Since Confederation, the Canadian national flag had been the British Union Jack - a symbol of Canada's former colonial status. The Red Ensign - a modified version of the flag of the British ...

wanted to keep the Red Ensign, which prominently featured the Union Jack, because it was a nod to Canada's British roots but also because troops fought and died under that flag in nation-defining ...

It was on Feb. 15, 1965 that our flag was officially inaugurated in a public ceremony on Parliament Hill with these words from Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson: “May the land over which this new flag ...

Although the rules were drawn up long after Canada settled upon its ... to two or three basic colours. The flag that preceded the Maple Leaf, the Red Ensign, broke this rule with abandon.

The Red Ensign flag flies at Victory Green to remind us all of the importance of seafarers who still to this day leave their loved ones for months on end to work on ships that heavily contribute ...