Red and white had long been Canada’s official colours, and the maple leaf a well-recognized emblem, so it’s no surprise the simple flag won over thousands of designs under consideration by an official ...

Flying Colours International is an official provider of Canadian and provincial flags for governments and organizations. This Toronto-based company also specializes in large-scale Maple Leaf flags ...

George Stanley’s original flag concept, as rendered into a working design by heraldic artist Alan Beddoe, incorporated a stylized maple leaf with 13 points. While this concept was selected to become ...

Stanley wrote that he chose a single maple leaf because it has a “virtue of simplicity; it emphasizes the distinctive Canadian symbol; and suggests the idea of loyalty to a single country.” The maple ...

Canada's national flag celebrates 60 years of representing the country. The Weather Network's Nathan Coleman looks into the ...

For years it sat in its burgundy box along with a document swearing that on such and such a day it had flown above Parliament ...

The Canadian flag — which many fly as a source of national pride — was adopted on Dec. 15, 1964, with the Senate giving its final approval on Dec. 17. Queen Elizabeth ratified the flag on Jan. 28, ...

She is 62 and has no recollection of any other Canadian flag than the maple leaf design. “It’s very trippy to realize that my entire lifetime has been under this flag and its meaning,” she said.

This Toronto-based company also specializes in large-scale Maple Leaf flags. ... The history behind the design of the Canadian flag is deeply rooted in the country’s quest for a distinctive national ...