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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 ...
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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]
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.
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.
Group B finalist for the 1964 contest to adopt the Canadian flag. Maple leaf, in the contest, created by George Stanley [1]. The maple leaf was eventually modified to create the Canadian flag currently in use. [2]
Changed colors of the Canadian flag to the Pantone version as recommended by the Canadian government. 02:43, 9 October 2019: 1,200 × 600 (1 KB) MapGrid: Reduced file size (again). 04:09, 6 February 2019: 1,200 × 600 (1 KB) MapGrid: Media viewer was refusing to show the bottom right star; I think that is a bug in the media viewer.
Based on: *Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg *Image:Flag of Ontario.svg *Image:Flag of Quebec.svg *Image:Flag of New Brunswick.svg *My own drawings A 200kb+monster File usage More than 100 pages use this file.