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Canada jay as national bird

S-221 National Bird of Canada Act: An Act to provide for the recognition of the Canada jay as the national bird of Canada

Recognizes the Canada jay as the national bird of Canada.

What Bill S-221 would do

The bill would recognize the Canada jay as the national bird of Canada. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment recognizes the Canada jay as the national bird of Canada. Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Senator's bill
Sponsor
Salma Ataullahjan, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedMay 28, 2025
  2. Being debatedsince Jun 11 Exact stageSenate bill awaiting first reading in the House of Commons · since June 11, 2026MPs or senators are debating it in the chamber where it started.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

Passed the Senate; now in the House, waiting to be introduced

  1. First reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the Senate done

    Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

    Before the Senate on 3 sitting days, to

  3. Committee in the Senate done

    Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  4. Third reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  5. First reading in the House now

  6. Second reading in the House not yet

  7. Committee in the House not yet

  8. Report stage in the House not yet

  9. Third reading in the House not yet

  10. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: Senate bill awaiting first reading in the House of Commons · since June 11, 2026.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

Debates in the House 0

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  1. Message from the Senate

    · Government Orders · named 1 time

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