The 1951 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the fifteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.
Fiction: Morley Callaghan, The Loved and the Lost
Poetry or Drama: Charles Bruce , The Mulgrave Road
Non-Fiction: Josephine Phelan , The Ardent Exile
Non-Fiction: Frank MacKinnon , The Government of Prince Edward Island
Juvenile: John F. Hayes , A Land Divided
Other Governor General's Awards:
