Besides the five-cent coin, where else does the beaver appear?
- On the $20 bill
- On the Peace Tower clock
- On the coats of arms of Saskatchewan, Alberta, Montreal and Toronto
- On the national flag
Answer: On the coats of arms of Saskatchewan, Alberta, Montreal and Toronto
Besides the five-cent coin, the beaver appears on the coats of arms of Saskatchewan and Alberta, and of cities such as Montreal and Toronto. It is not on the national flag or the $20 bill.
Learn more: Coat of arms, motto and other emblems
- Canada’s motto is A Mari Usque Ad Mare, Latin for “from sea to sea.”
- The coat of arms and motto were adopted after the First World War.
- The coat of arms has symbols of England, France, Scotland and Ireland, plus red maple leaves.
- The arms appear on dollar bills, government documents and public buildings.
- The idea of “dominion from sea to sea” comes from Psalm 72. It inspired Sir Leonard Tilley to suggest the name Dominion of Canada in 1864.
- The Hudson’s Bay Company adopted the beaver as its symbol centuries ago.
- In 1834 the beaver became an emblem of the St. Jean Baptiste Society, a French-Canadian patriotic group.
- The beaver is on the five-cent coin and on the coats of arms of Saskatchewan, Alberta, Montreal and Toronto.
- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP, “the Mounties”) are the national police force and one of Canada’s best-known symbols. They began as the North West Mounted Police in 1873.
- The caribou (reindeer) is a symbol of Canada’s North.