Results: Terry Fox
Terry Fox is coming home to the pocket - and the heart - of everyday Canada. With his image set to appear on the new $5 note, the country is honouring not just a national hero, but its native son - the young British Colombian whose Marathon of Hope turned personal tragedy into a unifying mission that still fuels cancer research decades later. He ran 5,373 kilometres on one leg, raising more than $24 million in his short lifetime - today the Terry Fox Foundation has surpassed $1 billion for cancer research. In that sense, the new note doesn't just commemorate a legacy - it keeps it in circulation.
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The new $5 note will feature Terry Fox - a 22 year-old who ran 5,373 km on one leg, a marathon a day for 143 days, and helped spark over $1 billion for cancer research. When you think of Terry's feat and legacy, how does seeing him on our everyday money make you feel?
In awe that a single young Canadian could move an entire nation - and still be moving it today.
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455 votes
Humbled that his courage and selflessness are now part of the cash we carry without a second thought.
19%
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309 votes
Inspired to ask - if he could do that with one leg, what am I capable of with two?
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218 votes
Grateful that his story keeps teaching us that ordinary people can create extraordinary change.
19%
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301 votes
Proud that Canada chose to honour not a politician or a celebrity, but a person who ran for others.
22%
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355 votes
Undecided.
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156 votes
I'm American.
43%
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681 votes
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