Editing Gordon Lightfoot (section)

==Honours and awards==
[[File:Gordon Lightfoot Star on Canada's Walk of Fame.jpg|thumb|Lightfoot's star on [[Canada's Walk of Fame]]]]
As an individual, apart from various awards associated with his albums and singles, Gordon Lightfoot received sixteen [[Juno Award]]s—for top folk singer in 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969,<ref>Known as the "RPM Gold Leaf Award" 1964–1969; see [[Juno Award]].</ref> 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977, for top male vocalist in 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, and 1973, and as composer of the year in 1972 and 1976. He received [[ASCAP]] awards for songwriting in 1971, 1974, 1976, and 1977, and was nominated for five [[Grammy Award]]s. In 1974 Lightfoot's song "Sundown" was named pop record of the year by the Music Operators of America. In 1980 he was named Canadian male recording artist of the decade, for his work during the 1970s.<ref name="BBC" />

Lightfoot was celebrated in song by fellow Canadians The Guess Who on their 1968 album "Wheatfield Soul" with the track "Lightfoot." The opening verse mentions John Stockfish and Red Shea leaving no doubt about the identity of this Lightfoot who "is an artist painting Sistine masterpieces." The track also cleverly interjects titles of some of Gordon's songs in a line of its<ref>{{cite web | url=https://lyrics.lyricfind.com/lyrics/the-guess-who-lightfoot | title=Lyrics &#124; the Guess Who &#124; Lightfoot }}</ref> lyrics, as shown in single quotes. "And as the 'Go-Go (girl went) Round', and our heads were in a spin, I thought about the 'Crossroads', in the 'Early Morning Rain', and 'Rosanna'".

Lightfoot was chosen as the celebrity captain of the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] for the [[NHL]]'s 75th anniversary season in 1991–1992.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIndoe |first=Sean |date=July 19, 2016 |title=Down Goes Brown: Grading NHL celebrity captains of 1991 |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/goes-brown-grading-nhl-celebrity-captains-1991/ |access-date=May 2, 2023 |website=www.sportsnet.ca}}</ref>

Lightfoot was inducted into the [[Canadian Music Hall of Fame]] in 1986<ref name="BBC" /> and the [[Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 2001. He was inducted into [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] in 1998. In May 2003 he was made a Companion of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref name="BBC" /> Lightfoot was a member of the [[Order of Ontario]], the highest honour in the province of Ontario. In 1977, he received the Vanier Award from the Canadian [[Jaycees]]. In 2007 [[Canada Post]] honoured Lightfoot and three other Canadian music artists (, [[Paul Anka]], Joni Mitchell, and [[Anne Murray]]) with postage stamps highlighting their names and images.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Issue: Canadian Recording Artists (Canada, 2007) |url=https://touchstamps.com/Issue/Details/24483/canadian-recording-artists |access-date=May 2, 2023 |website=TouchStamps}}</ref> On June 24, 2012, Lightfoot was inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] in a New York City ceremony, along with [[Bob Seger]].<ref name="songhall.org"/><ref name="rollingstone.com">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-seger-gordon-lightfoot-jim-steinman-inducted-into-songwriters-hall-of-fame-20120615 |title=Bob Seger, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Steinman Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 15, 2012 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=January 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131205822/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-seger-gordon-lightfoot-jim-steinman-inducted-into-songwriters-hall-of-fame-20120615 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="billboard.com">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/483079/bob-seger-gordon-lightfoot-among-songwriter-hall-inductees |title=Bob Seger, Gordon Lightfoot Among Songwriter Hall inductees |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref>

He received an honorary [[Doctor of Laws]] degree from [[Trent University]] in spring 1979<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trentu.ca/administration/pdfs/TrentUniversityRecipientsofHonoraryDegrees.pdf |title=Trent University Recipients of Honorary Degrees |publisher=Trent University |year=2005 |access-date=August 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305201329/http://www.trentu.ca/administration/pdfs/TrentUniversityRecipientsofHonoraryDegrees.pdf |archive-date=March 5, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and on June 6, 2015, Lightfoot received an honorary doctorate of music in his hometown of Orillia from [[Lakehead University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lakeheadu.ca/current-students/graduation/or/sched/mr.-gordon-lightfoot|title=Mr. Gordon Lightfoot - Lakehead University|website=Lakeheadu.ca|access-date=December 17, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610135455/https://www.lakeheadu.ca/current-students/graduation/or/sched/mr.-gordon-lightfoot|archive-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref>

In November 1997, the [[Governor General's Performing Arts Award]], Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, was bestowed on Lightfoot.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gordon Lightfoot biography|url=http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/1997/lightfoot-gordon.aspx|publisher=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation|access-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref> Lightfoot was made a [[Companion of the Order of Canada]] in May 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1014 |title=Order of Canada |website=Archive.gg.ca |date=April 30, 2009 |access-date=August 11, 2010}}</ref> On February 6, 2012, Lightfoot was presented with the [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]] by the [[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]].

Between 1986 and 1988, Lightfoot's friend [[Ken Danby]] (1940–2007), the realist painter, worked on a large (60 × 48&nbsp;inches) portrait of Lightfoot dressed in the white suit he wore on the cover of the album ''East of Midnight''. The picture is backlit by the sun, creating a visually iconic image of the singer.

On June 16, 2014, Lightfoot was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by [[SOCAN]] at the 2014 SOCAN Awards in Toronto.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2014-socan-awards |title=2014 SOCAN AWARDS &#124; SOCAN |website=Socan.ca |access-date=December 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628132104/http://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2014-socan-awards |archive-date=June 28, 2017 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

On October 23, 2015, Lightfoot was honoured with a 4-metre tall [[bronze sculpture]] created by [[Timothy Schmalz]] in his hometown of [[Orillia]], Ontario.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot was in Orillia, Ontario for the reveal of his statue, 'Golden Leaves—A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot.'|url = https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2015/10/23/gordon-lightfoot-statue-unveiled-in-singers-hometown-of-orillia.html|newspaper = The Toronto Star|date = October 23, 2015|access-date = February 9, 2016|issn = 0319-0781}}</ref> The sculpture, called ''Golden Leaves—A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot'', features Lightfoot sitting cross-legged, playing an acoustic guitar underneath an arch of golden [[maple leaves]]. Many of the leaves depict scenes from Lightfoot's 1975 greatest hits album, ''[[Gord's Gold]]''.

In 2017, Lightfoot rated fifth in the CBC's list of the 25 best Canadian songwriters ever, and musician [[Ronnie Hawkins]] called Lightfoot the greatest songwriter in the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=25|url=https://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/11889/best-canadian-songwriters|access-date=September 20, 2018|website=Cbcmusic.ca}}</ref> That same year, Penguin Random House Canada published the Gordon Lightfoot biography, ''Lightfoot'', written by journalist Nicholas Jennings and it topped the national bestseller lists. Lightfoot was awarded the Gold Medal of the [[Royal Canadian Geographical Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rcgs.org/awards/gold_medal/previous_winners.asp|title=Gold Medal-Award Recipients since its inception in 1972|website=Rcgs.org|access-date=July 20, 2018|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106221951/http://www.rcgs.org/awards/gold_medal/previous_winners.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was the subject of the 2019 documentary ''[[Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind]]''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Knight |url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/movies/five-things-we-learned-about-gordon-lightfoot-from-the-doc-if-you-could-read-my-mind |title=Five things we learned about Gordon Lightfoot from the doc If You Could Read My Mind |work=[[National Post]] |date=May 24, 2019}}</ref>

In 2022, Lightfoot received the [[Golden Plate Award]] of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=  https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref>