Each winner of the 1963 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

Winners

English Language

• Fiction: Hugh Garner, Hugh Garner's Best Stories.
• Non fiction: J.M.S. Careless, Brown of the Globe.

French Language

• Poetry or Drama: Gatien Lapointe, Ode au Saint-Laurent.
• Non-Fiction: Gustave Lanctot, Histoire du Canada.

Other Governor General's Awards

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