Nova Scotia (NS)
Flag:
Royal Warrant of King George V, January 19, 1929
assigning Arms and Banner
(Not known when flag first raised)
Royal Warrant of King George V, January 19, 1929
assigning Arms and Banner
(Not known when flag first raised)
Arms:
Royal Warrant of King George V, January 19, 1929
restoring the Arms granted by King Charles I in 1625
Gazetted, November 30, 1929
Royal Warrant of King George V, January 19, 1929
restoring the Arms granted by King Charles I in 1625
Gazetted, November 30, 1929
Flower:
In Nova Scotia, the trailing arbutus or mayflower (Epigaea repens L) was officially adopted in 1901, when an act of the legislature stated that it
In Nova Scotia, the trailing arbutus or mayflower (Epigaea repens L) was officially adopted in 1901, when an act of the legislature stated that it
"is hereby declared to be and from time immemorial to have been the emblem of Nova Scotia". As far back as 1825 it was used as a decorative motif on the front page of the Nova Scotian. During the 19th century it appeared on the buttons of the Nova Scotia militia, and on postage stamps along with the rose, the thistle and the shamrock. The Nova Scotia tartan (the first provincial-territorial tartan in Canada; registered with the Court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms of Scotland, 1956).
Other symbols:
The Nova Scotia tartan (the first provincial-territorial tartan in Canada; registered with the Court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms of Scotland, 1956), the red spruce, the agate (gemstone) and the stilbite (mineral), the osprey, the Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever.