Symbols of Quebec

Quebec is one of Canada's provinces, and has established several provincial symbols.^[1]^[2]

Official symbols

	Symbol	Adopted	Remarks
Coat of arms	Coat of Arms of Quebec	December 9, 1939	Originally Granted by a Royal Warrant of Queen Victoria on May 26, 1868; the coat of arms was revised by the Quebec government in 1939
Motto	Je Me Souviens I remember	December 9, 1939	Granted with other elements of the coat of arms
Shield of Arms	Shield of Arms of Quebec	1868	The shield was granted by the Royal Warrant by Queen Victoria
Flag	Flag of Quebec	January 21, 1948
Provincial Symbol	Fleur de lis
Floral	Blue Flag Iris versicolor
Bird	Snowy owl Bubo scandiacus	1987
Tree	Yellow birch Betula alleghaniensis Britton

	Symbol	Image	Remarks
Tartan	Blue, red, gold, and white		All the colours are taken from the coat of arms of Quebec ^[3]

↑ Government of Quebec. "Symbols of Quebec". Archived from the original on June 23, 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
↑ Comox School district. "Symbols of Quebec". Retrieved 2007-01-19.
↑ Canadian Heritage website (Govt of Canada) (January 2015). "Tartans of Canada". Retrieved 2015-01-08.

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Symbols	Coat of arms Flag Fleur-de-lis "Je me souviens"

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