- Nominated for the 1987 Governor General's Award for English Language Fiction.
- In the Skin of a Lion championed by Steven Page, won the 2002 edition of Canada Reads.
- The City of Toronto Archives prepared a special tour of its collection of historic photos, taken by Arthur Goss, tailored for students reading In the Skin of a Lion, as Ondaatje's research for the novel was influenced by studying the photos.[9][10]
- In 2009, a passage from "The Bridge" was placed at the Bloor Street Viaduct in Toronto, becoming the inaugural "bookmark" for Project Bookmark Canada, and marking the beginning of Canada's literary trail .[11]
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