The 1957 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the twenty-first such awards in Canada. The awards in this period an honour for the authors but had no monetary prize.

Winners

• Fiction: Gabrielle Roy, Street of Riches.
• Poetry or Drama: Jay Macpherson, The Boatman.
• Non-Fiction: Bruce Hutchison, Canada: Tomorrow's Giant.
• Non-Fiction: Thomas H. Raddall, The Path of Destiny.
• Juvenile: Kerry Wood, The Great Chief.

Other Governor General's Awards

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