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Provincial symbol: fleur-de-lis: Saskatchewan [15] 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 [16] Common raven – – Fireweed: Subalpine ...
The Ontario Trillium Protection Act (also known as Bill 184) of 2009 is an amendment to the Floral Emblem Act of Ontario, Canada proposed as a private member's bill by Liberal politician Jeff Leal. The Act, if approved, would prohibit the picking of trilliums in Ontario. Having not received final approval, the act remains unapproved.
Great Seal of Ontario: 1870 [19] The Great Seal of Ontario consists of the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, the Crown, the motto Dieu et mon droit (English: God and my right), and the shield of arms of Ontario. The Great Seal was created in 1870 by royal warrant of Queen Victoria and designed by the Chief Engraver of Her Majesty's Seals.
The maple leaf is widely used as a symbol for Canada. The maple tree was officially recognized as Canada's arboreal emblem in 1996. [70] Canada's provinces and territories also have official provincial or territorial floral emblems: Ontario: white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), adopted in 1937. [71]
Symbol Image Notes National flag [20] Official symbol as of February 15, 1965 [20] Royal Standard of Canada [21] Royal symbol adopted in 1962 Governor general's standard: Viceregal symbol adopted in 1981 [22] Royal Union Flag [23] [17] Affirmed by parliament as a national symbol on December 18, 1964 [24] [25] Canadian Royal Crown [26]
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 ...
Its rim is studded with the provincial gemstone , and the coronet is topped with three red maple leaves (symbolizing Canada) and two white trilliums (the flower of Ontario). Shield. The shield of arms consists of two crossed maces, joined by the shield of arms of Ontario, on a field of green with a gold rim.
[1] 4.5 per cent of francophones in Ontario were born outside Canada. [1] 35 per cent of francophones born outside Canada were born in Africa, while 28 per cent were from Europe, 20 per cent from Asia, and 17 per cent from other countries in the Americas. Francophone immigrants account for 15 per cent of all immigrants into Ontario, and nearly ...