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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
Alberta
[2]
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]
Steller's jay
Spirit bear
Pacific salmon
Pacific dogwood
Western redcedar
Jade
Splendor sine occasu (splendour without diminishment)
-
Manitoba
[4]
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]
Black-capped chickadee
-
-
Purple violet
Balsam fir
-
Spem reduxit (hope was restored)
Provincial soil:
Holmesville ,
Salmon Fly : Picture Province
[6]
Newfoundland and Labrador
[7]
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]
Gyrfalcon
-
Arctic grayling
Mountain avens
Tamarack larch
Gold
-
Territorial gemstone:
diamond
Nova Scotia
[9]
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]
Rock ptarmigan
Canadian Inuit Dog
-
Purple saxifrage
-
-
Nunavut Sanginivut (Our land, our strength)
-
Ontario
[11]
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]
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]
Snowy owl
-
-
Blue flag iris
Yellow birch
-
Je me souviens (I remember)
Provincial symbol:
fleur-de-lis ; anthem (unofficial): "
Gens du pays "
Saskatchewan
[15]
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]
Common raven
-
-
Fireweed
Subalpine fir
Lazulite
-
-
See also
Symbols by provinces and territories
References
Provinces Territories Historical Related
Ranked Political Historical Other