Reassessments of Macondald's role in Canadian history, particularly his assimilationist policies toward Indigenous Canadians and racist views of Asian immigrants, led to statues of Macdonald being vandalized and removed in other cities in the first decades of the 21st century.
A reexamination of Macdonald's position in Canadian history, particularly with regard to his assimilationist policies towards Indigenous peoples and his discriminatory attitudes toward Asian immigrants, prompted the destruction and removal of statues of Macdonald in various cities during the first decade of the 21st century.