Four years later, a committee was appointed by Toronto City Council to determine how best to commemorate his life, venerated as Ontario's greatest public servant at the time.

[3] The statue depicts Adam Beck as a commanding figure with his hands clenched, right foot slightly forward, and topcoat open.

[4] Adam Beck stands amidst pine cones and maple leaves carved in stone, evoking Canadian symbolism.

The base is composed of large white granite blocks in an L-shape, with a 4.5 metre-high wall at its back end rising to hold the portrait statue up to its arms.

[4] From Beck's feet, it gently slopes to ground level with a central channel that allows rainwater to cascade down into a basin, symbolizing the many Ontario waterways dammed to generate electricity.