Tomorrow is Canada’s celebration of their country and their culture – to highlight this, we thought we’d highlight Canada through their floral emblems.
Canada is a country with many regions and a blending of many sub-cultures that make their country so rich in heritage, from the First Peoples to French Canadian and British Canadian histories, they’ve got a lot to celebrate. So it seems right that Canada doesn’t name a specific flower as their national bloom – instead the country recognizes an emblematic flower for each province and territory in their union.
Provinces:
Alberta –Wild Rose
Image source Wikimedia Commons via Silberchen
British Columbia – Pacific Dogwood
Image source Walter Siegmund via Wikimedia Commons
Manitoba – Prairie Crocus
Image source: Noricum via Flickr
New Brunswick – Purple Violet
Image source: Bo Gordy-Stith via Wikimedia Commons
Newfoundland and Labrador – Pitcher Plant
Image source: Lisa Norwood via Flickr
Nova Scotia – Mayflower
Image source: Sandy Richard via Flickr
Ontario – White Trillium
Image source: Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Prince Edward Island – Lady’s Slipper
Image Source: FruitFly7 via Wikimedia Commons
Quebec – Blue Flag
Image source: Versicolor via Flickr
Saskatchewan – Western Red Lily
Image source: Darm Crook via Wikimedia Commons
Territories:
Northwest Territory – Mountain Avens
Image source: Michael Clarke via Flickr
Nunavet Territory – Purple Saxifraga
Image source: Willowherb via Flickr
Yukon Territory – Fireweed
Image source: Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
