Editing Frederick Banting (section)

=== Properties ===

[[Banting House]], his former home located in London, Ontario, was declared a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=Banting House National Historic Site of Canada |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/rech-srch/clic-click.aspx?/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=0&page_id=28449&query=banting&hiword=BANTINGS%20banting%20 |website=Directory of Federal Heritage Designations |publisher=Parks Canada |date=March 15, 2012 |access-date=July 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904082025/http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/rech-srch/clic-click.aspx?%2Fcgi-bin%2FMsmGo.exe%3Fgrab_id=0&page_id=28449&query=banting&hiword=BANTINGS%20banting%20 |archive-date=September 4, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Banting House National Historic Site of Canada |url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4021&pid=0 |website=HistoricPlaces.ca |publisher=Parks Canada |date=November 23, 1997 |access-date=July 29, 2015}}</ref> The house contains a museum of the history of insulin, as well has Banting's artwork. The Banting Interpretation Centre in [[Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador]] is a museum named after him which focuses on the circumstances surrounding the 1941 plane crash which claimed his life. The crater [[Banting (crater)|Banting]] on the [[Moon]] is also named after him for his contributions to medicine.

During the voting for "[[The Greatest Canadian|Greatest Canadians]]" in late 2003, controversy rose over the future use of the Banting family farm in [[New Tecumseth]] which had been left to the Ontario Historical Society by Banting's late nephew, Edward, in 1998. The dispute centred on the future use of the {{convert|40|ha|acre|abbr=off}} property and its buildings. In a year-long negotiation, assisted by a provincially appointed facilitator, the Town of New Tecumseth offered $1 million to the Ontario Historical Society (OHS). The town intended to turn the property over to the Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation for preservation of the property and buildings, and the Legacy Foundation planned to erect a Camp for Diabetic Youths. The day after the November 22, 2006, deadline for the OHS to sign the agreement, the OHS announced that it had sold the property for housing development to Solmar Development for more than $2 million.<ref>{{cite journal |journal= Canadian Medical Association Journal|date=June 5, 2007 |type=PDF |title=Sir Frederick Banting homestead sold to developer, family outraged |volume=176 |issue=12 |pages=1691–92 |doi=10.1503/cmaj.070613 |pmid=17548378 |pmc=1877854|last1=Fletcher |first1=K.}}</ref>

The Town of New Tecumseth announced it would designate the property under the Ontario Heritage Act. This would prevent its commercial development and obligate the owner to maintain it properly. OHS objected. The Ontario Conservation Review Board heard arguments for and against designation in September 2007 and recommended designation of the entire property in October. The Town officially passed the designation by-law on November 12, 2007.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Banting |first=Peter M., Dr. |date=November 23, 2007 |url=http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazrr/gazrr125.htm |title=The Banting Homestead is now protected! |journal=The Global Gazette |publisher=GlobalGenealogy.com |access-date=December 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225174149/http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazrr/gazrr125.htm |archive-date=December 25, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

Banting's artwork has gained attention in the art community; A painting of his called "St. Tîte des Cap" sold for Can$30,000 including buyer's premium at a Canadian art auction in Toronto.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ritchies.com/apps/index.cfm?page=auction.popUp&itemId=81838 |title=Auction Result |work=Ritchies |date=November 20, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128043412/http://www.ritchies.com/apps/index.cfm?page=auction.popUp&itemId=81838 |archive-date=November 28, 2007}}</ref>