Canadian and international Gairdner awardees, and other major prizes won before or after by awardees in the relevant period, no. (%)
| Period | No. of awards | Total Canadian awardees | Total international awardees | Canadian awardees of one or more other key prizes | International awardees of one or more other key prizes | One other prize: Canadian/international | Two other prizes: international only | Three other prizes: international only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959–1969 | 69 | 13 | 56 | 2 | 21 | 2/13 | 6 | 2 |
| (18.8) | (81.2) | (15.4) | (37.5) | (15.4/23.2) | (10.7) | (3.6) | ||
| 1970–1979 | 62 | 11 | 51 | 0 | 26 | 0/15 | 7 | 4 |
| (17.7) | (82.3) | (0.0) | (51.0) | (0.0/29.4) | (13.7) | (7.8) | ||
| 1980–1989 | 68 | 11 | 57 | 1 | 35 | 1/10 | 13 | 12 |
| (16.2) | (83.8) | (9.1) | (61.4) | (9.1/17.5) | (22.8) | (21.1) | ||
| 1990–1999 | 50 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 26 | 2/9 | 10 | 7 |
| (12.0) | (88.0) | (33.3) | 59.1 | (33.3/20.5) | (22.7) | (15.9) | ||
| 2000–2009 | 55 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 26 | 0/14 | 11 | 1 |
| (9.1) | (90.9) | (0.0) | (52.0) | (0.0/28.0) | (22.0) | (2.0) | ||
| 2010–2018 | 45 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 18 | 0/14 | 4 | 0 |
| (2.2) | (97.8) | (0.0) | (40.9) | (0.0/31.8) | (9.1) | (0.0) | ||
| Total | 349 | 47 | 302 | 5 | 152 | 5/75 | 51 | 26 |