Several people pointed out the irony of the fact that the last statue I got to see was in my home country (though not the closest to me -- the New Jersey one was slightly closer). In fact, I lived in Oshawa, Ontario from 1986-1990 and, during those years and afterwards, made regular trips to Toronto. But at that time, I had no idea there was a Peter Pan statue in the city (and I hadn't begun my quest to find them all). Later, I did hear that there was one in Toronto, but I was incorrectly informed that it was in High Park -- a place I actually had been to when I lived in Ontario. It wasn't until 2019 that I had the opportunity to go back to Toronto and the time to see Peter Pan where he is actually located -- in a tiny park called Glenn Gould Park on Avenue Road.
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This was by far the easiest of the statues to get to. No long walks through parks or confusing searches on unfamiliar city streets -- there is a TTC streetcar stop literally right in front of the park. It's a tiny park containing a small playground, a few trees, a statue of Peter Pan and not much else. But for me (and my husband, pictured here with me, who accompanied me to all the statues except Perth), it was the end of a thirteen-year quest.
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It may have been the end of Peter's journey as a statue, also, if all the dates I've found are correct, because this statue was unveiled on September 14, 1929, in its present location (though, for obvious reasons, it wasn't called Glenn Gould Park until much later). That puts it a few months later than the Perth statue, and thus it seems to have been the last of the seven -- an appropriate one for my last visit, after all.
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On the same trip to Toronto, I met up with an old friend who had seen my post about finding the last statue on Facebook. "It's funny," she said, "because apparently my grandfather had a lot to do with getting the statue placed there." Turns out her grandfather was active in the College Heights Association, the neighbourhood group that was instrumental in bringing Peter Pan to Toronto and dedicating it "to the spirit of children at play." You can read a bit about the Toronto statue in this article.
