Governor General's Award winners

Francophone Canadian author, composer, musician, performer and actor

Canadian actress (1930–2020)

Abenaki artist and filmmaker in Montreal

French-Canadian lyricist, music executive

Canadian composer (1933–2021)

American-born Canadian actress (1938–2021)

Musician, actress

Canadian singer-songwriter (1933–2022)

Canadian rock band

opera singer (1921-2011)

Canadian Inuit musician

British dancer, founder and artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada (1921-2007)

film director (1928–2009)

Canadian singer-songwriter duo

Canadian poet and singer-songwriter

Canadian actress, producer, and activist (born 1958)

Canadian singer and actor

composer and academic (1916–2000)

television, film and stage actor

Canadian conductor and pianist

Canadian pianist

Canadian actress and singer (1928–2019)

English film director

Canadian ballerina, artistic director (born 1951)

Canadian singer

French Canadian actor and comedian

Canadian opera singer (1916–2006)

playwright working in Quebec

Canadian musician

Canadian recording artist; singer (born 1944)

singer

Canadian actress (1927–2004)

Canadian film director and screenwriter (1939–2019)

Canadian comedian

Canadian actress

Canadian opera singer (1924-1997)

Canadian dancer and choreographer

playwright working in Quebec

Canadian film producer (1933–2021)

Canadian opera singer and broadcaster

Canadian film producer

Canadian actress (1921–2017)

Canadian band

Canadian actor

Canadian actor (1935–2018)

Canadian actor (1922–2009)

actor, playwright and politician in Quebec, Canada (1923-2013)

Canadian rock singer

Canadian actress and comedian

Canadian actress (1926–2017)

Canadian ballet dancer

Canadian businessperson

Canadian dancer (born 1958)

musician

Austrian-born Canadian pianist and composer

Canadian actor and writer (1919–2006)

Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter

Canadian playwright and novelist (born 1951)

Canadian jazz musician (1923–2024)

Canadian conductor (1908–2004)