In Canada, the 1945 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the ninth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.

Winners

• Fiction: Hugh MacLennan, Two Solitudes.
• Poetry or Drama: Earle Birney, Now is Time.
• Non-Fiction: Evelyn M. Richardson, We Keep a Light.
• Non-Fiction: Ross Munro, Gauntlet to Overlord.

Other Governor General's Awards

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