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2. Canadian Red Ensign - Wikipedia

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   The Canadian Red Ensign (French: Red Ensign canadien) served as a nautical flag and civil ensign for Canada from 1892 to 1965, and later as the de facto flag of Canada before 1965. [3] The flag is a British Red Ensign, with the Royal Union Flag in the canton, emblazoned with the shield of the coat of arms of Canada.

3. Flag of Canada - Wikipedia

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   The flag officially appeared on February 15, 1965; the date is now celebrated annually as National Flag of Canada Day. Before 1965, the Canadian Red Ensign had been in unofficial use since the 1860s and was later officially approved by a 1945 Order in Council for use "wherever place or occasion may make it desirable to fly a distinctive ...

4. List of Canadian flags - Wikipedia

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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 ...

5. Great Canadian flag debate - Wikipedia

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   The Great Canadian flag debate (or Great Flag Debate) was a national debate that took place in 1963 and 1964 when a new design for the national flag of Canada was chosen. [ 1 ] Although the flag debate had been going on for a long time prior, it officially began on June 15, 1964, when Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson proposed his plans for a ...

6. List of flags with Christian symbolism - Wikipedia

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   Nordic Cross Flag: Fiji 1970–present Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, St. Patrick and a dove: Finland 1918–present Nordic Cross Flag [6] Florida: 1900–present St. Andrews cross and Motto (In God We Trust) [10] Galicia: 1984–present A chalice joined to a silver host [11] Georgia 2004–present Jerusalem cross: Greece 1978–present

7. Canadian Flag Collection - Wikipedia

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   It is the second largest museum flag collection in Canada, second only to the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. As of January 2019, the collection cares for over 1,400 flags in its permanent holdings. The CFC contains several categories: Historic Canada; Corporate Canada; Regional Canada (Cities, towns, municipalities ...

8. File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg - Wikipedia

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   English: The Canadian Red Ensign, the national flag of Canada from 1957 to 1965. (see: the Canadian Red Ensign on the Register of Arms, Flags and Badges ) Français : Le Red Ensign canadien , le drapeau nation du Canada de 1957 à 1965.

9. National Flag of Canada Day - Wikipedia

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   National Flag of Canada Day was instituted in 1996 by an Order in Council from Governor General Roméo LeBlanc, on the initiative of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. [7] At the first Flag Day ceremony in Hull, Quebec, Chrétien was confronted by demonstrators against proposed cuts to the unemployment insurance system, and while walking through the crowd he was grabbed by the neck and pushed ...