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.
A Canadian postcard marking the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911, depicting a Canadian Red Ensign with a crowned composite shield of Canada in the fly, and the Union Flag below it
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.
The Union Jack or Union Flag is the national flag of the United Kingdom. While no law has been enacted making the Union Flag the national flag of the United Kingdom, it has become so through precedent
Flag of Canada
…Pearson formed a committee to resolve the ongoing issue of the lack of an official Canadian flag, sparking a debate about a flag change to replace the Union Flag. Out of three choices, the maple leaf design by Mount Allison University historian George Stanley, based on the flag of the Royal Military College of…
A portrait of a ship, with the Union Jack placed on a jackstaff at the ship's bow, 1637
Linlithgow Palace ceiling boss with conjoined flag design, c. 1617
Slezer's Edinburgh Castle c. 1693 depicting the Scottish Union flag
The Union Flag prepared by the College of Arms for the approval of George III.