Symbols of Nunavut

Nunavut is one of Canada's territories, and has established several territorial symbols.

Symbols of nunavut

	Symbol	Image	Adopted	Remarks
Coat of arms	Coat of arms of Nunavut		March 31, 1999	Contains symbols of the riches of land, sea and sky
Motto	Nunavut Sannginivut ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᕗᑦ ("Nunavut, Our land, our strength")		March 31, 1999	Granted with other elements of the coat of arms
Flag	Flag of Nunavut		April, 1999
Mace	The Mace of Nunavut	Mace of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut	March 30, 1999	It is the symbol of the Authority of the Legislative Assembly. It is a ceremonial staff carried by the Sergeant-at-Arms into the Chamber.
Flower	Purple Saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia	Purple Saxifrage		One of the first plants to flower in the Arctic spring
Bird	Rock Ptarmigan (Aqilgiq, ᐊᕐᑭᒡᒋᖅ ᐊᑕᔪᓕᒃ) Lagopus mutus	Bird: Rock Ptarmigan		Lives in Nunavut year round
Animal	Canadian Inuit Dog (Qimmiq1, ᕿᒻᒥᖅ) Canis Familiaris Borealis			Resident in the Arctic for at least 4000 years
Territorial Symbol	Inuksuk (Inukhuk, ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ, Inukshuk)	Inuksuk
License plate	Nunavut, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ			Standard North American rectangular plate

1. "Qimmiq" or "qimmik" is the Inuit language word for "dog"