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== Legacy ==

In 1994, Banting was inducted into the [[Canadian Medical Hall of Fame]]. In 2004, he was nominated as one of the top 10 "[[The Greatest Canadian|Greatest Canadians]]" by viewers of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]. When the final votes were counted, Banting finished fourth behind [[Tommy Douglas]], [[Terry Fox]] and [[Pierre Trudeau]].

=== Namesakes ===

[[File:Portrait of Dr. Frederick Grant Banting by Tibor Polya, 1925.jpg|thumb|upright|Oil painting of Banting in 1925 by Tibor Polya, now in the possession of the [[Portrait Gallery of Canada|National Portrait Gallery of Canada]]]]

Banting's namesake, the [[Banting Research Foundation]], was created in 1925 and provides funding to support health and biomedical research in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://bantingresearchfoundation.ca/about/history/|website=Banting Research Foundation|access-date=November 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010215425/http://bantingresearchfoundation.ca/about/history/|archive-date=October 10, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Banting's name is immortalized in the yearly [[Banting Lectures]], given by an expert in diabetes, and by the creation of the [[Banting and Best Department of Medical Research]] of the [[University of Toronto]]; Sir Frederick G Banting Research Centre located on Sir Frederick Banting Driveway in the [[Tunney's Pasture]] complex, [[Ottawa]], ON;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dfrp-rbif/sn-ns/050061-eng.aspx?&qid=20243&fpn=50061 |title=Sir Frederick G. Banting Research Centre |publisher=Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat |access-date=November 14, 2016|date=January 1994 }}</ref> [[Banting Memorial High School]] in [[Alliston]], ON; [[Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School]] in [[London, Ontario|London]], ON; Sir Frederick Banting Alternative Program Site in Ottawa, ON; Frederick Banting Elementary School in [[Montréal-Nord]] QC and École Banting Middle School in [[Coquitlam]], BC.

The "Major Sir Frederick Banting, MC, RCAMC Award for Military Health Research", sponsored by the [[True Patriot Love Foundation]], is awarded annually by the Surgeon General to the researcher whose work presented at the annual Military and Veterans Health Research Forum is deemed to contribute most to military health. It was first awarded in 2011 in the presence of several Banting descendants.<ref>[http://www.cimvhr.ca/forum/pdf/Banting.pdf.] Retrieved November 29, 2012.{{dead link|date=July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forces.gc.ca/health-sante/wn-qn/bulletin/2012/ba-pb-eng.asp |title=The First Recipient of the Major Sir Frederick Banting MC, RCAMC Award for Military Health Research |publisher=National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces |url-status=dead |access-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523091730/http://www.forces.gc.ca/health-sante/wn-qn/bulletin/2012/ba-pb-eng.asp |archive-date=May 23, 2013}}</ref>

The "Canadian Forces Major Sir Frederick Banting Term Chair in Military Trauma Research" at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre was established in 2012. The first Chair holder is Colonel Homer Tien, medical director of Sunnybrook's Tory Regional Trauma Centre and Senior Specialist and Trauma Adviser to the Surgeon General.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/mobil/news-nouvelles-eng.asp?id=4297 |title=The Canadian Forces, Sunnybrook Hospital, and the University of Toronto Appoint the Major Banting Military Trauma Research Chair |publisher=National Defence and the Canadian Forces |access-date=November 29, 2012 |date=July 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524045422/http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/mobil/news-nouvelles-eng.asp?id=4297 |archive-date=May 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Military research chair awarded |url=http://sunnybrook.ca/foundation/media/item.asp?c=11&i=804&page=23129 |publisher=Sunnybrook Foundation |date=July 4, 2012 |access-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904082025/http://sunnybrook.ca/foundation/media/item.asp?c=11&i=804&page=23129 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship]] Program is administered by the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]], the [[Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada]], and the [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada]]. The fellowship provided up to two years of funding at $70,000 per year to researchers in health, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities.
<ref>{{cite web|title=Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships|url=http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/en/home-accueil.html|website=Government of Canada|access-date=November 14, 2016|date=February 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program|url=http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PD-NP/Banting-Banting_eng.asp|website=Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada|access-date=November 14, 2016|date=June 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114233354/http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PD-NP/Banting-Banting_eng.asp|archive-date=November 14, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== 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 {{cvt|40|ha}} 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>

=== Portrayals in film ===

He and his insulin discovery have also been depicted in various media formats, including comic books, a biography by [[Michael Bliss]], and on television. The [[National Film Board of Canada]] produced a short film in 1958, ''[[The Quest (1958 film)|The Quest]]''.<ref name=evans>Gary Evans, ''In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989''. [[University of Toronto Press]], 1991. {{ISBN|9780802068330}}. p. 55.</ref>  The 1988 television movie ''[[Glory Enough for All]]'' depicted the search for insulin by Banting and Best, with [[R. H. Thomson]] starring as Banting. Banting is also portrayed by [[Jason Priestley]] boarding his fatal flight in the 2006 historical drama ''[[Above and Beyond (mini series)|Above and Beyond]]''.