Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Iye akaberekerwa muLondon, England muna 1810. Akapedza kudzidzira basa nomudhindiri, ipapo akauya kuUpper Canada muna 1833 nevanun'una vake vaviri ndokugara papurazi ikoko. Muna 1837, akaenda kuToronto kunotsvaka basa. Akabatana nevarindi veguta mukati meUpper Canada Rebellion
. Akatarisira pepanhau raCharles Fothergill uye ipapo akava shamwari navatengesi vemabhuku William naHenry Rowsell, vachitarisira basa ravo rokudhinda. Muna 1848, akava mupepeti we "Toronto Patriot", yaiva naEdward George O'Brien. Muna 1849, pamwe chete naOgle Robert Gowan, vakatora mashandiro epepanhau. Vakabudisawo "United Empire". Pashure pokunge kudyidzana kwapera muna 1853, pamwe chete navamwe, akatenga "British Colonist". Muna 1858, akatengesa pepa iri ndokutanga rake rainzi "Atlas"; gare gare gore iroro, akatengazve "Colonist". Thompson akanga ashandawo paToronto city council kubva muna 1849 kusvika muna 1854. Akakunda chibvumirano chokudhinda kwehurumende uye nokudaro akatamira kuQuebec City muna 1859. Pashure pokupomerwa mhaka yokusarura vaFrench Canadians, akadzokera kuToronto muna 1860. Akashanda semutungamiriri mukuru weBeaver Mutual Fire Insurance Association kubva muna 1860 kusvika muna 1876, apo yakamanikidzwa kuvhara nekuda kwechinodiwa chitsva chemakambani einishuwarenzi kuti ape mari hombe yekuchengetedza kuhurumende. Akasiyiwa ari mumamiriro ezvinhu emari akaoma pazera ramakore 66, akava maneja webazi reruzivo rweguta racho. Muna 1884, akabudisa "Meminiscences of a Canadian pioneer: for the last fifty years, 1833-1883 : an autobiography". Akafira muToronto muna 1886.