Awards and Honours
- Special Achievement Award, University of British Columbia (1979–1982)
- "Outstanding Athlete of the Year," by Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (1980)
- Lou Marsh/Canadian Outstanding Athlete of the Year Award; co-winner, Wayne Gretzky (1983)
- Outstanding Young Person of the World for personal improvement and accomplishment by Junior Chamber International (1983)
- University of British Columbia's Alumni Award of Distinction (1983)
- Athlete of the Week: by ABC Wide World of Sports (1983)
- British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame, W.A.C. Bennett Award (1983)
- Newsmaker of the Year by Canadian Press (1986)
- Companion of the Order of Canada (29 March 1988)
- Order of British Columbia (1990)
- Terry Fox Hall of Fame (1993)
- W.A.C. Bennett Award (BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum) (1994)
- Induction into Canada Sports Hall of FameCanada's Sports Hall of Fame (2006)
- Canada's Walk of Fame (2007)
- Recipient of CPA Alberta's Christopher Reeve Award (2007)
- UBC Sports Hall of Fame
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Alberta (2011)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, Vancouver Island University (2009)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, Carleton University (2009)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, Simon Fraser University (2008)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Northern British Columbia (2008)
- Honorary Doctor of Letters, Thompson Rivers University, Williams Lake Campus(2007)
- William Van Horne Visionary Award (2006)
- Honorary Doctor of Letters, McGill University (2005)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, McMaster University (1999)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Western Ontario (1997)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Regina (1997)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Toronto (1995)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Victoria (1994)
- Royal Bank Award (1994)
- University of British Columbia Athletic Hall of Fame (1994)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, Saint Mary's University (1993)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, UBC (1987)
- People In Motion, a not-for-profit organisation was after Hansen
- Three public schools have been named after Hansen:
- Rick Hansen Secondary School, Abbotsford, British Columbia
- Rick Hansen Secondary School, Mississauga, Ontario
- Rick Hansen Elementary School, London, Ontario
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