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The national flag of Canada (at left) being flown with the flags of the 10 Canadian provinces and 3 territories. The Department of Canadian Heritage lays out protocol guidelines for the display of flags, including an order of precedence; these instructions are only conventional, however, and are generally intended to show respect for what are considered important symbols of the state or ...
(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 ...
The Maple Leaf flag is Canada's national flag. Each Canadian province and territory also has its own flags and other symbols. All but three of Canada's provincial and territorial flags are a banner of the province's arms or feature the arms. The exceptions are Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nunavut.
Regional tartans of Canada are represented by all Canada's provinces and territories having a regional tartan, as do many other regional divisions in Canada.Tartans were first brought to Canada by Scottish settlers; the first province to adopt one officially was Nova Scotia in 1956 (when registered at the Court of the Lord Lyon; adopted by law in 1963), and the most recent province was Ontario ...
Canadian provincial and territorial coats of arms (13 P) A. Provincial symbols of Alberta (1 C, 14 P) B. Provincial symbols of British Columbia (1 C, 8 P) M.
Called the Carillon , it resembles the modern flag except that the fleurs-de-lis are located at the corners, pointing inward. It was based on an earlier flag with no cross, and with the figure of the Virgin Mary in the centre. The Carillon flag was first raised on September 26, 1902, and it is preserved in the archives of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.
In 1980, a new design was introduced and is used by each province's lieutenant governor, except for Quebec. Common frame of each flag consists of the escutcheon of the arms of the province circled with ten gold maple leaves (representing the ten provinces) surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown on a field of blue. Though approved in 1980, most ...
Outlines of Canadian provinces and territories (13 P) Provincial and territorial government in Canada (4 C, 1 P) Categories by province or territory of Canada (30 C)