The flag of the Northwest Territories, Canada was adopted in 1969 by the Council of the Northwest Territories. It features a blue field on which is a Canadian pale (a white stripe taking up half the width of the flag), with at the centre, the shield from the Coat of Arms of the Northwest Territories. The blue represents the abundant Northwest Territories waters, whereas the white represents snow and ice. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Northwest_Territories. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Northwest_Territories. ... The tricolour flag of France A flag is a piece of coloured cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually for purposes of signalling or identification. ... Motto: None Official languages Dene Suline, Cree, Dogrib, English, French, Gwichʼin, Inuktitut, Slavey Flower Mountain avens Capital Yellowknife Largest city Yellowknife Commissioner Tony Whitford Premier Joe Handley (Consensus government - no party affiliations) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 1 1 Area Total - Land - Water (% of total) Ranked 3rd 1... In vexillology and heraldry, a Canadian pale is the centre of a flag that is a square or rectangle covering half the width of a flag rather than a rectangle covering a third as in a tricolour. ... Coat of Arms of the Northwest Territories The Coat of Arms of the Northwest Territories (AKA: Armourial Bearings) was given royal warrant on February 7, 1957, by Queen Elizabeth II. Description The crest consists of two gold narwhals guarding a compass rose, symbolic of the magnetic North Pole. ...
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See Also, Franco-Ténois. The term Franco-Tenois, originating from the acronym TNO of the French term for the Northwest Territories of Canada (les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) refers to the wide-spread community of Francophones that reside in the Northwest Territories. ...
The flag of the NorthwestTerritories, Canada was adopted in 1969 by the Council of the NorthwestTerritories.
It features a blue field on which is a Canadian pale (a white stripe taking up half the width of the flag), with at the centre, the shield from the Coat of Arms of the NorthwestTerritories.
The blue represents the abundant NorthwestTerritories waters, whereas the white represents snow and ice.
In 1876, the District of Keewatin, at the centre of the territory, was separated from it.
Quebec was also extended, in 1898, and Yukon was made a separate territory in the same year to deal with the Klondike Gold Rush, and remove the NWT government from administering the sudden boom of population, economic activity and influx of non-Canadians.
The rest of the NorthwestTerritories had no repesentation in the House of Commons until the early 1960s when the NorthwestTerritories electoral district was created in recognition of Inuit having been given the right to vote in 1953.
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