1956 Governor General's Awards

Template:Short description In Canada, the 1956 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the twentieth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>

Winners

• Fiction: Adele Wiseman, The Sacrifice.<ref name=":0" />
• Poetry or Drama: Robert A.D. Ford, A Window on the North.<ref name=":0" />
• Non-Fiction: Pierre Berton, The Mysterious North.<ref name=":0" />
• Non-Fiction: Joseph Lister Rutledge, Century of Conflict.<ref name=":0" />
• Juvenile: Farley Mowat, Lost in the Barrens.<ref name=":0" />