The Stepping Out memorial honours women who served in the Canadian Women's Army Corps between 1941 to 1946. Names of those who died while on service are inscribed on plaques. The monument has a 6' 4" high bronze figure which depicts a young Canadian Women's Army Corps member. The figure depicts how she might have looked when "stepping out" on a pass in town during her basic training course at the wartime Kitchener Training Centre.
The monument was unveiled on May 5, 2001, by the Honourable Hillary Weston, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario and Karen Redman, Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre. The unveiling was attended by some 1,500 Canadian Women's Army Corps veterans and relatives, the Mayor of Kitchener, Minister of National Defence representative, Chief of Defence Staff representative, the sculptor (André Gauthier of Orleans, Ontario) and Artcast Inc. Foundry representatives.
