But the Red Ensign, a variation of which Canadian troops fought under in both world wars, has recently taken on a darker symbolism, adopted as Canada’s equivalent of the Confederate flag by some ...

Canada’s flag since before Confederation was the Red Ensign, based on a British naval flag. I n 1958, a fraternal group called The Native Sons of Canada launched a campaign for a new one.

In 1957, the Canadian Red Ensign got a slight makeover.T he leaves on the shield of Canada’s coat of arms were changed from green to red. In 1964, also known as the year of The Great Flag Debate ...

Last week the debate over a national flag for Canada finally ended. ... the Red Ensign was first flown by Canadian merchant vessels in 1892, became Canada’s “unofficial” flag in 1945.

What Nunziata (and others) found with their magnifying glasses was that the flag flying over the centre block of the Parliament buildings was not an American flag, but the Red Ensign (which ...

Kelly the Red Maple Leaf flag would do the same to promote unique Canadian pride. “The Red Ensign has been borrowed from Britain and now it is time to give it back and have our own distinctive ...

Michael Levenston with a Canadian Red Ensign flag that his father, a soldier in Northern Europe during the Second World War, gave to his Dutch girlfriend in 1945. Photo by Jason Payne / PNG.