1953 Governor General's Awards

Fiction: David Walker , Digby .
Poetry or Drama: Douglas LePan , The Net and the Sword .
Non-Fiction: N.J. Berrill , Sex and the Nature of Things .
Non-Fiction: J.M.S. Careless , Canada, A Story of Challenge .
Juvenile: John F. Hayes , Rebels Ride at Night .

In Canada, the 1953 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the seventeenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.