"Underground to Canada" has received numerous international awards and honorable mentions since its creation.Despite the challenges the book has faced, it has been awarded Children's Book Center (one of the 50 best books of all time in Canada), IBBY Honour Book, Brotherhood Award (National Conference of Christians and Jews), All-Japan Library Committee and Catholic Teachers Association of West Germany, 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up, Vicky Metcalf Award, Shalom Readers Club Book List and many others.