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The Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award was a Canadian literary award given to Canadian plays produced by any professional Canadian theatre company and having performances in the Toronto area.The prize had a monetary value of $25000 and was named for benefactor Floyd Chalmers an editor and publisher.[citation needed]From the award’s inception until 1980 one play was named the winner of the award except for a tie in 1977. In 1980 the award began honouring multiple plays.