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Proportions and Description of the flag

  • The National Flag of Canada
  • Proportions and Description of the flag
  • Birth of the Canadian flag
  • The Making of the Canadian flag
  • First "Canadian flags"
  • Elements of the flag
  • You were asking...
  • Ceremonial Dress Flag
  • Dipping the flag
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  • Flag Etiquette in Canada
  • Folding the National Flag of Canada

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Proportions

  • Two by length and one by width.

Description

  • The flag is red and white, the official colours of Canada as appointed by King George V in 1921, with a stylized 11-point red leaf in its centre.

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2008-12-05

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