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A 2013 Statistics Canada survey found that more than 90% of those polled believed that the national flag and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms were the top symbols of Canadian identity. Next highest were the national anthem ("O Canada"), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and ice hockey. [4]
English: Tierced in fesse the first and second divisions containing the quarterly coat following, namely, 1st, gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or, 2nd, Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory gules, 3rd, azure a harp Or stringed argent, 4th, azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or, and the third division argent three maple leaves conjoined on one stem proper.
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The suggestion was followed by Stanley's memorandum of March 23, 1964, on the history of Canada's emblems, [52] in which he warned that any new flag "must avoid the use of national or racial symbols that are of a divisive nature" and that it would be "clearly inadvisable" to create a flag that carried the Union Flag or a fleur-de-lis.
The Sovereign's Flag for Canada, showing a sprig of three maple leaves as part of the design The flag of Canada, featuring one stylized maple leaf in the centre. The maple leaf slowly caught on as a national symbol. In 1868, it was included in the coat of arms of Ontario and the coat of arms of Quebec, and was added to the Canadian coat of arms ...
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The coat of arms of Canada, [a] also known as the Royal Coat of Arms of Canada [b] or, formally, as the Arms of His Majesty The King in Right of Canada [c] is the arms of dominion of the Canadian monarch and, thus, also the official coat of arms of Canada.