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The Canada Medal instituted on 14 October 1943 was specified to have a ribbon in the national colours, [7] which was the same ribbon used for the Canada General Service Medal. [14] The ill-fated medal was never awarded, and was abolished in 1966 with the introduction of the Order of Canada, [15] which also has a red and white ribbon.
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]
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]
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 ...
Free Aceh Movement Adjara African Union Alexandria Algeria Algeria (naval ensign) Alphen aan den Rijn Amazonas Amsterdam [29] Angola [30] [31] Arkansas Armenia [32] [33] Artigas Flag, cooficial flag of Uruguay and former flag of Liga Federal Aruba Australia [34] [35] [36] Australia (civil ensign) Australia (naval ensign)
This is a list of flags of states, territories, former, and other geographic entities (plus a few non-geographic flags) sorted by their combinations of dominant colors. Flags emblazoned with seals, coats of arms, and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields. The color of text is almost entirely ignored.
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The logo flag uses the colours that are found on the official flag, as well as others. It has a dark blue field (background) with "Winnipeg" in white serifed letters, centred in the lower field. Above the letters is a medium-blue -coloured arc, above which are two crescents : yellow on the left, facing right, and dark blue on the right, inside ...