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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 ...
Acer rubrum, the red maple, also known as swamp maple, water maple, or soft maple, is one of the most common and widespread deciduous trees of eastern and central North America. The U.S. Forest Service recognizes it as the most abundant native tree in eastern North America. [4] The red maple ranges from southeastern Manitoba around the Lake of ...
Maple leaf updated to match File:Flag of Canada (construction sheet - leaf geometry).svg. Nominal dimensions changed to 630 × 655. Attempted to maintain small amount of padding around left, top, and right of the leaf as per original file. Leaf properly centered within image. 07:23, 28 July 2008: 3,700 × 4,000 (4 KB) Brochon99
The maple leaf tartan was designed in 1964 by David Weiser to commemorate the new Canadian flag. The four colours reflect the colours of the maple leaf as it changes through the seasons—green in the spring, gold in the early autumn, red at the first frost, and brown after falling.
Green, detailed maple leaf on a red background. 1962: John-Guy Labarre's Proposal: A green Compass rose on a white background. 1964: Proposed flag for Canada by the Native Sons of Canada: Party per bend Gules and Argent a maple leaf Gules 1964: Proposal made during the Great Flag Debate featuring one maple leaf.
Research. Canada portal. v. t. e. The national colours of Canada ( French: Couleurs nationales du Canada) are red and white, the former being symbolic of England and the latter of France, the colours having been used representatively by those countries in the past. [1] The maple is one of the national symbols and red is both the first leaf ...
This vector image is generated programmatically from geometry defined in File:Flag of Canada (construction sheet - leaf geometry).svg. Author: The original uploader was Doodledoo at Wikimedia Commons. Updated image provided by MapGrid. Other versions: For a red leaf icon matching colours of the Canadian flag see: Maple Leaf.svg or Maple Leaf ...
The five flowers on the shield surrounded by maple leafs each represent an ethnicity— Tudor rose: English; Fleur de lis: French; thistle: Scottish; shamrock: Irish; and leek: Welsh. Canada's most well known symbol is the maple leaf, which was first used by French colonists in the 1700s. [7] Since the 1850s, under British rule, the maple leaf ...