The Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Awards were a Canadian literary award, given to Canadian plays produced by any professional Canadian theatre company, and having at least ten performances in the Toronto area.

The prize had a monetary value of $25,000.

From the award's inception until 1980, one play was named the winner of the award, except for a tie in 1977. In 1980, the award began honouring multiple plays. That year, five winners were named. Since then, four plays normally won the award each year.

The award was one of several arts awards created by the Chalmers family of Toronto. In 2001 the award was discontinued, and the Chalmers family endowed an Ontario Arts Council fund for arts grants.

Winners

• 1973 - Creeps, David Freeman
• 1974 - Of the Fields, Lately, David French
• 1975 - Saint Nicholas Hotel, James Reaney
• 1976 - Fortune and Men's Eyes, John Herbert
• 1977 - Back to Beulah, W.O. Mitchell

Eve, Larry Fineburg

• 1978 - Les Canadiens, Rick Salutin
• 1979 - Le temps d'une vie, Roland Lepage
• 1980 - Balconville, David Fennario

Jitters, David French

Billy Bishop Goes to War, John Gray

La Sagouine, Antonine Maillet

Waiting for the Parade, John Murrell

• 1981 - Automatic Pilot, Erika Ritter

F C U, Neil Munro

Mac Paps, George Luscombe , Mac Reynolds and Larry Cox

Ain't Lookin', John Craig and George Luscombe

• 1982 - Rexy!, Allan Stratton

Straight Ahead/Blind Dancers, Charles Tidler

Theatre of the Film Noir, George F. Walker

• 1983 - Quiet in the Land, Anne Chislett

Dreaming and Dueling, John Lazarus and Joe Lazarus

White Boys, Tom Walmsley

• 1984 - Talking Dirty, Sherman Snukal

Brew, Claude Meunier

Jennie's Story, Jean-Pierre Plante , Francine Ruel , Louis Sala , Michel Coté , Marcel Gauthier , Marc Messier and Betty Lambert

Ever Loving, Margaret Hollingsworth

• 1985 - Criminals in Love, George F. Walker

Salt Water Moon, David French

Prague, John Krizanc

Doc, Sharon Pollock

• 1986 - Albertine, in Five Times, Michel Tremblay

History of the Village of Small Huts: New France, Michael Hollingsworth

Goodnight Disgrace, Michael Mercer

Papers, Allan Stratton

• 1987 - Farther West, John Murrell

Jessica, Linda Griffiths

The Wedding Script, Don Hannah

The Rez Sisters, Tomson Highway

• 1988 - B Movie: The Play, Tom Wood

Detaining Mr. Trotsky, Robert Fothergill

I Am Yours, Judith Thompson

Tête-à-Tête, Ralph Burdman

• 1989 - Fire, Paul Ledoux and David Young

Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet, Ann-Marie MacDonald

Le vrai monde?, Michel Tremblay

Nothing Sacred, George F. Walker

• 1990 - Moo, Sally Clark

Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, Tomson Highway

The Half of It, John Krizanc

Love and Anger, George F. Walker

• 1991 - Le polygraphe, Marie Brassard and Robert Lepage

Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love, Brad Fraser

Lion in the Streets, Judith Thompson

La maison suspendue, Michel Tremblay

• 1992 - Lilies, Michel Marc Bouchard (writer) and Linda Gaboriau (translator)

The Noam Chomsky Lectures, Daniel Brooks and Guillermo Verdecchia

House, Daniel MacIvor

A Short History of Night, John Mighton

• 1993 - The Queens, Normand Chaurette (writer) and Linda Gaboriau (translator)

The Hope Slide, Joan MacLeod

The League of Nathans, Jason Sherman

Escape from Happiness, George F. Walker

• 1994 - The Life and Times of Mackenzie King, Michael Hollingsworth

The Last Supper, Hillar Liitoja

A Play About the Mothers de Mayo, Alisa Palmer

Fronteras Americanas, Guillermo Verdecchia

• 1995 - Needles and Opium, Robert Lepage

Ditch, Geoff Kavanagh

Pants on Fire, Ken Garnhum

The Alistair Trilogy, Diane Cave and Nadia Ross

• 1996 - The Stillborn Lover, Timothy Findley

Poor Super Man, Brad Fraser

Riot, Andrew Moodie

The Faraway Nearby, John Murrell

• 1997 - Where is Kabuki?, Don Druick

2 Pianos, 4 Hands, Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt

Here Lies Henry, Daniel MacIvor and Daniel Brooks

A Line in the Sand, Guillermo Verdecchia and Marcus Youssef

• 1998 - Problem Child, George F. Walker

Harlem Duet, Djanet Sears

The Four Lives of Marie, Carole Fréchette

Stuck, David Rubinoff

• 1999 - The End of Civilization, George F. Walker

The Betrayal, Leah Cherniak , Oliver Dennis , Maggie Huculak , Robert Morgan , Martha Ross and Michael Simpson

The Orphan Muses, Michel Marc Bouchard

Patience, Jason Sherman

• 2000 - Alien Creatures: A Visitation from Gwendolyn MacEwan, Linda Griffiths

For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, Michel Tremblay (writer) and Linda Gaboriau (translator)

Street of Blood, Ronnie Burkett

The Drawer Boy, Michael Healey

• 2001 - Belle, Florence Gibson

Radio:30, Chris Earle

Building Jerusalem, Michael Redhill and Ross Manson

Heaven, George F. Walker