In Canada, the 1948 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the twelfth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.

Winners

• Fiction: Hugh MacLennan, The Precipice .
• Poetry or Drama: A.M. Klein, The Rocking Chair and Other Poems.
• Non-Fiction: Thomas H. Raddall, Halifax, Warden of the North.
• Non-Fiction: C.P. Stacey, The Canadian Army, 1939-1945.

Other Governor General's Awards

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