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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 National Flag of Canada (French: Drapeau national du Canada), [1] often referred to simply as the Canadian flag, consists of a red field with a white square at its centre in the ratio of 1∶2∶1, in which is featured one stylized, red, 11-pointed maple leaf charged in the centre. [2]
April 11 – Canadian Margaret C. MacDonald is appointed Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Nursing service band and becomes the first woman in the British Empire to reach the rank of major. May 14 – First major discovery of oil in western Canada at Turner Valley; May 20 – The Niagara Falls peace conference begins. Representatives from ...
1914 in Canada; 1916 in Canada; 1917 in Canada; 1918 in Canada; 1920 Summer Olympics; 1920 in Canada; 1933 in sports; Act of Settlement 1701; Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey; America's Cup; American Indian Wars; Archie Hahn; Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics; Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics; Battle of Vimy Ridge; Bobby Morrow; Buster ...
1867–1914; 1914–1945; 1945–1960 ... Northwest Territories capital cities; Ottawa; Quebec City; Saint John; ... May 26 - The Canadian flag is unofficially ...
The National Flag of Canada (French: Drapeau national du Canada), often referred to simply as the Canadian flag, consists of a red field with a white square at its centre in the ratio of 1∶2∶1, in which is featured one stylized, red, 11-pointed maple leaf charged in the centre.
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 ]
By 1914, Ottawa's population had surpassed 100,000 and today it is the capital of a G7 country whose metropolitan population exceeds one million. The origin of the name "Ottawa" is derived from the Algonquin word adawe, meaning "to trade". The word refers to the indigenous peoples who used the river to trade, hunt, fish, camp, harvest plants ...