Canadian Red Ensign
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The Canadian Red Ensign served as a nautical flag and civil ensign for Canada from 1892 to 1965, and later as the de facto flag of Canada before 1965. The flag is a British Red Ensign, with the Royal
1911 coronation postcard showing the Maisonneuve Monument, the Red Ensign and the Union Jack
Flag of Canada
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The national flag of Canada, popularly referred to as the Maple Leaf, consists of a red field with a white square at its centre in the horizontal ratio of 1∶2∶1, in which is featured one stylized, red
Depiction of Jacques Cartier meeting with Iroquoians at Stadacona. Another member of Cartier's party is holding the royal banner of France.
Royal proclamation of the national flag of Canada
The Canadian flag flying atop the Peace Tower. An official ceremony inaugurating the flag was held on Parliament Hill in 1965.