North America
Canada
A red-white-red triband with a stylized red maple leaf centered on the white square. It was adopted in 1965 after the Great Canadian Flag Debate.
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Adopted
1965
Proportion
1:2
Colours
2
Colours & their meaning
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Red
No official symbolism for the colour is set out in the flag law; red has long been one of Canada’s national colours.
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White
No official symbolism for the colour is set out in the flag law; white has long been one of Canada’s national colours.
Symbols & emblems
Maple leaf
The maple leaf is a long-standing emblem of Canada.
Did you know?
The stylized maple leaf has 11 points, but they were chosen for visual clarity in the wind, not to represent provinces or territories.