Canadabrug, Protected monument bridge in Bruges, Belgium

The Canadabrug is a five-span arch bridge over the Afleidingsvaart, 36.40 metres long and 16.79 metres wide, linking the Kristus-Koning district with Sint-Andries. Its wrought- and cast-iron balustrades follow classicist motifs, and at each end a stone base with a blue-and-white crest panel carries a bronze bison by Octave Rotsaert.

The bridge was built after World War II and commemorates the Canadian military forces that liberated the city in 1944. It marks the route where troops entered Bruges during the advance through Belgium.

The bison statues are the work of Octave Rotsaert, placed to honour the Canadian liberators, whose emblem was a bison. Because of them the bridge is nicknamed Bizonbrug or Buffelbrug. Each September, during the liberation festivities, a memorial ceremony for the dead is held at the bridge.

The bridge carries Leopold I-laan over the Afleidingsvaart between Kristus-Koning and Sint-Andries. Since 1994 separate foot and cycle bridges, 42 m long and 4.20 m wide, run a few metres from each side and were renewed in 2020. The deck is a flat concrete roadway with low blue railings; a 5T weight sign stands at the left end.

The nickname "Bizonbrug" or "Buffelbrug" comes from the two bison statues by Octave Rotsaert, placed to honour the Canadian liberators, whose emblem was a bison. The bridge and sculpture group were listed as a protected monument in 2010.