An Act to provide for the recognition of the Canada jay as the national bird of Canada

Bill S-221 designates the Canada jay (Perisoreus canadensis, also known as gray jay or whiskey jack) as the national bird of Canada. The Royal Canadian Geographical Society held a 2016 National Bird Project that selected the Canada jay in a public vote of over 50,000 ballots, beating the common loon, snowy owl, and black-capped chickadee. The proposal has been before Parliament in successive PMBs since 2017 without success. Other proposed designations would be: a national tree (proposals for the maple), a national fish (Atlantic salmon), and a national wildflower. Senate companion bills have repeatedly stalled at second reading in the Commons.