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Selected symbols list
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The Flag of British Columbia is based upon the shield of the provincial arms of British Columbia. At the top of the flag is a rendition of the Union Flag, defaced in the centre by a crown, representing the province's origins as a British colony, with a setting sun below...
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The Flag of Alberta, officially adopeted on 1 June 1968 displays the provincial shield of arms in the centre of a royal ultramarine blue background. The provincial colours, adopted in 1984, are blue and gold (deep yellow); they are also referred to as "Alberta blue" and "Alberta gold", appearing on the flag/shield in the sky/background and wheat background, respectively...
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The Flag of Manitoba is a variation of the Red Ensign which bears the shield of the provincial coat of arms. This flag was approved by the passage of a bill in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly on May 11, 1965..
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The Flag of New Brunswick is a banner modelled after the province's coat of arms and was adopted by proclamation on February 24, 1965...
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The Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador was introduced in 1980, and was designed by Newfoundland artist Christopher Pratt. The flag design was approved by the House of Assembly of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on May 28, 1980...
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The Flag of Nova Scotia, created in 1858, is a banner of the provincial arms. The flag is based on provincial coat of arms which was granted to the Governor of the Province in 1625...
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The current Flag of Ontario was proclaimed the official flag of the Canadian province of Ontario by the Flag Act on May 21, 1965...
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The Flag of Prince Edward Island is a banner modeled after the provincial arms. The flag has the proportions 3:2; the three sides away from the mast are bordered by alternating bands of red and white...
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The Flag of Quebec, called the Fleurdelisé, was adopted for the province by the government of Quebec, during the administration of Maurice Duplessis. It was the first provincial flag officially adopted in Canada, first shown on January 21, 1948, at the Parliament Building in Quebec City...
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The current Flag of Saskatchewan was adopted on 22 September 1969. The flag features the armorial bearings (coat of arms) in the upper quarter nearest the staff, with the floral emblem, the western red lily, in the fly. The upper green half of the flag represents the northern Saskatchewan forest lands, while the gold lower half symbolizes the southern, prairie wheat-fields...
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The current Flag of Northwest Territories was adopted in 1969 by the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories. Historically there have been four flags used in the territory since it joined confederation...
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The Flag of Nunavut was proclaimed on 1 April 1999, along with the territory of Nunavut in Canada. It features a red inukshuk—an Inuit land marker—and a blue star, which represents both the Niqirtsuituq, the North Star, and the leadership of elders in the community. The colours represent the riches of the land, sea and sky...
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The Flag of Yukon, is a green, white, and blue tricolour with the Coat of Arms of Yukon at the centre above a wreath of fireweed, the territorial flower. An official flag for Yukon was created during the 1960s, the decade in which the National Flag of Canada was chosen as well as several other provincial flags were created...
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The National Flag of Canada, also known as the Maple Leaf, and l'Unifolié (French for "the one-leafed"), is a red flag with a white square in its centre, featuring a stylized 11-pointed red maple leaf. Its adoption in 1965 marked the first time a national flag had been officially adopted to replace the Union Flag...
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Rosa acicularis also known as the prickly wild rose, the prickly rose, the bristly rose and the Arctic rose, is a species of wild rose with a Holarctic distribution. It is the official flower of the Canadian province of Alberta and is located throughout the province and Western Canada...
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The Pacific Dogwood is a species of dogwood native to western North America from lowlands of southern British Columbia to mountains of southern California. It is the provincial flower of British Columbia. It was protected by law in that Province..
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Pulsatilla patens is the provincial flower of Manitoba. It is highly toxic, and produces cardiogenic toxins and oxytoxins which slow the heart in humans..
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Viola cucullata (Hooded Blue Violet, Marsh Blue Violet or Purple Violet) is a species of the genus Viola native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Georgia. The purple violet is the provincial flower of New Brunswick...
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Sarracenia purpurea, commonly known as the Purple pitcher plant or Side-saddle flower, is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae. The species is the floral emblem of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador...
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Epigaea repens (Mayflower or Trailing Arbutus) is a low, spreading shrub in the Ericaceae family. Epigaea repens is the floral emblem of both Nova Scotia and Massachusetts...
symbols 21–40
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Trillium grandiflorum, commonly known as white trillium, great white trillium, white wake-robin, or in French as trille blanc, is a perennial monocotyledonous plant in the lily family. it serves as the provincial emblem of Ontario, the state wild flower of Ohio, and it is often used in heraldry in Canada...
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Cypripedium acaule is a member of the orchid genus Cypripedium. Members of this genus are commonly referred to as Lady's Slipper orchids. The Pink Lady's Slipper is the provincial flower of Prince Edward Island...
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Iris versicolor, also commonly known as the Harlequin Blueflag, the Larger Blue Flag, and other varitations of those names, is a species of Iris native to North America where it is common in sedge meadows, marshes, and along streambanks and shores. The blue flag is the provincial flower of Quebec, having replaced the Madonna lily which is not native to the province...
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Lilium philadelphicum, also known as the wood lily, Philadelphia lily, prairie lily or western red lily, is a perennial species of lily native to North America. A variant of the species, the western red lily (L. philadelphicum andinum) was designated Saskatchewan's floral emblem in 1941. In Saskatchewan, the flower is protected under the Provincial Emblems and Honours Act, meaning it cannot be picked, uprooted or destroyed in any way..
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Dryas octopetala (common names include mountain avens, white dryas, and white dryad) is an arctic-alpine flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is the official territorial flower of the Northwest Territories and the national flower of Iceland...
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Saxifraga oppositifolia, the purple saxifrage, is a species of edible plant that is very common all over the high Arctic and also some high mountainous areas further south, including northern Britain, the Alps and the Rocky Mountains. It serves as the territorial flower of Nunavut in Canada and the county flower of County Londonderry in Northern Ireland...
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Fireweed or (mainly in Britain) Rosebay Willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. Fireweed is the floral emblem of Yukon...
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The maple leaf tartan was designed in 1964 by David Weiser to commemorate the new Canadian flag and declared an official national emblem of Canada in 2011. The four colours reflect the colours of the maple leaf as it changes through the seasons—green in the spring, gold in the early autumn, red at the first frost, and brown after falling...
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Lacrosse is a full contact team sport played using a solid rubber ball and long handled racket called a crosse or lacrosse stick. Bill C-212 declared lacrosse as Canada's National Summer Sport as of May 12, 1994...
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The Great Seal of Canada is a seal used for official purposes of state in Canada such as proclamations..
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The Canada wordmark was established in 1980, the Canada wordmark is essentially a logo for the government of Canada: it consists of the word "Canada" written in a serif font, a modified version of Baskerville, with a Canadian flag over the final 'a'. In a 1999 study commissioned by the federal government, 77% of respondents remembered seeing the Canada wordmark at some point in the past...
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The Maple leaf is the characteristic leaf of the maple tree, and is an important national symbol of Canada. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the settlements of New France had attained a population of about 18,000. Also by this time, the maple leaf had been adopted as an emblem by the Canadiens along the Saint Lawrence River...
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The Queen's Personal Canadian Flag, sometimes called the Royal Standard of Canada, is the personal standard, or official flag, of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. The flag was adopted by the Queen in 1962...
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Acer (maple) is a genus of trees or shrubs. They are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or (together with the Hippocastanaceae) included in the family Sapindaceae. As of April 25, 1996, the maple tree became the national arboreal emblem of Canada...
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The importance of the North American Beaver in the development of Canada through the fur trade led to its designation as the national animal. The beaver is also the symbol of many units and organizations within the Canadian Forces, such as on the cap badges of the Royal 22e Régiment and the Canadian Military Engineers...
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The Canadian Horse is a breed of horse developed in Canada. Although previously relatively unknown due to its rarity, the Canadian Horse has influenced many other North American breeds, including the Morgan, American Saddlebred, and Standardbred. On April 30, 2002, a bill was passed into law by the Canadian Government making the Canadian Horse an official symbol of Canada...
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Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is the official national winter sport of Canada, where the game enjoys immense popularity. Only six of the thirty NHL franchises are based in Canada, but Canadian players outnumber Americans in the league...
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Nominations
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