The statue in the monument was toppled and decapitated on 29 August 2020 during the George Floyd protest in Montreal, and has been vacant since.

The bronze is housed under a stone baldachin replete with copper bas reliefs of industrial and agricultural trades practised in the Dominion he first commanded.

The monument was unveiled by John Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, Governor General of Canada on 6 June 1895.

[4] In the midst of the 2020 protests against racism and police brutality, which took place worldwide in solidarity with those following the murder of George Floyd while in police custody, and the removal of Confederate Army statues in the United States, Canadian cities have seen a rise in calls to remove Macdonald statues, and those of others linked to Canada's colonial legacy.

[7] On 29 August 2020, during a defund the police protest, the statue in the monument was vandalized, toppled and inadvertently decapitated.