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O Canada is Canada’s national anthem; God Save the King is the royal anthem. They have different roles. The English words of the national anthem were amended by legislation in 2018.
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Quebec’s flag, the fleurdelisé, became its official flag on 21 January 1948. Its design places four white fleurs-de-lys around a white cross on a blue field.
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Photo: DXR · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credit & contextCanada Day is July 1 and Remembrance Day is November 11. Labour Day is observed on the first Monday in September and Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October; Victoria Day falls on the Monday preceding May 25.
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In 1996, Canada’s two-dollar paper note was replaced by a coin as a cost-saving measure: a two-dollar note lasted about a year, while coins can last more than 10 years. The coin, known as the toonie, has carried a polar bear by nature artist Brent Townsend since 1996.
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In 1946, Viola Desmond, a successful Nova Scotia businesswoman, refused to leave a whites-only area of a movie theatre; her court case inspired the pursuit of racial equality across Canada. In 2018 she appeared on Canada’s first vertical bank note, the $10 note.
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The Canadian horse was recognized as the national horse of Canada in April 2002 through the National Horse of Canada Act. The breed’s origins trace to 1665, when the King of France sent horses to New France.
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It was long believed that King George V’s 1921 proclamation of Canada’s coat of arms designated red and white as the national colours, but the proclamation contains no such declaration. Canadian Heritage notes that red and white are not set in law as national colours but have become part of national identity through common use.
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Canada’s one-dollar coin was introduced in 1987 as a cost-saving measure to replace the one-dollar bill. It was soon nicknamed the “loonie” after the loon on its reverse, designed by wildlife artist Robert-Ralph Carmichael.
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The Maple Leaf Tartan was designed in 1964 and became an official symbol of Canada in 2011. Its colours evoke the changing colours of maple leaves through the seasons.
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Canada’s coat of arms was adopted by proclamation of King George V in 1921. Canada’s motto, A Mari Usque Ad Mare, translates as “From Sea to Sea.”
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Canadian law recognizes ice hockey as the national winter sport and lacrosse as the national summer sport.
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Photo: Uncleweed · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 · Credit & contextThe maple tree was designated Canada’s national arboreal emblem in 1996.
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The beaver became an official Canadian symbol on 24 March 1975.
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O Canada became Canada’s national anthem in 1980; the song was first performed in 1880.
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Canada’s national flag has red and white fields and a stylized red maple leaf with eleven points. Its length is twice its height.
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Photo: William B. Grice · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credit & contextCanada’s current national flag was first raised on 15 February 1965.
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Photo: William B. Grice · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credit & context