Cherry was voted the seventh greatest Canadian on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's television special, in a two-part Canadian Broadcasting Corporation made-for-television movie,', based on a script written by his son, Timothy Cherry.
Cherry was voted the seventh greatest Canadian on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's television special, "The Greatest Canadian". In March 2010, his life was dramatized in a two-part Canadian Broadcasting Corporation made-for-television movie,', based on a script written by his son, Timothy Cherry.