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Canada's Flags and Symbols
Canadian Flag
Canadian Flag Printout/Quiz

Canadian FlagCanada: Canada's national flag features the maple leaf, the country's symbol. This red and white flag was decided upon by the government on December 15, 1964.

Provinces and Territories: Canada's 10 provinces and 3 territories have their own flags:

Alberta Flag
Alberta

Capital: Edmonton
Official flower: Wild rose
Official bird: Great horned owl
Official animal: Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep
Official tree: Lodgepole Pine
Go to an outline map.
British Columbia Flag
British Columbia

Capital: Victoria
Official flower: Pacific dogwood
Official bird: Steller's Jay
Official gemstone: Jade
Official tree: Western Red Cedar
Go to an outline map.
Manitoba Flag
Manitoba

Capital: Winnipeg.
Official flower: Prairie crocus (also called the Pasque flower)
Official bird: Great Gray Owl
Official tree: White Spruce
Go to an outline map.
New Brunswick Flag
New Brunswick

Capital: Fredericton
Official flower: Purple violet
Official bird: Black-capped Chickadee
Official tree: Balsam Fir
Go to an outline map.
Newfoundland Flag
Newfoundland and Labrador

Capital: St.John's
Official flower: Pitcher plant
Official bird: Atlantic Puffin
Official tree: Black Spruce
Go to an outline map.
Northwest Territories Flag
Northwest Territories

Capital: Yellowknife
Official flower: Mountain avens
Official bird: Gyrfalcon
Official tree: Jack Pine
Go to an outline map.
Nova Scotia Flag
Nova Scotia

Capital: Halifax
Official flower: Mayflower (also called trailing arbutus)
Official bird: Osprey
Official tree: Red spruce
Go to an outline map.
Nunavut Flag
Nunavut

Capital: Iqaluit
Official flower: Arctic poppy (has been nominated as the official flower)
Go to an outline map.
Ontario Flag
Ontario

Capital: Toronto
Official flower: White trillium
Official bird: Common Loon
Official tree: White Pine
Go to an outline map.
Prince Edward Island Flag
Prince Edward Island

Capital: Charlottetown
Official flower: Lady's slipper
Official bird: Blue Jay
Official tree: Red Oak
Go to an outline map.
Quebec Flag
Quebec

Capital: Quebec City
Official flower: Iris versicolor (Iris versicolor Linné)
Official bird: Snowy owl
Official tree: Yellow Birch
Go to an outline map.
Saskatchewan Flag
Saskatchewan

Capital: Regina
Official flower: Western red (Prairie) lily
Official bird: Sharp-tailed Grouse
Official tree: White birch
Go to an outline map.
Yukon Flag
Yukon Territory

Capital: Whitehorse
Official flower: Fireweed
Official bird: Common Raven
Go to an outline map.

Other Canadian symbols include:


The Canadian Coat of Arms

The beaver

(adopted as a national symbol on March 24, 1975)

The maple tree
(adopted as a national symbol on April 25, 1996)

The Canadian Horse
(adopted as a national symbol on April 30, 2002)

The Canadian national anthem is "O Canada!"

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

How Canada was Named: Canada was named by the French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557). "Kanata" means village or settlement in the Huron-Iroquois language. Cartier was given directions by Huron-Iroquois indians for the route to "kanata," a village near what is now Quebec, but Cartier later named the entire region Canada.

Cartier led three expeditions to the Canada, in 1534, 1535, and 1541. He was looking for a route to the Pacific through North America, but of course, did not find one. He sailed inland, going 1,000 miles up the St. Lawrence River. He also tried to start a settlement in Quebec (in 1541), but it was abandoned after a terribly cold winter.



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