A genreyouusuallyavoidA versenovel by aCanadianpoetA book bya Canadianauthor ofcolourA bookaboutsportsA book featuringa protagonistwhose lifeexperience isvery differentfrom yoursA bookaboutimmigrationto CanadaA novel writtenby a Canadianauthor youhave neverread beforeA book by aFrench-Canadian author(translated ororiginally inFrench)A book writtenby an authorof a differentgender fromyoursA graphicnovel by aCanadiancreatorA novelset inNorthernCanadaA nonfictionbook by aCanadianauthorA bookconnected toresidentialschool historyor reconciliationA bookwrittenbefore1980A book by anIndigenousCanadianauthorA book setsomewherein Canada(not BC!)A book that haswon a Canadianliterary award(e.g., GovernorGeneral’sAward)A book thathas beenmade into amovie or TVshowA genreyouusuallyavoidA versenovel by aCanadianpoetA book bya Canadianauthor ofcolourA bookaboutsportsA book featuringa protagonistwhose lifeexperience isvery differentfrom yoursA bookaboutimmigrationto CanadaA novel writtenby a Canadianauthor youhave neverread beforeA book by aFrench-Canadian author(translated ororiginally inFrench)A book writtenby an authorof a differentgender fromyoursA graphicnovel by aCanadiancreatorA novelset inNorthernCanadaA nonfictionbook by aCanadianauthorA bookconnected toresidentialschool historyor reconciliationA bookwrittenbefore1980A book by anIndigenousCanadianauthorA book setsomewherein Canada(not BC!)A book that haswon a Canadianliterary award(e.g., GovernorGeneral’sAward)A book thathas beenmade into amovie or TVshow

Read Across Canada Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. A genre you usually avoid
  2. A verse novel by a Canadian poet
  3. A book by a Canadian author of colour
  4. A book about sports
  5. A book featuring a protagonist whose life experience is very different from yours
  6. A book about immigration to Canada
  7. A novel written by a Canadian author you have never read before
  8. A book by a French-Canadian author (translated or originally in French)
  9. A book written by an author of a different gender from yours
  10. A graphic novel by a Canadian creator
  11. A novel set in Northern Canada
  12. A nonfiction book by a Canadian author
  13. A book connected to residential school history or reconciliation
  14. A book written before 1980
  15. A book by an Indigenous Canadian author
  16. A book set somewhere in Canada (not BC!)
  17. A book that has won a Canadian literary award (e.g., Governor General’s Award)
  18. A book that has been made into a movie or TV show