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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Canadian flag homecoming For nearly a century Canada had no distinctive national flag. Each time Canadians suggested a new symbol to replace the Canadian Red Ensign, modelled after a British naval ...

The Red Ensign was lowered on February 15, 1965, and the first official Canada flag was raised to the cheers of thousands gathered at Parliament Hill. It’s said that the flag used that day disappeared ...

Unlike Canada’s original flag—the Canadian Red Ensign—the maple leaf tells no story of our country. The Red Ensign, by comparison, vividly embodies Canada’s rich history You can save this ...

Canada adopted its maple leaf flag in 1965, the final chapter in a long and extremely contentious debate over whether to abandon the Canadian Red Ensign, the former flag with a Union Jack in the ...

The eleven points on the maple leaf of Canada's flag don't represent the number of ... (Not until 1924 did an order-in-council sanction the flying of the Red Ensign from Canadian government ...

In 1892, the British Admiralty officially allowed Canadian commercial ships to fly a red flag that was known as the Canadian Red Ensign, with the Union Jack in one corner and a smaller shield of ...