List of monuments and memorials to Terry Fox

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The Terry Fox Monument in Thunder Bay Terry Fox Monument-Thunder Bay- Ontario-20060625.jpg
The Terry Fox Monument in Thunder Bay

This is a list of monuments and memorials to Terry Fox.

Contents

General

Monument or memorialTypeLocationDateNotes
Canada 150 Terry Fox stampPostage stamp2017One of 10 stamps issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Canada. [1]
CCGS Terry Fox Icebreaker St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 1983First leased, then sold to the Canadian Coast Guard
Terry Fox Award [2] AwardFor the 2010 Winter Olympics
Terry Fox DayHoliday Manitoba Renamed from Civic Holiday in 2015. [3]
Terry Fox Foundation1988Split from the Canadian Cancer Society
Terry Fox Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Toronto, Ontario 1993Renamed to Canadian Disability Hall of Fame in 2009
Terry Fox Humanitarian Award [4] Scholarship1982Program is based in Burnaby, British Columbia
Terry Fox, Marathon of HopePostage stamp1982Issued to commemorate the Marathon of Hope to circumvent Canada Post's usual waiting period of issuing stamps 10 years after an individual's death [5]
Terry Fox Memorial and Lookout Lookout, monument with statue Thunder Bay, Ontario 26 June 1982Manfred Pirwitz, sculptor
Terry Fox Atlantic "Mile 0" site where Marathon of Hope starts
Bronze statue by Luben Boykov, installed on April 12, 2012 2017-10-07 03 Terry Fox Statue at Mile 0, St. John's NL Canada.jpg
Bronze statue by Luben Boykov, installed on April 12, 2012
Marathon of Hope began in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Bronze statue by Luben Boykov; installed as part of a "Mile 0" memorial in St. John's NL on April 12, 2012.Statue erected next to St. John's Harbor location where Fox dipped his toe into the Atlantic Ocean to start his Marathon of Hope. Quote from Terry Fox in bronze letters on the back wall of memorial - "I just realize people would realize that anything’s possible if you try, dreams are made if people try.”.
Terry Fox Pacific "Mile 0" Transcanada Highway site where Marathon of Hope was to end
Bronzed statue by Nathan Scott; erected August 10, 2005 Terry Fox monument.jpg
Bronzed statue by Nathan Scott; erected August 10, 2005
Marathon of Hope was to end in Victoria, British Columbia Life-sized (5’9”) bronzed statue on a granite base of Terry Fox depicting him during his Marathon of Hope run across Canada, erected in Victoria on August 10, 2005.Statue erected on the southwest corner of Beacon Hill Park at 20 Douglas Street (and Dallas Road) in Victoria, BC where Terry Fox was to dip his toe into the Pacific to signify the end of the Marathon of Hope
Terry Fox Run Charity runGlobal13 September 1981Fundraising event for cancer research
Terry Fox PlazaSquare with statues Vancouver, British Columbia Square at BC Place Stadium. [6]

Buildings and structures

Monument or memorialTypeLocationDateNotes
Terry Fox Elementary SchoolSchool Abbotsford, British Columbia Operated by School District 34 Abbotsford
Terry Fox Elementary SchoolSchool Barrie, Ontario Operated by Simcoe County District School Board
Terry Fox Elementary SchoolSchool Bathurst,New Brunswick Operated by Anglophone North School District
Terry Fox Elementary SchoolSchool Laval, Quebec Operated by Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
Terry Fox Elementary SchoolSchool Pierrefonds, Quebec
Terry Fox Field Sports venue Burnaby, British Columbia Used by Simon Fraser University
Terry Fox Laboratory Research laboratory Vancouver, British Columbia 1981Housed at the British Columbia Cancer Research Centre
Terry Fox MontessoriMontessori school Mississauga, Ontario
Terry Fox Public SchoolSchool Ajax, Ontario Operated by the Durham District School Board
Terry Fox Public SchoolSchool Aurora, Ontario Operated by the York Region District School Board
Terry Fox Public SchoolSchool Brampton, Ontario Operated by Peel District School Board
Terry Fox Public SchoolSchool Cobourg, Ontario Operated by Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Terry Fox Public SchoolSchool Scarborough, Ontario Operated by Toronto District School Board; opened in 1981 by the Scarborough Board of Education
Terry Fox SchoolSchool Calgary, Alberta Operated by the Calgary Board of Education
Terry Fox Secondary School School Port Coquitlam, British Columbia 1986The school was built in the 1950s and renamed in 1986
Terry Fox Shopping Centre Strip mall Kanata, Ontario At the corner of Terry Fox Drive and Hazeldean Road
Terry Fox Sports ComplexSports venue Cornwall, Prince Edward Island
Terry Fox Sports ComplexSports venue Greater Sudbury, Ontario On the campus of Collège Boréal
Terry Fox Stadium Sports venue Ottawa, Ontario
Terry Fox Stadium (Brampton) Track and field facility and athletic field Brampton, Ontario Venue at Chinguacousy Park.
Terry Fox Theatre Theatre Port Coquitlam, British Columbia 1999It is attached to but independent of Terry Fox Secondary School

Media

Monument or memorialTypeDateNotes
Into the WindFilm2010
Terry Book2005By Douglas Coupland
Terry Film2005
Terry Fox: A pictorial tribute to the Marathon of HopeBook1980By Jeremy Brown and Gail Harvey
Terry Fox: His StoryBook1981By Leslie Scrivener
The Terry Fox Story Film1983

Natural areas

Monument or memorialTypeLocationDateNotes
Mount Terry Fox MountainMount Terry Fox Provincial Park, Selwyn Range, British Columbia 1981
Mount Terry Fox Provincial Park Provincial park British Columbia 1982
Parc Terry FoxMunicipal park Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec
Parc Terry FoxMunicipal park Granby, Quebec
Parc Terry FoxMunicipal park Kirkland, Quebec
Parc Terry FoxMunicipal park Mascouche, Quebec
Parc Terry FoxMunicipal park Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
Parc Terry FoxMunicipal park Sainte-Catherine, Quebec
Terry Fox CreekWaterway British Columbia Tributary of the Fraser River; portions are in Mount Terry Fox Provincial Park
Terry Fox Memorial ParkMunicipal park Cochrane, Alberta
Terry Fox ParkMunicipal park Fergus, Ontario
Terry Fox ParkMunicipal park Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Adjacent to Terry Fox Secondary School
Terry Fox ParkMunicipal park Sarnia, Ontario
Terry Fox ParkMunicipal park The Pas, Manitoba
Terry Fox TrailRoute in municipal parks St. Catharines, Ontario

Roads and transport

Monument or memorialTypeLocationDateNotes
Avenue Terry-FoxRoad Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec Connects to Quebec Autoroute 117
Boulevard Terry-FoxRoad Saint-Eustache, Quebec Connects to Quebec Autoroute 640
Impasse Terry FoxRoad Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Rue Terry FoxRoad Clarenceville, Quebec
Terry Fox AvenueRoad Abbotsford, British Columbia
Terry Fox Courage Highway Road (segment) Ontario Highway 11 30 July 1981The segment of Ontario Highways 11 and 17 from Thunder Bay in the west to Nipigon in the east.
Terry Fox DriveRoad Brighton, Ontario
Terry Fox DriveRoad Champlain, Ontario
Terry Fox DriveRoad Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Terry Fox Drive Road Kanata (Ottawa)
Terry Fox DriveRoad Kingston, Ontario
Terry Fox LaneRoad Burnaby, British Columbia
Terry Fox PlaceRoad Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Terry Fox station Bus rapid transit station Ottawa, Ontario September 2004Station of the Transitway
Terry Fox StreetRoad Markham, Ontario
Terry Fox Way Road (segment) Mississauga, Ontario North of Britannia Road, it continues as Silken Laumann Way.
Terry-Fox AvenueRoad Laval, Quebec
Terry-Fox AvenueRoad Carleton Place, Ontario

References

  1. Jones, Martin (25 May 2017). "Terry Fox honoured in Canada 150 stamp series". CBC News . Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. Scrivener, Leslie (11 April 2010). "How Terry Fox changed Canada". Toronto Star . Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  3. Welch, Mary-Agnes (30 July 2015). "Many seem to have forgotten Monday is Terry Fox Day". Winnipeg Free Press . Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  4. "Former South Sudan refugee receives prestigious Terry Fox Humanitarian Award". CBC News. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  5. Krebs, Albin; Thomas, Robert (27 June 1981). "Canada finds way to honor Terry Fox with a stamp". The New York Times . Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  6. "Terry Fox Plaza, BC Place Stadium - Grout McTavish Architects". groutmctavish.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2016.