The #1 Northern Division logo was designed by graphic artist and Division webmaster Paul Ullrich.

#1 Northern is the type of durham wheat that is grown in Manitoba. This was the grain that was responsible for the rapid expansion of the railway in western Canada. It is represented in the silhouette of the grain elevator to the right of the type, set above the tracks. The stencilled look of the type is representative of the stencilled type used on sacks of grain.