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  2. Regional tartans of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The maple leaf tartan was designed in 1964 by David Weiser to commemorate the new Canadian flag. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The four colours reflect the colours of the maple leaf as it changes through the seasons—green in the spring , gold in the early autumn , red at the first frost , and brown after falling. [ 3 ]

  3. List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols - Wikipedia

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    Nova Scotia tartan; berry: wild blueberry; fossil: Hylonomus lyelli; gemstone: agate: Nunavut [10] Rock ptarmigan: Canadian Inuit Dog – Purple saxifrage – – Nunavut Sanginivut (Our land, our strength) – Ontario [11] Common loon – – White trillium: Eastern white pine: Amethyst: Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet (loyal she began thus ...

  4. Canadian fashion - Wikipedia

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    Canadian fashion refers to the styles, trends, design, ... The black-on-red tartan pattern was used in the fabrication of mackinaw jackets during the War of 1812.

  5. Portal:Canada/Symbols - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; French: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; GRC) is the national police service of Canada.The RCMP is an agency of the Government of Canada; it also provides police services under contract to 11 provinces and territories, over 150 municipalities, and 600 Indigenous communities.

  6. Symbols of Manitoba - Wikipedia

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    Tartan of Manitoba: Manitoba Tartan: May 1, 1962 The provincial tartan was approved by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. The dark red squares represent the Red River Settlement; the dark green (tartan green) squares represent the natural resources of Manitoba; and the azure blue represent Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, founder of the Red River ...

  7. National symbols of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Other prominent symbols include the national motto, A Mari Usque Ad Mare (From Sea to Sea), [10] the sports of hockey and lacrosse, the beaver, Canada goose, Canadian horse, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Canadian Rockies, the Canadian parliamentary complex, the Canadarm, [11] and, more recently, the Canadianization of totem poles and ...

  8. Tartan - Wikipedia

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    Tartan (Scottish Gaelic: breacan [ˈpɾʲɛxkən]) is a patterned cloth with crossing horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours, forming simple or complex rectangular patterns. Tartans originated in woven wool, but are now made in other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland, and Scottish kilts typically have tartan ...

  9. Vietnamese Canadians - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese Canadians singing during Lunar New Year at St. Joseph's Church, Vancouver. Mainstream Vietnamese communities began arriving in Canada in the mid-1970s and early 1980s as refugees or boat people following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, though a couple thousand were already living in Quebec before then, most of whom were students.