Editing Isaac Brock (section)

===In Canada===
Canadians regard Brock as one of their greatest military heroes.{{sfn|Berton|1980|p=342}} On the 2004 television show ''[[The Greatest Canadian]]'' Brock was voted 28th even though he was not born or naturalized as a Canadian.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Strauss |first1=Stephen |title=Greatest Canadian List Pared Down |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/greatest-canadian-list-pared-down/article1142200/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=18 October 2004}}</ref>

{{multiple image |align=left |direction= horizontal |image1= Isaac Brock bust.jpg |width1= 125 |footer= Busts of Isaac Brock at [[Valiants Memorial]] in [[Ottawa]] (left), and in [[Brockville]], [[Ontario]] (right). |image2=Brockville - ON - Büste Brock.jpg |width2= 110}}

Although many Canadians have come to view Brock as one of their own, Brock never really felt at home in Canada. On the whole, he viewed the country as a backwater, and earnestly wished to return to Europe to fight against [[Napoleon]].{{sfn|Tupper|1847|pp=72-74}} Brock initially mistrusted the inhabitants of Upper Canada, many of whom he suspected of being American sympathizers, and he was reluctant to arm them indiscriminately to help defend the colonies. He  instead favoured expansion of volunteer forces which could be trained and supervised.{{sfn|Tupper|1847|pp=46, 63, 75}}

Since his death, several legends and myths about Brock have arisen. In 1908, the story of Brock's betrothal to Sophia Shaw, the daughter of Major General [[Æneas Shaw]], was first published.<ref>[[#Nursey1908|Nursey (1908)]], pp. 79, 136</ref> There is no supporting evidence for the claim and most biographers consider it apocryphal. A legend about Brock's horse, Alfred, appeared many years after Brock's death.{{sfn|Malcomson|2003|p=293}} The horse was said to have been shot and killed during the battle while being ridden by Macdonell, and as such is commemorated in a monument erected in 1976 in [[Queenston, Ontario|Queenston]] near the cairn marking the spot where Brock fell. There is little evidence, however, to support this account. Alfred, "fully caparisoned and led by four grooms," is recorded as preceding the coffin at Brock's interment at Fort George.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alfred Memorial |url=https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/national-inventory-canadian-memorials/details/11195 |website=Veteran's Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref>

In 1816, an unknown company issued a series of half-penny tokens honouring Brock with the title "The Hero of Upper Canada". Privately minted copper tokens became common in Canada due to initial distrust of "army bills", paper notes issued by Brock when there was a currency shortage caused by economic growth.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Isaac Brock Copper Halfpenny Token, 1816 |url=https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/bank/english/ejun79.htm |website=Currency Museum of the Bank of Canada |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Brock University statue of its namesake.JPG|thumb|Statue of Isaac Brock at [[Brock University]], a post-secondary institution named after the general]]
The city of [[Brockville]] and the township of [[Brock, Ontario|Brock]] in Ontario, the village of [[Brock, Saskatchewan|Brock]] in Saskatchewan, the [[Ontario Highway 405|General Isaac Brock Parkway]], and [[Brock University]] are all named in tribute to Brock. Schools named in his honour include one in [[Winnipeg]], and public schools in Toronto, [[Guelph]], [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[London, Ontario|London]], [[Vancouver]], and Windsor. The section of [[Spadina Avenue]] south of [[Queen Street, Toronto|Queen Street]] in Toronto was once named Brock Street in his memory.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tayloronhistory.com/2013/01/26/spadina-ave-when-it-was-a-quiet-rural-location/|last1=Taylor |first1=Doug|title = Toronto's Spadina Ave. When it was a Quiet Rural Location|website=Historic Toronto |date=2013}}</ref> The Toronto's Bathurst Street Bridge was renamed the [[Sir Isaac Brock Bridge]] in 2007 at the suggestion of the Friends of [[Fort York]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Bathurst Bridge Named for Sir Isaac Brock |journal=The Fife and Drum |date=December 2007 |volume=11 |issue=4 |url=https://www.fortyork.ca/images/newsletters/fife-and-drum-2007/fife-and-drum-dec-2007.pdf}}</ref>

In 2006, a bust of Brock was one of the fourteen statues and busts dedicated at the [[Valiants Memorial]] in Ottawa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Valiants Memorial |url=https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/national-inventory-canadian-memorials/details/7673 |website=Veteran Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=29 March 2025}}</ref>

A bronze life-sized statue of Brock and Tecumseh, located in the centre of Windsor's Sandwich Towne Roundabout, was unveiled on 7 September 2018. The statue depicts Brock examining Detroit through a spyglass while Tecumseh, mounted on horseback, is watching the British battery bombard the fort. The statue commemorates the partnership between the two leaders which resulted in the capture of Detroit, and was sculpted by Canadian artist Mark Williams.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tecumseh and Brock Monument |url=https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/national-inventory-canadian-memorials/details/10904 |website=Veteran Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=28 March 2025}}</ref>

[[Canada Post]] issued stamps commemorating Brock in 1969 and again in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=On Today's Date: Isaac Brock Appointed to Command British Forces in Upper Canada |url=https://canadianstampnews.com/otd-isaac-brock-appointed-command-british/ |website=Canadian Stamp News |access-date=7 April 2025 |date=27 September 2021}}</ref> In September 2012, the [[Royal Canadian Mint]] issued a 99.999% pure gold coin with a face value of $350 Canadian in recognition of the bicentenary of Brock's death. The reverse design was taken from the half-penny token privately issued in 1816.<ref>{{cite web |title=2012 Sir Isaac Brock, The Hero of Upper Canada - Pure Gold Coin |url=https://cdncoin.com/products/2012-350-sir-isaac-brock?srsltid=AfmBOopV-36UuXxFwsKXLSkftew7WhP5LT1f57iRtp0t_Fjv3jYEjGPz |website=Canadian Coin & Currency |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref> The mint also issued a series of four 25 cent coins depicting Isaac Brock, Tecumseh, [[Laura Secord]] and [[Charles de Salaberry|Charles-Michel de Salaberry]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2012 The War of 1812 Collection |url=https://cdncoin.com/products/2012-the-war-of-1812-collection-pure-silver-9-coin-set |website=Canadian Coin and Currency |access-date=29 March 2025}}</ref>