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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] It is the first flag to have been adopted by both ...
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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 ...
The Canadian Red Ensign emerged as an informal flag to represent Canada as early as the 1870s and was used at sea [3] and on land "on all public buildings throughout the provinces," [4] prior to becoming the country's civil ensign in 1892. The flag was adorned with the arms of the Canadian provinces until 1922, when the arms of Canada replaced ...
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. The maple leaf is prominently depicted on the ...
Media viewer was refusing to show the bottom right star; I think that is a bug in the media viewer. Let's see if this tweak in the SVG code will get around the problem... 03:51, 6 February 2019: 1,200 × 600 (1 KB) MapGrid: Reduced file size. Changed US colours to match current version of File:Flag of the United States.svg. Attempted to remove ...
Date. 28 July 2008 (original upload date) Source. This vector image is generated programmatically from geometry defined in File:Flag of Canada (construction sheet - leaf geometry).svg. Author. The original uploader was Benoit Rochon at Wikimedia Commons. Updated image provided by MapGrid. Other versions.