Symbols of British Columbia Totally Explained

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British Columbia is one of Canada's provinces, and has established several provincial symbols.

Official symbols

	Symbol	Adopted	Remarks
Flower	Pacific dogwood Cornus nuttalli	1956
Animal	Spirit bear Ursus americanus kermodei	April 2006	Also called Kermode Bear
Bird	Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri	December 1987	Voted by the people of British Columbia
Tree	Western Redcedar Thuja plicata donn	February 1988	Western Red Cedar is a valuable economic resource of the province
Gemstone	Jade	1968	Jade is mined in many parts of British Columbia
Motto	Splendor sine occasu (Splendour without diminishment)	October 1987	Granted with other elements of the coat of arms by Queen Elizabeth II
Flag	Flag of British Columbia	1960	Duplicates the design of the Coat of Arms of British Columbia
Coat of arms	Coat of Arms of British Columbia	1906	Originally granted by King Edward VII
Tartan	Blue, white, green, red and gold	1974	Symbolising the ocean, dogwood, forests, the maple leaf and and sun on the shield and flag

Other symbols

	Symbol	Image	Adopted	Remarks
Provincial Government Symbol	"Spirit of BC" (Flag Graphic)		1984	This was the symbol of the Government of BC from 1984 to 2003. It was a stylized graphic of the flag of British Columbia

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