Il a donné son nom à la Leslie Nielsen School of Communications du Northern Institute of Technology d'Edmonton. On le voyait souvent dans les couloirs de la Victoria School of the Arts, dont lui et le grand metteur en scène Arthur Miller, son célèbre camarade de classe, sont tous deux de distingués diplômés.
The Leslie Nielsen School of Communications at the Northern Institute of Technology in Edmonton is named for him; and he was often seen in the halls of the Victoria School for the Arts, from which both he and his famous classmate, the great director Arthur Hiller, are distinguished graduates.
