Edward William Thomson (February 12, 1849–March 5, 1924) was a Canadian journalist and writer.

Thomson was born in Peel County, Canada West, the grandson of Edward William Thomson, a member of the York militia who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada.

When Thompson was 14, he was sent to Philadelphia to work in a mercantile office; he enlisted in the Union Army in October 1864 (at 15), and saw action during the American Civil War as a trooper in the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry.

He saw combat again the next year, at the Battle of Ridgeway during the Fenian Raids.

In 1878, at the invitation of publisher George Brown, he became an editorial writer for The Toronto Globe.