Ontario Firefighters Memorial

Monument in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ontario Firefighters Memorial

The memorial in 2006

Location| Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates| 43°39′37.2″N 79°23′23.8″W﻿ / ﻿43.660333°N 79.389944°W﻿ / 43.660333; -79.389944

The Ontario Firefighters Memorial is a monument in Toronto's Queen's Park, in Ontario, Canada.

## Description and history

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The memorial was designed by Siggy Puchta and unveiled in 2005. It honours firefighters who died while serving the public. The memorial depicts a firefighter rescuing a child. It has a red plinth shaped like a Maltese Cross, the international symbol for firefighting, and a list of firefighters who died on duty.[1]

## See also

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* Canada portal
* Visual arts portal

* 2005 in art
* List of firefighting monuments and memorials

## References

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1. ^ "Explore Queen's Park | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

## External links

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* Media related to Ontario Firefighters Memorial at Wikimedia Commons

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* Let the Oppressed Go Free
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* Megaptera
* Monument to Multiculturalism
* Monument to the War of 1812
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* Northwest Rebellion Monument
* Notre Place Monument
* Ontario Firefighters Memorial
* Ontario Police Memorial
* Ontario Veterans' Memorial
* The Pasture
* Post One Monument
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* Princess Margaret Fountain
* Queen Elizabeth Way Monument
* Shrine Peace Memorial
* Sons of England War Memorial
* South African War Memorial
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* Still Dancing
* Survivors Are Not Heroes
* Three Way Piece No.2: Archer
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* When I Was Sick
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* William Lyon Mackenzie
* Oliver Mowat
* Al Purdy
* Robert Raikes
* Edward S. Rogers Jr.
* Egerton Ryerson
* John Graves Simcoe
* Sun Yat-sen
* Queen Victoria
* James Whitney
* Alexander Wood

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