Honours
- Borden was the last Canadian Prime Minister to be knighted (in 1915) since, in deference to The Nickle Resolution, no others have been. However R.B. Bennett (prime minister from 1930–35) was created 1st Viscount Bennett after leaving office.
- Sir Robert Borden is depicted on the Canadian $100 bill.
- Sir Robert Borden was honoured by having two high schools named after him, in the Nepean part of Ottawa, and in the Scarborough section of Toronto.
- The town of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan named their hockey rink in his honour.
- Sir Robert Borden was also honoured by having a junior high school named after him in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia.
- The town of Borden, Saskatchewan was named after him.
- The town of Borden in Western Australia was named after him.
- In their book Prime Ministers: Ranking Canada's Leaders, J.L. Granatstein and Norman Hillmer include the results of a survey of Canadian historians regarding all the Prime Ministers through Jean Chrétien. Borden was ranked #7.
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