List of monuments and memorials to Terry Fox

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The Terry Fox Monument in Thunder Bay

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

General[edit]

Monument or memorial Type Location Date Notes
Canada 150 Terry Fox stamp Postage stamp 2017 One of 10 stamps issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Canada.[1]
CCGS Terry Fox Icebreaker St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 1983 First leased, then sold to the Canadian Coast Guard
Terry Fox Award[2] Award For the 2010 Winter Olympics
Terry Fox Day Holiday Manitoba Renamed from Civic Holiday in 2015.[3]
Terry Fox Foundation 1988 Split from the Canadian Cancer Society
Terry Fox Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Toronto, Ontario 1993 Renamed to Canadian Disability Hall of Fame in 2009
Terry Fox Humanitarian Award[4] Scholarship 1982 Program is based in Burnaby, British Columbia
Terry Fox, Marathon of Hope Postage stamp 1982 Issued 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 1982 Manfred Pirwitz, sculptor
Terry Fox Atlantic "Mile 0" site where Marathon of Hope starts
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
 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 run Global 13 September 1981 Fundraising event for cancer research
Terry Fox Plaza Square with statues Vancouver, British Columbia Square at BC Place Stadium.[6]

Buildings and structures[edit]

Monument or memorial Type Location Date Notes
Terry Fox Elementary School School Abbotsford, British Columbia Operated by School District 34 Abbotsford
Terry Fox Elementary School School Barrie, Ontario Operated by Simcoe County District School Board
Terry Fox Elementary School School Bathurst,New Brunswick Operated by Anglophone North School District
Terry Fox Elementary School School Laval, Quebec Operated by Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
Terry Fox Elementary School School Pierrefonds, Quebec
Terry Fox Field Sports venue Burnaby, British Columbia Used by Simon Fraser University
Terry Fox Laboratory Research laboratory Vancouver, British Columbia 1981 Housed at the British Columbia Cancer Research Centre
Terry Fox Montessori Montessori school Mississauga, Ontario
Terry Fox Public School School Ajax, Ontario Operated by the Durham District School Board
Terry Fox Public School School Aurora, Ontario Operated by the York Region District School Board
Terry Fox Public School School Brampton, Ontario Operated by Peel District School Board
Terry Fox Public School School Cobourg, Ontario Operated by Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Terry Fox Public School School Scarborough, Ontario Operated by Toronto District School Board; opened in 1981 by the Scarborough Board of Education
Terry Fox School School Calgary, Alberta Operated by the Calgary Board of Education
Terry Fox Secondary School School Port Coquitlam, British Columbia 1986 The 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 Complex Sports venue Cornwall, Prince Edward Island
Terry Fox Sports Complex Sports 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 1999 It is attached to but independent of Terry Fox Secondary School

Media[edit]

Monument or memorial Type Date Notes
Into the Wind Film 2010
Terry Book 2005 By Douglas Coupland
Terry Film 2005
Terry Fox: A pictorial tribute to the Marathon of Hope Book 1980 By Jeremy Brown and Gail Harvey
Terry Fox: His Story Book 1981 By Leslie Scrivener
The Terry Fox Story Film 1983

Natural areas[edit]

Monument or memorial Type Location Date Notes
Mount Terry Fox Mountain Mount Terry Fox Provincial Park, Selwyn Range, British Columbia 1981
Mount Terry Fox Provincial Park Provincial park British Columbia 1982
Parc Terry Fox Municipal park Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec
Parc Terry Fox Municipal park Granby, Quebec
Parc Terry Fox Municipal park Kirkland, Quebec
Parc Terry Fox Municipal park Mascouche, Quebec
Parc Terry Fox Municipal park Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
Parc Terry Fox Municipal park Sainte-Catherine, Quebec
Terry Fox Creek Waterway British Columbia Tributary of the Fraser River; portions are in Mount Terry Fox Provincial Park
Terry Fox Memorial Park Municipal park Cochrane, Alberta
Terry Fox Park Municipal park Fergus, Ontario
Terry Fox Park Municipal park Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Adjacent to Terry Fox Secondary School
Terry Fox Park Municipal park Sarnia, Ontario
Terry Fox Park Municipal park The Pas, Manitoba
Terry Fox Trail Route in municipal parks St. Catharines, Ontario

Roads and transport[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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.
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