Confederation of Canada

By higginsm

  • New Brunswick

    New Brunswick
    Coat of arms granted 1868. Origin of the name named in 1j784 to Hounor the ruling British Monarch king George III, who was also the Duke of Brunswick.

  • Quebec

    Coat of Arms granted in 1868. Origin of the name from an Algonquin word for " narrow passage" or "strait" first used to describe the narrowing of the St.Lawrence R. near what is now Quebec city.

  • Ontario

    Ontario
    Coat of Arms granted in 1868. Origin of the name from Iroquis word "kanadario" meaning shining or Sparkling waters-about 20 % of Ontario is fresh water lakes or rivers.

  • Nova Scotia

    Nova Scotia
    Coat of Arms granted in 1625. Origin of the name named by Sir. WM. Alexander who was given title to all land between NewEnglan and Newfoundland by king James VI of Scotland-Nova Scotia is latin for New Scotland.

  • Northwest Territories

    Northwest Territories
    Coat of Arms granted in 1956. Origin of the name most of the area was known as the North-western Territory until 1870-the name is primairly descriptive of the loctation of the territories

  • Manitoba

    Manitoba
    Coat of Arms granted in 1905. Origin of the name likely coes from the Cree word "Man-into-wah-paow" Which means "the narrow of the Great Spirit" actually describing, Lake Manitoba" which narrows to 1/2 mile at its centre.

  • British Columbia

    British Columbia
    Cote of arms granted on 1987 shield granted on 1906. Origin of the name Southern part was known as columbia, after the Columbia R; central part was New Caledonia named by explorer Somon Fraser; to avoid confusion whith Country in S. America, Queen Victoria remanes it British Columbia when it becomes a colony. The date they adopted their flag was 1960

  • Prince Edward Island

    Prince Edward Island
    Coat of Arms granted 2002 Shield granted 1905. Origin of the name named in 1799 in honour of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the 4th son of king Heorge the III, He was commander-in-chief- of British North America nad he was stationed in Halifax when the Island was named.

  • Yukon

    Yukon
    Coat of Arms granted in 1956. Origin of the name probably comes from the word"Yu-kun-ah" meaning Great River.

  • Alberta

    Alberta
    The Coat of arms granted 1950 the Shield granted 1907. Origin of the name Named for Queen Victoria's fourth daughter, Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the wife of Marquees of Lorne, who was Govenor General of Canada in 1882 when Alberta was created as a district of the North West Territories. Flag adopted in 1968.

  • Saskatchewan

    Saskatchewan
    Coat of Arms granted in 1906 Shield granted in
    1986. Origin of the name from the cree word "Kisiskatchewanisipi" meaning swift flowing river it became the name of one of the districts in NWT in 1882.

  • Newfoundland and Labrador

    Newfoundland and Labrador
    Coat of Arms granted 1637 one of the oldest. Origin of the name King Henry VII referred to the land discovered by John Cabot in 1497 as the "New Found Launde".

  • Nunavut

    Nunavut
    Coat of Arms granted April 1st 1999. Origin of the name means "our land" in the inuit language.