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The first recognition of No. 2 Construction Battalion was the dedication of a plaque. It was unveiled in the main hallway of the Ontario Legislative Assembly at Queen’s Park on 5 July 1920 on the 4^th anniversary of the unit’s founding. The project was spearheaded by Toronto minister, Reverend Harry Logan, and his wife who were the parents of a No. 2 soldier, Private Harry Logan Jr. Private Logan who died of pulmonary tuberculosis two years later.

After considerable lobbying by Blacks and white supporters, Canada fielded one Black battalion during the First World War — but they had to fight with shovels, not rifles. No. 2 Construction Battalion was authorized on July 5, 1916, in Pictou, Nova Scotia, and was composed of Black men from across Canada, United States and British West Indies. Its officers were white, with the exception of the unit’s chaplain, Honorary Captain The Reverend William Andrew White. 

This tablet was dedicated by Toronto employees of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada in honour of their comrades who gave their lives in the Second World War.

This plaque is dedicated to the Church of St. John The Evangelist (The Garrison Church). It was erected by the City of Toronto, Culture Division.

The 48th Highlanders Regimental Memorial was erected in 1923, in memory of the officers and men of the 48th Highlanders who gave their lives in the First World War. The memorial was paid for by members, ex-members and friends of the Regiment. The memorial was unveiled by His Excellency, Lord Byng, Governor-General of Canada at the Armistice-Remembrance Parade of the Regiment in November 1923.

Designed by Captain (then Brigadier) E.W. Haldenby, CBE, MC, VD, the pillar is set on an elevated base of six steps with the regimental crest on each side. The pillar is surmounted by the Christian Cross of Sacrifice carved on each side. A sheathed sword is carved on the front of the memorial. The crest on the front bears the words "15th Canadian Battalion", on the right side - "134 Overseas", and on the left side - "92 Canada Overseas". Carved in the stone are the names of the battles from the First World War in which the regiment took its full part and in which 61 officers and 1,406 non-commissioned officers gave their lives. 

A further 10 Battle Honours were added after the Second War to honour the 351 dead from that conflict. Alvan Sherlock Mathers was the architect. In 1962, the entire structure was lifted and moved to the east to allow for construction of the new University subway line that would run immediately below the site. When the subway was completed, the memorial was moved back to its original location. Time, elements, the 1960 relocation process and the presence of the subway below the structure gradually took their toll on the structure. In 2014, Brigadier General (ret) Greg Young proposed a project for the much needed restoration of the memorial. The work commenced in 2015 and was completed by November 11 the following year. The Regiment’s newest Battle Honour – Afghanistan – was added to the memorial. 

This monument was donated to the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto by Henry R. Jackman O.C., K.St. J., Q.C. and the Jackman Foundation. It was dedicated by Queen Elizabeth in 1984. The bronze and marble monument was designed by Oscar Nemon.

The Airmen Monument was designed by sculptor Oscar Nemon. Oscar was born in Osijek, Croatia, which formed part of former Yugoslavia for most of his lifetime. At the start of the Second World War, he was a newly settled refugee sculptor in England trying to make his way in an unknown language and country. Most of Oscar's family died in the Holocaust, a total of twenty-two murdered relatives.

The Old Soldier, War of 1812 Memorial was erected by the British Army and Navy Veterans' Association. It honours the dead of the War of 1812 and was erected on the site of an old burial ground used between 1794 and 1863 for soldiers and their families from nearby Fort York. 

The cornerstone was laid on July 1, 1902, and featured a time capsule, including newspapers, coins, and other documents of the day. Veterans of several wars were on hand for the ceremony, including those who had served in the Crimean War, Second Opium War, India’s First War of Independence, Second Anglo-Aghan War, Fenian Raids, North-West Rebellion, and the South African War. The official unveiling was on July 5, 1907, after nearly 20 years of planning and fundraising.

The memorial was designed and constructed by Walter Seymour Allward. He designed a bronze half-length figure of an old one-armed soldier in uniform of 1812, holding his military cap, the George IV medal on his chest and the end of one empty sleeve pinned up. Allward emphasizes the Veteran's powerful response to the suffering caused by war and the experience of the misery of war is reflected in his haunted expression and pose.

The Victoria College Second World War Plaque was erected by the Board of Regents and dedicated on October 13, 1953, to the students of Victoria College who lost their lives in the Second World War.

The Victoria College First World War Plaque was erected by the Alumni and Alumnae Associations and dedicated on October 12, 1923, to the students of Victoria College who lost their lives in the First World War.

On 4 March 1919, the Women's Patriotic League decided to use their money for a library as a memorial to the Swansea men who saw active service in the Great War. The Swansea Memorial Public Library Association formed on 30 September and the Swansea Memorial Public Library opened on 30 November 1919 in the Swansea Public School on Windermere Avenue. The library was dedicated to the 170 Swansea residents who enlisted in the First World War, and the 22 who did not return.

In 1959, the library was relocated to Swansea Town Hall at 95 Lavinia Avenue.

In 1866, University College at the University of Toronto commemorated the three students killed at the Battle of Ridgeway with a memorial stained glass window erected at the front of convocation hall and made possible by University College contributors. The window was destroyed in the 1890 fire, and replaced in 1910 by the memorial window in East Hall.

The Toronto militia volunteers were fighting Irish-American Fenian insurgents who had invaded Canada near Fort Erie in the hopes of holding Canada ransom for Irish independence. Between 1866 and 1871, this group raided Canadian territory from New Brunswick to Manitoba. Nine riflemen from Toronto’s The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada were killed, including three University of Toronto students. The entire city shut down for the funeral procession to the Necropolis.