The François-Xavier Garneau Prize
Awarded every two years, the François-Xavier Garneau Prize is a career prize to honour and recognize a sustained and exceptional contribution to the discipline of history.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The CHA Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History Prize
The prize is given to the non-fiction scholarly work, written in English, in Canadian history judged to have made the most significant contribution to an understanding of the Canadian past.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
Prix de la Société historique du Canada pour le meilleur livre savant en histoire du Canada
The prize is given to the non-fiction scholarly work, written in French, in Canadian history judged to have made the most significant contribution to an understanding of the Canadian past.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The Wallace K. Ferguson Prize
The Wallace K. Ferguson Prize is awarded for the best scholarly work in non-Canadian history.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The Clio Prizes
The CHA awards its Clio Awards to the best books in regional history, as well as to individuals or historical societies who have made significant contributions to local and regional history.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The Albert B. Corey Prize
The biennial Albert B. Corey prize is jointly sponsored by the American Historical Association (AHA) and Canadian Historical Association (CHA) for the best book on the history of Canadian-American relations.
The 2026 competition will be administered by the AHA
The John Bullen Prize
The John Bullen Prize honours the outstanding Ph.D. thesis on a historical topic submitted in a Canadian university.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The CHA Journal Prize ( The best article from #1 and #2 issues)
The CHA Journal Prize is awarded every year for the best essay published each year in the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association.
The Jean-Marie Fecteau Prize
CHA Student Prize The prize is awarded for the best article published in a peer-reviewed journal (including peer-reviewed student journals) by a PhD of MA-level student, in French or in English.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The CHA's Teaching Prizes
This annual prize seeks to recognize post-secondary instructors teaching in any geographical, thematic, or temporal field in historical studies who have a record of excellence in emphasizing student experience.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The Indigenous History Book Prize
The Indigenous History Group, a committee affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association, is pleased to offer a prize for the best book in aboriginal history.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The Indigenous History Best Article Prize
The Indigenous History Group, a committee affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association, is pleased to offer a prize for the best article in aboriginal history.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The Canadian Committee on Women's and Gender History English-Language Book Prize
The CCWH English-Language Book Prize in Women’s and Gender History is awarded every two years to the best book published in the field in the previous two years, in English.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The Canadian Committee on Women's and Gender History French-Language Book Prize
The CCWGH French-Language Book Prize in Women’s and Gender History is awarded every two years to the best book published in the field in the previous two years, in French.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The Hilda Neatby Prize - English Article
The purpose of the Hilda Neatby Prize in Women’s and Gender History, awarded since 1982 by the Canadian Committee in Women’s History.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The Hilda Neatby Prize - French Article
The purpose of the Hilda Neatby Prize in Women’s and Gender History, awarded since 1982 by the Canadian Committee in Women’s History.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
Best Book in Political History Prize
The prize is awarded for an outstanding, well-written book judged to have made an original, significant, and meritorious contribution to the field of Canadian political history.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
Political History Prize - Best Article (English Language)
The Political History Group (PHG), a committee affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association, is pleased to offer a prize for the best article in Canadian political history.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
Political History Prize - Best Article (French Language)
The Political History Group (PHG), a committee affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association, is pleased to offer a prize for the best article in Canadian political history.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
Public History Prize
The award recognizes work that achieves high standards of original research, scholarship, and presentation; brings an innovative public history contribution to its audience; and serves as a model for future work, advancing the field of public history in Canada.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The Eugene A. Forsey Prize
The Canadian Committee on Labour History is proud to award a prize for the best thesis on labour history.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The Eugene Forsey Undergraduate Prize
The Canadian Committee on Labour History is proud to award a prize for the best thesis on labour history written by undergraduate students.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
Best Article Prize in Labour History
The prize recognizes the best article in labour history.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
The Neil Sutherland Article Prize
This award honours the pioneering work of Canadian historian Neil Sutherland in the history of children and youth by recognizing outstanding contributions to the field.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
Canadian Committee on Migration, Ethnicity and Transnationalism Article Prize
The CCMET Article Prize acknowledges scholarly articles and book chapters, in English and French, judged to have made an original, significant, and meritorious contribution to the historical study of migration, ethnicity and transnationalism.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
Prize for Best article on the history of Sexuality
The CCHS prize is designed to recognize excellence in and encourage the growth of scholarly work in the field of the history of sexuality in Canada.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
Business History Book Prize
The biennial award recognizes the book that provides the best study of Canadian business history.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
Best Scholarly Article in Canadian Business History
The CBHA/ACHA Award for Best Scholarly Article in Canadian Business History.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
Network in Canadian History and Environment Prize for Best Book
This prize is awarded every other year for meritorious publication in environmental history.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.
Network in Canadian History and Environment Prize for Best Article or Book Chapter
This new prize is awarded every other year for meritorious publications that make important and innovative contributions to the field of Canadian environmental history, broadly conceived.
The 2025 competition will be launched in Fall 2024.