"Happy Ending" received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards and won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Daniel Levy), Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (Daniel Levy), Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (Daniel Levy and Andrew Cividino), and Outstanding Contemporary Costumes (Debra Hanson and Darci Cheyne). To celebrate, the show's cast and crew held an exclusive party in Toronto, Ontario, in which they also had to follow various health and safety procedures due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. On October 28, 2020, the Directors Guild of Canada gave Daniel Levy and Andrew Cividino the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Comedy Series for their directing work on this episode. The following year, "Schitt's Creek" as a whole received 21 nominations from the Canadian Screen Awards, eight for this episode, including for Best Direction and Best Writing in a Comedy Series.