The flag debate divided English Canadians between imperialists who wanted to keep the Red Ensign, and nationalists who wanted a new flag. Francophones were generally ambivalent. O n June 1, 1964 ...

Former Canadian flag, the Red Ensign, gets new, darker life as far-right symbol The perversion of the Red Ensign was first observed among white supremacists, who saw it as a throwback to a time ...

In a reversal, the flag known as the Naval Jack will become the new Canadian naval ensign and the maple leaf design will become the new Naval Jack. The new naval ensign incorporates the national ...

The 1922 approved version of the Red Ensign with the official 1921 Coat of Arms of Canada in the fly Photo Credit: Clay Moss Canada history: Jan 26, 1924 Canada’s first (more or less) official flag ...

Canada’s so-called Red Ensign flag, with its Christian echoes, was replaced in 1965 by the more naturalistic (red) maple leaf under the prime ministership of Lester Pearson.

Royal Canadian Artillery Museum director Andrew Oakden holds up one of three photos taken on Feb. 15, 1965 in Brandon at the CFB Shilo park that show the lowering of the former Red Ensign flag ...