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The national flag of Canada (at left) being flown with the flags of the 10 Canadian provinces and 3 territories. The Department of Canadian Heritage lays out protocol guidelines for the display of flags, including an order of precedence; these instructions are only conventional, however, and are generally intended to show respect for what are considered important symbols of the state or ...
The Canadian personal flag of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, from 2011 to 2022. Charles's flag, which is now used by William as Prince of Wales, was first flown from the Royal Canadian Air Force airplane that carried him and his wife, Camilla, to Canada for a royal tour marking the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012. [29]
English: Construction sheet for the flag of Canada with an unofficial (but highly accurate) mathematical representation of the maple leaf. The government of Canada has never provided a mathematical or geometric description of the maple leaf on the Canadian flag. Two government drawings of the flag exist:
Date: 27 June 2006 (original upload date) Source: This vector image is generated programmatically from geometry defined in File:Flag of Canada (construction sheet - leaf geometry).svg
Shortly after Canadian Confederation in 1867, the need for distinctive Canadian flags emerged. The first Canadian flag was then used as the flag of the governor general of Canada, a Union Flag with a shield in the centre bearing the quartered arms of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, surrounded by a wreath of maple leaves. [38]
Regional tartans of Canada are represented by all Canada's provinces and territories having a regional tartan, as do many other regional divisions in Canada.Tartans were first brought to Canada by Scottish settlers; the first province to adopt one officially was Nova Scotia in 1956 (when registered at the Court of the Lord Lyon; adopted by law in 1963), and the most recent province was Ontario ...
The Maple Leaf flag is Canada's national flag. Each Canadian province and territory also has its own flags and other symbols. All but three of Canada's provincial and territorial flags are a banner of the province's arms or feature the arms. The exceptions are Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nunavut.
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