Awards, titles and honours:

- 1964 the Québec Literary Competition Prize (awarded 1923-70 by the Province of Québec) The Favourite Game (Cohen’s first novel) – CANADA

- 1968 Governor General’s Award (English language poetry or drama) for Selected Poems 1956–1968. (Refused) – CANADA

1970 Honorary degree from Dalhousie University – CANADA

1984 The Golden Rose, the main award at the international television festival Rose d’Or in Montreux, for I am a Hotel, made-for-TV short musical film written by Cohen and based on his songs. – SVEITZ

1985 Canadian Author’s Association Literary Award for Poetry for Book of Mercy – CANADA

1986 Genie Award for Best Original Song for «Angel Eyes» from Night Magic (with Lewis Furey) – CANADA

1988 Columbia Records Crystal Globe Award from CBS for I’m Your Man. The award is for artists who sell more than five million copies of an album in foreign territories – UNITED STATES

1989 Nominated for Juno Awards for Canadian Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year – CANADA

1991 Officer of the Order of Canada – CANADA

1991 Induction into the Juno – Canadian Music Hall of Fame – CANADA

1991 Nominated for a Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year – CANADA

1992 Honorary degree from McGill University, Montreal – CANADA

1993 Juno Award for Male Vocalist of the Year. The video for Closing Time, directed by Curtis Wehrfritz, won for Best Video. He was also nominated as Producer of the Year (with co-producer Leanne Ungar, for «Closing Time») – CANADA

1993 Governor General’s Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement – CANADA

1994 Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year and was nominated for the Juno Award for Album of the Year (for The Future). The video for The Future, directed by Curtis Wehrfritz, was nominated for Juno Award for Best Video – CANADA

1996 Ordained a Rinzai Buddhist monk.

2001 Nagroda Muzyczna Fryderyk, the annual Polish music award, for best foreign album (Ten New Songs) – POLAN

2002 Nominated for Juno Award as Best Songwriter Cohen (with Sharon Robinson) for «Boogie Street», «In My Secret Life», and «You Have Loved Enough») – CANADA

2002 Nominated for the Juno Award for Best Video for «In My Secret Life», directed by Floria Sigismondi. Ten New Songs nominated for Best Pop Album, and he was nominated for Best Artist – CANADA

2002 SNEP Award Cohen for more than 100,000 copies sold of Ten New Songs in France – FRANCE

2003 Companion of the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civilian honour – CANADA

2004 Inclusion in Canada Reads 2005 with Beautiful Losers – CANADA

2005 Induction into the Canadian Folk Music Walk of Fame – CANADA

2006 Induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame – CANADA

2007 Grammy for Album of the Year as a featured artist on Herbie Hancock’s River: The Joni Letters – UNITED STATES

2008 Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – UNITED STATES

2008 Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec – CANADA

2009 Long Listed for the Polaris Music Prize for Live in London – CANADA

2009 Nominated for Mojo Honours Lists for Best Live Act category – UNITED KINGDOM

2009 Meteor Music Award for Best International Live Performance for his 2008 show in Dublin’s IMMA’s Royal Hospital Kilmainham – IRLAND

2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award – UNITED STATES

2010 A second Meteor Music Award for Best International Live Performance for his 2009 show in Dublin’s O2 – IRLAND

2010 Porin Award in Croatia in category of foreign video programme, for his Live in London DVD – KROATIA

2010 Induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame – UNITED STATES

2011 Glenn Gould Prize – CANADA

2011 Prince of Asturias Awards, Literature, Spain – SPANIA

Du kan se at han har faktisk masse sukess i sitt hjemland Canada. Vi nordmenn må slutte å tenke på ham som en amerikaner (jet vet det er vanskelig å gjøre det) bare fordi han har jobbet av og til i De forente stater og har datet noen få amerikanske kvinner. Han har altid vært en kanadier og er velidg stolt av det.