In Canada, the 1941 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the fifth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.

Winners

• Fiction: Alan Sullivan, Three Came to Ville Marie.
• Poetry or Drama: Anne Marriott, Calling Adventurers!
• Non-Fiction: Emily Carr, Klee Wyck.

Other Governor General's Awards

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