From 1957 to 1963, he was the Dean Faculty of Letters.
From 1963 to 1964, he was the President of the Royal Society of Canada (he was made a Fellow in 1947) and was awarded the Pierre Chauveau Medal in 1962.
In 1967, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
In 1994, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.