yerxa]]
|| ''Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[1994 Governor General's Awards|1994]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Murray Kimber]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Josepha:  A Prairie Boy's Story'''''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Marie Lafrance
|| ''La Diablesse and the Baby''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Michèle Lemieux]]
|| ''There Was An Old Man...: A Collection of Limericks''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Laurie McGaw
|| ''Polar, the Titanic Bear''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Martin Springett
|| ''Who''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[1995 Governor General's Awards|1995]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Ludmila Zeman]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''The Last Quest of Gilgamesh'''''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Warabé Aska
|| ''Aska's Sea Creatures'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Geoff Butler]]
|| ''The Killick: A Newfoundland Story'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Gary Clement]]
|| ''Just Stay Put'' 
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Frances Tyrrell
|| ''Woodland Christmas''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[1996 Governor General's Awards|1996]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Eric Beddows]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''The Rooster's Gift'''''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Alan Daniel and Lea Daniel
|| ''Sody Salleratus''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Wang Kui
|| ''The Wise Washerman – A Folktale from Burma''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Johnny Wales
|| ''Gruntle Piggle Takes Off''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Werner Zimmermann
|| ''Whatever You Do, Don't Go Near That Canoe!''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[1997 Governor General's Awards|1997]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Barbara Reid]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''The Party'''''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Blair Drawson
|| ''Flying Dimitri''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Marie-Louise Gay]]
|| ''Rumpelstiltskin''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Robin Muller
|| ''The Angel Tree''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Ludmila Zeman]]
|| ''The First Red Maple Leaf''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[1998 Governor General's Awards|1998]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Kady MacDonald Denton]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes'''''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Victor Bosson
|| ''The Fox's Kettle''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Harvey Chan
|| ''Music for the Tsar of the Sea''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Zhong-Yang Huang
|| ''The Great Race''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Stéphane Jorisch]]
|| ''The Village of a Hundred Smiles and Other Stories''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[1999 Governor General's Awards|1999]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Gary Clement]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''The Great Poochini'''''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Rose Cowles
|| ''I Know an Old Laddie''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Zhong-Yang Huang
|| ''Dragon New Year''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Ludmila Zeman]]
|| ''Sindbad: from the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| Werner Zimmermann
|| ''Brave Highland Heart''
|}

==2000s==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!Year
! style="width:35%;"|Author
! style="width:55%;"|Title
!Ref.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2000 Governor General's Awards|2000]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Marie-Louise Gay]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Yuck, A Love Story'''''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Nelly Hofer]], [[Ernst Hofer (illustrator)|Ernst Hofer]]
|| ''The Snow Queen''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Marthe Jocelyn]]
|| ''Hannah's Collections''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Regolo Ricci]]
|| ''The Market Wedding''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Cybèle Young]]
|| ''Pa's Harvest''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2001 Governor General's Awards|2001]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Mireille Levert]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[An Island in the Soup]]'''''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Harvey Chan]]
|| ''Wild Bog Tea''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Murray Kimber]]
|| ''The Wolf of Gubbio''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Kim LaFave]]
|| ''We'll All Go Sailing''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Cindy Revell]]
|| ''Mallory and the Power Boy''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2002 Governor General's Awards|2002]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Wallace Edwards]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Alphabeasts'''''
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Godfrey |first=Laura |date=May 5, 2016 |title=Canadian Children's Book Week to Host 400+ Events from Coast to Coast |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/70205-canadian-children-s-book-week-to-host-400-events-from-coast-to-coast.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Brian Deines]]
|| ''Dragonfly Kites/pimihákanisa''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Marie-Louise Gay]]
|| ''Stella, Fairy of the Forest''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Rogé]]
|| ''When Pigs Fly''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Janie Jaehyun Park]]
|| ''The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2003 Governor General's Awards|2003]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Allen Sapp]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[The Song Within My Heart]]'''''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Nicolas Debon]]
|| ''Four Pictures by Emily Carr''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Rob Gonsalves]]
|| ''Imagine a Night''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Barbara Reid]]
|| ''The Subway Mouse''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Ludmila Zeman]]
|| ''Sindbad’s Secret: From the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2004 Governor General's Awards|2004]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Stéphane Jorisch]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Jabberwocky (book)|Jabberwocky]]'''''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Nicolas Debon]]
|| ''Dawn Watch''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Marie-Louise Gay]]
|| ''Stella, Princess of the Sky''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Kim LaFave]]
|| ''A Very Unusual Dog''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Barbara Reid]]
|| ''Peg and the Yeti''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2005 Governor General's Awards|2005]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Rob Gonsalves]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Imagine a Day'''''
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2005 |title=Awards, Part 2: The Governor General's |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=95 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Kyrsten Brooker]]
|| ''City Angel''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Wallace Edwards]]
|| ''Mixed Beasts''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Murray Kimber]]
|| ''The Highwayman''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Rajka Kupesic]]
|| ''[[Maria Chapdelaine]]''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2006 Governor General's Awards|2006]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Leo Yerxa]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Ancient Thunder]]'''''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Eugenie Fernandes]]
|| ''Earth Magic''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Annouchka Gravel Galouchko]], [[Stéphan Daigle]]
|| ''The Birdman''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Jon Morse]]
|| ''Casey at the Bat''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Maxwell Newhouse]]
|| ''Let's Go for a Ride''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2007 Governor General's Awards|2007]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Duncan Weller]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''The Boy from the Sun'''''
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Godfrey |first=Laura |date=June 16, 2015 |title=Simply Read Books Faces Complaints of Late Payments, Breached Contracts |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/67153-simply-read-books-faces-complaints-of-late-payments-breached-contracts.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Wallace Edwards]]
|| ''The Painted Circus''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Joanne Fitzgerald]]
|| ''The Blue Hippopotamus''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Jirina Marton]]
|| ''Marja's Skis''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Dusan Petricic]]
|| ''My New Shirt''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2008 Governor General's Awards|2008]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Stéphane Jorisch]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''The Owl and the Pussycat'''''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Isabelle Arseneault]]
|| ''My Letter to the World and Other Poems''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Josée Bisaillon]]
|| ''The Emperor’s Second Hand Clothes''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Matt James (illustrator)|Matt James]]
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Yellow Moon, Apple Moon''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Kim LaFave]]
|| ''Shin-chi's Canoe''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2009 Governor General's Awards|2009]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Jirina Marton]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Bella's Tree]]'''''
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 18, 2009 |title=Awards: Man Asian Literary Prize; Governor General's Awards |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1057 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Shelf Awareness ]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=November 9, 2009 |title=A Roster of Canadian Houses |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20091109/24932-a-roster-of-canadian-houses.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Rachel Berman]]
|| ''Bradley McGogg, the Very Fine Frog''
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2014-06-05 |title=Obituary Note: Rachel Berman |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/2014-06-05/obituary_note:_rachel_berman.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Irene Luxbacher]], 
|| ''The Imaginary Garden''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Luc Melanson]]
|| ''My Great Big Mamma''
|<ref name=":2" />
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Ningeokuluk Teevee]]
|| ''Alego''
|
|}

==2010s==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
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!Year
! style="width:35%;"|Author
! style="width:55%;"|Title
!Ref.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2010 Governor General's Awards|2010]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Jon Klassen]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Cats' Night Out'''''
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 18, 2010 |title=In Brief: November 18 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/45211-in-brief-november-18.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Corbett |first=Sue |date=February 20, 2012 |title=Can Jon Klassen Top 'Hat'? |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/50703-can-he-top-hat-canadian-animator-jon-klassen-has-a-stellar-start-in-picture-books.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Kristin Bridgeman]]
|| ''Uirapuru''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Julie Flett]]
|| ''Owls See Clearly at Night''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Matt James (illustrator)|Matt James]]
| style="text-align:center;"| ''I Know Here''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Renata Liwska]]
|| ''The Quiet Book''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2011 Governor General's Awards|2011]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Cybèle Young]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Ten Birds]]'''''
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2014 |title=News from the North: March 2014 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/61393-news-from-the-north-march-2014.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Isabelle Arsenault]]
|| ''Migrant''
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=May 26, 2017 |title=Colette's Lost Pet |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=613 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Kim LaFave]]
|| ''Fishing with Gubby''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Renata Liwska]]
|| ''Red Wagon''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Frank Viva]]
|| ''Along a Long Road''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2012 Governor General's Awards|2012]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Isabelle Arsenault]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Virginia Wolf'''''
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2012-11-14 |title=Canadian Governor General's Literary Award Winners Named |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/54745-canadian-governor-general-s-literary-award-winners-named.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Renné Benoit]]
|| ''Big City Bees''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Jon Klassen]]
|| ''House Held Up by Trees''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[David Parkins]]
|| ''In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Barbara Reid]]
|| ''Picture a Tree''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2013 Governor General's Awards|2013]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Matt James (illustrator)|Matt James]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Northwest Passage'''''
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=November 15, 2013 |title=Awards: Governor General's Literary; Goldsmiths |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2129 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref><ref name="announced">[https://vancouversun.com/news/Governor+General+Literary+Award+finalists+announced+updated/8987740/story.html "Governor General Literary Award finalists announced"]{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}. ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', October 2, 2013.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Leigh Anne |date=November 21, 2013 |title=Groundwood Books: Celebrating 35 Years |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/60104-groundwood-books-celebrating-35-years.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Rachel Berman]]
|| ''Miss Mousie's Blind Date''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Post cartoonist Clement finalist for Canadian literary award". ''[[National Post]]'', October 3, 2013.</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Gary Clement]]
|| ''Oy, Feh, So?''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Jon Klassen]]
|| ''The Dark''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Julie Morstad]]
|| ''How To''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2014 Governor General's Awards|2014]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Jillian Tamaki]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''This One Summer'''''
|<ref name="winners">{{Cite news |last=Medley |first=Mark |date=2014-11-18 |title=Thomas King wins Governor-General's Award for fiction |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/thomas-king-wins-governor-generals-award-for-fiction/article21636001/ |access-date=2022-10-13}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Marie-Louise Gay]]
|| ''Any Questions?''
|rowspan=4|<ref>Mark Medley, "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', October 7, 2014.</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Qin Leng]]
|| ''Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Renata Liwska]]
|| ''Once Upon a Memory''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Julie Morstad]]
|| ''Julia, Child''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2015 Governor General's Awards|2015]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[JonArno Lawson]], [[Sydney Smith (illustrator)|Sydney Smith]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Sidewalk Flowers'''''
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 29, 2015 |title=Awards: Governor General's Literary |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2623 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 26, 2019 |title=Small in the City |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=871 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Shelf Awareness ]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Eccleshare |first=Julia |date=June 17, 2018 |title=Geraldine McCaughrean, Sydney Smith Win 2018 Carnegie, Greenaway Medals |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/77284-geraldine-mccaughrean-sydney-smith-win-2018-carnegie-greenaway-medals.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Andy Jones (comedian)|Andy Jones]], [[Darka Erdelji]]
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Jack, the King of Ashes''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Kyo Maclear]], [[Marion Arbona]]
|| ''The Good Little Book''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[John Martz]]
|| ''A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories''
|<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Nawotka |first=Ed |date=September 14, 2018 |title=Canadian Publishing 2018: Talking Tundra with Tara Walker |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-book-news/article/77994-canadian-publishing-2018-talking-tundra-with-tara-walker.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Mélanie Watt|Melanie Watt]]
|| ''Bug in a Vacuum''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2016 Governor General's Awards|2016]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Jon-Erik Lappano]], [[Kellen Hatanaka]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Tokyo Digs a Garden'''''
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Godfrey |first=Laura |date=October 27, 2016 |title=News from the North: October 2016 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/71870-news-from-the-north-october-2016.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Jo Ellen Bogart]], [[Sydney Smith (illustrator)|Sydney Smith]]
| style="text-align:center;"| ''The White Cat and the Monk''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Lucy Ruth Cummins]]
|| ''A Hungry Lion or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Mireille Messier]], [[Pierre Pratt]]
|| ''The Branch''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Esmé Shapiro]]
|| ''Ooko''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2017 Governor General's Awards|2017]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[David Robertson (writer)|David Robertson]], [[Julie Flett]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[When We Were Alone]]'''''
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 8, 2020 |title=David A. Robertson: Translating Knowledge from One Worldview to Another |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=951 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Marie-Louise Gay]]
|| ''Short Stories for Little Monsters''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Paul Harbridge]], [[Matt James (illustrator)|Matt James]]
| style="text-align:center;"| ''When the Moon Comes''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Joanne Schwartz (writer)|Joanne Schwartz]], [[Sydney Smith (illustrator)|Sydney Smith]]
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Town Is By the Sea''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Jan Thornhill]]
|| ''The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2018 Governor General's Awards|2018]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Jillian Tamaki]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''They Say Blue'''''
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 31, 2018 |title=Awards: Governor General's Literary Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3366 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[The Fan Brothers]]
|| ''Ocean Meets Sky''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Shauntay Grant]], [[Eva Campbell]]
|| ''Africville''
|
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Wab Kinew]], [[Joe Morse]]
|| ''Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Werner Zimmermann (writer)|Werner Zimmermann]]
| style="text-align:center;"| ''At the Pond''
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| [[2019 Governor General's Awards|2019]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Sydney Smith (illustrator)|Sydney Smith]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Small in the City'''''
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 30, 2019 |title=Awards: Governor General's Literary; Warwick Women in Translation |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3610 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Isabelle Arsenault]]
|| ''Albert's Quiet Quest''
|rowspan=4|<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2019-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-young-people-s-literature-illustration-1.5303511 "The finalists for the 2019 Governor General's Literary Award for young people's literature — illustration"]. [[CBC Books]], October 2, 2019.</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Cary Fagan]], [[Dena Seiferling]]
|| ''King Mouse''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Julie Flett]]
|| ''Birdsong''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| [[Nicola Winstanley]], [[John Martz]]
|| ''How to Give Your Cat a Bath in Five Easy Steps''
|}

==2020s==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!Year
!width="40%"|Author
!width="50%"|Title
!Ref
|-
| align="center" rowspan="5"| [[2020 Governor General's Awards|2020]]
| align="center" style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[The Fan Brothers]]'''
| align="center" style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[The Barnabus Project]]'''''
| align="center" | <ref>[https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/michelle-good-says-celebrating-fiction-win-feels-petty-and-selfish-after-residential-school-discovery-1.5450932 "Michelle Good says celebrating fiction win feels 'petty and selfish' after residential school discovery"]. [[CTV News]], June 1, 2021.</ref> 
|-
| align="center" | [[Naseem Hrab]], [[Frank Viva]]
| align="center" | ''Weekend Dad''
| align="center" rowspan=4| <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/francesca-ekwuyasi-billy-ray-belcourt-anne-carson-among-2020-governor-general-s-literary-awards-finalists-1.6004149 "Francesca Ekwuyasi, Billy-Ray Belcourt & Anne Carson among 2020 Governor General's Literary Awards finalists"]. [[CBC Books]], May 4, 2021.</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[Jordan Scott (poet)|Jordan Scott]], [[Sydney Smith (illustrator)|Sydney Smith]]
| align="center" | ''I Talk Like a River''
|-
| align="center" | [[Jillian Tamaki]]
| align="center" | ''Our Little Kitchen''
|-
| align="center" | [[Rebecca Thomas (writer)|Rebecca Thomas]], [[Maya McKibbin]]
| align="center" | ''Swift Fox All Along''
|-
| align="center" rowspan="5"| [[2021 Governor General's Awards|2021]]
| align="center" style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[David A. Robertson]], [[Julie Flett]]'''
| align="center" style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[On the Trapline]]'''''
| align="center" | <ref>[https://www.coastreporter.net/the-mix/inuk-author-norma-dunning-wins-25k-governor-generals-fiction-prize-4766110 "Inuk author Norma Dunning wins $25K Governor General's fiction prize"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117161409/https://www.coastreporter.net/the-mix/inuk-author-norma-dunning-wins-25k-governor-generals-fiction-prize-4766110 |date=2021-11-17 }}. ''Coast Reporter'', November 17, 2021.</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[Paul Harbridge]], [[Josée Bisaillon]]
| align="center" | ''Out Into the Big Wide Lake''
| align="center" rowspan=4 | <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/ivan-coyote-david-a-robertson-julie-flett-among-finalists-for-25k-governor-general-s-literary-awards-1.6209298 "Ivan Coyote, David A. Robertson & Julie Flett among finalists for $25K Governor General's Literary Awards"]. [[CBC Books]], October 14, 2021.</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[Brittany Luby]], [[Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley]]
| align="center" | ''Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know''
|-
| align="center" | [[Bahram Rahman]], [[Gabrielle Grimard]]
| align="center" | ''The Library Bus''
|-
| align="center" | [[Todd Stewart]]
| align="center" | ''The Wind and the Trees''
|-
| align="center" rowspan="5"| [[2022 Governor General's Awards|2022]]
| align="center" style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Naseem Hrab]], [[Nahid Kazemi]]'''
| align="center" style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[The Sour Cherry Tree]]'''''
| align="center" | <ref>Deborah Dundas, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/11/16/sheila-heti-eli-baxter-win-2022-governor-generals-literary-awards-for-fiction-and-non-fiction.html "Sheila Heti, Eli Baxter win 2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards for fiction and non-fiction"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 16, 2022.</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[Matthew Forsythe]]
| align="center" | ''Mina''
| align="center" rowspan=4 | <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2022-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-young-people-s-literature-illustrated-books-1.6612919 "The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for young people's literature — illustrated books"]. [[CBC Books]], October 12, 2022.</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[Doris George]], [[Don K. Philpot]], [[Alyssa Koski]]
| align="center" | ''kā-āciwīkicik / The Move''
|-
| align="center" | [[Kyo Maclear]], [[Gracey Zhang]]
| align="center" | ''The Big Bath House''
|-
| align="center" | [[Julie Morstad]]
| align="center" | ''Time Is a Flower''
|-
| align="center" rowspan="5"| [[2023 Governor General's Awards|2023]]
| align="center" style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Jack Wong (writer)|Jack Wong]]'''
| align="center" style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''When You Can Swim'''''
| align="center" | <ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/anuja-varghese-wins-governor-generals-literary-award-for-fiction/article_1bb0f610-14e9-5ee7-9f19-68bcbfe555f8.html "Anuja Varghese wins Governor General's literary award for fiction"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 8, 2023.</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[Monica Arnaldo]]
| align="center" | ''Mr. S''
| align="center" rowspan=4 | <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/suzette-mayr-iain-reid-among-finalists-for-25k-governor-general-s-literary-awards-1.7007194 "Suzette Mayr, Iain Reid among finalists for $25K Governor General's Literary Awards"]. [[CBC Books]], October 25, 2023.</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[Jon Klassen]]
| align="center" | ''The Skull''
|-
| align="center" | [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]], [[Julie Flett]]
| align="center" | ''Still This Love Goes On''
|-
| align="center" | [[Nancy Vo]]
| align="center" | ''Boobies''
|-
| align="center" rowspan="5"| [[2024 Governor General's Awards|2024]]
| align="center" style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Jean E. Pendziwol]], [[Todd Stewart]]'''
| align="center" style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''Skating Wild on an Inland Sea'''''
| <ref>Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/jordan-abel-niigaan-sinclair-among-2024-governor-generals-award-winners/ "Jordan Abel, Niigaan Sinclair among 2024 Governor General’s award winners"]. ''[[Quill & Quire]]'', November 13, 2024.</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[Danielle Daniel]], [[Matt James (illustrator)|Matt James]]
| align="center" | ''I'm Afraid, Said the Leaf''
| align="center" rowspan=4| <ref>Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/canisia-lubrin-danny-ramadan-among-2024-governor-generals-literary-award-finalists/ "Canisia Lubrin, Danny Ramadan among 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award finalists"]. ''[[Quill & Quire]]'', October 8, 2024.</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[Adam de Souza]]
| align="center" | ''The Gulf''
|-
| align="center" | [[Thao Lam]]
| align="center" | ''One Giant Leap''
|-
| align="center" | [[Sydney Smith (illustrator)|Sydney Smith]]
| align="center" | ''Do You Remember?''
|}

== See also ==
{{Portal |Children's literature}}
* [[Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature]]
* [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration]]
* [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature]]

==References==
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<ref name=ogwc-CCe>
[http://www.track0.com/ogwc/resources/awardscancouncil.html "Canada Council Children's Literature Awards"] [English-language books]. ''online guide to writing in canada'' (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-06.</ref>
<ref name=ogwc-GG>
[http://www.track0.com/ogwc/resources/awardsgovgen.html "Governor General's Literary Awards"] [winners, 1936–1999]. ''online guide to writing in canada''. Retrieved 2015-08-07.</ref>

}}

{{Governor General's Literary Awards}}

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