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This memorial is dedicated to the war dead of the South African War.

The Vimy Memorial Band Stand was erected by the Saskatoon Kiwanis Club in honour of the Canadians who fought at Vimy Ridge in 1917.  It was inspired from the 1936 pilgrimage to Vimy, France, where King Edward VIII unveiled a memorial to Canada and her dead at Vimy Ridge on July 26.

The project began under the presidency of J.C. Hackney and a special bandstand committee was established. Construction of the Vimy Memorial Band Stand cost the Kiwanis Club $3,521, less a $57 donation from the city. Frank J. Martini, member of the Kiwanis Club, served as the architect on the project.

The memorial was designed to serve as a centre where the community could gather to enjoy and participate in good music and was a reverent tribute to the nations in the Great War. The Vimy Memorial Band Stand was built in Kiwanis Park on the bank of the South Saskatchewan River facing the junction of 20th Street and Spadina Crescent. Built of concrete and painted white, the semi-domed roof, crowned with a lantern (a turret crowning a dome) is supported by eight pillars. Steps lead to the band area, which is enclosed by an iron balustrade.

The first event held at the Vimy Memorial Band Stand was the dedication and its presentation to the City of Saskatoon on September 1. 1937. Mayor R.M. Pinder accepted the Band Stand on behalf of the City and accepted an engraved scroll as a permanent record of the event. Approximately 2,000 citizens attended the dedication.

During the Second World War, the memorial served as a centre for patriotic, war-related activities. The "Salute to Britain Ceremony" was held on April 23, 1941; Victory Torch Day, which added a permanent flagstaff to the site, was held on May 28 of that year. The following year on September 8, a public reception was held for the bomber crew which raided Saarbrucken, Germany. The memorial was also the centre for the Third Victory Loan Rallies of October 18 and 19, 1942. With the end of the war in 1945, the memorial became the centre of victory celebrations and occasions welcoming the Veterans home.

During the summer of 1987, the City of Saskatoon Parks and Recreation Department restored the Vimy Memorial Band Stand to its original state.

This window is dedicated to three military members, Sergeant Harry Moore, Roy Moore and Lieutenant Maurice Moore.

This window is dedicated to the memory of Sidney S. Sterns, who was killed at Passchendaele on 30 October 1917.

Constructed as a book holder, this memorial is dedicated to war dead and veterans.

Erected by the Chancel Guild of St. John's Cathedral, this memorial is dedicated to the members of the congregation who were veterans or war dead of the First World War.

This memorial is dedicated "to our dead".

These benches were donated in 1991 by Korea Veterans Association Unit # 46 in honour of the Korean War.

This memorial plaque and bench, located between the Bessborough Hotel and the 25th Street Bridge, was erected by the Meewasin Valley Authority in memory of the Korean War. On 25 June 1950, North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel into the Republic of Korea. Canada agreed to raise an Infantry Brigade Group to assist the South Koreans, British, and Americans defend the country. Over 10,000 men formed an all-volunteer force and by February 1951, the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry was in action. Although peace negotiations began that summer, the fighting continued until an armistice was signed on 27 July 1953. Approximately 27,000 Canadians served in Korea. Of our 1,558 casualties, 516 were fatalities.

Plans for a war memorial were undertaken at the initiative of the Canadian Legion (Saskatchewan Command, Saskatoon Branch) and formally passed by a resolution of City Council on March 12, 1928. The cost would be jointly funded by the city and the Legion. By the end of April, City Council had appointed a Cenotaph Committee to work in coordination with the Legion’s committee. The Cenotaph Committee announced a contest with a $250 prize for the best design. City Council asked that the cenotaph have a chiming clock because it would serve a more useful and practical purpose than merely a memorial of stone with a plaque. On 8 August, F.H. Portnall, a Regina architect and Great War Veteran, was selected as the winner out of fifteen applicants. 

The almost 28 feet high, four-sided monument was constructed of Vancouver grey granite obtained by the Western Granite and Marble Co. The shaft is affixed to a base of reinforced concrete, built as a seven foot square, tapering to six square feet at the top and finished with a pyramidal cap. The main upper feature is a four-sided, bronze, electric clock, each face measuring thirty-six inches, specially ordered from Wm. Potts and Sons Ltd. in England. Surrounding each dial are fretted panels which allow the sound to pass, forming an outline of a Union Jack. Above the clock dial, a crown represented the war effort of the British Empire. The clock was illuminated at night and had four chiming bells to sound the time, ranging in weight from 400 pounds to 90 pounds.

A granite Coat of Arms of the city is above the bronze dedication plaque. On either side of the plaque are draped flags carved in granite, the tops of which reach to the fretwork on either side of the clock face. A bronze door on one side of the clock accesses the interior of the cenotaph, particularly to the clock works for maintenance and repair.

There were delays in the shipping the clock, and it was not shipped until October 17. Further delays had the clock arrive only one day before the unveiling. Despite work virtually around the clock by Henry Birks and Sons on Sunday, November 10, there were still finishing touches remaining. The clock, although assembled, was not fully operational for the dedication ceremonies the following day.

The cenotaph was constructed by Saskatoon general contractor, James Priel. David Webster, a local architect, supervised the work locally on Portnall’s behalf. Built at a total cost of $18,769, the cenotaph was unveiled at a dedication ceremony on November 11, 1929, at its original location on 21^st Street near 2^nd Avenue. Nearly 3,000 attended, among them, many ex-servicemen and those representing all branches of active military service.

On the night of August 15, 1957, it was dismantled and moved by Smith Brothers and Wilson Co., and reassembled at its current location. At that time, a new clock mechanism was installed, synchronous clockworks purchased again from the English company, Wm. Potts and Sons Ltd., and the faces and hands regilted. It was rededicated on October 15, 1957, during a convention of the Canadian Legion (Saskatchewan Command), which brought together over two hundred Legionnaires. In total, approximately 1,500 Saskatoon citizens were on site for the rededication.

A ceremony for the Second World War plaque took place on November 11, 1947. The Korean War plaque was added sometime in the mid to late 1950s. A ceremony for the peacekeepers plaque took place on August 9, 2006. The Afghanistan plaque ceremony was held in May of 2018.