🐦 Chapter 8: Canadian Symbols
8.2.4 The Beaver
1 paragraphs · 4 questions
Centuries ago the Hudson's Bay Company, master of the fur trade, took the beaver for its symbol. In 1834 a French-Canadian patriotic association, the St. Jean Baptiste Society, made it their emblem too, and other groups did the same afterwards. The beaver is an industrious animal, always at work. Today you will spot this busy rodent on the five-cent coin. Saskatchewan and Alberta both carry it on their coats of arms, and cities like Montreal and Toronto do the same.
Key Facts
- The Hudson's Bay Company took the beaver for its symbol centuries ago
- In 1834 the St. Jean Baptiste Society made it their emblem too
- The busy rodent appears on the five-cent coin
- Saskatchewan, Alberta, Montreal and Toronto carry it on their coats of arms
Test yourself on this topic
4 practice questions from “The Beaver”, each with the answer explained.
- The beaver was taken as a symbol centuries ago by which organization?
- In what year did the beaver become an emblem of the St. Jean Baptiste Society?
- The beaver appears on the coats of arms of which two provinces?
- On which Canadian coin does the beaver appear?
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