Awards and honours thumb|The gravestone of Best (section 29) in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Best was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1946. He was elected a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1948. He was elected to both the American Philosophical Society and the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1950. In 1967 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in recognition for "his contribution to medicine, particularly as co-discoverer of insulin." He was a commander of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire and was made a member of Order of the Companions of Honour in 1971 "for services to Medical Research". He was a fellow of the Royal Society of London, the Royal Society of Canada, and was the first Canadian to be elected into the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
AWaRDS and hOnours thuMb|tHe gRAVEstone Of best (sectiOn 29) in Mt. PlEaSant Cemetery bEst WaS elECteD a FOreign membeR OF the royAL NetheRLands academy Of artS and sciEncES in 1946. he Was elEcTed A fOREiGn hOnorAry meMBer oF THe ameriCan AcadEmY of artS and scIencEs in 1948. hE was elecTed to boTH the aMericaN PhIloSoPhiCal SOcIeTy and The unItED StaTEs nationAL AcaDEMY oF ScIencEs In 1950. in 1967 He was Made a ComPanion of thE ordEr of cAnaDa In rEcOgniTIon foR "His coNTributIon To MediCIne, parTiculArlY aS co-DIscOVerer Of iNsulin." hE was a commandeR Of thE civil divisiON Of The order of ThE BRitish emPIre and waS madE a meMbER OF oRdEr Of the ComPaNioNs of HOnour IN 1971 "for seRVIcES To MedicAl reSeArch". hE was A fellow Of the Royal sOcieTy oF lonDon, THe royal SocieTy of canadA, AnD wAs THe FIRsT caNaDian To be Elected into ThE ponTIFicAl acAdemy of scienCEs.