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″N 79°23′34.6″W	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 43.650464°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″N 79°23′30.6″W	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]
	Complexes of a Young Lady
	Consolation			Joe Rosenthal
	Couch Monster			Brian Jungen						[16][17]
	Courante
	Dr. William D. Young Memorial
	Dreaming			Jaume Plensa
	Dreamwork of the Whales			Ben Barclay						[18]
	The Elevated Wetlands			Noel Harding						[19]
	Endless Bench			Lea Vivot						[20]
	Equal Before the Law
	Equestrian statue of Edward VII	Queen's Park								[21][22]
	Flight Stop
	Frederick G. Gans QC Memorial
	Freedom of Expression
	Helix of Life			Ted Bieler
	Homeless Jesus
	Hours of the Day
	Immigrant Family			Tom Otterness						[23]
	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						[24]
	The Pasture									[25]
	People Walking	333 Bloor Street East, Rogers Head Office.	2007	Julian Opie						[26][27][28]
	Pillars of Justice			Edwina Sandys						[29]
	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									[30]
	Statue of Alexander the Great	Alexander the Great Parkette								[14]
	Statue of Alexander Wood									[31][32]
	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									[33]
	Statue of Norman Bethune
	Statue of Northrop Frye
	Statue of Oliver Mowat
	Statue of Queen Victoria									[34]
	Statue of Robert Raikes									[35]
	Statue of Sun Yat-sen	Chinatown
	Statue of Winston Churchill									[36]
	Still Dancing			Dennis Oppenheim						[37]
	Survivors Are Not Heroes			Sorel Etrog
	Symbolic Peace	Distillery District								[38]
	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									[39]

See also

• 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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