Flag of Alberta

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| Name = Alberta

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| Image = Flag of Alberta.svg

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| Proportion = 1:2

| Adoption = {{start date and age|1968|6|1|df=y}}

| Design = An ultramarine blue field with the escutcheon of the Alberta coat of arms in the centre.

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The flag of Alberta is an official symbol of the province of Alberta, Canada. In 1968, the provincial legislature authorized the design of a flag, adopting it on 1 June 1968.{{cite act |type=Act |index=E-6 RSA |date=2000 |article= |article-type= |legislature=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|title=Emblems of Alberta Act |trans-title= |page=3 |url=https://www.qp.alberta.ca/1266.cfm?page=E06.cfm&leg_type=Acts&isbncln=9780779775682|language=english}}

The flag has the proportions 1:2, with the provincial coat of arms in the centre of an ultramarine blue background. The shield's height is {{frac|7|11}} that of the flag's height.

The provincial colours, adopted in 1984, are blue and gold (deep yellow); they are also referred to as "Alberta blue" and "Alberta gold", appearing on the flag/shield in the sky/background and wheat background, respectively.

In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) placed the Alberta provincial flag 35th in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U.S. state, and U.S. territory flags ranked. Out of all Canadian flags, only Ontario and Manitoba ranked lower.{{cite journal |last1=Kaye |first1=Ted |date=June 10, 2001 |title=New Mexico tops state/provincial flags survey Georgia loses by wide margin |url=http://www.vexman.net/nnpdf/NN170.pdf |journal=NAVA News |volume=34 |issue=170 |pages=4–5|access-date=November 4, 2020}}

History

Around the time of the upcoming centennial celebration of Canadian Confederation petitions were submitted in November 1966 to Premier Ernest Charles Manning by the Social Credit Women's Auxiliaries of the Alberta Social Credit League to give Alberta its own unique flag. The flag was designed and approved as the official provincial flag by the Alberta legislature on June 1, 1968.{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Alberta|title=Flag of Alberta - Canadian provincial flag|access-date=20 February 2018}}

The Calgary Flames used the flag as a shoulder patch on their home and away uniforms from 2007 to 2020. {{cite web |url=https://puckprose.com/2020/10/05/calgary-flames-bring-back-retro-jerseys-full-time/ |title=Calgary Flames Bring Back Retro Jerseys Full-Time |last=Siewert |first=Paige |date=2020 |website=Fansided |access-date=November 4, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Calgary Flames - The (unofficial) NHL Uniform Database|url=http://www.nhluniforms.com/Flames/FlamesCGY.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=www.nhluniforms.com}}

Gallery

File:Flag of the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta.svg|Standard of the lieutenant governor of Alberta

File:Flag of the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta (1907–1981).svg|Standard of the lieutenant governor of Alberta (1907–1981)

File:Flag of the Franco Albertains.svg|Flag of Franco-Albertans

References

Sources

Franco, Guida (2006). Canadian Almanac & Directory 2006. Toronto: Micromedia ProQuest. {{ISBN|1-895021-90-1}}.

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20061206054522/https://www.assembly.ab.ca/pub/gdbook/Part5/page17.htm Legislative Assembly of Alberta – The Citizen's Guide to the Alberta Legislature, Part V: The Emblems of Alberta]
[http://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=1206 Arms and flag of Alberta] in the online Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges

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