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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.<ref name=Provincial>{{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 }}</ref>

==Provinces and territories==
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{|class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" style=text-align:left;"
|+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" | [[Symbols of Alberta|Alberta]]<ref name=AB>{{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}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Alberta.svg|60px|border|Flag of Alberta|link=Flag of Alberta]]
| align="center" | [[File:Coat of arms of Alberta.svg|60px|link=Coat of arms of Alberta]]
| align="center" | [[File:Shield of Alberta.svg|60px]]
| [[Great horned owl]]
| [[Bighorn sheep]]
| [[Bull trout]]
| [[Rosa acicularis|Wild rose]]
| [[Pinus contorta|Lodgepole pine]]
| [[Petrified wood]]
| ''Fortis et liber''<br />(strong and free)
| Provincial grass: [[Festuca altaica|rough fescue]],<br />song: "[[Alberta (anthem)|Alberta]]",<br />gemstone: [[ammolite]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Symbols of British Columbia|British Columbia]]<ref name="BC">{{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}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[File:Flag of British Columbia.svg|60px|border|Flag of British Columbia|link=Flag of British Columbia]]
| align="center" | [[File:Coat of arms of British Columbia.svg|60px|Coat of arms of British Columbia|link=Coat of arms of British Columbia]]
| align="center" | [[File:Arms of British Columbia.svg|60px]]
| [[Steller's jay]]
| [[Kermode bear|Spirit bear]]
| [[Oncorhynchus|Pacific salmon]]
| [[Cornus nuttallii|Pacific dogwood]]
| [[Thuja plicata|Western redcedar]]
| [[Jade]]
| ''Splendor sine occasu''<br />(splendour without diminishment)
| Provincial fossil: [[Elasmosauridae|Elasmosaur]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Symbols of Manitoba|Manitoba]]<ref name=MB>{{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}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Manitoba.svg|60px|border|Flag of Manitoba|link=Flag of Manitoba]]
| align="center" | [[File:Coat of arms of Manitoba.svg|60px|Coat of arms of Manitoba|link=Coat of arms of Manitoba]]
| align="center" | [[File:Simple arms of Manitoba.svg|60px]]
| [[Great grey owl]]
| [[Plains bison]]
| [[Walleye]]
| [[Pulsatilla nuttalliana|Prairie crocus]]
| [[Picea glauca|White spruce]]
| –
| ''Gloriosus et liber''<br />(glorious and free)
| Provincial grass: [[Andropogon gerardi|big bluestem]],<br />fossil: [[Tylosaurus|''Tylosaurus pembinensis'']],<br />soil: Newdale soil (Orthic Black Chernozem)
|-
! scope="row" | [[Symbols of New Brunswick|New Brunswick]]<ref name=NB>{{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 }}</ref>
| align="center" | [[File:Flag of New Brunswick.svg|60px|border|Flag of New Brunswick|link=Flag of New Brunswick]]
| align="center" | [[File:New Brunswick coat of arms.svg|60px|Coat of arms of New Brunswick|link=Coat of arms of New Brunswick]]
| align="center" | [[File:Arms of New Brunswick.svg|60px]]
| [[Black-capped chickadee]]
| –
| –
| [[Viola pedatifida|Purple violet]]
| [[Abies balsamea|Balsam fir]]
| –
| ''Spem reduxit''<br />(hope was restored)
| Provincial soil: [[Holmesville Soil Series|Holmesville]], <br /> [[Fly Fishing|Salmon Fly]]: Picture Province<ref>{{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.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Symbols of Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland and Labrador]]<ref name=NL>{{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}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg|60px|border|Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador|link=Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador]]
| align="center" | [[File:Coat of Arms of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg|60px|Coat of arms of Newfoundland and Labrador|link=Coat of arms of Newfoundland and Labrador]]
| align="center" | [[File:Simple arms of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg|60px]]
| [[Atlantic puffin]] (provincial bird)<br />[[Willow ptarmigan]]<br />[[Rock ptarmigan]] (game bird)
| [[Boreal woodland caribou|Woodland caribou]]<br />(Newfoundland regimental mascot)<br />[[Newfoundland pony]]<br />(heritage animal)
| –
| [[Sarracenia purpurea|Purple pitcher plant]]
| [[Picea mariana|Black spruce]]
| [[Labradorite]]
| ''Quaerite primum regnum dei''<br />(seek ye first the kingdom of God)
| Anthem: "[[Ode to Newfoundland]]",<br />[[Newfoundland Tricolour]],<br />[[Flag of Labrador|Labrador flag]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Symbols of the Northwest Territories|Northwest Territories]]<ref name="NT">{{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}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[File:Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg|60px|border|Flag of the Northwest Territories|link=Flag of the Northwest Territories]]
| align="center" | [[File:Coat of arms of Northwest Territories.svg|60px|Coat of arms of the Northwest Territories|link=Coat of arms of the Northwest Territories]]
| align="center" | [[File:Coat of Arms of the Northwest Territories.svg|60px]]
| [[Gyrfalcon]]
| –
| [[Arctic grayling]]
| [[Dryas octopetala|Mountain avens]]
| [[Larix laricina|Tamarack larch]]
| [[Gold]]
| –
| Territorial gemstone: [[diamond]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Symbols of Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia]]<ref name=NS>{{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}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Nova Scotia.svg|60px|border|Flag of Nova Scotia|link=Flag of Nova Scotia]]
| align="center" | [[File:Coat of arms of Nova Scotia.svg|60px|Coat of arms of Nova Scotia|link=Coat of arms of Nova Scotia]]
| align="center" | [[File:Arms of Nova Scotia.svg|60px]]
| [[Osprey]]
| [[Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever]]<br />[[Sable Island horse]]
| [[Brook trout]]
| [[Epigaea repens|Mayflower]]
| [[Picea rubens|Red spruce]]
| [[Stilbite]]
| ''Munit haec et altera vincit''<br />(one defends and the other conquers)
| Sailing ambassador: ''[[Bluenose II]]'',<br />[[Regional tartans of Canada#Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia tartan]];<br />berry: [[Blueberry|wild blueberry]];<br />fossil: ''[[Hylonomus|Hylonomus lyelli]]'';<br />gemstone: [[agate]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Symbols of Nunavut|Nunavut]]<ref name="NU">{{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}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Nunavut.svg|60px|border|Flag of Nunavut|link=Flag of Nunavut]]
| align="center" | [[File:Coat of arms of Nunavut.svg|60px|Coat of arms of Nunavut|link=Coat of arms of Nunavut]]
| align="center" | [[File:Shield of arms of Nunavut.svg|60px]]
| [[Rock ptarmigan]]
| [[Canadian Eskimo Dog|Canadian Inuit Dog]]
| –
| [[Saxifraga oppositifolia|Purple saxifrage]]
| –
| –
| ''Nunavut Sanginivut''<br />(Our land, our strength)
| –
|-
! scope="row" | [[Symbols of Ontario|Ontario]]<ref name="Ontario">{{cite web |title=Ontario's provincial symbols |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/provincial-territorial-symbols-canada/ontario.html |website=[[Department of Canadian Heritage|Canadian Heritage]] |access-date=December 17, 2024 |date=August 15, 2017}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Ontario.svg|60px|border|Flag of Ontario|link=Flag of Ontario]]
| align="center" | [[File:Coat of arms of Ontario.svg|60px|Coat of arms of Ontario|link=Coat of arms of Ontario]]
| align="center" | [[File:Arms of Ontario.svg|60px]]
| [[Common loon]]
| –
| –
| [[Trillium grandiflorum|White trillium]]
| [[Pinus strobus|Eastern white pine]]
| [[Amethyst]]
| ''Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet''<br />(loyal she began thus she remains)
| 
|-
! scope="row" | [[Symbols of Prince Edward Island|Prince Edward Island]]<ref name=PE>{{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}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg|60px|border|Flag of Prince Edward Island|link=Flag of Prince Edward Island]]
| align="center" | [[File:Prince Edward Island coat of arms.svg|60px|Coat of arms of Prince Edward Island|link=Coat of arms of Prince Edward Island]]
| align="center" | [[File:Arms of Prince Edward Island.svg|60px]]
| [[Blue jay]]
|[[Red fox]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| –
| [[Cypripedium acaule|Lady's slipper]]
| [[Quercus rubra|Red oak]]
| –
| ''Parva sub ingenti''<br />(the small under the protection of the great)
| Provincial soil: [[Charlottetown (soil series)|Charlottetown]];<br />anthem: "[[The Island Hymn]]"
|-
! scope="row" | [[Symbols of Quebec|Quebec]]<ref name="QC">{{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}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Quebec.svg|60px|border|Flag of Quebec|link=Flag of Quebec]]
| align="center" | [[File:Coat of arms of Quebec.svg|60px|Coat of arms of Quebec|link=Coat of arms of Quebec]]
| align="center" | [[File:Arms of Québec.svg|60px]]
| [[Snowy owl]]
| –
| –
| [[Iris versicolor|Blue flag iris]]
| [[Betula alleghaniensis|Yellow birch]]
| –
| ''[[Je me souviens]]''<br />(I remember)
| Provincial symbol: [[fleur-de-lis]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Symbols of Saskatchewan|Saskatchewan]]<ref name=SK>{{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}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Saskatchewan.svg|60px|border|Flag of Saskatchewan|link=Flag of Saskatchewan]]
| align="center" | [[File:Coat of arms of Saskatchewan.svg|60px|Coat of arms of Saskatchewan|link=Coat of arms of Saskatchewan]]
| align="center" | [[File:Shield of arms of Saskatchewan.svg|60px]]
| [[Sharp-tailed grouse]]
| [[White-tailed deer]]
| [[Walleye]]
| [[Lilium philadelphicum|Western red lily]]
| [[Betula papyrifera|White birch]]
| [[Potash]]
| ''Multis e gentibus vires''<br />(from many peoples, strength)
| Provincial grass: [[Hesperostipa comata|needle-and-thread grass]],<br />fruit emblem: [[Amelanchier alnifolia|Saskatoon berry]], Fossil: ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]''
|-
! scope="row" | [[Symbols of Yukon|Yukon]]<ref name="YU">{{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 }}</ref>
| align="center" | [[File:Flag of Yukon.svg|60px|border|Flag of Yukon|link=Flag of Yukon]]
| align="center" | [[File:Coat of arms of Yukon.svg|60px|Coat of arms of Yukon|link=Coat of arms of Yukon]]
| align="center" | [[File:Coat of arms of Yukon (escutcheon).svg|60px]]
| [[Common raven]]
| –
| –
| [[Chamaenerion angustifolium|Fireweed]]
| [[Abies lasiocarpa|Subalpine fir]]
| [[Lazulite]]
| –
| –
|}

==See also==
{{Canada provinces map|border=none|align=right|prefix = Symbols of|the=the|width = 240px|caption = Symbols by provinces and territories  }}
*{{Portal-inline|Canada}}
* [[Coat of arms of Canada]]
* [[List of Canadian flags]]
* [[National symbols of Canada]]
* [[Canadian Red Ensign]]
* [[Regional tartans of Canada]]{{Clear}}

==References==
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