There are several symbols of Manitoba, one of the ten

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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...

.https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/visiting/docs/symbolsofmanitoba.pdf These symbols are designated by ''The Coat of Arms, Emblems and the Manitoba Tartan Act'', which came into force on Feb 1, 1988.''The Coat of Arms, Emblems and the Manitoba Tartan Act''
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O Canada "O Canada" (french: Ô Canada, italic=no) is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée composed the ...

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, Shield of Manitoba , May 10, 1905 , Granted by the Royal Warrant of King Edward VII. , - , colspan=3, The design is based on the 1870 Great Seal of Manitoba. It includes a bison, meant to represent Manitoba's

Indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

who used them for both food and clothing. The red cross on white at the top of the shield is

Saint George's Cross In heraldry, Saint George's Cross, the Cross of Saint George, is a red cross on a white background, which from the Late Middle Ages became associated with Saint George, the military saint, often depicted as a crusader. Associated with the cr ...

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Flag A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design empl ...

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Flag of Manitoba The flag of Manitoba consists of a Red Ensign defaced with the shield of the provincial coat of arms. Adopted in 1965 shortly after the new national flag was inaugurated, it has been the flag of the province since May 12 of the followi ...

, June 12, 1961 , The flag was given

royal approval Royal warrants of appointment have been issued for centuries to tradespeople who supply goods or services to a royal court or certain royal personages. The royal warrant enables the supplier to advertise the fact that they supply to the issuer of ...

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during h ...

in October 1965. , - , colspan=3, The flag is a Red Ensign, which features the

Union Jack The Union Jack, or Union Flag, is the ''de facto'' national flag of the United Kingdom. Although no law has been passed making the Union Flag the official national flag of the United Kingdom, it has effectively become such through precedent. ...

in the

canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ente ...

, and the Coat of Arms on a red field or ground. , - !rowspan="2" ,

Mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur ...

, rowspan="2" , , , June 10, 2014 , , - , colspan=3; style="padding: 1em 10px 1em 5em;", Used to identify government programs and organizations , - !rowspan="2" , Great Seal , rowspan="2" , , The Great Seal of the Province of Manitoba , , Authorized by an

Order-in-Council An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in many countries, especially the Commonwealth realms. In the United Kingdom this legislation is formally made in the name of the monarch by and with the advice and consent of the Privy Council (''Kin ...

. , - , colspan=3, The Minister of Justice and Attorney General is also the Keeper of Great Seal. , - !rowspan="2" ,

Fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

, rowspan="2" , Tylosaurus pembinensis 1DB

, , June, 2015 , , - , colspan=3, The mosasaur was Manitoba's largest ancient marine reptile from the

Cretaceous period The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of t ...

, approximately 80 million years ago. The fossilized Mosasaur, nicknamed Bruce the Mosasaur, is permanently displayed at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in

Morden Morden is a district and town in south London, England, within the London Borough of Merton, in the ceremonial county of Greater London. It adjoins Merton Park and Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Sutton to the south and Worcester ...

, the city where it was discovered nearby in 1974. Bruce is the world's largest fossilized specimen of the

prehistoric Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The us ...

marine reptile Marine reptiles are reptiles which have become secondarily adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment. The earliest marine reptile mesosaurus (not to be confused with mosasaurus), arose in the Permian period during th ...

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Bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

, rowspan="2" , , , July 16, 1987 , , - , colspan=3, The great gray owl is North America's largest

owl Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes (), which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers a ...

, with a wingspan of . , - !rowspan="2" ,

Fish Fish are Aquatic animal, aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack Limb (anatomy), limbs with Digit (anatomy), digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous and bony fish as we ...

, rowspan="2" , , , June 10, 2014 , The walleye became the official fish of Manitoba after winning 1,450 votes of 4,000 votes from Manitobans. , - , colspan=3, The commercial walleye industry in Manitoba is the 2nd largest inland fishery in Canada. , - !rowspan="2" ,

Tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...

, rowspan="2" , , , , , - , colspan=3, The white spruce is found throughout most of Manitoba. The white spruce is disease resistant and capable of growing in most climatic conditions. , - !rowspan="2" ,

Flower A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechanis ...

, rowspan="2" , , Prairie Crocus (''Anemonepatens'') , March 16, 1906 , , - , colspan=3, The Prairie Crocus is the first flower to bloom on the prairies each spring. Its

mauve Mauve (, ; , ) is a pale purple color named after the mallow flower (French: ''mauve''). The first use of the word ''mauve'' as a color was in 1796–98 according to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', but its use seems to have been rare befo ...

petals are often seen before the last snow has melted, so it is a sign that spring has arrived in Manitoba. , - !rowspan="2" , Grass emblem , rowspan="2" , ,

Big bluestem ''Andropogon gerardi'', commonly known as big bluestem, is a species of tall grass native to much of the Great Plains and grassland regions of central and eastern North America. It is also known as tall bluestem, bluejoint, and turkeyfoot. Taxon ...

(''Andropogongerardi'') , June 10, 2014 , Big Bluestem became Manitoba’s official provincial grass emblem after a public voted that took place from April 15 to December 15, 2009. , - , colspan=3, Able to reach a height of , Big Bluestem is one of the main species of the

Tallgrass prairie The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to central North America. Historically, natural and anthropogenic fire, as well as grazing by large mammals (primarily bison) provided periodic disturbances to these ecosystems, limiting the encroachm ...

, and it occurs throughout the prairie grassland areas of

southern Manitoba Southern Manitoba is the southernmost area of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Southern Manitoba encompasses the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region, Westman Region, Central Plains Region, Eastman Region, and Pembina Valley Region, as well as the M ...

. Its wide long

blue-green Blue-green is the color that is between green and blue. It belongs to the cyan family of colors. Variations Cyan (aqua) Cyan, also called aqua, is the blue-green color that is between blue and green on a modern RGB color wheel. The ...

leaves sometimes tipped with red or purple and its purplish flowering head that resembles the foot of turkey. , - !rowspan="2" , Official tartan , rowspan="2" , Tartan of Manitoba

, Manitoba Tartan , May 1, 1962 , The provincial tartan was approved by the

Lord Lyon King of Arms The Right Honourable the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grants ...

. , - , colspan=3, The

dark red Maroon ( US/ UK , Australia ) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word ''marron'', or chestnut. "Marron" is also one of the French translations for "brown". According to multiple dictionaries, there are v ...

squares represent the

Red River Settlement The Red River Colony (or Selkirk Settlement), also known as Assinboia, was a colonization project set up in 1811 by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, on of land in British North America. This land was granted to Douglas by the Hudson's Bay C ...

; the

dark green Varieties of the color green may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation or intensity) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint be ...

(tartan green) squares represent the natural resources of Manitoba; and the azure blue represent

Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the ...

, founder of the Red River Settlement. The intersecting blue lines represent The Forks, created by the joining of the Red and

Assiniboine The Assiniboine or Assiniboin people ( when singular, Assiniboines / Assiniboins when plural; Ojibwe: ''Asiniibwaan'', "stone Sioux"; also in plural Assiniboine or Assiniboin), also known as the Hohe and known by the endonym Nakota (or Nakoda ...

rivers; the

gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...

lines represent Manitoba’s agricultural heritage; and the dark green lines represent the people of Manitoba. The 6th of April is recognized as Manitoba Tartan Day, in recognition of the influence of Scottish Manitobans in the cultural heritage of the province. , - !rowspan="2" ,

Orders Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

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Order of Manitoba The Order of Manitoba (french: Ordre du Manitoba) is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Instituted in 1999 when Lieutenant Governor Peter Liba granted Royal Assent to The Order of Manitoba Act, the order is administe ...

, 1999 , , - , colspan=3, The Order of Manitoba is the highest honour that the Province can bestow. , - !rowspan="2" , Soil , rowspan="2" , , Newdale soil () , June 17, 2010 , , - , colspan=3, Newdale soil covers approximately , and Manitoba has more of it than any other province in Canada. Newdale soil is a specific type of Orthic Black Chernozem that is found north of

Brandon Brandon may refer to: Names and people *Brandon (given name), a male given name *Brandon (surname), a surname with several different origins Places Australia *Brandon, a farm and 19th century homestead in Seaham, New South Wales *Brandon, Q ...

. The name ''Newdale'' takes its name from a town on the

Yellowhead Highway The Yellowhead Highway (french: Route Yellowhead) is a major interprovincial highway in Western Canada that runs from Winnipeg to Graham Island off the coast of British Columbia via Saskatoon and Edmonton. It stretches across the four western ...

, west of Minnedosa.

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