A beaver featuring a maple leaf pattern in fall colours, one of 52 hand-painted beaver statues representing different countries in the FIFA World Cup, is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Old Town Toronto BIA (Mandatory Credit)
Auction for FIFA beavers in Toronto closes, Canadian motif statue garners highest bid
Aug 25, 2026 | 9:56 AM
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TORONTO — The bid to own one of the FIFA World Cup-themed beaver statues sprawled across an eastern downtown Toronto neighbourhood has officially closed.
The online bidding on 50 beaver installations closed on Monday and received more than $170,000 in total bids.
The vibrant beavers were part of an artistic scavenger hunt hosted by the Old Town Toronto Business Improvement Area, which ran between May 25 and Aug. 16.
The auction site shows an anonymous bidder swept up the hand-painted Canadian motif beaver featuring fall-coloured maple leaves for $10,025.
