The TD Canadian Children's Literature Award is an annual Canadian literary award, presented to the year's best work of children's literature. Sponsored by TD Bank Financial Group and the Canadian Children's Book Centre, the award carries a monetary prize of $30,000.[1] On September 11, 2018, it was announced that the monetary prize was increased from $30,000 to $50,000.[2] [3]
Two awards are presented annually, one each for English language and French language works. The award is one of several presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre each year; others include the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award.
| 2005 | Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance | Winner | [5] [6] | ||
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| After Sylvia | Finalist | ||||
| Airborn | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by Barbara Reid | Peg and the Yeti | Finalist | |||
| Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution | Finalist | ||||
| 2006 | Winner | ||||
| , illus. by Kim LaFave | Shi-shi-etko | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Stéphane Poulin | Earth to Audrey | Finalist | |||
| Mella and the N’anga: An African Tale | Finalist | ||||
| 2007 | Odd Man Out | Winner | |||
| , illus. by Bill Slavin | Stanley’s Wild Ride | Finalist | |||
| Johnny Kellock Died Today | Finalist | ||||
| I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids’ Guide to the Cycle of Life & Death | Finalist | ||||
| Rex Zero and the End of the World | Finalist | ||||
| 2008 | Elijah of Buxton | Winner | |||
| , paintings by John Singer Sargent | Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting | Finalist | |||
| Darkwing | Finalist | ||||
| Eye of the Crow | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by Marie-Louise Gay | Please, Louise! | Finalist | |||
| 2009 | , illus. by Kim LaFave | Shin-chi’s Canoe | Winner | [7] | |
| , illus. by Nicolas Debon | Thing-Thing | Finalist | |||
| Libertad | Finalist | ||||
| Word Nerd | Finalist | ||||
| Death in the Air | Finalist | ||||
| 2010 | Winner | [8] [9] | |||
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| Watching Jimmy | Finalist | ||||
| Home Free | Finalist | ||||
| Dragon Seer | Finalist | ||||
| 2011 | Plain Kate | Winner | [11] | ||
| , illus. by Matt James | I Know Here | Finalist | |||
| Burn | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by Ian Wallace | Canadian Railroad Trilogy | Finalist | |||
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| 2012 | Stones for My Father | Winner | [12] [13] | ||
| No Ordinary Day | Finalist | [14] | |||
| Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World | Finalist | ||||
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| , illus. by Pascal Milelli | Seal Song | Finalist | |||
| 2013 | One Year in Coal Harbour | Winner | [15] [16] | ||
| Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-Ending War | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by François Thisdale | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by Isabelle Arsenault | Virginia Wolf | Finalist | |||
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| 2014 | , illus. by Dušan Petričić | Winner | |||
| , illus. by Dušan Petričić | In the Tree House | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Isabelle Arsenault | Once Upon a Northern Night | Finalist | |||
| Branded by the Pink Triangle | Finalist | ||||
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| 2015 | Winner | ||||
| , illus. by Isabelle Malenfant | Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress | Finalist | [17] | ||
| From Vimy to Victory: Canada’s Fight to the Finish in World War I | Finalist | ||||
| Any Questions? | Finalist | ||||
| and Katherine Gibson | Finalist | ||||
| 2016 | , illus. by François Thisdale | Missing Nimâmâ | Winner | ||
| , illus. by Renné Benoit | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by François Thisdale | Finalist | ||||
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| 2017 | Winner | [18] | |||
| , illus. by Kellen Hatanaka | Tokyo Digs a Garden | Finalist | [19] | ||
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| , illus. by Julie Flett | When We Were Alone | Finalist | [20] | ||
| 2018 | , illus. by Sydney Smith | Town Is by the Sea | Winner | ||
| , illus. by Matt James | When the Moon Comes | Finalist | [21] [22] | ||
| Dragonfly Song | Finalist | ||||
| Picture the Sky | Finalist | ||||
| Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation | Finalist | ||||
| 2019 | Ebb & Flow | Winner | [23] | ||
| Sweep: A Story About a Girl and Her Monster | Finalist | [24] | |||
| Mustafa | Finalist | ||||
| They Say Blue | Finalist | ||||
| After Life: Ways We Think About Death | Finalist | ||||
| 2020 | Birdsong | Winner | [25] [26] | ||
| Stand on the Sky | Finalist | [27] | |||
| , illus. by Julie Morstad | It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way | Finalist | |||
| Small in the City | Finalist | ||||
| and Kathy Kacer | Broken Strings | Finalist | |||
| 2021 | Winner | [28] [29] | |||
| Finalist | [30] | ||||
| Bloom | Finalist | ||||
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| When Emily Was Small | Finalist | ||||
| 2022 | , illus. by Julie Flett | On the Trapline | Winner | [31] [32] | |
| and Kate Fry (ed.) | Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Natasha Donovan | Borders | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Qin Leng | Finalist | ||||
| and Kevin Sylvester, illus. by Kevin Sylvester | Finalist | ||||
| - style="background:#cddeff" | 2023 | Kim Spencer | Weird Rules to Follow | Winner | [33] |
| Michelle Kadarusman | Berani | Finalist | [34] | ||
| Sara Cassidy, illus. by Brady Sato | Kunoichi Bunny | Finalist | |||
| Erin Silver, illus. by Michelle Theodore | Sitting Shiva | Finalist | |||
| Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson | The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation | Finalist |
| 2005 | , illus. by Anne Villeneuve | Le nul et la chipie | Winner | ||
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| La Terre, la lune et le soleil | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by François Thisdale | La Nuit des mystères | Finalist | |||
| Fils de sorcière | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by Philippe Béha | Les devinettes d’Henriette | Finalist | |||
| 2006 | , illus. by Pierre Pratt | David et le salon funéraire | Winner | ||
| (Texte français de Christiane Duchesne), illus. by Fanny | Les Petites bêtises de Passepoil | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Pierre Houde | Le Pays sans musique | Finalist | |||
| Les Impatiences de Ping | Finalist | ||||
| 2007 | L’Envers de la chanson : des enfants au travail 1850-1950 | Winner | |||
| , illus. by Gérard Frischeteau | Les Enfants de l’eau | Finalist | |||
| Le Chat du Père Noé | Finalist | ||||
| Hush! Hush | Finalist | ||||
| Frisson l’écureuil | Finalist | ||||
| 2008 | , illus. by Stéphane Jorisch | Un cadeau pour Sophie | Winner | ||
| , illus. by Pierre Houde | Le Mur | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Jean-Marie Benoit | Farouj le coq | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Geneviève Côté | La Petite rapporteuse de mots | Finalist | |||
| Chester | Finalist | ||||
| 2009 | Chère Traudi | Winner | |||
| , illus. by Christine Delezenne | La clé | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Pierre Pratt | L’étoile de Sarajevo | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Steve Beshwaty | Le nouveau parapluie de Floup | Finalist | |||
| Rogé | La vraie histoire de Léo Pointu | Finalist | |||
| 2010 | , illus. by Melinda Josie | Le géranium | Winner | ||
| Monsieur Leloup | Finalist | ||||
| Comme toi! | Finalist | ||||
| , photos by Martine Doyon | Venus d’ailleurs | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Marie-Claude Favreau | Rêver à l’envers, c’est encore rêver | Finalist | |||
| 2011 | La fille d’en face | Winner | |||
| , illus. by Luc Melanson | Xavier-la-lune | Finalist | |||
| , Édith Bourget, Colombe Labonté, and Guy Marchamps, illus. by Caroline Merola | Oh! la vache | Finalist | |||
| Devant ma maison | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by Bruce Roberts | Le chasseur de loups-marins | Finalist | |||
| 2012 | , illus. by Suana Verelst | La saison des pluies | Winner | ||
| , illus. by Anne Sol | L’amélanchier, conte de Jacques Ferron | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Philippe Béha | Le monde de Théo | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Marion Arbona | Lapin-Chagrin et les jours d’Elko | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Marion Arbona | Mots doux pour endormir la nuit | Finalist | |||
| 2013 | À la recherche du bout du monde | Winner | |||
| , illus. by Isabelle Arsenault | Jane, le renard & moi | Finalist | |||
| La clé à molette | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by Jean-Luc Trudel | Tu me prends en photo | Finalist | |||
| Rogé (Poems by Inuit schoolchildren) | Mingan, mon village | Finalist | |||
| 2014 | La plus grosse poutine du monde | Winner | |||
| , illus. by Pascal Blanchet | Le Noël de Marguerite | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Jean-Luc Trudel | Ma petite boule d’amour | Finalist | |||
| Le lion et l’oiseau | Finalist | ||||
| Destins croisés | Finalist | ||||
| 2015 | L’autobus | Winner | |||
| Papillons de l’ombre | Finalist | ||||
| Quand j’écris avec mon cœur | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by Patrick Doyon | Le voleur de sandwichs | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Isabelle Malenfant | Pablo trouve un trésor | Finalist | |||
| 2016 | L’arbragan | Winner | |||
| Le prisonnier sans frontières | Finalist | ||||
| Camille | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by Pierre Pratt | Aux toilettes | Finalist | |||
| L’épopée de Petit-Jules | Finalist | ||||
| 2017 | , illus. by Guillaume Perreault | Même pas vrai | Winner | ||
| En voiture! L’Amérique en chemin de fer | Finalist | ||||
| Niska | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by Enzo Lord Mariano | Y’a pas de place chez nous | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Martin Laliberté | Aaah!bécédaire | Finalist | |||
| 2018 | Le chemin de la montagne | Winner | |||
| Bleu | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by Jean-Luc Trudel | Pow Pow, t’es mort! | Finalist | |||
| Gilles | Finalist | ||||
| , photos by Bruno Ricca | ABCMTL | Finalist | |||
| 2019 | , illus. by Agathe Bray-Bourret | Anatole qui ne séchait jamais | Winner | ||
| , illus. by Mathilde Cinq-Mars | Nos héroïnes | Finalist | |||
| Jules et Jim, frères d’armes | Finalist | ||||
| , illus. by Julien Castanié | Moi, c’est Tantale | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Mathieu Lampron | Qui va bercer Zoé? | Finalist | |||
| 2020 | L’étoiles | Winner | |||
| , illus. by Todd Stewart | Pipo | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Enzo | Mon ami Pierrot | Finalist | |||
| Quand le vent souffle | Finalist | ||||
| Webster, illus. by ValMo | Le grain de sable: Olivier Le Jeune, premier esclave au Canada | Finalist | |||
| 2021 | Vigg | Ma maison-tête | Winner | ||
| , illus. by Geneviève Darling | C’est quoi l’amour? | Finalist | |||
| Aurore et le pays invisible | Finalist | ||||
| Pokko et le tambour | Finalist | ||||
| Colle-moi | Finalist | ||||
| 2022 | Orbie | La fin des poux? | Winner | ||
| , illus. by Eve Patenaude | Papier bulle | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Julie Rocheleau | Les devoirs d’Edmond | Finalist | |||
| , illus. by Élodie Duhameau | La guerre des bébés | Finalist | |||
| Dans mon garde-robe | Finalist | ||||
| - style="background:#cddeff" | 2023 | Paul Tom, illus. by Mélanie Baillairgé | Seuls | Winner | [35] |
| Véronique Lambert, illus. by Éléna Comte | Dans les souliers d’Amédée | Finalist | |||
| Guylaine Guay,illus.by Bach | Gloria sort du moule | Finalist | |||
| Mylène Goupil | Mélie quelque part au milieu | Finalist | |||
| Frédérick Wolfe | Toucher les étoiles | Finalist |