Morrison's son, Perry, was one of 84 workers to die aboard the oil-drilling rig
Ocean Ranger when it sank with no survivors off the coast of
Newfoundland in 1982. He was also the grandfather of Canadian Olympic alpine skier
Cassidy Gray. He was well known in
Haliburton, Ontario for his community service. He chaired an annual hockey tournament for many years called the Scotty Morrison Charity Hockey Tournament, which raised over $700,000 for Community Care Haliburton County. In 2016, he was awarded a Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers at the Pinestone by the local Haliburton community. Morrison died in
Invermere, British Columbia on February 25, 2026, at the age of 95. ==References==