:Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

The Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a non-fiction book written in English. Since 1987 it is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, seven each for creators of English- and French-language books. Originally presented by the Canadian Authors Association,{{clarify|date=August 2015|reason=elsewhere we say Gov. Gen. Lord Tweedsmuir/John Buchan}} the Governor General's Awards program became a project of the Canada Council for the Arts in 1959.

The program was created in 1937 and inaugurated that November for 1936 publications in two English-language categories, conventionally called the 1936 Governor General's Awards. Beginning in 1942 there were two winners annually, with separate awards presented for creative non-fiction and academic non-fiction;{{cite news|title=Win Governor-General's Literary Awards|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27055860/|newspaper=Victoria Times-Colonist|date=June 19, 1943|page=4|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = January 10, 2019}} however, this was discontinued after the 1958 awards, and then returned to a single non-fiction category.

The winners alone were announced until 1979, when Canada Council released in advance a shortlist of three nominees. Since then, the advance shortlist has numbered three to five.

Winners and nominees

=1930s=

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" width="100%" \|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 1936-1939{{Cite web\|title=Past GGBooks winners and finalists\|url=https://ggbooks.ca/past-winners-and-finalists\|access-date=2021-11-27\|website=Governor General's Literary Awards\|language=en}} ! Year !width="40%"\|Author !width="50%"\|Title
1936 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Roberton\|first=Thomas Beattie}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *TBR: Newspaper Pieces*
1937 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Leacock\|first=Stephen}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *My Discovery of the West*
1938 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Gibbon\|first=John Murray}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Canadian Mosaic*
1939 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Salverson\|first=Laura}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Confessions of an Immigrant's Daughter*

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|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 1936-1939{{Cite web|title=Past GGBooks winners and finalists|url=https://ggbooks.ca/past-winners-and-finalists|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Governor General's Literary Awards|language=en}}

! Year

!width="40%"|Author

!width="50%"|Title

1936

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Roberton|first=Thomas Beattie}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| TBR: Newspaper Pieces

1937

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Leacock|first=Stephen}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| My Discovery of the West

1938

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Gibbon|first=John Murray}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Canadian Mosaic

1939

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Salverson|first=Laura}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Confessions of an Immigrant's Daughter

=1940s=

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" width="100%" \|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 1940-1949 ! Year !width="40%"\|Author !width="50%"\|Title
1940 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Wright\|first=J. F. C.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Slava Bohu*
1941 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Carr\|first=Emily}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Klee Wyck*
rowspan="2"\| 1942 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Hutchison\|first=Bruce}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Unknown Country\|nolink=1}}*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=McInnis\|first=Edgar}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Unguarded Frontier\|nolink=1}}*
rowspan="2"\| 1943 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Brown\|first=E. K.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *On Canadian Poetry*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Robins\|first=John D.\|link=John Robins (writer)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Incomplete Anglers\|nolink=1}}*
rowspan="2"\| 1944 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Duncan\|first=Dorothy}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Partner in Three Worlds*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=McInnis\|first=Edgar}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|War: Fourth Year\|nolink=1}}*
rowspan="2"\| 1945 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Munro\|first=Ross\|dab=journalist}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Gauntlet to Overlord*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Richardson\|first=Evelyn M.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *We Keep a Light*
rowspan="2"\| 1946 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Grove\|first=Frederick Philip}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *In Search of Myself*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Lower\|first=Arthur R. M.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Colony to Nation*
rowspan="2"\| 1947 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Sclater\|first=William\|link=William Sclater (writer)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Haida*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Dawson\|first=R. MacGregor\|link=Robert MacGregor Dawson}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Government of Canada\|nolink=1}}*
rowspan="2"\| 1948 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Raddall\|first=Thomas H.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Halifax, Warden of the North*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Stacey\|first=C. P.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Canadian Army, 1939-1945\|nolink=1}}*
rowspan="2"\| 1949 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=MacLennan\|first=Hugh}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Cross-country*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Dawson\|first=R. MacGregor\|link=Robert MacGregor Dawson}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Democratic Government in Canada*

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|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 1940-1949

! Year

!width="40%"|Author

!width="50%"|Title

1940

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Wright|first=J. F. C.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Slava Bohu

1941

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Carr|first=Emily}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Klee Wyck

rowspan="2"| 1942

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Hutchison|first=Bruce}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Unknown Country|nolink=1}}

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=McInnis|first=Edgar}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Unguarded Frontier|nolink=1}}

rowspan="2"| 1943

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Brown|first=E. K.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| On Canadian Poetry

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Robins|first=John D.|link=John Robins (writer)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Incomplete Anglers|nolink=1}}

rowspan="2"| 1944

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Duncan|first=Dorothy}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Partner in Three Worlds

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=McInnis|first=Edgar}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|War: Fourth Year|nolink=1}}

rowspan="2"| 1945

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Munro|first=Ross|dab=journalist}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Gauntlet to Overlord

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Richardson|first=Evelyn M.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| We Keep a Light

rowspan="2"| 1946

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Grove|first=Frederick Philip}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| In Search of Myself

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Lower|first=Arthur R. M.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Colony to Nation

rowspan="2"| 1947

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Sclater|first=William|link=William Sclater (writer)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Haida

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Dawson|first=R. MacGregor|link=Robert MacGregor Dawson}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Government of Canada|nolink=1}}

rowspan="2"| 1948

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Raddall|first=Thomas H.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Halifax, Warden of the North

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Stacey|first=C. P.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Canadian Army, 1939-1945|nolink=1}}

rowspan="2"| 1949

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=MacLennan|first=Hugh}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Cross-country

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Dawson|first=R. MacGregor|link=Robert MacGregor Dawson}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Democratic Government in Canada

=1950s=

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" width="100%" \|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 1950-1959 ! Year !width="40%"\|Author !width="50%"\|Title
rowspan="2"\| 1950 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Wilkins Campbell\|first=Marjorie}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Saskatchewan\|nolink=1}}*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Morton\|first=W. L.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Progressive Party in Canada\|nolink=1}}*
rowspan="2"\| 1951 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=MacKinnon\|first=Frank}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Government of Prince Edward Island\|nolink=1}}*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Phelan\|first=Josephine}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Ardent Exile\|nolink=1}}*
rowspan="2"\| 1952 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Creighton\|first=Donald G.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *John A. Macdonald, The Young Politician*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Hutchison\|first=Bruce}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Incredible Canadian\|nolink=1}}*
rowspan="2"\| 1953 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Careless\|first=J. M. S.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Canada, A Story of Challenge*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Berrill\|first=N. J.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Sex and the Nature of Things*
rowspan="2"\| 1954 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=MacLennan\|first=Hugh}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Thirty and Three*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Lower\|first=Arthur R. M.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *This Most Famous Stream*
rowspan="2"\| 1955 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Berrill\|first=N. J.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Man's Emerging Mind*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Creighton\|first=Donald G.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *John A. Macdonald, The Old Chieftain*
rowspan="2"\| 1956 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Berton\|first=Pierre}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Mysterious North\|nolink=1}}*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Rutledge\|first=Joseph Lister}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Century of Conflict*
rowspan="2"\| 1957 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Raddall\|first=Thomas H.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Path of Destiny\|nolink=1}}*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Hutchison\|first=Bruce}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Canada: Tomorrow's Giant*
rowspan="2"\| 1958 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Berton\|first=Pierre}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Klondike*
style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Hemlow\|first=Joyce}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|History of Fanny Burney\|nolink=1}}*
1959 \| colspan="2"\|No award presented

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! Year

!width="40%"|Author

!width="50%"|Title

rowspan="2"| 1950

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Wilkins Campbell|first=Marjorie}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Saskatchewan|nolink=1}}

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Morton|first=W. L.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Progressive Party in Canada|nolink=1}}

rowspan="2"| 1951

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=MacKinnon|first=Frank}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Government of Prince Edward Island|nolink=1}}

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Phelan|first=Josephine}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Ardent Exile|nolink=1}}

rowspan="2"| 1952

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Creighton|first=Donald G.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| John A. Macdonald, The Young Politician

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Hutchison|first=Bruce}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Incredible Canadian|nolink=1}}

rowspan="2"| 1953

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Careless|first=J. M. S.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Canada, A Story of Challenge

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Berrill|first=N. J.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Sex and the Nature of Things

rowspan="2"| 1954

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=MacLennan|first=Hugh}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Thirty and Three

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Lower|first=Arthur R. M.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| This Most Famous Stream

rowspan="2"| 1955

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Berrill|first=N. J.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Man's Emerging Mind

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Creighton|first=Donald G.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| John A. Macdonald, The Old Chieftain

rowspan="2"| 1956

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Berton|first=Pierre}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Mysterious North|nolink=1}}

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Rutledge|first=Joseph Lister}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Century of Conflict

rowspan="2"| 1957

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Raddall|first=Thomas H.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Path of Destiny|nolink=1}}

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Hutchison|first=Bruce}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Canada: Tomorrow's Giant

rowspan="2"| 1958

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Berton|first=Pierre}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Klondike

style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Hemlow|first=Joyce}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|History of Fanny Burney|nolink=1}}

1959

| colspan="2"|No award presented

=1960s =

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1960 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Underhill\|first=Frank H.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *In Search of Canadian Liberalism*
1961 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Goudge\|first=T. A.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{sortname\|last=Ascent of Life\|first=The\|nolink=1}}*
1962 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=McLuhan\|first=Marshall}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{sortname\|last=Gutenberg Galaxy\|first=The\|nolink=}}*
1963 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Careless\|first=J.M.S.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Brown of the Globe*
1964 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Grosskurth\|first=Phyllis}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *John Addington Symonds*
1965 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Eayrs\|first=James}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *In Defence of Canada*
1966 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Woodcock\|first=George}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{sortname\|last=Crystal Spirit: A Study of George Orwell\|first=The\|nolink=}}*
1967 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Story\|first=Norah}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{sortname\|last=Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature\|first=The\|nolink=1}}*
1968 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Richler\|first=Mordecai}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Hunting Tigers Under Glass*
1969 \| colspan="2"\|No award presented

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! Year

!width="40%"|Author

!width="50%"|Title

1960

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Underhill|first=Frank H.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| In Search of Canadian Liberalism

1961

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Goudge|first=T. A.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Ascent of Life|first=The|nolink=1}}

1962

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=McLuhan|first=Marshall}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Gutenberg Galaxy|first=The|nolink=}}

1963

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Careless|first=J.M.S.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Brown of the Globe

1964

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Grosskurth|first=Phyllis}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| John Addington Symonds

1965

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Eayrs|first=James}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| In Defence of Canada

1966

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Woodcock|first=George}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Crystal Spirit: A Study of George Orwell|first=The|nolink=}}

1967

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Story|first=Norah}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature|first=The|nolink=1}}

1968

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Richler|first=Mordecai}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Hunting Tigers Under Glass

1969

| colspan="2"|No award presented

=1970s=

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1970 \| colspan="2"\|No award presented
1971 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{Sortname\|Pierre\|Berton}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Last Spike\|link=The Last Spike (book)}}*
1972 \| colspan="2"\|No award presented
1973 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{Sortname\|Michael\|Bell\|nolink=1}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Painters in a New Land*
1974 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Ritchie\|first=Charles\|link=Charles Ritchie (diplomat)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{sortname\|last=Siren Years\|first=The\|nolink=1}}*
1975 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=MacRae\|first=Marion}} and Anthony Adamson \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Hallowed Walls*
1976 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Berger\|first=Carl\|link=Carl Berger (historian)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{sortname\|last=Writing of Canadian History\|first=The\|nolink=1}}*
1977 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Scott\|first=Frank\|link=F. R. Scott}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Essays on the Constitution*
1978 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Caron\|first=Roger}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars*
rowspan="3"\| 1979 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Tippett\|first=Maria}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Emily Carr*
{{sortname\|last=Bothwell\|first=Robert}} and William Kilbourn \| C.D. Howe
{{sortname\|last=Pratt\|first=Larry\|nolink=1}} and John Richards \| Prairie Capitalism

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|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 1970-1979

! Year

!width="40%"|Author

!width="50%"|Title

1970

| colspan="2"|No award presented

1971

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|Pierre|Berton}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Last Spike|link=The Last Spike (book)}}

1972

| colspan="2"|No award presented

1973

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|Michael|Bell|nolink=1}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Painters in a New Land

1974

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Ritchie|first=Charles|link=Charles Ritchie (diplomat)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Siren Years|first=The|nolink=1}}

1975

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=MacRae|first=Marion}} and Anthony Adamson

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Hallowed Walls

1976

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Berger|first=Carl|link=Carl Berger (historian)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Writing of Canadian History|first=The|nolink=1}}

1977

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Scott|first=Frank|link=F. R. Scott}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Essays on the Constitution

1978

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Caron|first=Roger}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars

rowspan="3"| 1979

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Tippett|first=Maria}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Emily Carr

{{sortname|last=Bothwell|first=Robert}} and William Kilbourn

| C.D. Howe

{{sortname|last=Pratt|first=Larry|nolink=1}} and John Richards

| Prairie Capitalism

=1980s=

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" width="100%" \|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 1980-1989 ! Year !width="40%"\|Author !width="50%"\|Title
rowspan="3"\| 1980 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Simpson\|first=Jeffrey}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Discipline of Power: The Conservative Interlude and the Liberal Restoration*
{{sortname\|last=Fraser\|first=John\|link=John Fraser (journalist)}} \| {{sortname\|last=Chinese:\|first=The\|nolink=1}} Portrait of a People
{{sortname\|last=MacKay\|first=Donald\|nolink=1}} \| Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector
rowspan="3"\| 1981 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Calef\|first=George}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Caribou and the Barren-Lands*
{{sortname\|last=Bissell\|first=Claude}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Young Vincent Massey\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=Cameron\|first=Elspeth}} \| Hugh MacLennan: A Writer's Life
rowspan="3"\| 1982 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Moore\|first=Christopher\|link=Christopher Moore (Canadian historian)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Louisbourg Portraits: Life in an Eighteenth- Century Garrison Town*
{{sortname\|last=Frye\|first=Northrop\|link=Northrop Frye}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Great Code: The Bible and Literature\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=McCall-Newman\|first=Christina\|link=Christina McCall}} \| Grits: An Intimate Portrait of The Liberal Party
rowspan="3"\| 1983 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Williams\|first=Jeffery}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Byng of Vimy: General and Governor General*
{{sortname\|last=Dryden\|first=Ken}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Game\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=Ferns\|first=H S}} \| Reading from Left to Right: One Man's Political History
rowspan="3"\| 1984 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| Sandra Gwyn \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Private Capital: Ambition and Love in the Age of Macdonald and Laurier\|nolink=1}}*
{{sortname\|last=Beal\|first=Bob}} and Rod Macleod \| Prairie Fire: The 1885 North-West Rebellion
{{sortname\|last=Fraser\|first=Graham}} \| P.Q.: René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois in Power
rowspan="4"\| 1985 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Cook\|first=Ramsay}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English Canada\|nolink=1}}*
{{sortname\|last=Behiels\|first=Michael D.}} \| Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution: Liberalism versus Neo-nationalism
{{sortname\|last=Thompson\|first=John Herd}} \| Canada 1922-1939: Decades of Discord
{{sortname\|last=Waite\|first=P. B.}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister\|nolink=1}}
rowspan="4"\| 1986 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Frye\|first=Northrop}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Northrop Frye on Shakespeare*
{{sortname\|last=Bissell\|first=Claude}} \| {{sortname\|last=Imperial Canadian\|first=The\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=Grosskurth\|first=Phyllis}} \| Melanie Klein
{{sortname\|last=Rybczynski\|first=Witold}} \| Home
rowspan="3"\| 1987 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Ignatieff\|first=Michael}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{sortname\|last=Russian Album\|first=The\|nolink=1}}*
{{sortname\|last=Kulyk Keefer\|first=Janice}} \| Under Eastern Eyes
{{sortname\|last=Page\|first=P. K.}} \| Brazilian Journal
rowspan="4"\| 1988 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Collins\|first=Anne\|link=Anne Collins (author)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *In the Sleep Room*
{{sortname\|last=Berton\|first=Pierre}} \| {{sortname\|last=Arctic Grail\|first=The\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=Borovoy\|first=Alan}} \| When Freedoms Collide
{{sortname\|last=Iglauer\|first=Edith}} \| Fishing with John
rowspan="4"\| 1989 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Calder\|first=Robert\|link=Robert Calder (writer)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Willie: The Life of W. Somerset Maugham*
{{sortname\|last=Boddy\|first=Janice}} \| Wombs and Alien Spirits
{{sortname\|last=MacNeil\|first=Robert}} \| Wordstruck
{{sortname\|last=Russell\|first=Dale A.}} \| {{sortname\|last=Odyssey in Time: The Dinosaurs of North America\|first=An\|nolink=1}}

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|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 1980-1989

! Year

!width="40%"|Author

!width="50%"|Title

rowspan="3"| 1980

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Simpson|first=Jeffrey}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Discipline of Power: The Conservative Interlude and the Liberal Restoration

{{sortname|last=Fraser|first=John|link=John Fraser (journalist)}}

| {{sortname|last=Chinese:|first=The|nolink=1}} Portrait of a People

| Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector

rowspan="3"| 1981

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Calef|first=George}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Caribou and the Barren-Lands

| {{Sortname|The|Young Vincent Massey|nolink=1}}

| Hugh MacLennan: A Writer's Life

rowspan="3"| 1982

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Moore|first=Christopher|link=Christopher Moore (Canadian historian)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Louisbourg Portraits: Life in an Eighteenth- Century Garrison Town

| {{Sortname|The|Great Code: The Bible and Literature|nolink=1}}

{{sortname|last=McCall-Newman|first=Christina|link=Christina McCall}}

| Grits: An Intimate Portrait of The Liberal Party

rowspan="3"| 1983

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Williams|first=Jeffery}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Byng of Vimy: General and Governor General

| {{Sortname|The|Game|nolink=1}}

| Reading from Left to Right: One Man's Political History

rowspan="3"| 1984

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Sandra Gwyn

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Private Capital: Ambition and Love in the Age of Macdonald and Laurier|nolink=1}}

{{sortname|last=Beal|first=Bob}} and Rod Macleod

| Prairie Fire: The 1885 North-West Rebellion

| P.Q.: René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois in Power

rowspan="4"| 1985

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Cook|first=Ramsay}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English Canada|nolink=1}}

| Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution: Liberalism versus Neo-nationalism

| Canada 1922-1939: Decades of Discord

| {{Sortname|The|Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister|nolink=1}}

rowspan="4"| 1986

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Frye|first=Northrop}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Northrop Frye on Shakespeare

| {{sortname|last=Imperial Canadian|first=The|nolink=1}}

| Melanie Klein

| Home

rowspan="3"| 1987

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Ignatieff|first=Michael}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Russian Album|first=The|nolink=1}}

| Under Eastern Eyes

| Brazilian Journal

rowspan="4"| 1988

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Collins|first=Anne|link=Anne Collins (author)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| In the Sleep Room

| {{sortname|last=Arctic Grail|first=The|nolink=1}}

| When Freedoms Collide

| Fishing with John

rowspan="4"| 1989

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Calder|first=Robert|link=Robert Calder (writer)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Willie: The Life of W. Somerset Maugham

| Wombs and Alien Spirits

| Wordstruck

| {{sortname|last=Odyssey in Time: The Dinosaurs of North America|first=An|nolink=1}}

=1990s=

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" width="100%" \|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 1990-1999 ! Year !width="40%"\|Author !width="50%"\|Title
rowspan="5"\| 1990 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Clarkson\|first=Stephen}} and Christina McCall \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Trudeau and Our Times*
{{sortname\|last=Findley\|first=Timothy}} \| Inside Memory: Pages from a Writer's Workbook
{{sortname\|last=Forsey\|first=Eugene}} \| {{Sortname\|A\|Life on the Fringe: The Memoirs of Eugene Forsey\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=Graham\|first=Ron\|link=Ron Graham (author)}} \| God's Dominion: A Sceptic's Quest
{{sortname\|last=King\|first=James\|nolink=1}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read\|nolink=1}}
rowspan="5"\| 1991 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Hunter\|first=Robert\|link=Robert Hunter (journalist)}} and Robert Calihoo \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Occupied Canada: A Young White Man Discovers His Unsuspected Past*
{{sortname\|last=Frye\|first=Northrop}} \| Words With Power
{{sortname\|last=Gunnars\|first=Kristjana}} \| Zero Hour
{{sortname\|last=MacDonald\|first=D. L.}} \| Poor Polidori: A Critical Biography of the Author of "The Vampyre"
{{sortname\|last=Sullivan\|first=Rosemary}} \| By Heart: Elizabeth Smart, A Life
rowspan="4"\| 1992 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Siggins\|first=Maggie}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm*
{{sortname\|last=Bliss\|first=Michael}} \| Plague: A Story of Smallpox in Montreal
{{sortname\|last=Cuthbertson\|first=Ken}} \| Inside: The Biography of John Gunther
{{sortname\|last=Marrus\|first=Michael R.}} \| Mr. Sam: The Life and Times of Samuel Bronfman
rowspan="5"\| 1993 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Connelly\|first=Karen}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Touch the Dragon*
{{sortname\|last=de Villiers\|first=Marq}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Heartbreak Grape: A Journey in Search of the Perfect Pinot Noir\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=Fowler\|first=Marian}} \| In a Gilded Cage
{{sortname\|last=Jacobs\|first=Jane}} \| Systems of Survival
{{sortname\|last=Mostert\|first=Noel}} \| Frontiers
rowspan="5"\| 1994 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Livingston\|first=John A.\|link=John Livingston (naturalist)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Rogue Primate: An Exploration of Human Domestication*
{{sortname\|last=Butala\|first=Sharon}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Nature\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=Chong\|first=Denise}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Concubine's Children: Portrait of a Family\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=Haggerty\|first=Joan}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Invitation: A Memoir of Family Love and Reconciliation\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=Larisey\|first=Peter}} \| Light for a Cold Land: Lawren Harris's Work and Life-An Interpretation
rowspan="4"\| 1995 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Sullivan\|first=Rosemary}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen*
{{sortname\|last=Foran\|first=Charles}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Last House of Ulster: A Family in Belfast\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=McQuaig\|first=Linda}} \| Shooting the Hippo
{{sortname\|last=Marty\|first=Sid}} \| Leaning on the Wind
rowspan="5"\| 1996 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Saul\|first=John Ralston}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *{{Sortname\|The\|Unconscious Civilization\|nolink=1}}*
{{sortname\|last=MacGregor\|first=Roy}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Home Team: Fathers, Sons & Hockey\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=Rigelhof\|first=T. F.}} \| {{Sortname\|A\|Blue Boy in a Black Dress\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=Sagaris\|first=Lake}} \| After the First Death: A Journey Through Chile, Time, Mind
{{sortname\|last=Simonds\|first=Merilyn}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Convict Lover: A True Story\|nolink=1}}
rowspan="5"\| 1997 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Manley\|first=Rachel}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Drumblair: Memories of a Jamaican Childhood*
{{sortname\|last=Davis\|first=Wade\|link=Wade Davis (anthropologist)}} \| One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
{{sortname\|last=Dunphy\|first=Catherine}} \| Morgentaler: A Difficult Hero
{{sortname\|last=Glavin\|first=Terry}} \| This Ragged Place: Travels Across the Landscape
{{sortname\|last=Stonechild\|first=Blair}} and Bill Waiser \| Loyal Till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
rowspan="5"\| 1998 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Adams Richards\|first=David}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi*
{{sortname\|last=Grady\|first=Wayne\|link=Wayne Grady (author)}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Quiet Limit of the World: A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global Warming\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|last=Gray\|first=Charlotte\|link=Charlotte Gray (author)}} \| Mrs. King: The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie King
{{sortname\|last=Schultz\|first=Judy}} \| Mamie's Children: Three Generations of Prairie Women
{{sortname\|last=Wiebe\|first=Rudy}} and Yvonne Johnson \| Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman
rowspan="5"\| 1999 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=de Villiers\|first=Marq}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Water*
{{sortname\|last=Akenson\|first=Donald Harman}} \| Surpassing Wonder
{{sortname\|last=Bliss\|first=Michael}} \| William Osler
{{sortname\|last=Choy\|first=Wayson}} \| Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood
{{sortname\|last=Johnston\|first=Wayne\|link=Wayne Johnston (writer)}} \| Baltimore's Mansion

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|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 1990-1999

! Year

!width="40%"|Author

!width="50%"|Title

rowspan="5"| 1990

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Clarkson|first=Stephen}} and Christina McCall

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Trudeau and Our Times

| Inside Memory: Pages from a Writer's Workbook

| {{Sortname|A|Life on the Fringe: The Memoirs of Eugene Forsey|nolink=1}}

| God's Dominion: A Sceptic's Quest

| {{Sortname|The|Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read|nolink=1}}

rowspan="5"| 1991

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Hunter|first=Robert|link=Robert Hunter (journalist)}} and Robert Calihoo

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Occupied Canada: A Young White Man Discovers His Unsuspected Past

| Words With Power

| Zero Hour

| Poor Polidori: A Critical Biography of the Author of "The Vampyre"

| By Heart: Elizabeth Smart, A Life

rowspan="4"| 1992

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Siggins|first=Maggie}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm

| Plague: A Story of Smallpox in Montreal

| Inside: The Biography of John Gunther

| Mr. Sam: The Life and Times of Samuel Bronfman

rowspan="5"| 1993

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Karen}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Touch the Dragon

| {{Sortname|The|Heartbreak Grape: A Journey in Search of the Perfect Pinot Noir|nolink=1}}

| In a Gilded Cage

| Systems of Survival

| Frontiers

rowspan="5"| 1994

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Livingston|first=John A.|link=John Livingston (naturalist)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Rogue Primate: An Exploration of Human Domestication

| {{Sortname|The|Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Nature|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Concubine's Children: Portrait of a Family|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Invitation: A Memoir of Family Love and Reconciliation|nolink=1}}

| Light for a Cold Land: Lawren Harris's Work and Life-An Interpretation

rowspan="4"| 1995

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Sullivan|first=Rosemary}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen

| {{Sortname|The|Last House of Ulster: A Family in Belfast|nolink=1}}

| Shooting the Hippo

| Leaning on the Wind

rowspan="5"| 1996

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Saul|first=John Ralston}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Unconscious Civilization|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Home Team: Fathers, Sons & Hockey|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|A|Blue Boy in a Black Dress|nolink=1}}

| After the First Death: A Journey Through Chile, Time, Mind

| {{Sortname|The|Convict Lover: A True Story|nolink=1}}

rowspan="5"| 1997

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Manley|first=Rachel}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Drumblair: Memories of a Jamaican Childhood

{{sortname|last=Davis|first=Wade|link=Wade Davis (anthropologist)}}

| One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest

| Morgentaler: A Difficult Hero

| This Ragged Place: Travels Across the Landscape

{{sortname|last=Stonechild|first=Blair}} and Bill Waiser

| Loyal Till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion

rowspan="5"| 1998

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Adams Richards|first=David}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi

| {{Sortname|The|Quiet Limit of the World: A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global Warming|nolink=1}}

{{sortname|last=Gray|first=Charlotte|link=Charlotte Gray (author)}}

| Mrs. King: The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie King

| Mamie's Children: Three Generations of Prairie Women

{{sortname|last=Wiebe|first=Rudy}} and Yvonne Johnson

| Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman

rowspan="5"| 1999

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=de Villiers|first=Marq}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Water

| Surpassing Wonder

| William Osler

| Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood

{{sortname|last=Johnston|first=Wayne|link=Wayne Johnston (writer)}}

| Baltimore's Mansion

=2000s=

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" width="100%" \|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 2000-2009 ! Year !width="40%"\|Author !width="50%"\|Title !Ref.
rowspan="4"\| 2000 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Mezlekia\|first=Nega}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Notes from the Hyena's Belly* \|
{{sortname\|last=Bringhurst\|first=Robert}} \| {{Sortname\|A\|Story as Sharp as a Knife\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Herriot\|first=Trevor}} \| River in a Dry Land \|
{{sortname\|last=McKillop\|first=A. B.}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Spinster and the Prophet\|nolink=1}} \|
rowspan="5"\| 2001 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Homer-Dixon\|first=Thomas}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *{{Sortname\|The\|Ingenuity Gap\|nolink=}}* \|
{{sortname\|last=Crean\|first=Susan}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Laughing One: A Journey to Emily Carr\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Laird\|first=Ross A.}} \| Grain of Truth: The Ancient Lessons of Craft \|
{{sortname\|last=Manguel\|first=Alberto}} \| Reading Pictures: A History of Love and Hate \|
{{sortname\|last=Todd\|first=Jack\|link=Jack Todd (journalist)}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Taste of Metal: A Deserter's Story\|nolink=1}} \|
rowspan="5"\| 2002 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Nikiforuk\|first=Andrew}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil* \|
{{sortname\|last=Abraham\|first=Carolyn}} \| Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain \|
{{sortname\|last=Frayne\|first=Jill}} \| Starting Out in the Afternoon: A Mid-Life Journey into Wild Land \|
{{sortname\|last=Henighan\|first=Stephen}} \| When Words Deny the World: The Reshaping of Canadian Writing \|
{{sortname\|last=McKay\|first=Don\|link=Don McKay (poet)}} \| Vis à Vis: Field Notes on Poetry & Wilderness \|
rowspan="5"\| 2003 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=MacMillan\|first=Margaret}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World* \|
{{sortname\|last=Clark\|first=Andrew\|nolink=1}} \| {{Sortname\|A\|Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Cohen\|first=Andrew\|link=Andrew Cohen (journalist)}} \| While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World \|
{{sortname\|last=de Vries\|first=Maggie}} \| Vancouver, for Missing Sarah: A Vancouver Woman Remembers Her Vanished Sister \|
{{sortname\|last=King\|first=Ross\|link=Ross King (author)}} \| Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling \|
rowspan="5"\| 2004 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Dallaire\|first=Roméo}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda* \|
{{sortname\|last=Coleman\|first=Anne}} \| I'll Tell You a Secret: A Memory of Seven Summers \|
{{sortname\|last=Dewdney\|first=Christopher}} \| Acquainted With the Night: Excursions Through the World After Dark \|
{{sortname\|last=Jacobs\|first=Jane}} \| Dark Age Ahead \|
{{sortname\|last=Zwicky\|first=Jan}} \| Wisdom & Metaphor \|
rowspan="5"\| 2005 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Vaillant\|first=John}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *{{sortname\|last=Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed\|first=The\|nolink=1}}* \|{{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}}
{{sortname\|last=Bishop\|first=Ted}} \| Riding with Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books \|
{{sortname\|last=Mitchell\|first=Michael\|nolink=1}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Molly Fire\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Shorter\|first=Edward\|link=Edward Shorter (historian)}} \| Written in the Flesh: A History of Desire \|
{{sortname\|last=Warner\|first=Jessica}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Incendiary: The Misadventures of John the Painter, First Modern Terrorist\|nolink=1}} \|
rowspan="5"\| 2006 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=King\|first=Ross\|link=Ross King (author)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *{{Sortname\|The\|Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism\|nolink=1}}* \|
{{sortname\|last=Cooper\|first=Afua}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Reber\|first=Susanne}} and Robert Renaud \| Starlight Tour: The Last, Lonely Night of Neil Stonechild \|
{{sortname\|last=Strangelove\|first=Michael}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Empire of Mind: Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist Movement\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Wiesenthal\|first=Christine}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Half-Lives of Pat Lowther\|nolink=1}} \|
rowspan="5"\| 2007 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Smardz Frost\|first=Karolyn}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad* \|
{{sortname\|last=Bascunan\|first=Rodrigo}} and Christian Pearce \| Enter the Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent \|
{{sortname\|last=English\|first=John\|link=John English (Canadian politician)}} \| Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968 \|
{{sortname\|last=Nolen\|first=Stephanie}} \| 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa \|
{{sortname\|last=Stutchbury\|first=Bridget}} \| Silence of the Songbirds: How We Are Losing the World's Songbirds and What We Can Do to Save Them \|
rowspan="5"\| 2008 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Blatchford\|first=Christie}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army* \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=November 19, 2008 \|title=Awards: Governor General Winners \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=806 \|access-date=2022-10-13 \|website=Shelf Awareness}}
{{sortname\|last=Hunter\|first=Douglas}} \| God’s Mercies: Rivalry, Betrayal and the Dream of Discovery \|
{{sortname\|last=Marty\|first=Sid}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Orbinski\|first=James}} \| {{Sortname\|An\|Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Turner\|first=Chris\|link=Chris Turner (author)}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need\|nolink=1}} \|
rowspan="5"\| 2009 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Vassanji\|first=M. G.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *{{Sortname\|A\|Place Within: Rediscovering India\|nolink=1}}* \|{{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 }}
{{sortname\|last=Hansen\|first=Randall}} \| Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-45 \|
{{sortname\|last=Herriot\|first=Trevor}} \| Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds \|
{{sortname\|last=Margolis\|first=Eric\|link=Eric Margolis (journalist)}} \| American Raj: Liberation or Domination? (Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World) \|
{{sortname\|last=Siblin\|first=Eric}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece\|nolink=1}} \|

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|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 2000-2009

! Year

!width="40%"|Author

!width="50%"|Title

!Ref.

rowspan="4"| 2000

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Mezlekia|first=Nega}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Notes from the Hyena's Belly

| {{Sortname|A|Story as Sharp as a Knife|nolink=1}}

| River in a Dry Land

| {{Sortname|The|Spinster and the Prophet|nolink=1}}

rowspan="5"| 2001

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Homer-Dixon|first=Thomas}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|The|Ingenuity Gap|nolink=}}

| {{Sortname|The|Laughing One: A Journey to Emily Carr|nolink=1}}

| Grain of Truth: The Ancient Lessons of Craft

| Reading Pictures: A History of Love and Hate

| {{Sortname|The|Taste of Metal: A Deserter's Story|nolink=1}}

rowspan="5"| 2002

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Nikiforuk|first=Andrew}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil

| Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain

| Starting Out in the Afternoon: A Mid-Life Journey into Wild Land

| When Words Deny the World: The Reshaping of Canadian Writing

| Vis à Vis: Field Notes on Poetry & Wilderness

rowspan="5"| 2003

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=MacMillan|first=Margaret}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World

| {{Sortname|A|Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle|nolink=1}}

{{sortname|last=Cohen|first=Andrew|link=Andrew Cohen (journalist)}}

| While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World

| Vancouver, for Missing Sarah: A Vancouver Woman Remembers Her Vanished Sister

| Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling

rowspan="5"| 2004

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Dallaire|first=Roméo}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda

| I'll Tell You a Secret: A Memory of Seven Summers

| Acquainted With the Night: Excursions Through the World After Dark

| Dark Age Ahead

| Wisdom & Metaphor

rowspan="5"| 2005

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Vaillant|first=John}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed|first=The|nolink=1}}

|{{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}}

| Riding with Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books

| {{Sortname|The|Molly Fire|nolink=1}}

{{sortname|last=Shorter|first=Edward|link=Edward Shorter (historian)}}

| Written in the Flesh: A History of Desire

| {{Sortname|The|Incendiary: The Misadventures of John the Painter, First Modern Terrorist|nolink=1}}

rowspan="5"| 2006

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=King|first=Ross|link=Ross King (author)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|The|Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal|nolink=1}}

{{sortname|last=Reber|first=Susanne}} and Robert Renaud

| Starlight Tour: The Last, Lonely Night of Neil Stonechild

| {{Sortname|The|Empire of Mind: Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist Movement|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Half-Lives of Pat Lowther|nolink=1}}

rowspan="5"| 2007

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Smardz Frost|first=Karolyn}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad

{{sortname|last=Bascunan|first=Rodrigo}} and Christian Pearce

| Enter the Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent

{{sortname|last=English|first=John|link=John English (Canadian politician)}}

| Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968

| 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa

| Silence of the Songbirds: How We Are Losing the World's Songbirds and What We Can Do to Save Them

rowspan="5"| 2008

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Blatchford|first=Christie}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 19, 2008 |title=Awards: Governor General Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=806 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

| God’s Mercies: Rivalry, Betrayal and the Dream of Discovery

| {{Sortname|The|Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|An|Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need|nolink=1}}

rowspan="5"| 2009

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Vassanji|first=M. G.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|A|Place Within: Rediscovering India|nolink=1}}

|{{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 }}

| Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-45

| Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds

{{sortname|last=Margolis|first=Eric|link=Eric Margolis (journalist)}}

| American Raj: Liberation or Domination? (Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World)

| {{Sortname|The|Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece|nolink=1}}

=2010s=

class="wikitable" width=100% \|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 2010-2019 ! Year !width="40%"\|Author !width="50%"\|Title !Ref.
rowspan="5"\| 2010 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Casey\|first=Allan}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada* \|
{{sortname\|last=Abbott\|first=Elizabeth}} \| {{Sortname\|A\|History of Marriage}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Brown\|first=Ian\|link=Ian Brown (journalist)}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Connelly\|first=Karen}} \| Burmese Lessons: A Love Story \|
{{sortname\|last=English\|first=John\|link=John English (Canadian politician)}} \| Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000 \|
rowspan="5"\| 2011 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Foran\|first=Charles}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Mordecai: The Life and Times* \|
{{sortname\|last=Greenfield\|first=Nathan M.}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Damned: The Canadians at the Battle of Hong Kong and the POW Experience, 1941-45\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Gwyn\|first=Richard\|link=Richard Gwyn (Canadian writer)}} \| Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times, Volume Two: 1867-1891 \|
{{sortname\|last=Lee\|first=JJ\|link=JJ Lee (writer)}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Nikiforuk\|first=Andrew}} \| Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests \|
rowspan="5"\| 2012 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=King\|first=Ross\|link=Ross King (author)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *Leonardo and the Last Supper* \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=November 19, 2012 \|title=Awards: Governor General's; Hilary Weston; New Mexico and Ariz. \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1874 \|access-date=2022-10-13 \|website=Shelf Awareness}}
{{sortname\|last=Ayed\|first=Nahlah}} \| {{Sortname\|A\|Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Bishop-Gwyn\|first=Carol}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Davis\|first=Wade\|link=Wade Davis (anthropologist)}} \| Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest \|
{{sortname\|last=Richler\|first=Noah}} \| What We Talk About When We Talk About War \|
rowspan="5"\| 2013 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Djwa\|first=Sandra}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page* \|{{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}}
{{sortname\|last=Abraham\|first=Carolyn}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Juggler's Children: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Munk\|first=Nina}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Smutylo\|first=Allen}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Memory of Water\|nolink=}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Uppal\|first=Priscila}} \| Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother \|
rowspan="4"\| 2014 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Harris\|first=Michael\|link=Michael John Harris}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *{{Sortname\|The\|End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection\|nolink=1}}* \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=November 21, 2014 \|title=Awards: Governor General's Literary \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2392 \|access-date=2022-10-13 \|website=Shelf Awareness }}
{{sortname\|last=Kopecky\|first=Arno}} \| {{Sortname\|The\|Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway\|nolink=1}} \|
{{sortname\|last=Metatawabin\|first=Edmund}} and Alexandra Shimo \| Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History \|
{{sortname\|last=Mutch\|first=Maria}} \| Know the Night: A Memoir of Survival in the Small Hours \|
rowspan="5"\| 2015 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Winston\|first=Mark L.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive* \|{{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}}
\| {{sortname\|last=Bishop\|first=Ted}}	{{Sortname\|The\|Social Life of Ink: Culture, Wonder, and Our Relationship with the Written Word\|nolink=1}} \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Halton\|first=David}}	Dispatches from the Front: Matthew Halton, Canada's Voice at War \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Harris\|first=Michael\|link=Michael Harris (journalist)}}	Party of One: Stephen Harper and Canada's Radical Makeover \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Ruffo\|first=Armand Garnet}}	Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird \|
rowspan="5"\| 2016 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Waiser\|first=Bill}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *{{Sortname\|A\|World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905\|nolink=1}}* \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Al-Solaylee\|first=Kamal}}	Brown: What Being Brown in the World Today Means (To Everyone) \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Harrison\|first=Teva}}	In-Between Days: A Memoir about Living with Cancer \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=May 8, 2019 \|title=Obituary Note: Teva Harrison \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3490 \|access-date=2022-10-13 \|website=Shelf Awareness}}
\| {{sortname\|last=Johnson\|first=Harold R.}}	Firewater: How Alcohol is Killing My People (and Yours) \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Raboy\|first=Marc}}	Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World \|
rowspan="5"\| 2017 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Wood\|first=Graeme\|link=Graeme Wood (journalist)}} \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *{{Sortname\|The\|Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State\|nolink=1}}* \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Butala\|first=Sharon}}	Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope \|
\| {{sortname\|last=de Leeuw\|first=Sarah}}	Where It Hurts \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Dewar\|first=Elaine}}	{{Sortname\|The\|Handover: How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada's Best Publisher and the Best Part of our Literary Heritage to a Foreign Multinational\|nolink=1}} \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Off\|first=Carol}}	All We Leave Behind: A Reporter's Journey into the Lives of Others \|
rowspan="5"\| 2018 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=McLeod\|first=Darrel J.}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age* \|{{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}}
\| {{sortname\|last=Cragg\|first=Carys}}	Dead Reckoning: How I Came To Meet the Man Who Murdered My Father \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Edemariam\|first=Aida}}	{{Sortname\|The\|Wife’s Tale: A Personal History\|nolink=1}} \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Mailhot\|first=Terese Marie}}	Heart Berries \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Al-Rabeeah\|first=Abu Bakr}} and Winnie Yeung	Homes: A Refugee Story \|
rowspan="5"\| 2019 \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| {{sortname\|last=Gillmor\|first=Don}} \| style="background:#FAEB86"\| *To the River: Losing My Brother* \|{{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}}
\| {{sortname\|last=Harvey\|first=Brian\|nolink=1}}	Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Lewis\|first=Naomi K.}}	Tiny Lights for Travellers \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Walker\|first=Alan\|nolink=1}}	Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times \|
\| {{sortname\|last=Werb\|first=Dan}}	City of Omens: A Search for the Missing Women of the Borderlands \|

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|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 2010-2019

! Year

!width="40%"|Author

!width="50%"|Title

!Ref.

rowspan="5"| 2010

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Casey|first=Allan}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada

| {{Sortname|A|History of Marriage}}

| {{Sortname|The|Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son|nolink=1}}

| Burmese Lessons: A Love Story

{{sortname|last=English|first=John|link=John English (Canadian politician)}}

| Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000

rowspan="5"| 2011

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Foran|first=Charles}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Mordecai: The Life and Times

| {{Sortname|The|Damned: The Canadians at the Battle of Hong Kong and the POW Experience, 1941-45|nolink=1}}

{{sortname|last=Gwyn|first=Richard|link=Richard Gwyn (Canadian writer)}}

| Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times, Volume Two: 1867-1891

| {{Sortname|The|Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit|nolink=1}}

| Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests

rowspan="5"| 2012

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=King|first=Ross|link=Ross King (author)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Leonardo and the Last Supper

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 19, 2012 |title=Awards: Governor General's; Hilary Weston; New Mexico and Ariz. |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1874 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

| {{Sortname|A|Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca|nolink=1}}

{{sortname|last=Davis|first=Wade|link=Wade Davis (anthropologist)}}

| Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest

| What We Talk About When We Talk About War

rowspan="5"| 2013

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Djwa|first=Sandra}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page

|{{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}}

| {{Sortname|The|Juggler's Children: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Memory of Water|nolink=}}

| Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother

rowspan="4"| 2014

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Harris|first=Michael|link=Michael John Harris}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|The|End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection|nolink=1}}

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 21, 2014 |title=Awards: Governor General's Literary |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2392 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Shelf Awareness }}

| {{Sortname|The|Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway|nolink=1}}

{{sortname|last=Metatawabin|first=Edmund}} and Alexandra Shimo

| Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History

| Know the Night: A Memoir of Survival in the Small Hours

rowspan="5"| 2015

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Winston|first=Mark L.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive

|{{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}}

| {{sortname|last=Bishop|first=Ted}}

{{Sortname|The|Social Life of Ink: Culture, Wonder, and Our Relationship with the Written Word|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|last=Halton|first=David}}

Dispatches from the Front: Matthew Halton, Canada's Voice at War

| {{sortname|last=Harris|first=Michael|link=Michael Harris (journalist)}}

Party of One: Stephen Harper and Canada's Radical Makeover

| {{sortname|last=Ruffo|first=Armand Garnet}}

Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird

rowspan="5"| 2016

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Waiser|first=Bill}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|A|World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|last=Al-Solaylee|first=Kamal}}

Brown: What Being Brown in the World Today Means (To Everyone)

| {{sortname|last=Harrison|first=Teva}}

In-Between Days: A Memoir about Living with Cancer

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 8, 2019 |title=Obituary Note: Teva Harrison |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3490 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

| {{sortname|last=Johnson|first=Harold R.}}

Firewater: How Alcohol is Killing My People (and Yours)

| {{sortname|last=Raboy|first=Marc}}

Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World

rowspan="5"| 2017

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Wood|first=Graeme|link=Graeme Wood (journalist)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|The|Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|last=Butala|first=Sharon}}

Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope

| {{sortname|last=de Leeuw|first=Sarah}}

Where It Hurts

| {{sortname|last=Dewar|first=Elaine}}

{{Sortname|The|Handover: How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada's Best Publisher and the Best Part of our Literary Heritage to a Foreign Multinational|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|last=Off|first=Carol}}

All We Leave Behind: A Reporter's Journey into the Lives of Others

rowspan="5"| 2018

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=McLeod|first=Darrel J.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

|{{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}}

| {{sortname|last=Cragg|first=Carys}}

Dead Reckoning: How I Came To Meet the Man Who Murdered My Father

| {{sortname|last=Edemariam|first=Aida}}

{{Sortname|The|Wife’s Tale: A Personal History|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|last=Mailhot|first=Terese Marie}}

Heart Berries

| {{sortname|last=Al-Rabeeah|first=Abu Bakr}} and Winnie Yeung

Homes: A Refugee Story

rowspan="5"| 2019

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Gillmor|first=Don}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| To the River: Losing My Brother

|{{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}}

| {{sortname|last=Harvey|first=Brian|nolink=1}}

Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father

| {{sortname|last=Lewis|first=Naomi K.}}

Tiny Lights for Travellers

| {{sortname|last=Walker|first=Alan|nolink=1}}

Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times

| {{sortname|last=Werb|first=Dan}}

City of Omens: A Search for the Missing Women of the Borderlands

=2020s=

class="wikitable" width=100% \|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 2020-2029 !Year !width="40%"\|Author !width="50%"\|Title !Ref
style="background:#FAEB86" ! rowspan="5"\|2020 \|{{sortname\|last=Anand\|first=Madhur}} \|*{{sortname\|This\|Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart}}* \|[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.
{{sortname\|last=Belcourt\|first=Billy-Ray}} \|{{sortname\|A \|History of My Brief Body}} \| rowspan="4"\|[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.
{{sortname\|last=Coyote\|first=Ivan}} \|Rebent Sinner
{{sortname\|last=Leduc\|first=Amanda}} \|Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability and Making Space
{{sortname\|last=McWatt\|first=Tessa}} \|Shame on Me
style="background:#FAEB86" ! rowspan="5"\|2021 \|{{sortname\|last=de Meijer\|first=Sadiqa}} \|*alfabet/alphabet: a memoir of a first language* \|[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.
{{sortname\|last=Audlaluk\|first=Larry}} \|What I Remember, What I Know: The Life of a High Arctic Exile \| rowspan="4"\|[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2021/10/14/rachel-cusk-among-fiction-finalists-for-governor-generals-literary-awards.html "Rachel Cusk among fiction finalists for Governor General’s Literary Awards"]. Toronto Star, October 14, 2021.
{{sortname\|last=Butler\|first=Jenna\|nolink=1}} \|Revery: A Year of Bees
{{sortname\|last=Coyote\|first=Ivan}} \|Care of: Letters, Connections, and Cures
{{sortname\|last=MacKinnon\|first=J. B.}} \|{{sortname\|The\|Day the World Stops Shopping\|nolink=1}}
style="background:#FAEB86" ! rowspan="5"\|2022 \|{{sortname\|last=Baxter\|first=Eli}} \|*Aki-wayn-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth* \|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.
{{sortname\|last=Donner\|first=Rebecca}} \|All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler \| rowspan="4"\|{{Cite web\|date=October 12, 2022\|title=The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for nonfiction\|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2022-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-nonfiction-1.6612913\|access-date=October 12, 2022\|website=CBC Books}}
{{sortname\|last=Maynard\|first=Robyn}} and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson \|Rehearsals for Living
{{sortname\|last=McCandless\|first=Rowan}} \|Persephoneʼs Children: A Life in Fragments
{{sortname\|last=Wray\|first=Britt}} \|Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis
rowspan="5"\| 2023 \|style="background:#FAEB86" \| {{sortname\|Kyo\|Maclear}} \|style="background:#FAEB86" \| *Unearthing* \|style="background:#FAEB86" \| [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.
{{sortname\|Holly\|Hogan}} \| Message in a Bottle \| rowspan=4 \| [https://www.burnabynow.com/the-mix/suzette-mayr-iain-reid-among-finalists-for-governor-generals-literary-awards-7732654 "Suzette Mayr, Iain Reid among finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards"]. Burnaby Now, October 25, 2023.
{{sortname\|Monia\|Mazigh}} \| Gendered Islamophobia: My Journey with a Scar(f)
{{sortname\|Harrison\|Mooney}} \| Invisible Boy
{{sortname\|Angela\|Sterritt}} \| Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls
rowspan="5"\| 2024 \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| Niigaan Sinclair \| style="background:#FAEB86" \| *Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre* \| 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.
Helen Knott \| Becoming a Matriarch \| rowspan=4\| 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.
Petra Molnar \| The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Danny Ramadan \| Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir
Astra Taylor \| The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart

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|+Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction winners, 2020-2029

!Year

!width="40%"|Author

!width="50%"|Title

!Ref

style="background:#FAEB86"

! rowspan="5"|2020

|{{sortname|last=Anand|first=Madhur}}

|{{sortname|This|Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart}}

|[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.

|{{sortname|A |History of My Brief Body}}

| rowspan="4"|[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.

|Rebent Sinner

|Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability and Making Space

|Shame on Me

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! rowspan="5"|2021

|{{sortname|last=de Meijer|first=Sadiqa}}

|alfabet/alphabet: a memoir of a first language

|[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.

|What I Remember, What I Know: The Life of a High Arctic Exile

| rowspan="4"|[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2021/10/14/rachel-cusk-among-fiction-finalists-for-governor-generals-literary-awards.html "Rachel Cusk among fiction finalists for Governor General’s Literary Awards"]. Toronto Star, October 14, 2021.

|Revery: A Year of Bees

|Care of: Letters, Connections, and Cures

|{{sortname|The|Day the World Stops Shopping|nolink=1}}

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! rowspan="5"|2022

|{{sortname|last=Baxter|first=Eli}}

|Aki-wayn-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth

|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.

|All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler

| rowspan="4"|{{Cite web|date=October 12, 2022|title=The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for nonfiction|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2022-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-nonfiction-1.6612913|access-date=October 12, 2022|website=CBC Books}}

{{sortname|last=Maynard|first=Robyn}} and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

|Rehearsals for Living

|Persephoneʼs Children: A Life in Fragments

|Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis

rowspan="5"| 2023

|style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|Kyo|Maclear}}

|style="background:#FAEB86" | Unearthing

|style="background:#FAEB86" | [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.

| Message in a Bottle

| rowspan=4 | [https://www.burnabynow.com/the-mix/suzette-mayr-iain-reid-among-finalists-for-governor-generals-literary-awards-7732654 "Suzette Mayr, Iain Reid among finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards"]. Burnaby Now, October 25, 2023.

| Gendered Islamophobia: My Journey with a Scar(f)

| Invisible Boy

| Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls

rowspan="5"| 2024

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Niigaan Sinclair

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre

| 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.

Helen Knott

| Becoming a Matriarch

| rowspan=4| 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.

Petra Molnar

| The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Danny Ramadan

| Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir

Astra Taylor

| The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart

References

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309042138/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/governor-generals-literary-awards "Governor General's Literary Awards"]. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-08-18.

[http://www.track0.com/ogwc/resources/awardsgovgen.html "Governor General's Literary Awards"] [table of winners, 1936–1999]. online guide to writing in canada (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-18.

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External links

[https://www.fadedpage.com/csearch.php?sort=auto&tags=Governor%20General%27s%20Literary%20Award%2C%20non-fiction Governor General award winners] at Faded Page

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Non-fiction

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