The Flag of Saskatchewan: Wheat and Western Lilies

The Breadbasket of Canada

Saskatchewan’s flag was adopted on September 22, 1969, following a province-wide design competition. It is the only Canadian provincial flag that features both the provincial shield and a floral emblem.

Design and Symbolism

The flag is divided horizontally, with the upper half green (representing the northern forests) and the lower half gold (representing the southern grain fields). The provincial shield of arms sits in the upper-left corner, featuring three gold wheat sheaves on a green field — a direct reference to Saskatchewan’s identity as Canada’s greatest wheat-producing province. On the fly side, a western red lily (the provincial flower) adds a distinctive floral element.

The green-and-gold colour scheme was chosen to represent Saskatchewan’s two dominant landscapes: the boreal forests of the north and the vast prairie wheat fields of the south. The three wheat sheaves have appeared on the provincial arms since they were granted in 1906, one year after Saskatchewan became a province.