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List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/provincial-territorial-symbols-canada/about.html|title=Provincial and Territorial Emblems |date=August 15, 2017 |publisher =Government of Canada }}

Provinces and territories

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|+Provincial and territorial symbols by province and territory

scope="col" | Name

! scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Coat of arms

! scope="col" | Escutcheon

! scope="col" | Bird

! scope="col" | Animal (mammal)

! scope="col" | Fish

! scope="col" | Flower

! scope="col" | Tree

! scope="col" | Mineral

! scope="col" | Motto

! scope="col" | Other

scope="row" | Alberta{{cite web|title=Emblems of Alberta|url=http://www.culture.alberta.ca/about/emblems-of-alberta/default.aspx|website=Alberta Culture and Tourism|access-date=July 10, 2017|date=June 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408171824/http://www.culturetourism.alberta.ca/about/emblems-of-alberta/default.aspx|archive-date=April 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}

| align="center" | File:Flag of Alberta.svg

| align="center" | File:Coat of arms of Alberta.svg

| align="center" | 60px

| 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

scope="row" | British Columbia{{cite web |author=Government of British Columbia |author-link=Politics of British Columbia |title=Symbols of British Columbia |url=http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/celebrating-british-columbia/symbols-of-bc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121115711/https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/celebrating-british-columbia/symbols-of-bc |archive-date=January 21, 2025 |access-date=January 22, 2017}}

| align="center" | File:Flag of British Columbia.svg

| align="center" | File:Coat of arms of British Columbia.svg

| align="center" | 60px

| Steller's jay

| Spirit bear

| Pacific salmon

| Pacific dogwood

| Western redcedar

| Jade

| Splendor sine occasu
(splendour without diminishment)

| Provincial fossil: Elasmosaur

scope="row" | Manitoba{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/visiting/docs/symbolsofmanitoba.pdf |title=Official Emblems of Manitoba |author=Government of Manitoba |access-date=July 10, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170710102317/https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/visiting/docs/symbolsofmanitoba.pdf |archive-date=July 10, 2017 |url-status=live}}

| align="center" | File:Flag of Manitoba.svg

| align="center" | File:Coat of arms of Manitoba.svg

| align="center" | 60px

| 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)

scope="row" | New Brunswick{{cite web |url=http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/government_services/symbols.html |title=Symbols of New Brunswick |author=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=July 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709060607/http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/government_services/symbols.html |archive-date=July 9, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

| align="center" | File:Flag of New Brunswick.svg

| align="center" | File:New Brunswick coat of arms.svg

| align="center" | 60px

| Black-capped chickadee

| –

| –

| Purple violet

| Balsam fir

| –

| Spem reduxit
(hope was restored)

| Provincial soil: Holmesville,
Salmon Fly: Picture Province{{cite web |title=New Brunswick's world renowned fly tier |url=https://www.stmarysriverassociation.com/warren-duncan.html |website=St. Mary*s River Association |access-date=February 11, 2021 |language=en |quote=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.}}

scope="row" | Newfoundland and Labrador{{cite web | url= http://www.exec.gov.nl.ca/exec/cabinet/protocol/symbols.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161224093457/http://www.exec.gov.nl.ca/exec/cabinet/protocol/symbols.html | title= Symbols of Newfoundland and Labrador| author= Government of Newfoundland and Labrador| access-date=July 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-date=December 24, 2016}}

| align="center" | File:Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg

| align="center" | File:Coat of Arms of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg

| align="center" | 60px

| 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

scope="row" | Northwest Territories{{Cite web|url=http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/visitors/symbols-nwt |title=Symbols of the Northwest Territories |author=Government of the Northwest Territories |date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=July 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704101926/http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/visitors/symbols-nwt |archive-date=July 4, 2017 |url-status=live}}

| align="center" | File:Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg

| align="center" | File:Coat of arms of Northwest Territories.svg

| align="center" | 60px

| Gyrfalcon

| –

| Arctic grayling

| Mountain avens

| Tamarack larch

| Gold

| –

| Territorial gemstone: diamond

scope="row" | Nova Scotia{{cite web | url= http://nslegislature.ca/index.php/about/symbols/ | title= Symbols of Nova Scotia| author= Government of Nova Scotia| access-date=July 10, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170701124156/http://nslegislature.ca/index.php/about/symbols/ |archive-date=July 1, 2017|url-status=live}}

| align="center" | File:Flag of Nova Scotia.svg

| align="center" | File:Coat of arms of Nova Scotia.svg

| align="center" | 60px

| 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

scope="row" | Nunavut{{Cite web| url= http://www.assembly.nu.ca/about-legislative-assembly/photo-gallery |title= Official Symbols Gallery |author= Government of Nunavut|access-date=July 10, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170222140338/http://www.assembly.nu.ca/about-legislative-assembly/photo-gallery |archive-date = February 22, 2017 |url-status=live}}

| align="center" | File:Flag of Nunavut.svg

| align="center" | File:Coat of arms of Nunavut.svg

| align="center" | 60px

| Rock ptarmigan

| Canadian Inuit Dog

| –

| Purple saxifrage

| –

| –

| Nunavut Sanginivut
(Our land, our strength)

| –

scope="row" | Ontario{{cite web |title=Ontario's provincial symbols |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/provincial-territorial-symbols-canada/ontario.html |website=Canadian Heritage |access-date=December 17, 2024 |date=August 15, 2017}}

| align="center" | File:Flag of Ontario.svg

| align="center" | File:Coat of arms of Ontario.svg

| align="center" | 60px

| Common loon

| –

| –

| White trillium

| Eastern white pine

| Amethyst

| Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet
(loyal she began thus she remains)

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scope="row" | Prince Edward Island{{Cite web| url= http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/index.php3?number=1107&lang=E |title= Symbols of Prince Edward Island|author= Government of Prince Edward Island|access-date=July 10, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160830001636/http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/index.php3?number=1107&lang=E |archive-date=August 30, 2016|url-status=live}}

| align="center" | File:Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg

| align="center" | File:Prince Edward Island coat of arms.svg

| align="center" | 60px

| Blue jay

|Red fox{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-fox-provincial-animal-1.4654658|title=Fox beats cow in battle over P.E.I. provincial animal |date=May 9, 2018|first=Kevin |last=Yarr|website=CBC|language=en|access-date=March 26, 2019}}

| –

| Lady's slipper

| Red oak

| –

| Parva sub ingenti
(the small under the protection of the great)

| Provincial soil: Charlottetown;
anthem: "The Island Hymn"

scope="row" | Quebec{{Cite web|url=http://www.gouv.qc.ca/EN/LeQuebec/Pages/Drapeaux-symboles-nationaux.aspx |title=National Flag and Emblems|author=Government of Quebec |access-date=July 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160820024935/http://www.gouv.qc.ca/EN/LeQuebec/Pages/Drapeaux-symboles-nationaux.aspx |archive-date=August 20, 2016}}

| align="center" | File:Flag of Quebec.svg

| align="center" | File:Coat of arms of Quebec.svg

| align="center" | 60px

| Snowy owl

| –

| –

| Blue flag iris

| Yellow birch

| –

| Je me souviens
(I remember)

| Provincial symbol: fleur-de-lis

scope="row" | Saskatchewan{{Cite web| url= http://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/visual-identity-and-protocol/emblems-and-flags |title= Emblems of Saskatchewan|author= Government of Saskatchewan |access-date=July 10, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170619022048/http://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/visual-identity-and-protocol/emblems-and-flags |archive-date=June 19, 2017|url-status=live}}

| align="center" | File:Flag of Saskatchewan.svg

| align="center" | File:Coat of arms of Saskatchewan.svg

| align="center" | 60px

| 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

scope="row" | Yukon{{Cite web |url=http://www.gov.yk.ca/aboutyukon/emblemsandsymbols.html |title=Emblems and Symbols of Yukon |author=Government of Yukon |access-date=July 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630214304/http://www.gov.yk.ca/aboutyukon/emblemsandsymbols.html |archive-date=June 30, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

| align="center" | File:Flag of Yukon.svg

| align="center" | File:Coat of arms of Yukon.svg

| align="center" | 60px

| Common raven

| –

| –

| Fireweed

| Subalpine fir

| Lazulite

| –

| –

See also

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