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  2. What is Canada Day and how is it celebrated? The answer is ...

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    Many of us Canadians celebrate this annual July 1 holiday much the same way Americans approach Independence Day. We fly that gorgeous red maple leaf proudly and wear Canada-themed outfits. Some ...

  3. Flag of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The National Flag of Canada ( French: Drapeau national du Canada ), [1] often referred to simply as the Canadian flag or, unofficially, as the Maple Leaf Flag (French: l'Unifolié, French: [l‿ynifɔlje]; lit. 'the one-leafed' ), consists of a red field with a white square at its centre in the ratio of 1∶2∶1, in which is featured a ...

  4. National colours of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The maple is one of the national symbols and red is both the first leaf colour after spring budding and the autumn colour of maple leaves. The colours are most prominently evident on the national flag of Canada and it has been said they were declared the country's official colours when King George V proclaimed his Canadian coat of arms in 1921. [3]

  5. Maple leaf - Wikipedia

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    The flag of Canada, featuring a 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 in 1921. Historically, the golden maple leaf had represented Ontario, while the green maple ...

  6. Portal:Canada/Symbols - Wikipedia

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    National symbols of Canada. Canada's most well known symbol is the maple leaf, which was first used by French colonists in the 1700s. Since the 1850s, under British rule, the maple leaf has been used on military uniforms and, subsequently, engraved on the headstones of individuals who have served in the Canadian Armed Forces.

  7. Instagram reveals top emojis, explains what they really mean

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    Instagram found that emoji means "#sistersforlife," "#sisterfromanothermister" or "#bestiesfortheresties." The hands in the air emoji is a bit more confusing, standing for anything from "#waitonit ...

  8. List of emoticons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as emoji.

  9. List of emojis - Wikipedia

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    List of emojis. (Redirected from List of emoji) You may need rendering support to display the Unicode emoticons or emojis in this article correctly. Unicode 15.1 specifies a total of 3,782 emoji using 1,424 characters spread across 24 blocks, of which 26 are Regional indicator symbols that combine in pairs to form flag emoji, and 12 (#, * and 0 ...