List of Canadian flags

This list includes flags used in Canada .

National flag

flag	SV	date	use	description
	1: 2	since 1965	National flag of Canada	Flag with a red base and a white square in the middle with an 11-pointed red sugar maple leaf

Royal and Viceroyal flags

SV	date	use	description
1: 2	-	Canadian Royal Standard	Canada's coat of arms in the form of a banner, above it the plaque of Queen Elizabeth II (blue disc surrounded by roses with a crowned golden "E"), in the lower third Canadian maple leaves on a white background
1: 2	since 2002	Flag of the Governor General of Canada	on a blue field a crowned lion holding a maple leaf
1: 2	-	Flag of the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia	the Union Flag with the coat of arms of Nova Scotia , surrounded by a chain of green maple leaves
1: 2	-	Flag of the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick	on a blue field the crowned coat of arms of New Brunswick , surrounded by ten golden maple leaves
1: 2	-	Flag of the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec	on a blue field a white disc with the coat of arms of Québec
1: 2	-	Flag of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario	on a blue field the crowned coat of arms of Ontario , surrounded by ten golden maple leaves
1: 2	-	Flag of the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba	on a blue field the crowned coat of arms of Manitoba , surrounded by ten golden maple leaves
1: 2	-	Flag of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia	the crowned coat of arms of British Columbia on a blue field , surrounded by ten golden maple leaves
1: 2	-	Flag of the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island	on a blue field the crowned coat of arms of Prince Edward Island , surrounded by ten golden maple leaves
1: 2	-	Flag of the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan	on a blue field the crowned coat of arms of Saskatchewan , surrounded by ten golden maple leaves
1: 2	-	Flag of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta	the crowned coat of arms of Alberta on a blue field , surrounded by ten golden maple leaves
1: 2	-	Flag of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador	on a blue field the crowned coat of arms of Newfoundland and Labrador , surrounded by ten golden maple leaves

Flag of the provinces and territories

SV	date	use	description
1: 2	since 1858	Flag of Nova Scotia	a banner of the coat of arms of Nova Scotia , consisting of a blue St. Andrew's cross on a white background and the coat of arms of Scotland with a red lion on a gold background
2: 3	since 1948	Flag of Quebec	a white cross on a blue field, with white fleurs-de-lys in the four quadrants
3: 5	since 1960	British Columbia flag	a banner of the coat of arms of British Columbia , consisting of a union flag with a crown, over white-blue waves with the rising sun
2: 3	since 1964	Prince Edward Island flag	a banner of the coat of arms of Prince Edward Island , which shows a golden leopard in the upper third , including a large and three small oaks
1: 2	since 1965	Manitoba flag	a Red Ensign with the coat of arms of Manitoba
5: 8	since 1965	Flag of New Brunswick	a banner of the coat of arms of New Brunswick , showing a golden leopard in the upper third , underneath an antique galley with sails and oars
1: 2	since 1965	Flag of Ontario	a Red Ensign with the coat of arms of Ontario
1: 2	since 1968	Alberta flag	the coat of arms of Alberta on a blue background
1: 2	since 1969	Flag of Saskatchewan	green-yellow divided, with the coat of arms of Saskatchewan in the upper leech and a Lilium philadelphicum in the flight part
1: 2	since 1980	Flags of Newfoundland and Labrador	blue triangles symbolize the Union Flag, the red triangles stand for the two parts of the province and the golden arrow is supposed to point to a bright future
1: 2	since 1968	Flag of Yukon	a green-white-blue tricolor with the coat of arms of Yukon in the middle field
1: 2	since 1969	Flag of the Northwest Territories	blue field with a "Canadian stake" (white stripe that takes up half the width of the flag) with the coat of arms of the Northwest Territories
9:16	since 1999	Flag of Nunavut	yellow-white split with a red Inuksuk in the middle and a blue five-pointed star in the upper part of the flight

Military flags

SV	date	use	description
1: 2	-	United Canadian Forces flag	a White Ensign with the flag of Canada in the jack and the badge of the armed forces in the flight section
1: 2	-	Flag of the Royal Canadian Navy	a White Ensign with the flag of Canada in the jack and the badge of the Navy in the flight section
1: 2	-	Flag of the Royal Canadian Army	a Red Ensign with the flag of Canada in the jack and the badge of the army in the flight section
1: 2	-	Flag of the Royal Canadian Air Force	a Blue Ensign with the flag of Canada in the jack and the emblem of the Air Force in the flight section

Historical national flags

SV	date	use	description
1: 2	1957-1965	Canadian Red Ensign	the Canadian Red Ensign with the coat of arms of Canada (red maple leaves)
1: 2	1921-1957	Canadian Red Ensign	the Canadian Red Ensign with the coat of arms of Canada (green maple leaves), slightly changed shape of the harp
1: 2	1868-1921	Canadian Red Ensign	the Canadian Red Ensign with the coats of arms of the four original provinces
1: 2	1801-1965	british union flag	was de jure the royal flag of Canada

Historic governor's flags

flag	SV	date	use	description
	1: 2	1999-2002	Flag of the Governor General	change ordered by then Governor General Roméo LeBlanc ; the claws and the outstretched tongue have been removed to make the flag look more "polite"
	1: 2	1931-1981	Flag of the Governor General	a lion standing on the Edward's crown , underneath the lettering "Canada"

Unofficial flags

SV	date	use	description
1: 2	1840-1931	Newfoundland flag	green-white-pink tricolor;
2: 3	1884	Flag of the Acadians	blue-white-red tricolor with a gold star in the upper left corner
2: 3	1938	Flag of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region	green-yellow divided with a gray red bordered cross over the entire width
1: 2	1964	Lester Pearson's proposal for a new national flag	blue field with white square, inside three maple leaves (Pearson Pennant)
1: 2	1974	Flag of Labrador	three horizontal stripes in white, dark green and light blue, with a green spruce branch in the upper left corner
1: 2	1975	Flag of the Franco Ontarians	green-white divided, with green fleur-de-lys and white trilium
3: 5	1976	Flag of the Fransaskois	green cross centered in the upper left corner on a yellow field with red fleur-de-lys in the lower part of the flight
1: 2	1980	Flag of the Franco-Manitoban	white-yellow-red stripes (white stripe 2/3 of the height) with green plant emblem in the leech
1: 2	1981	Flag of the Franco-Colombians	two blue wavy stripes with stylized fleur-de-lys and dogwood blossoms on a white background
5: 8	1982	Flag of the Franco-Albertaner	blue-white diagonally split, central stripe with reversed colors, with white fleur-de-lys and red Rosa acicularis
1: 2	1985	Flag of the Franco Yukon	blue field with three oblique stripes, the two outer white stripes are four times wider than the central golden brown stripe
3: 5	1986	Flag of the Franco Newfoundland	three unequal sized, diagonally divided fields in blue, white and red, with yellow sails on the white and the red field
2: 3	1992	Flag of the Franco Tenois	Snow hill with polar bear against a blue sky, in the upper part of the flight a combination of fleur-de-lys and snowflake
3: 5	2002	Flag of the Franco-Nunavuts	blue-white divided with gray Inuksuk in a white-bordered (igloo-shaped) blue field
2: 3	2005	Flag of Nunatsiavut	white-green-blue striped Inuksuk
1: 2	?	Flag of Vancouver Island	Flag of the former colony, a blue ensign with the colonial badge

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