Canada fought under the Red Ensign flag during the two World Wars. After the First World War and again after the Second World War, the Government of Canada discussed the importance of our country having its own flag. Attempts to adopt a specific design repeatedly failed as consensus could not be reached.
In 1964, the Government made the creation of a distinctive Canadian flag a priority as the 1967 centennial celebration of Confederation was approaching. When Parliament could not reach agreement on the design, the task of finding a national flag was given to an all-party Parliamentary committee.
The all-party Parliamentary committee with the thousands of different designs submitted for the Canadian Flag.
After considering thousands of proposals for flags submitted by Canadians, the committee chose three final designs.
Obviously had the maple leaf heavily in mind from the start!
butterflycaught2
15 men and one lone woman. I’m amazed they let her join!
teastain
I remember the 60s.
I was black and white, back then.
ryov
Man there’s a lot of funky looking designs there…
– I see a weird arrangement of stars on the left – I don’t know if Australia and NZ had their flags yet back then but it definitely seems to resemble that
– In the back it looks like they’ve got one inspired by the royal flag of England. Divided into four sections eithMan there’s a lot of funky looking designs there…
– I see a weird arrangement of stars on the left – I don’t know if Australia and NZ had their flags yet back then but it definitely seems to resemble that
– In the back it looks like they’ve got one inspired by the royal flag of England. Divided into four sections with two maple leaves, one fleur de lis and I can’t see what the last one is (English lion maybe? It already features in certain provincial flags and coats of arms iirc)
– One that’s the current flag but with twice the number of stripes, a bit of an eyesore..
– One with a giant maple leaf surrounded by a bunch of little ones, honestly could look pretty sharp with a red background and white leaves. But at the same time that’s like a dozen leaves, probably overkillMan there’s a lot of funky looking designs there…
– I see a weird arrangement of stars on the left – I don’t know if Australia and NZ had their flags yet back then but it definitely seems to resemble that
– In the back it looks like they’ve got one inspired by the royal flag of England. Divided into four sections with two maple leaves, one fleur de lis and I can’t see what the last one is (English lion maybe? It already features in certain provincial flags and coats of arms iirc)Man there’s a lot of funky looking designs there…
– I see a weird arrangement of stars on the left – I don’t know if Australia and NZ had their flags yet back then but it definitely seems to resemble that
– In the back it looks like they’ve got one inspired by the royal flag of England. Divided into four sections eithMan there’s a lot of funky looking designs there…
– I see a weird arrangement of stars on the left – I don’t know if Australia and NZ had their flags yet back then but it definitely seems to resemble that
– In the back it looks like they’ve got one inspired by the royal flag of England. Divided into four sections with two maple leaves, one fleur de lis and I can’t see what the last one is (English lion maybe? It already features in certain provincial flags and coats of arms iirc)
– One that’s the current flag but with twice the number of stripes, a bit of an eyesore..
– One with a giant maple leaf surrounded by a bunch of little ones, honestly could look pretty sharp with a red background and white leaves. But at the same time that’s like a dozen leaves, probably overkill
– Back left I see a Nordic/Prussian Canada, interesting design
– Back middle there’s one with a multi layered X shape, definitely taking a page from the British flag on that one
– Hanging from the ceiling is a really weird one, kind of looks like the city flag of Toronto with stars. I’m not sure what that one is supposed to mean
– There’s a couple hideous ones on the back wall, one worn four weird half triangles + another that has a maple leaf on a slight angle (WHY)
Anyways what an interesting picture, all things considered I think our current flag is the best choice. Simple and to the point.
ZRWJ
Canada fought under the Red Ensign flag during the two World Wars. After the First World War and again after the Second World War, the Government of Canada discussed the importance of our country having its own flag. Attempts to adopt a specific design repeatedly failed as consensus could not be reached.
In 1964, the Government made the creation of a distinctive Canadian flag a priority as the 1967 centennial celebration of Confederation was approaching. When Parliament could not reach agreement on the design, the task of finding a national flag was given to an all-party Parliamentary committee.
The all-party Parliamentary committee with the thousands of different designs submitted for the Canadian Flag.
After considering thousands of proposals for flags submitted by Canadians, the committee chose three final designs.
Linked here:
[https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/flag-canada-origin.html](https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/flag-canada-origin.html)
spellred
Obviously had the maple leaf heavily in mind from the start!
butterflycaught2
15 men and one lone woman. I’m amazed they let her join!
teastain
I remember the 60s.
I was black and white, back then.
ryov
Man there’s a lot of funky looking designs there…
– I see a weird arrangement of stars on the left – I don’t know if Australia and NZ had their flags yet back then but it definitely seems to resemble that
– In the back it looks like they’ve got one inspired by the royal flag of England. Divided into four sections eithMan there’s a lot of funky looking designs there…
– I see a weird arrangement of stars on the left – I don’t know if Australia and NZ had their flags yet back then but it definitely seems to resemble that
– In the back it looks like they’ve got one inspired by the royal flag of England. Divided into four sections with two maple leaves, one fleur de lis and I can’t see what the last one is (English lion maybe? It already features in certain provincial flags and coats of arms iirc)
– One that’s the current flag but with twice the number of stripes, a bit of an eyesore..
– One with a giant maple leaf surrounded by a bunch of little ones, honestly could look pretty sharp with a red background and white leaves. But at the same time that’s like a dozen leaves, probably overkillMan there’s a lot of funky looking designs there…
– I see a weird arrangement of stars on the left – I don’t know if Australia and NZ had their flags yet back then but it definitely seems to resemble that
– In the back it looks like they’ve got one inspired by the royal flag of England. Divided into four sections with two maple leaves, one fleur de lis and I can’t see what the last one is (English lion maybe? It already features in certain provincial flags and coats of arms iirc)Man there’s a lot of funky looking designs there…
– I see a weird arrangement of stars on the left – I don’t know if Australia and NZ had their flags yet back then but it definitely seems to resemble that
– In the back it looks like they’ve got one inspired by the royal flag of England. Divided into four sections eithMan there’s a lot of funky looking designs there…
– I see a weird arrangement of stars on the left – I don’t know if Australia and NZ had their flags yet back then but it definitely seems to resemble that
– In the back it looks like they’ve got one inspired by the royal flag of England. Divided into four sections with two maple leaves, one fleur de lis and I can’t see what the last one is (English lion maybe? It already features in certain provincial flags and coats of arms iirc)
– One that’s the current flag but with twice the number of stripes, a bit of an eyesore..
– One with a giant maple leaf surrounded by a bunch of little ones, honestly could look pretty sharp with a red background and white leaves. But at the same time that’s like a dozen leaves, probably overkill
– Back left I see a Nordic/Prussian Canada, interesting design
– Back middle there’s one with a multi layered X shape, definitely taking a page from the British flag on that one
– Hanging from the ceiling is a really weird one, kind of looks like the city flag of Toronto with stars. I’m not sure what that one is supposed to mean
– There’s a couple hideous ones on the back wall, one worn four weird half triangles + another that has a maple leaf on a slight angle (WHY)
Anyways what an interesting picture, all things considered I think our current flag is the best choice. Simple and to the point.