- Governor-General's Award for Poetry, 1969.
- Governor-General's Award for Fiction, 1980.
- bp Nichol Chapbook award for poetry, 1991.
- bp Nichol Chapbook award for poetry, 1992.
- Canadian Authors' Association Award for Poetry, 1993.
- Honorary Degree (D. Litt.), University of British Columbia, 1994.
- Appointed as the first Canadian resident Poet Laureate on Parliament Hill for a two year term, November 8, 2002-2004.
- Order of British Columbia, 2004
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