TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award

2024 marked the 20th anniversary and final year of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award / Prix TD.

The TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award has played a vital role in recognizing and supporting excellence in Canadian children’s books. Over the years, it has positively impacted the lives of many authors, illustrators, and publishers, and the Canadian Children’s Book Centre is grateful for all the achievements that have been celebrated through this award.

The CCBC would like to extend our deepest gratitude to TD Bank Group, whose generous support has been instrumental in making this award a success since 2004. TD’s commitment to Canadian children’s books has left a lasting impression, and we are honored to have been able to bestow this award on so many deserving books.

During its time, the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and the Prix TD, the largest monetary prizes for excellence in Canadian children’s books, made a significant impact on sales, promotion, and book borrowing for the winning and shortlisted titles—and on the Canadian children’s book community as a whole.  

"We are immensely grateful and proud to have collaborated with the CCBC for 20 years to champion the exceptional Canadian creators who enrich children's literature," says Alicia Rose, Associate Vice President, Social Impact Canada, Sustainability & Corporate Citizenship, TD Bank Group. "Promoting literacy, children's education and learning that reflects Canada's diversity continues to be a priority for TD. Through the TD Ready Commitment, we remain steadfast in our commitment to support community organizations that uphold these values and are providing access to foundational literacy and math programs for children of all ages."

About the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award
On October 28, 2004 the Canadian Children’s Book Centre and the TD Bank Group announced the establishment of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. The award recognized excellence in Canadian children’s literature by awarding two cash prizes of $50,000 each to an English-language book and a French-language book which are deemed to have made a significant contribution to excellence in Canadian children’s literature. The celebration of diversity is an equally significant element in achieving excellence. A work of excellence in Canadian children’s literature should also be successful in making people feel a sense of belonging in their communities.

In addition to the winning prize, $10,000 was divided among the honour book authors/illustrators. The publisher of the winning book received $2,500 for promotion and publicity purposes.