A statue of Captain James Cook stood in Victoria, British Columbia, from 1976 until 2021, when it was toppled in a protest.

[2] The Victoria Environmental Enhancement Foundation commissioned the work from Derek and Patricia Freeborn[3] to mark the 200th anniversary of Cook's departure on his third voyage in 1776.

On the night of July 1 (Canada Day), 2021, it was broken at the knee and ankle and thrown in the Inner Harbour;[4] its pedestal was covered in red handprints.

A makeshift statue of a red dress, commemorating missing and murdered Indigenous women, was put up in its place.

[5] The following morning a totem pole in Malahat (30km away) was set on fire, apparently in retaliation for the toppling of the statue.