[37] Bill 49 Royal Assent (PDF)
Bill 49
Bill 492000
An Act to adopt an official tartan for Ontario
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
Provincial tartan
1. The tartan described in the Schedule to this Act is adopted as the tartan of the Province of Ontario.
Commencement
2.This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Short title
3.The short title of this Act is the Tartan Act, 2000.
SCHEDULE
Description of the tartan of the Province of Ontario
The tartan of the Province of Ontario consists of four blocks of colour.
Le tartan de la province de l'Ontario se compose de quatre bandes de couleurs.
The first block is called the mixed green block and consists of 129 threads disposed as follows:
La premire bande est dsigne sous le nom de bande vert mlang et se compose de 129 brins disposs comme suit :
Two white;
Deux brins blancs, etc.
Twenty dark green;
Vingt brins vert fonc
Two red;
Deux brins rouges
Twenty dark green;
Vingt brins vert fonc
Four red;
Quatre brins rouges
Two mid green;
Deux brins vert moyen
Two red;
Deux brins rouges
Twenty-five mid green;
Vingt-cinq brins vert moyen
Two red;
Deux brins rouges
Two mid green;
Deux brins vert moyen
Four red;
Quatre brins rouges
Twenty mid green;
Vingt brins vert moyen
Two red;
Deux brins rouges
Twenty dark green; and
Vingt brins vert fonc
Two white.
Deux brins blancs.
The second block is called the forest green block and consists of 129 threads disposed as follows:
La deuxime bande est dsigne sous le nom de bande vert fort et se compose de 129 brins disposs comme suit :
Two white;
Deux brins blancs, etc.
Twenty navy blue;
Vingt brins bleu marine
Two red;
Deux brins rouges
Twenty forest green;
Vingt brins vert fort
Four red;
Quatre brins rouges
Two forest green;
Deux brins vert fort
Two red;
Deux brins rouges
Twenty-five forest green;
Vingt-cinq brins vert fort
Two red;
Deux brins rouges
Two forest green;
Deux brins vert fort
Four red;
Quatre brins rouges
Twenty forest green;
Vingt brins vert fort
Two red;
Deux brins rouges
Twenty navy blue; and
Vingt brins bleu marine
Two white.
Deux brins blancs.
The third block is called the mid blue block and consists of 82 threads disposed as follows:
La troisime bande est dsigne sous le nom de bande bleu moyen et se compose de 82 brins disposs comme suit :
Two mid blue;
Deux brins bleu moyen, etc.
Four red;
Quatre brins rouges
Thirty mid blue;
Trente brins bleu moyen
Two red;
Deux brins rouges
Six white;
Six brins blancs
Two red;
Deux brins rouges
Thirty mid blue;
Trente brins bleu moyen
Four red; and
Quatre brins rouges
Two mid blue.
Deux brins bleu moyen.
The fourth block is called the navy blue block and consists of 82 threads disposed as follows:
La quatrime bande est dsigne sous le nom de bande bleu marine et se compose de 82 brins disposs comme suit :
Two navy blue;
Deux brins bleu marine, etc.
Four red;
Quatre brins rouges
Thirty navy blue;
Trente brins bleu marine
Two red;
Deux brins rouges
Six white;
Six brins blancs
Two red;
Deux brins rouges
Thirty navy blue;
Trente brins bleu marine
Four red; and
Quatre brins rouges
Two navy blue.
Deux brins bleu marine.
The four blocks are arranged in the following pattern so that,
(a)the mixed green block is adjacent to the forest green block in the width and to the mid blue block in the length; and
(b)the forest green block is adjacent to the mixed green block in the width and to the navy blue block in the length.
Mixed green block
Forest green block
Bande vert mlang
Bande vert fort
Mid blue block
Navy blue block
Bande bleu moyen
Bande bleu marine
The pattern of the four blocks repeats across the entire width and length of the material.
In the tartan, the shades of green represent the forests and fields of Ontario, the red represents the First Nations of Ontario, the shades of blue represent the waters of Ontario and the white represents the sky over Ontario.