[4] Following K. C.'s death in 1992, ownership and responsibility for the Irving companies was divided amongst his sons, James, Arthur and Jack.
[10] In 2004, he co-chaired a $25 million fundraising campaign for the Université de Moncton along with Denis Losier.
[16] Irving received a honorary doctorate from the Université de Moncton in 1989, for business administration.
[19] In 2015, he received the Order of Canada, which described him as a "corporate leader who has advanced economic development in rural and urban New Brunswick".
[20] In 2016, Irving and Shirley Dysart were made Rotary International's Paul Harris Fellows for creating PALS.