| Statue of Alexander Wood | |
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.jpg) The statue in 2007 | |
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| Artist | Del Newbigging |
| Completion date | May 28, 2005 |
| Medium | Bronze sculpture |
| Subject | Alexander Wood |
| Dimensions | 244 cm (96 in) |
| Condition | Destroyed on April 4, 2022 |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 43°39′49.4″N 79°22′49.3″W / 43.663722°N 79.380361°W | |
A statue of Alexander Wood was erected in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by the Church Wellesley Village Business Improvement Area (CWVBIA) and the municipal government of Toronto on May 28, 2005. Designed and constructed by artist Del Newbigging, the 244-centimetre-tall (8 ft) bronze sculpture was installed at the corner of Church and Alexander Streets in Church and Wellesley, the gay village of Toronto. It was the first LGBT monument in Canada. The statue was controversially removed and destroyed by the CWVBIA on April 4, 2022,[1] amid renewed focus on Wood's ties to a group that raised funds for a mission school that later became the Shingwauk Indian Residential School.[2]
- ^ Star, Brian Bradley Toronto (April 5, 2022). "Removal of Church Street's Alexander Wood statue in near secrecy welcome but complicated". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
- ^ Stevenson, Jane (June 10, 2021). "Shingwauk-related statue could be moved". The Sault Star.