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Department of Canadian Heritage The Department of Canadian Heritage, or simply Canadian Heritage (french: Patrimoine canadien), is the department of the Government of Canada that has roles and responsibilities related to initiatives that promote and support "Canadian identity ...
lays out protocol guidelines for the display of flags, including an order of precedence; these instructions are only conventional, however, and are generally intended to show respect for what are considered important symbols of the state or institutions. The sovereign's personal standard is supreme in the order of precedence, followed by those for the monarch's representatives (depending on jurisdiction), the personal flags of other members of the
Royal Family A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/ sultanas, or raja/ rani and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term ...
, and then the
national flag A national flag is a flag that represents and symbolizes a given nation. It is flown by the government of that nation, but usually can also be flown by its citizens. A national flag is typically designed with specific meanings for its colours ...
and provincial flags. Many museums across Canada display historic flags in their exhibits. The
Canadian Museum of History The Canadian Museum of History (french: Musée canadien de l’histoire) is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage ...
, in Hull, Quebec has many culturally important flags in their collections. Settlers, Rails & Trails Inc., in
Argyle, Manitoba Argyle is a small hamlet located in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Argyle is in Manitoba's Interlake Region. It is part of the Rural Municipality of Rockwood (but just across the road from the Rural Municipality of Woodlands to the west). It ...
holds the second largest exhibit - known as the Canadian Flag Collection.


State


National


Ceremonial


Provincial


Territorial


Royal


Viceregal and administrative


Governor general


Lieutenant governors and commissioners


Supreme Court of Canada


Canadian Armed Forces


Canadian Army


Royal Canadian Navy


Royal Canadian Air Force


Canada Border Services Agency


Coast Guard


Police


Canadian Cadets, Junior Canadian Rangers, and cadet leagues


Civil


Corporations


Crown corporations


Hudson's Bay Company


Religious


Ethnic groups


Indigenous nations


Blackfoot


Cree


Inuit


Francophone peoples


Immigrants


Municipal

File:Flag of Calgary, Alberta.svg,
Flag of Calgary The official flag of Calgary features a cowboy hat and the letter "C" on a red field, with white strips on the top and bottom of the field. The flag was adopted in 1983 as a result of a contest. Gwynneth Llewellyn and Yvonne Fritz, a former Legis ...
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Flag of Edmonton The flag of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada features the coat of arms on a white square (Canadian pale) surmounting a light blue field. The colours of the flag, white and blue, symbolize peace and water (for the North Saskatchewan River) respectively ...
File:Flag of Hamilton.svg, Flag of Hamilton File:Flag of Montreal.svg, Flag of Montreal File:Flag of Ottawa, Ontario.svg, Flag of Ottawa File:Flag of Quebec City.svg, Flag of Quebec City File:Flag of Toronto, Canada.svg,
Flag of Toronto The City of Toronto flag, often simply referred to as the flag of Toronto, is the flag adopted by Toronto City Council to represent the city. The flag was designed by Renato De Santis and includes a white outline of Toronto City Hall on a blue ...
File:Flag of Vancouver, Canada.svg,
Flag of Vancouver The flag of Vancouver was adopted by the Vancouver City Council on May 17, 1983. It was designed by Robert Watt, the director of the Vancouver Museum at the time, and later the Chief Herald of Canada. It features a white field with five wavy ...
File:Flag of Winnipeg.svg,
Flag of Winnipeg The flag of Winnipeg was adopted in October 1975 to represent the City of Winnipeg. Today, the flag with its crest is used as the official representation of the city for ceremonial and official purposes, while the logo flag (adopted in 2001) ...


Historical


National


Newfoundland


Rebellions


Viceregal


Coronation standards


Other


Proposed


Regional


Official


Unofficial


House flags of Canadian freight companies


Yacht club A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to yachting. Description Yacht clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations. Yacht or sailing clubs have either a mari ...
s of Canada


See also

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Canadian Heraldic Authority The Canadian Heraldic Authority (CHA; french: Autorité héraldique du Canada) is part of the Canadian honours system under the Canadian monarch, whose authority is exercised by the Governor General of Canada. The authority is responsible for t ...
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Canadian heraldry Canadian heraldry is the cultural tradition and style of coats of arms and other heraldic achievements in both modern and historic Canada. It includes national, provincial, and civic arms, noble and personal arms, ecclesiastical heraldry, herald ...
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Canadian royal symbols Canadian royal symbols are the visual and auditory identifiers of the Canadian monarchy, including the viceroys, in the country's federal and provincial jurisdictions. These may specifically distinguish organizations that derive their authority f ...
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Great Canadian Flag Debate The Great Canadian flag debate (or Great Flag Debate) was a national debate that took place in 1963 and 1964 when a new design for the national flag of Canada was chosen. Although the flag debate had been going on for a long time prior, it offi ...
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List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols This is a list of the symbols of the provinces and territories of Canada Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitu ...
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National symbols of Canada Over the course of centuries, a multitude of national symbols and material items have arisen as uniquely Canadian or possessing uniquely Canadian characteristics. These symbols and items represent the culture of Canada— protectionism of that cu ...


References


External links


World Flag Database

Canadian Government Homepage- The National Flag of Canada



Settlers, Rails & Trails (museum) Canadian Flag Collection
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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
Flags A flag is a piece of textile, fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic desi ...