Editing John Sparrow David Thompson (section)

==Legacy==
Thompson was designated a [[Persons of National Historic Significance|Person of National Historic Significance]] in 1937.<ref>{{DFHD|1103|Thompson, Sir John Sparrow David National Historic Person}}</ref> His collected papers were donated in 1949 to the [[National Archives of Canada]] by his son, Colonel John Thompson.{{sfnp|Waite|1985|pp=vii–ix}}

A ranking of the Canadian Prime Ministers was published by [[J.L. Granatstein]] and [[Norman Hillmer]] in 1997. A survey of 26 Canadian historians determined that Thompson was ranked #10 of the 20 people who had at that time served as Canadian PM.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Granastein |first1=J.L |last2=Hillmer |first2=Norman |title=Historians Rank the Best and Worst Canadian Prime Ministers |magazine=[[Maclean's]] |date=April 21, 1997 |url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1997/4/21/historians-rank-the-best-and-worst-canadian-prime-ministers |access-date=September 11, 2019 |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802173133/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1997/4/21/historians-rank-the-best-and-worst-canadian-prime-ministers |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was identified as "The great "might-have-been" of Canadian Prime Ministers...", whose potentially promising career was cut short by his early death.<ref>Granatstein and Hillmer, p.42.</ref> A follow-up article co-authored by Hillmer in 2011 broadened the survey to include survey responses of over 100 historians; in this survey, Thompson was ranked 14th out the 22 who had by then served as PM.<ref>{{cite news |title=Canada's Best Prime Ministers |first1=Norman |last1=Hillmer |first2=Stephen |last2=Azzi |work=[[Maclean's]] |date=June 10, 2011 |url=https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/canadas-best-prime-ministers/}}</ref>

The high school in the Canadian sitcom [[Life with Derek]], SJST, is named after Thompson.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bitesizecanada.org/wp/index.php/prime-ministers/sir-john-s-d-thompson/|title=Sir John S. D. Thompson|date=2016-08-30|work=BiteSizeCanada|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en-US}}</ref> Sir John Thompson Catholic Junior High School in Edmonton is named for him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecsd.net/schools/8207/Pages/default.aspx|title=Edmonton Catholic Schools|website=www.ecsd.net|access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref> Thompson appears as a prominent character in [[Paul Marlowe]]'s novel ''Knights of the Sea'' (set in 1887 when Thompson was Minister of Justice).

Since 1996, Sir John Thompson's former home in Ottawa at 237 Metcalfe Street has served as the national office of the Canadian Soccer Association.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Us |website=Canada Soccer |access-date=September 11, 2019 |url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/forms/csa_contact-f170 |archive-date=July 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730151815/https://www.canadasoccer.com/forms/csa_contact-f170 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Nova Scotian artist [[William Valentine (painter)|William Valentine]] painted Thompson's portrait.
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