What did Canada adopt as an expression of national pride after the First World War?

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence. The guide writes: As an expression of national pride after the First World War, Canada adopted an official coat of arms and a national motto, A mari usque ad mare, which in Latin means "from sea to sea." The arms contain symbols of England, France, Scotland and Ireland as well as red maple leaves. The two symbols the test wants are therefore a national motto and a coat of arms.

Two symbols, one moment. Discover Canada commits to two parallel adoptions: an official coat of arms AND a national motto. So the post-First-World-War wave of Canadian symbol-formalisation produced both visible (coat of arms) and verbal (motto) national emblems together.

The motto is in Latin. Discover Canada commits to "A mari usque ad mare," which means "from sea to sea." The phrase reflects Canada's geography — the country bounded by three oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic). The motto is now seen on dollar bills, government documents, and public buildings.

The coat of arms unites founding peoples and a Canadian icon. Discover Canada writes that "the arms contain symbols of England, France, Scotland and Ireland as well as red maple leaves." So the coat of arms unites four European founding peoples (England, France, Scotland, Ireland) with the maple leaf — Canada's best-known symbol. Together, the arms and motto formed a coordinated post-war national-pride statement, alongside other 1920s milestones: red and white declared the national colours in 1921 (assigned by King George V); national mass media and other modern institutions developing in the same era. The coat of arms is now visible across the country — on dollar bills, government documents, and public buildings — making it one of Canada's most widely seen state emblems.

The question is testing whether new citizens know what two things Canada adopted after the First World War. Discover Canada commits to two: a national motto AND a coat of arms. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each substitute different items. "A national anthem and a flag" misidentifies the milestones — the modern flag came in 1965 and O Canada was proclaimed the anthem in 1980, much later. "A new currency" was not the post-war adoption. "A national flower" is not in the source. Only the motto-and-coat-of-arms combination matches.