List of public art in Toronto

The following is a list public artworks, monuments, and memorials that have been installed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Memorial	The north end of Queen's Park 43°39′57″N79°23′34.6″W / 43.66583°N 79.392944°W / 43.66583; -79.392944	1923	Eric Haldenby, Alvan Mathers	War memorial	White granite	2m tall, 8m long			[1] [2]
More images	Adam Beck Memorial	In the landscaped median of University Avenue just south of Queen Street West 43°39′02″N79°23′11″W / 43.650464°N 79.386444°W / 43.650464; -79.386444	1934	Emanuel Hahn	Statue	Bronze				[3] [4]
More images	Afghanistan Memorial	Queen's Park 43°39′40.9″N79°23′30.6″W / 43.661361°N 79.391833°W / 43.661361; -79.391833	2020	Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg (architectural firm)	War memorial	Bronze, granite				[5] [6]
More images	The Arrival: Apprehensive Man (depicted), Jubilant Man, Orphan Boy, Pregnant Woman, and Woman on Ground	Ireland Park	2007	Rowan Gillespie	Sculptures	Bronze				[7]
More images	The Audience	1 Blue Jays Way, Rogers Centre, Toronto	1989	Michael Snow	Sculpture	Steel, heavy foam, fibreglass, gold paint	Each figure ~6.1m in height			[8]
More images	Bitter Memories of Childhood	Holodomor Memorial Parkette, Exhibition Place	2018	Petro Drozdovsky	Memorial	Bronze	5 feet tall			[9] [10] [11]
More images	Businessman on a Horse	St. Michael's College	1989	William McElcheran	Sculture	Bronze				[12] [13]
More images	Bust of Alexander the Great	Alexander the Great Parkette, Greektown	1994		Bust				The City of Toronto	[14]
	Community		2001	Kirk Newman	Sculpture	Bronze	2m tall, 8m long		Manulife	[15]
More images	Complexes of a Young Lady	Hart House, University of Toronto	1962	Sorel Etrog	Sculpture	Bronze	270 x 75 x 52 cm		Hart House Collection, University of Toronto	[16]
More images	Consolation	St. Michael's College, University of Toronto	1996	Joe Rosenthal	Sculpture	Bronze			University of St. Michael's College	[17]
More images	Couch Monster	Art Gallery of Ontario	June 20, 2022	Brian Jungen	Sculpture	Bronze	4m tall and 5.5m long		Art Gallery of Ontario	[18] [19]
More images	Courante	Toronto Music Garden		Various	Sculpture				City of Toronto	[20]
More images	Dr. William D. Young Memorial	The eastern border of Kew Gardens, The Beaches 43°40′09″N79°17′52″W / 43.669273°N 79.297819°W / 43.669273; -79.297819	August 1920	M.D. Klein, Frances Gage, Ivor Lewis	Drinking fountain and memorial	Stone, bronze		Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act		[21] [22]
More images	Dreaming	Richmond-Adelaide Centre, 120 Adelaide St. W.	Fall 2020	Jaume Plensa	Sculpture	White marble and resin	Three stories tall, weighing more than 2.5 tonnes		Oxford Properties
More images	Dreamwork of the Whales	Little Norway Park, 659 Queens Quay W., west of Bathurst Street	1981	Designer: Georganna Malloff Sculptors: Ben Barclay, Daniel Gauvin, Earl Thomlinson, Julian Bowron and Lynn Daly	Sculpture	Wood	12 metres tall			[23]
More images	The Elevated Wetlands	Near Don Mills Road and the DVP	1998	Noel Harding	Sculptures					[24]
More images	Endless Bench	Sick Kids Hospital	1984	Lea Vivot	Sculpture	Bronze			Sick Kids Hospital	"Represents the bond between mothers and their children... Engraved with 476 messages of love, hope and inspiration." [25] [26] [27]
More images	Equal Before the Law	McMurtry Law Gardens, Osgoode Hall (Ontario Court of Appeal)	2011	Eldon Garnet	Sculpture	Bronze	Scale: height: 10 ft, width 4 ft Platform: length: 20 ft, width 4 ft, thickness 6 ft			[28] [29]
More images	Equestrian statue of Edward VII	Queen's Park	1969	Thomas Brock	Sculpture	Bronze				[30] [31] [32]
More images	Flight Stop	Toronto Eaton Centre	1979	Michael Snow	Sculpture	Styrofoam, fibreglass	32 x 20 x 16 m
More images	Frederick G. Gans QC Memorial
	Freedom of Expression
	Helix of Life			Ted Bieler
	Homeless Jesus
	Hours of the Day
	Immigrant Family			Tom Otterness						[33]
	IT			Michael Christian
	Koilos			Michael Christian
	Large Two Forms			Henry Moore
	Last Alarm
	Let the Oppressed Go Free
	Little Glenn
	Lower Simcoe Street underpass murals
	Megaptera
	Michael			Anne Allardyce
	Monument to Multiculturalism
	Monument to the War of 1812
	Ned Hanlan Monument
	Neighbours			Joe Rosenthal
	Northwest Rebellion Monument
	Notre Place Monument
	Nurture Nature			Joe Fafard
	Ontario Firefighters Memorial
	Ontario Police Memorial
	Ontario Veterans' Memorial
	Our Game			Edie Parker
	PanAm People’s Cauldron	PanAm games opening and closing ceremony	2015	Craig White, Yshmael Cabana, Christiano De Araujo						[34]
	The Pasture									[35]
	People Walking	333 Bloor Street East, Rogers Head Office.	2007	Julian Opie						[36] [37] [38]
	Pillars of Justice			Edwina Sandys						[39]
	Post One Monument
	Princes' Gates
	Princess Margaret Fountain
	Queen Elizabeth Way Monument
	Rhythm of Exotic Plants
	Rising			Zhang Huan
	Sentinelles			Jean-Pierre Morin
	Shrine Peace Memorial
	Sons of England War Memorial
	South African War Memorial
	Spirit of Discovery
	Statue of Al Purdy									[40]
	Statue of Alexander the Great	Alexander the Great Parkette								[14]
	Statue of Alexander Wood									[41] [42]
	Statue of Edward S. Rogers Jr.
	Statue of Egerton Ryerson
	Statue of Elizabeth II
	Statue of George Brown
	Statue of Glenn Gould
	Statue of Jack Layton
	Statue of James Whitney
	Statue of John A. Macdonald
	Statue of John Graves Simcoe
	Statue of John Sandfield Macdonald
	Statue of Johnny Lombardi
	Statue of Lesya Ukrainka									[43]
	Statue of Norman Bethune
	Statue of Northrop Frye
	Statue of Oliver Mowat
	Statue of Queen Victoria									[44]
	Statue of Robert Raikes									[45]
	Statue of Sun Yat-sen	Chinatown
	Statue of Winston Churchill									[46]
	Still Dancing			Dennis Oppenheim						[47]
	Survivors Are Not Heroes			Sorel Etrog
	Symbolic Peace	Distillery District								[48]
	Tembo, Mother of Elephants
	Three Way Piece No.2: Archer			Henry Moore
	U.V. Ceti			Andrew Posa
	Untitled relief (1973)	John M. Kelly Library		William McElcheran
	When I Was Naked
	When I Was Sick	Church of the Redeemer
	William Lyon Mackenzie Monument
	Woodpecker Column									[49]

See also

• Canada portal
• Visual arts portal

• Garden of the Greek Gods
• Graffiti in Toronto
• Graffiti Alley, Toronto
• Toronto subway public art
• Canadian war memorials
• Royal monuments in Canada

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