Auszeichnungen

1963

President's Prize for English, Bishop's University

1964

Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, Bishop's University

1965

Epstein Poetry Award, University of Toronto

1966

E. J. Pratt Medal for Poetry, University of Toronto

1967

President's Medal for Poetry, University of Western Ontario

1970

Governor General's Award for Poetry für den Roman The Collected Works of Billy the Kid

1973

Chalmers Award

1976

W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award für Coming Through Slaughter

1979

du Maurier Award for Poetry

1980

Governor General's Award for Poetry für die Gedichtesammlung There's a Trick with the Knife I'm Learning to Do

1980

Canada-Australia Literary Prize

1987

City of Toronto Book Award, Trillium Book Award, Wang Festival of Arts Award und Best Paperback in English Award für In the Skin of a Lion

1988

Order of Canada

1992

The Booker Prize, The Governor's General Award for Fiction, Trillium Book Award für The English Patient

1993

Regional Commonwealth Prize

1994

Chianti Ruffino-Antonio Fattore International Literary Prize, ebenfalls für The English Patient, sowie der Canadian Authors Association Author of the Year Award für seine Verdienste als kanadischer Autor

1995

Nelly-Sachs-Preis der Stadt Dortmund für das literarische Gesamtwerk Ondaatjes

2000

Médicis-Preis für Anil's Ghost

2007

Governor General`s Literary Award 2007 für Divisadero