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.
Provinces and territories
| Name | Flag | Coat of arms | Escutcheon | Bird | Animal (mammal) | Fish | Flower | Tree | Mineral | Motto | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 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 | Steller's jay | Spirit bear | Pacific salmon | Pacific dogwood | Western redcedar | Jade | Splendor sine occasu (splendour without diminishment) | Provincial fossil: Elasmosaur | |||
| Manitoba | 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 | Black-capped chickadee | – | – | Purple violet | Balsam fir | – | Spem reduxit (hope was restored) | Provincial soil: Holmesville, Salmon Fly: Picture Province | |||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 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 | Gyrfalcon | – | Arctic grayling | Mountain avens | Tamarack larch | Gold | – | Territorial gemstone: diamond | |||
| Nova Scotia | 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 | Rock ptarmigan | Canadian Inuit Dog | – | Purple saxifrage | – | – | Nunavut Sanginivut (Our land, our strength) | – | |||
| Ontario | Common loon | – | – | White trillium | Eastern white pine | Amethyst | Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet (loyal she began thus she remains) | ||||
| Prince Edward Island | Blue jay | Red fox | – | Lady's slipper | Red oak | – | Parva sub ingenti (the small under the protection of the great) | Provincial soil: Charlottetown; anthem: "The Island Hymn" | |||
| Quebec | Snowy owl | – | – | Blue flag iris | Yellow birch | – | Je me souviens (I remember) | Provincial symbol: fleur-de-lis | |||
| Saskatchewan | 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 | Common raven | – | – | Fireweed | Subalpine fir | Lazulite | – | – |
See also
- Canada portal
- Coat of arms of Canada
- List of Canadian flags
- National symbols of Canada
- Canadian Red Ensign
- Regional tartans of Canada
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