List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols
This is a list of the symbols of the provinces and territories of Canada. Each province and territory has a unique set of official symbols.[1]
Provinces and territories
Name | Flag | Coat of arms | Escutcheon | Bird | Animal (mammal) | Fish | Flower | Tree | Mineral | Motto | Other |
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Alberta[2] | ![]() |
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Great horned owl | Bighorn sheep | Bull trout | Wild rose | Lodgepole pine | Petrified wood | Fortis et liber (strong and free) |
Provincial grass: rough fescue, song: "Alberta", gemstone: ammolite |
British Columbia[3] | ![]() |
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Steller's jay | Spirit bear | Pacific salmon | Pacific dogwood | Western redcedar | Jade | Splendor sine occasu (splendour without diminishment) |
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Manitoba[4] | ![]() |
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Great grey owl | Plains bison | Walleye | Prairie crocus | White spruce | - | Gloriosus et liber (glorious and free) |
Provincial grass: big bluestem, fossil: Tylosaurus pembinensis, soil: Newdale soil (Orthic Black Chernozem) |
New Brunswick[5] | ![]() |
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Black-capped chickadee | - | - | Purple violet | Balsam fir | - | Spem reduxit (hope was restored) |
Provincial soil: Holmesville, Salmon Fly: Picture Province[6] |
Newfoundland and Labrador[7] | ![]() |
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Atlantic puffin (provincial bird) Willow ptarmigan Rock ptarmigan (game bird) |
Woodland caribou (Newfoundland regimental mascot) Newfoundland pony (heritage animal) |
- | Purple pitcher plant | Black spruce | Labradorite | Quaerite primum regnum dei (seek ye first the kingdom of God) |
Anthem: "Ode to Newfoundland", Newfoundland Tricolour, Labrador flag |
Northwest Territories[8] | ![]() |
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Gyrfalcon | - | Arctic grayling | Mountain avens | Tamarack larch | Gold | - | Territorial gemstone: diamond |
Nova Scotia[9] | ![]() |
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Osprey | Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Sable Island horse |
Brook trout | Mayflower | Red spruce | Stilbite | Munit haec et altera vincit (one defends and the other conquers) |
Sailing ambassador: Bluenose II, Nova Scotia tartan; berry: wild blueberry; fossil: Hylonomus lyelli; gemstone: agate |
Nunavut[10] | ![]() |
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Rock ptarmigan | Canadian Inuit Dog | - | Purple saxifrage | - | - | Nunavut Sanginivut (Our land, our strength) |
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Ontario[11] | ![]() |
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Common loon | - | - | White trillium | Eastern white pine | Amethyst | Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet (loyal she began thus she remains) |
Anthem (unofficial): "A Place to Stand, A Place to Grow (Ontari-ari-ari-o!)" |
Prince Edward Island[12] | ![]() |
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Blue jay | Red fox[13] | - | Lady's slipper | Red oak | - | Parva sub ingenti (the small under the protection of the great) |
Provincial soil: Charlottetown; anthem: "The Island Hymn" |
Quebec[14] | ![]() |
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Snowy owl | - | - | Blue flag iris | Yellow birch | - | Je me souviens (I remember) |
Provincial symbol: fleur-de-lis; anthem (unofficial): "Gens du pays" |
Saskatchewan[15] | ![]() |
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Sharp-tailed grouse | White-tailed deer | Walleye | Western red lily | White birch | Potash | Multis e gentibus vires (from many peoples, strength) |
Provincial grass: needle-and-thread grass, fruit emblem: Saskatoon berry, Fossil: Tyrannosaurus rex |
Yukon[16] | ![]() |
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Common raven | - | - | Fireweed | Subalpine fir | Lazulite | - | - |
See also
Symbols by provinces and territories
References
- "Provincial and Territorial Emblems". Government of Canada.
- "Emblems of Alberta". Alberta Culture and Tourism. 2017-06-14. Archived from the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- Government of British Columbia. "Symbols of British Columbia". Archived from the original on 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- Government of Manitoba. "Official Emblems of Manitoba" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- Government of New Brunswick. "Symbols of New Brunswick". Archived from the original on 2017-07-09. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- "New Brunswick's world renowned fly tier". St. Mary*s River Association. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
A salmon fly designated as the "Picture Province" has been designed by Warren Duncan comprising a tag of gold symbolizing the value of Atlantic Salmon to New Brunswick; a butt of green floss honouring the fiddlehead; a tail of red goose fibres to match Canada's flag indicating New Brunswick's ties with the nation; a body of cranberry red being one of New Brunswick's official colours; a rib of medium oval gold tinsel; a hackle of lemon yellow being the background colour of New Brunswick's flag; a wing of hair from the black bear and a head of black. This fly was proclaimed to be provincial official symbol on July 22, 1993.
- Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. "Symbols of Newfoundland and Labrador". Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- Government of the Northwest Territories. "Symbols of the Northwest Territories". Archived from the original on 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- Government of Nova Scotia. "Symbols of Nova Scotia". Archived from the original on 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- Government of Nunavut. "Official Symbols Gallery". Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- Legislative Assembly of Ontario. "Emblems and Symbols". Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- Government of Prince Edward Island. "Symbols of Prince Edward Island". Archived from the original on 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- Yarr, Kevin (May 9, 2018). "Fox beats cow in battle over P.E.I. provincial animal". CBC. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- Government of Quebec. "National Flag and Emblems". Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- Government of Saskatchewan. "Emblems of Saskatchewan". Archived from the original on 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- Government of Yukon. "Emblems and Symbols of Yukon". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- Government of Canada (2016-01-12). "Provincial and territorial symbols". Retrieved 2017-07-10.
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