The Angel of Victory is one of three placed by the Canadian Pacific Railroad (Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver) to honor their employees who lost their lives in service during World War I, the plaque accompanying the statue was amended to include the dates of World War II. The CPR had 1,116 employee who lost their lives during the Great War. The memorial is a bronze statue of an angel holding a deceased service man as she ascends. The CPR commissioned Montreal sculptor Montreal sculptor Coeur de Lion McCarthy in 1921 to create the sculptures. The statue is on a pedestal inscribed:
To Commemorate Those In The Service Of
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Who At The Call Of King And Country,
Left All That Was Dear To Them, Endured
Hardship, Faced Danger And Finally Passed
Out Of Sight Of Men By The Path Of Duty
And Self Sacrifice, Giving Up Their Own Lives
That Others May Live In Freedom.
Let Those Who Come After See To It That
Their Names Are Not Forgotten.
1914-1918 1939-1945