name: National Symbol of Canada Act
unofficial_text: # National Symbol of Canada Act
  
  RSC 1985, c N-17
  
  An Act to provide for the recognition of the Beaver (
  
  ### Short title
  
  1 This Act may be cited as the National Symbol of Canada Act.  
  
  ### Beaver as a symbol of Canadian sovereignty
  
  2 It is hereby recognized and declared that the Beaver ( Castor canadensis) is a symbol of the sovereignty of Canada and it is proclaimed that any representation of the Beaver (Castor canadensis) when used by Her Majesty in right of Canada shall be so used and so regarded. 