This is a list of the Governor General's Award winners for drama. This award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for English language poetry or drama was split in two.

• 1981 - Sharon Pollock, Blood Relations
• 1982 - John Gray , Billy Bishop Goes to War
• 1983 - Anne Chislett , Quiet in the Land
• 1984 - Judith Thompson , White Biting Dog
• 1985 - George F. Walker, Criminals in Love
• 1986 - Sharon Pollock, Doc
• 1987 - John Krizanc , Prague
• 1988 - George F. Walker, Nothing Sacred
• 1989 - Judith Thompson , The Other Side of the Dark
• 1990 - Ann-Marie MacDonald, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
• 1991 - Joan MacLeod , Amigo's Blue Guitar
• 1992 - John Mighton , Possible Worlds and A Short History of Night
• 1993 - Guillermo Verdecchia , Fronteras Americanas
• 1994 - Morris Panych, The Ends of the Earth
• 1995 - Jason Sherman , Three in the Back, Two in the Head
• 1996 - Colleen Wagner , The Monument
• 1997 - Ian Ross, fareWel
• 1998 - Djanet Sears, Harlem Duet
• 1999 - Michael Healey , The Drawer Boy
• 2000 - Timothy Findley, Elizabeth Rex
• 2001 - Kent Stetson , The Harps of God
• 2002 - Kevin Kerr, Unity (1918)
• 2003 - Vern Thiessen , Einstein’s Gift
• 2004 - Morris Panych, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl