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The Department of Canadian Heritage lays out protocol guidelines for the display of flags, including an order of precedence; these instructions are only conventional, however, and are generally intended to show respect for what are considered important symbols of the state or institutions.{{Cite web| url=http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/etiqtt/index-eng.cfm| last=Department of Canadian Heritage| author-link=Department of Canadian Heritage| title=Ceremonial and Canadian Symbols Promotion > Flag Etiquette in Canada| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=18 September 2010}} The sovereign's personal standard is supreme in the order of precedence, followed by those for the monarch's representatives (depending on jurisdiction), the personal flags of other members of the Royal Family,{{Cite web| url=http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/etiqtt/102-eng.cfm| last=Department of Canadian Heritage| author-link=Department of Canadian Heritage| title=Ceremonial and Canadian Symbols Promotion > Personal Flags and Standards| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=18 September 2010}} and then the national flag and provincial flags.

Many museums across Canada display historic flags in their exhibits. The Canadian Museum of History, in Hull, Quebec has many culturally important flags in their collections. Settlers, Rails & Trails Inc., in Argyle, Manitoba holds the second largest exhibit - known as the Canadian Flag Collection.

National and provincial flags

=National=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

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scope="row" | {{ListFlag|Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg|150px|border}}

| 1965–present

| National Flag of Canada
(Maple Leaf Flag, l'Unifolié)

| A vertical bicolour triband of red, white, red with a red maple leaf emblem charged in the Canadian pale

=Provincial=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | File:Flag of Ontario.svg

| 1965–present || Flag of Ontario || A red field with the Royal Union Flag in the canton and the shield of the coat of arms of Ontario charged in the fly

scope="row" | File:Flag of Quebec.svg

| 1948–present || Flag of Quebec
(The {{lang|fr|Fleurdelisé}}) || A blue field with an ordinary white cross and a white fleur-de-lis in each quadrant

scope="row" | File:Flag of Nova Scotia.svg

| 1858 (first use)

1929 (arms adopted)

2013 (flag adopted)

–present

| Flag of Nova Scotia || A banner of arms of the coat of arms of Nova Scotia

scope="row" | File:Flag of New Brunswick.svg

| 1965–present || Flag of New Brunswick || A banner of the coat of arms of New Brunswick

scope="row" | File:Flag of Manitoba.svg

| 1965–present || Flag of Manitoba || A red field with the Royal Union Flag in the canton and the shield of the coat of arms of Manitoba charged in the fly

scope="row" | File:Flag of British Columbia.svg

| 1960–present || Flag of British Columbia || A banner of the coat of arms of British Columbia

scope="row" | File:Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg

| 1964–present || Flag of Prince Edward Island || A banner of the coat of arms of Prince Edward Island within a bordure compony of red and white

scope="row" | File:Flag of Saskatchewan.svg

| 1969–present || Flag of Saskatchewan || A field party per fess, green and yellow, with the shield of the coat of arms of Saskatchewan in the canton and western red lily emblem charged in the fly

scope="row" | File:Flag of Alberta.svg

| 1968–present || Flag of Alberta || A blue field with the shield of the coat of arms of Alberta charged in the centre

scope="row" | File:Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg

| 1980–present || Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador || A blue and white field party per pale (at nombril point) with a white border, white ordinary cross and white saltire, two triangular divisions in the fly lined in red, a golden arrow between two triangular divisions

=Territorial=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg

| 1969–present || Flag of the Northwest Territories || A vertical bicolour triband of blue, white, blue with the shield of the coat of arms of the Northwest Territories charged in the Canadian pale

scope="row" | File:Flag of Yukon.svg

| 1968–present || Flag of Yukon || A vertical tricolour triband of green, white, blue with the shield of the coat of arms of Yukon above a wreath of fireweed charged in the pale, with pale ratio of 1 to 1.5 to 1

scope="row" | File:Flag of Nunavut.svg

| 1999–present || Flag of Nunavut || A field party per pale, yellow and white, with a red inukshuk charged in the centre and a blue star in the upper fly

=Ceremonial=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | {{ListFlag|Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|150px|border}}

| 1965–present

| Royal Union Flag

| The Cross of St. Andrew counterchanged with the Cross of St. Patrick and over all the Cross of St. George.

Royal

{{Main|Royal standards of Canada}}

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | {{ListFlag|Royal Standard of Canada.svg|150px|border}}

| 2023–present || Royal Standard of Charles III, King of Canada || A banner of the Royal Arms of Canada undifferentiated

scope="row" | {{ListFlag|Royal Standard of the Prince of Wales (in Canada).svg|150px|border}}

| 2011–present|| Royal standard of the Prince of Wales || A banner of the Royal Arms of Canada differentiated by a white three-pointed label and defaced with the Prince of Wales's feathers

scope="row" | {{ListFlag|Royal Standard of Princess Anne, Princess Royal (in Canada).svg|150px|border}}

| 2013–present|| Royal standard of Princess Anne || A banner of the Royal Arms of Canada differentiated by a white three-pointed label; the first and third labels bearing a red cross, the centre label bearing a red heart; and defaced with a royal cypher of Princess Anne

scope="row" | {{ListFlag|Royal Standard of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (in Canada).svg|150px|border}}

| 2014–present|| Royal standard of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh|| A banner of the Royal Arms of Canada differentiated by a three-pointed label; the centre label bearing a Tudor rose; and defaced with a royal cypher of Prince Edward

scope="row" | {{ListFlag|Royal Standard of members of the Canadian Royal Family.svg|150px|border}}

| 2015–present|| Other members of the royal family|| A banner of the Royal Arms of Canada with a border of ermine

Viceregal and administrative

=Governor general=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | {{ListFlag|Flag of the Governor-General of Canada.svg|150px|border}}

| 1981–1999
2002–present || Flag of the governor general of Canada || A blue field with the crest of the Royal Arms of Canada charged in the centre

=Lieutenant governors and commissioners=

{{main|Flags of the lieutenant governors of Canada}}

Supreme Court of Canada

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Supreme Court of Canada.svg

| 2021||Flag of the Supreme Court of Canada || Gules on a Canadian pale Argent a lozenge lozengy Gules and Argent charged with maple leaves alternately Or and Gules

Military and civilian law enforcement organizations

=Canadian Armed Forces=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | File:Canadian Forces Flag.svg

| 1968–present || Flag of the Canadian Armed Forces || A white field with the National Flag of Canada in the canton and the Canadian Armed Forces badge charged in the fly{{cite web |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/1252 |title=Confirmation of the blazon of a Flag |work=Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada |publisher=Official website of the Governor General |accessdate=19 March 2025}}

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Royal Military College of Canada.svg

| 1920–present || Flag of the Royal Military College of Canada || A field tierced per pale, red, white, and red with the badge of the Royal Military College of Canada charged in the centre

scope="row" | File:Drapeau du Collège Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean.svg

| 1920–present || Flag of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean || A field tierced per pale, blue, white, and blue with the badge of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean charged in the centre

scope="row" | File:Canada Commander in Chief Unit Banner.svg

| 2000–present || Banner of the Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation || A field tierced per pale, blue, red, and azure, with the crest of the Royal Arms of Canada charged in the centre

scope="row" | File:Camp flag of the Cadet Instructors Cadre.png

| 2009–present || Camp flag of the Cadet Instructors Cadre || The badge of the Cadet Instructors Cadre, with the traditional colours of the Navy, Army and the Air Force. The golden border represents the young people that CIC officers work for.

scope="row" |File:King's Colour of Royal Military College of Canada.jpg

| −1965|| King's Colour, as used by the Royal Military College of Canada || King's Colour of the Royal Military College of Canada with the Union Flag.

==Canadian Army==

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | File:Flag of canada duguid 1925 (version 3).svg

| 1939–1944 || Old flag of the Canadian Army ||

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Canadian Army (1968–1998).svg

| 1968–1998 || Old flag of the Canadian Army ||

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Land Force Command (1998–2013).svg

| 1998–2013 || Old flag of the Canadian Army ||

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Canadian Army (2013–2016).svg

| 2013–2016 || Old flag of the Canadian Army ||

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Canadian Army (2016).svg

| 2016–present || Flag of the Canadian Army || A scarlet red field with the National Flag of Canada in the canton and the Canadian Army badge charged in the fly

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Chief of the General Staff (Canada).svg

| –present || Flag of the Commander of the Canadian Army ||

==Royal Canadian Navy==

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | File:Naval Ensign of Canada.svg

| 1968–present || Canadian Naval Ensign (2013-present), naval jack (1968-2013) || A white field with the National Flag of Canada in the canton and charged in the fly with an anchor, eagle and naval crown in blue

scope="row" | File:Naval Auxiliary Jack of Canada.svg

| 1979–present{{cite journal |last1=Bertosa |first1=Brian |title=It Was Supposed to Be Blue: Roads Not Taken with the Canadian Armed Forces Naval Jack, 1967-68 |journal=Northern Mariner / Le Marin du Nord |date=2023 |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=545–574 |doi=10.25071/2561-5467.1045 |url=https://tnm.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/article/download/1045/996 |access-date=29 March 2025}} || Canadian Forces Auxiliary Jack || A blue field with the National Flag of Canada in the canton and charged in the fly with an anchor, eagle and naval crown in white

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Canadian Navy Board.svg

| {{circa|1964–present}} || Flag of the Canadian Navy Board|| A field party per bend, blue and sanguine, with a fouled anchor in gold charged in the centre

scope="row" | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg

| RCN (1911–1965)
RCSCC (1905–1965)

|| Used as the ensign of the Royal Canadian Navy and some Royal Canadian Sea Cadets corps. Used throughout the entire British Empire by the Royal Navy and by several former British colonies even after they became independent and established their own navies. || White Ensign, St George's Cross with the Union Flag in the canton.

scope="row" | File:Canadian Blue Ensign 1957-1965.svg

| RCN (1957-1965)

|| The Blue Ensign, worn as a jack by the Royal Canadian Navy|| Blue Ensign defaced with the Royal Arms of Canada. The maple leaves at the bottom of the shield are red.

scope="row" | File:Canadian Blue Ensign 1921-1957.svg

| RCN (1921–1957)
RCSCC (1929–1953)

|| The Blue Ensign, worn as a jack by the Royal Canadian Navy and used by the RCSCC|| Blue Ensign defaced with the Royal Arms of Canada. The maple leaves at the bottom of the shield are green.

scope="row" | File:Blue Ensign of Canada (1868–1921).svg

| Naval Service of Canada / Royal Canadian Navy (1910–1911, as ensign; 1911-1921 as jack)
RCSCC (1910–1922)

|| The Blue Ensign, worn as ensign then jack by the Naval Service of Canada/Royal Canadian Navy|| Blue Ensign defaced with the 1868 Great Seal of Canada. Worn as ensign from 1910 to 1913, then jack from 1913 to 1921, after Navy authorized to fly the British White Ensign.{{cite web |last1=Government of Canada/Gouvernement du Canada |title=History of Canadian naval flags |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/naval-flags-uniforms/history-canadian-naval-flags.html |website=Canada.ca |publisher=Government of Canada/Gouvernement du Canada |access-date=16 March 2025}}{{cite book |last1=Perrin |first1=William Gordon |title=British Flags: Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea; With an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National Device |date=1922 |publisher=Cambridge at The University Press |location=London |page=121 |url=https://archive.org/details/britishflagsthei00perrrich/mode/2up |access-date=16 March 2025}}

==Royal Canadian Air Force==

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | File:Air Force Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg

| 1921–1940 || Royal Canadian Air Force Ensign || A field of air force blue with the Union Flag in the canton and the Royal Air Force roundel charged in the fly

scope="row" | File:Air Force Ensign of Canada (1941-1968).svg

| 1941–1968 || Royal Canadian Air Force Ensign || A field of air force blue with the Union Flag in the canton and the Royal Canadian Air Force roundel charged in the fly

scope="row" | File:Royal Canadian Air Force ensign.svg

| 1982–present || Royal Canadian Air Force Ensign || A field of air force blue with the National Flag of Canada in the canton and the Royal Canadian Air Force roundel charged in the fly

==Canadian Special Operations Forces Command==

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | Link to file

| -present ||Flag of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command || A white field with the National Flag of Canada in the canton and the CANSOFCOM badge charged in the fly

=Canada Border Services Agency=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Canada Border Services Agency.svg

| 2012–present || Flag of the Canada Border Services Agency || A Blue field with the National Flag of Canada in the canton and the Canada Border Services Agency badge charged in the fly

=Canadian Coast Guard=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | File:Coastguard Flag of Canada.svg

| 1965–present || Jack of the Canadian Coast Guard || A banner of the arms of the Canadian Coast Guard: vertical diband of white and blue, a red maple leaf emblem charged in the hoist and a pair of dolphins in gold and facing opposite directions charged in the fly. Features current 11-point maple leaf designed by Jacques St-Cyr.{{cite web |title=1963-1965: The birth of Canada's National Flag — Who's who |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/flag-canada-history/whos-who.html |website=Government of Canada/Gouvernement du Canada |date=4 January 2023 |access-date=18 March 2025}}

scope="row" | File:Coastguard Flag of Canada (1962-1965).svg

| 1962–1965 || Jack of the Canadian Coast Guard, original design || A white field with blue flank/side one third length of flag at the fly; field charged with a red maple leaf emblem and side at fly charged with a pair of heraldic dolphins in gold, one above the other and facing opposite directions.{{refn|group=nb|The official blazon of the jack reads: "Argent senestré Azure on the Argent a maple leaf Gules on the Azure two dolphins naiant Or the lower one contourné."{{cite web |last1=Canadian Heraldic Authority |title=Canadian Coast Guard |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/1590 |website=The Public Register of Arms, Flags, and Badges of Canada |publisher=The Governor General of Canada |access-date=8 April 2025}}}} Features original 13-point maple leaf designed by Alan Beddoe.{{cite journal |last1=McWilliam |first1=Yvonne |title=The Story Behind Our Flags |journal=News on the DOT |date=November–December 1963 |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=6–8 |url=http://archive.org/details/31761116489832 |access-date=15 March 2025}}

scope="row" | File:Blue Ensign of Canada (1957–1965).svg

| 1962–1965 || Ensign of the Canadian Coast Guard || Blue Ensign of Canadian Government Ships, defaced with Coat of Arms of Canada

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Governor-General of Canada-Coast Guard.svg

| –present || Honorary Commissioner Flag || Governor General's flag in the canton.

=Police services=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | File:Flag of the RCMP.svg

| 1991–present || Ensign of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police || A red field with a blue canton bordered yellow with a representation of the Badge of the RCMP.

scope="row" | Link to file

| 1998–present ||Flag of the Ontario Provincial Police || Blue with the heraldic badge of the OPP.

scope="row" | File:Sq drapeau.png

| 1983–present || Flag of the Sûreté du Québec ||A green field, on a Canadian Pale Yellow charged with the badge of the Sûreté du Québec.

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.png

| –present || Flag of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary ||A blue field with the badge of the RNC in the centre.

= Youth cadets organizations =

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | File:Ensign of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets (1953-1976).svg

| 1953–1976 || Former flag of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets|| A white flag with a Union Flag at the canton, with the badge of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets at the fly. This is the basis of the current flag of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets.

scope="row" | File:RCSC Current Flag.svg

| 1976–present{{Cite web|url=http://fraser.cc/FlagsCan/Nation/NatDefence.html|title=Flags of National Defence}} || Flag of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets|| A white flag with a Canadian Flag at the canton, with the badge of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets at the fly.

scope="row" | File:NLC Flag 2011.svg

|2009–present{{Cite web|url=http://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=1985|title = The Navy League of Canada [Civil Institution]| date=12 November 2020 }} ||Flag of the Navy League of Canada || A white flag with a Canadian Flag at the canton, with the current badge of the Navy League of Canada at the fly.

scope="row" | File:Banner of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets.png

|1985–present{{Cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/heritage-manual/chapter-4/annex-a.html|title = Heritage Structure | Annex A – Cadet Flags|date = 12 October 2018}} ||Banner of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets || A Canadian flag in the same shape as a queen's colour used in the Canadian Armed Forces, with the maple leaf modified with the badge of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets. At the canton, the cypher of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, as former colonel-in-chief of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets. At the fly, a badge representing the Canadian Army (the crown of Saint Edward above crossed swords).

scope="row" |File:Royal Canadian Army Cadets Flag (Union Flag Pattern).png

| 1944–1973 || Flag of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets used by individual Army Cadet Corps used before 1973. ||

scope="row" |File:Royal_Canadian_Army_Cadets_Flag.png

| January 1973–present || Flag of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets used by individual Army Cadet Corps. ||

scope="row" |File:Camp Flag of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets.png

| || Camp Flag of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets. || On a white field, the badge of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets in the centre.

scope="row" |File:Flag of the Army Cadet League of Canada.png

| 1995–present {{Cite web|url=https://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project-pic.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=526&ProjectElementID=1845|title=The Army Cadet League of Canada [Civil Institution]|date=12 November 2020 }} || Flag of the Army Cadet League of Canada. || A banner of the shield of the arms of the Army Cadet League of Canada. According to the heraldic grant, the shield of the arms of the Army Cadet League of Canada is "Argent two swords in saltire Argent fimbriated Gules hilted and pommelled Or surmounted by a maple leaf Gules veined Or all within an orle of twelve maple leaves stems inward Gules."{{Cite web|url=https://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project-pic.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=526&ProjectElementID=1841|title=The Army Cadet League of Canada [Civil Institution]|date=12 November 2020 }} The web site of the Governor General of Canada explains this description as follows: "The white shield, bearing a maple leaf and crossed broad swords, alludes to a central Canadian entity with direct connection to the military. The twelve smaller maple leaves show singleness of purpose but at the Branch level.

scope="row" |File:Banner of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.png

| 1991–present {{cite book|last=Department of National Defence|title=A-AD-200-000/AG-000 The Honours, Flags and Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces Chap 4 Annex A|publisher=Directorate of History and Heritage|date=2001-01-05}} || Banner of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets || Based on the design of Queen's Colour for the Royal Canadian Air Force, with the badge of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets replacing the maple leaf. At the canton, the cypher of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, as former air commodore in chief of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. On the bottom fly, the first badge of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, a golden maple leaf above an eagle.

scope="row" |File:Royal Canadian Air Cadet Ensign.png

| 1971–present || Ensign of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets || An Air Force blue flag, with a Canadian flag at the canton, with the historical badge of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.

scope="row" |File:Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron Banner (643 St-Hubert).png

| || Squadron Banner of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets || An Air Force blue flag, with the badge of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets and a scroll stating the squadron's name and number (this example, 643 St-Hubert Squadron.

scope="row" |File:Camp flag of the Junior Canadian Rangers.png

| || Camp flag of the Junior Canadian Rangers || A 1/3 red and 2/3 green flag with the badge of the Junior Canadian Rangers on the fly.

Civil

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" |File:Flag of the Air Board of Canada (1922–1923).svg

| 1922–1923 || Canadian Civil Aviation Ensign, briefly used by the Air Board. || A field of light blue with the Union Flag in the canton and a shield with white albatross superimposed upon three maple leaves in the middle of the fly.

Corporations

=Crown corporations=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.svg

| 1992–present || Flag of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation || A blue and red field with the logo of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation charged in the centre; logo was first introduced in 1992

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Royal Canadian Mint.svg

| 1978–present || Flag of the Royal Canadian Mint || A red field with the logo of the Royal Canadian Mint charged in the centre; logo was first introduced in 1978

=Hudson's Bay Company=

{{Main|Flag of the Hudson's Bay Company}}

Religious

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

scope="row" | File:Anglican Church of Canada Flag.svg

| –present || Flag of the Anglican Church of Canada ||

scope="row" | File:Flag of the Grand Orange Lodge of Canada.svg

| –present || Flag of the Grand Orange Lodge of Canada ||

Ethnic groups

=Indigenous nations=

{{main|Flags of the Indigenous nations of Canada}}

=Francophone peoples=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

File:Flag of Acadia.svg

|1884–present

|Acadian flag

|Tri-coloured flag, blue, white then red. A yellow star representing independence and unique culture from main land France.

File:Franco-Ontarian flag.svg1975–presentFlag of the Franco-OntariansA field party per pale, green and white, with a white fleur-de-lys charged in the hoist and a green trillium emblem charged in the fly
File:Bandera dels Fransaskois.svg1976–presentFlag of the FransaskoisA yellow field with a green Nordic cross centred towards the upper hoist and a red fleur-de-lis charged in the lower fly
File:Flag of the Franco-Manitobains.svg1980–presentFlag of the Franco-ManitobansA white field with yellow over sanguine bars with a green plant emblem in four pieces charged in the hoist
File:Flag of the Franco-Colombiens.svg1981–presentFlag of the Franco-ColumbiansA white field party per pale by a bar gemelles and dancetty, a fleur-de-lys and Pacific Dogwood emblem charged in the fly; Dogwood is the floral emblem of British Columbia, the blue stripes evoke the Pacific Ocean and the rising mountains beside, the yellow centre of the Dogwood flower represents the sun
File:Flag of the Franco Albertains.svg1982–presentFlag of the Franco-AlbertansA field party per bend sinister, blue and white, by a bend cotised white and blue with a white fleur-de-lys in the upper hoist and a red wild rose in the lower fly
File:Flag of the Franco-Yukonnais.svg1985–presentFlag of the Franco-YukonnaisA blue field and three diagonal stripes set from lower hoist to upper fly. The colours of the stripes are white and golden yellow. The effect created by the arrangement of the stripes is meant to represent Yukon's many mountains. Blue is for the French people and the sky. White is for winter and snow. Yellow represents the gold rush and the Franco-Yukonnais contributions to history of the territory.
File:Franco-Terreneuviens.svg1986–presentFlag of the Fédération des Francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador (Franco-Terreneuviens)Three unequal panels of blue, white, and red, with two yellow sails set on the line between the white and red panels. The sail on top is charged with a spruce twig, while the bottom sail is charged with a pitcher flower.
File:Flag of the FrancoTenois.svg1992–presentFlag of the Franco-TénoisA polar bear on a snowy hill, looking forward towards a snowflake/Fleur-de-lis combined, representing the French community of the Northwest Territories of Canada.
File:Flag of the Franco-Nunavois.svg2002–presentFlag of the Franco-NunavoisBlue that represents the Arctic sky and white recalls the snow, abundantly present on the territory. The principal shape represent an igloo, and under this one, the inukshuk which symbolise the human presence. A single dandelion flower grows from beneath it.

=Other ethnic groups=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

File:CANADIENS GAËLIQUES.jpg2008–presentFlag of Gaelic CanadiansAdopted by the Comhairle na Gàidhlig (The Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia), the salmon represents the gift of knowledge in the Gaelic storytelling traditions of Nova Scotia, Scotland and Ireland and the Isle of Man. The “G” represents the Gaelic language and the ripples are the manifestations of the language through its rich culture of song, story, music, dance and custom and belief system.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ca_gaelc.html|title = Gaelic Flags (Canada)}}
File:Afro-Nova Scotian Flag.svg2021–presentFlag of Black Nova ScotiansThe red represents blood and sacrifice. The gold conveys cultural richness. The green symbolizes fertility and growth. The black stands for the people.

The wave in the bottom centre has a dual meaning, representing the ocean and movements as well as honouring the journey of African Nova Scotian ancestors through the middle passage during the

slave trade.

On the left is half of a stylized heart (a version of the Sankofa symbol) with a yin and yang-like symbol embedded to represent heartbreak balanced with awareness.

The image is encompassed with an incomplete circle representing those

things absent but yet to come.{{cite web| url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/african-nova-scotian-flag-ceremony-1.5914577| title= New official African Nova Scotian flag looking to connect past, present and future |website=CBC News |date=February 15, 2021 |last=Currie |first=Brooklyn}}

File:Flag of Irish Heritage Quebec.svg2024–presentFlag of Irish Heritage QuebecA yellow Celtic cross on a green background with a white crenellated border. Inspired by the flag of Quebec City.{{cite web |url=https://flagchronicle.com/2025/01/07/irish-heritage-quebec-unveils-new-flag-design-at-annual-meeting/ |title=Irish Heritage Quebec Unveils New Flag Design at Annual Meeting |author=Christopher Eby |date=7 January 2025 |work=The Flag Chronicle |access-date=14 May 2025}}

Municipal

{{Main|Commons:List of Canadian municipal flags}}

File:Copyrighted flag.svg|Flag of Calgary

File:Copyrighted flag.svg|Flag of Edmonton

File:Flag of Hamilton.svg|Flag of Hamilton

File:Flag of Montreal.svg|Flag of Montreal

File:Flag of Ottawa, Ontario.svg|Flag of Ottawa

File:Flag of Quebec City.svg|Flag of Quebec City

File:Flag of Toronto, Canada.svg|Flag of Toronto

File:Flag of Vancouver.svg|Flag of Vancouver

File:Flag of Winnipeg.svg|Flag of Winnipeg

Historical

=Historical national flags=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

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File:Flag of England.svg

| 1497–1707

|Flag on John Cabot's ship, and used during the English colonization of the Americas before the Act of Union.

|White Ensign, St George's Cross.

File:Flag of Scotland (1542–2003).svg

|1621–1707

|Flag used during the Scottish colonization of the Americas before the Act of Union.

|White saltire on blue ensign, St. Andrew's Cross.

File:Estandart François (c.1600s).svg

|1608

|Etandart François{{cite book |last1=Desjardins |first1=Gustave |title=Recherches sur les drapeaux français : oriflamme, bannière de France, marques nationales, couleurs du Roi, drapeaux de l'armée, pavillons de la marine |date=1874 |publisher=A. Morel et cie, éditeurs |location=Paris |page= Plate X|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t53698602/f13.item.texteImage.zoom |access-date=4 April 2025}}

|Possibly flown by Samuel de Champlain at Quebec City.{{cite book |last1=Stanley |first1=George F. G. |title=The Story of Canada's Flag, A Historical Sketch |date=1972 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. |location=Toronto |page=14 |edition=Revised |isbn=978-0-7700-0197-1 |url=http://archive.org/details/storyofcanadasfl0000geor |access-date=29 March 2025}}

File:Flag of France (1814–1830).svg

|16th c. on

|Ensign of the Royal French Navy

|A plain white banner, as naval ensign, also used on land, especially on fortifications, as symbol of authority of the French state.{{cite web |last1=Vachon |first1=Auguste |title=Banniére de France et Pavillon Blanc en Nouvelle-France |url=https://www.heraldicscienceheraldique.com/banniegravere-de-france-et-pavillon-blanc-en-nouvelle-france.html |website=Heraldic Science Héraldique |access-date=1 April 2025}}

File:Flag of the Compagnie des Indes occidentales (1664).svg

|1664

|Flag of the Compagnie française des Indes occidentales

|A white banner defaced with the Arms of France, three golden fleurs-de-lis on a blue escutcheon.{{cite web |last1=Vachon |first1=Auguste |title=Banniére de France et Pavillon Blanc en Nouvelle-France |url=https://www.heraldicscienceheraldique.com/banniegravere-de-france-et-pavillon-blanc-en-nouvelle-france.html |website=Heraldic Science Héraldique |access-date=1 April 2025}}

File:Naval Flag of the Kingdom of France (Civil Ensign).svg

|1689

|Merchant Flag of France

|

File:Flag of the United Empire Loyalists.svg1707United Empire Loyalists (British North America)United Empire loyalist flag which was similar to the earlier version of the Union Jack but had slight changes in the fimbriation width. The United Empire Loyalists brought this flag to British North America when they left the United States. In present-day Canada, the flag continues to be used as symbol of pride and heritage for loyalist townships and organizations.{{cite web | title=The Loyalist Flag | website=UELAC | date=2021-12-06 | url=https://uelac.ca/monuments/loyalist-flag/ | access-date=2024-12-26}}
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg

|1801–1964

|Union Flag {{nowrap|(1801–1964)}}; Canadian Royal Union Flag {{nowrap|(1964–present)}}

|

=Royal=

{{Further|Royal standards of Canada#Former standards}}

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

File:Royal Standard of the King of France.svg

|1643

|Royal standard of France

|

File:Pavillon royal de la France.svg

|1534–1763

|Royal Banner of France or "Bourbon Flag" was the most commonly used flag in New France{{cite book|author=New York State Historical Association|title=Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association with the Quarterly Journal: 2nd-21st Annual Meeting with a List of New Members|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eog-AAAAYAAJ|year=1915|publisher=The Association|quote=It is most probable that the Bourbon Flag was used during the greater part of the occupancy of the French in the region extending southwest from the St. Lawrence to the Mississippi, known as New France... The French flag was probably blue at that time with three golden fleur - de - lis .... }}{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/national-flag-of-canada|title=Fleur-de-lys | The Canadian Encyclopedia|encyclopedia=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|quote=At the time of New France (1534 to the 1760s), two flags could be viewed as having national status. The first was the banner of France — a blue square flag bearing three gold fleurs-de-lys. It was flown above fortifications in the early years of the colony. For instance, it was flown above the lodgings of Pierre Du Gua de Monts at Île Sainte-Croix in 1604. There is some evidence that the banner also flew above Samuel de Champlain’s habitation in 1608. ..... the completely white flag of the French Royal Navy was flown from ships, forts and sometimes at land-claiming ceremonies.}}{{Cite web|url=https://inquinte.ca/story/canada-150-years-of-history-the-story-behind-the-flag|title=INQUINTE.CA | CANADA 150 Years of History ~ The story behind the flag|website=inquinte.ca|quote=When Canada was settled as part of France and dubbed "New France," two flags gained national status. One was the Royal Banner of France. This featured a blue background with three gold fleurs-de-lis. A white flag of the French Royal Navy was also flown from ships and forts and sometimes flown at land-claiming ceremonies.}}{{cite book| author =W. Stewart Wallace |title=The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. II, Toronto, University Associates of Canada|year=1948|pages=350–351|quote=During the French régime in Canada, there does not appear to have been any French national flag in the modern sense of the term. The "Banner of France", which was composed of fleur-de-lys on a blue field, came nearest to being a national flag, since it was carried before the king when he marched to battle, and thus in some sense symbolized the kingdom of France. During the later period of French rule, it would seem that the emblem...was a flag showing the fleur-de-lys on a white ground.... as seen in Florida. There were, however, 68 flags authorized for various services by Louis XIV in 1661; and a number of these were doubtless used in New France}}

|The banner flag has three gold fleur-de-lis on a dark blue field arranged two and one

scope="row" | {{ListFlag|Royal standard of Canada (1962–2022).svg|150px|border}}

| 1962–2022 || Royal standard of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada || A banner of the Royal Arms of Canada defaced with a royal cypher of Queen Elizabeth II

scope="row" | {{ListFlag|Royal Standard of Prince William in Canada (2011–2022).svg|150px|border}}

| 2011–2022 || Royal standard of Prince William ||

==Coronation standards==

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

{{ListFlag|Coronation standard of Canada (1937–1953).svg|150px|border}}1937 and 1953Coronations of George VI and Elizabeth and Elizabeth IIBanner of arms of Royal Coat of Arms of Canada
{{ListFlag|Coronation standard of Canada (1911).svg|150px|border}}1911Coronation of George V and MaryBanner of arms of Royal Coat of Arms of Canada

=Viceregal=

{{Main|Flag of the Governor General of Canada#Historical versions}}

{{Main|Flags of the lieutenant governors of Canada#Historical}}

=Civil ensigns=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

File:Canadian Red Ensign (1868–1921).svg

|1892–1922

|Canadian Red Ensign as authorized for use as a civil ensign through Admiralty warrant. Informal use of the Canadian Red Ensign as a symbol of Canada began as early as 1868.

|

File:Canadian Red Ensign (1905–1922).svg

|1907–1922

|1907 informal version of the Canadian Red Ensign commonly used in western Canada. Note the inclusion of all the provincial emblems.

|

File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg

|1922–1957

|1922 version of the Canadian Red Ensign used from 1922 to 1957, which was also used as a de facto national flag.

|

File:Canadian Red Ensign (1957–1965).svg

|1957–1965

|1957 version of the Canadian Red Ensign that had evolved as the de facto national flag until 1965.

|

=Government ensigns=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Description

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Use

File:Canadian Blue Ensign (1868–1921).svg

|1868–1922

|A British colonial Blue Ensign defaced with the 1868 Great Seal of Canada

Since Confederation, worn by Canadian federal government ships, including of the Department of Marine and Fisheries, involved in tending lighthouses, performing search and rescue, ice-breaking, resupply of isolated outposts, and other services. Worn by Canadian government warships prior to formation of Naval Service of Canada/Royal Canadian Navy.{{cite journal |last1=McWilliam |first1=Yvonne |title=The Story Behind Our Flags |journal=News on the DOT |date=November–December 1963 |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=6–8 |url=http://archive.org/details/31761116489832 |access-date=15 March 2025}}{{cite web |title=History of icebreaking in Canada |url=https://www.cgc.gc.ca/icebreaking-deglacage/history-historique-eng.html |website=Canadian Coast Guard |date=16 May 2019 |publisher=Government of Canada/Gouvernement du Canada |access-date=20 March 2025}} (Also from 1910-1911 as naval ensign, then 1911-1922 as naval jack.)

|

File:Canadian Blue Ensign (1921–1957).svg

|1922–1957

|A British colonial Blue Ensign defaced with the 1921 Arms of Canada

Used by ships of various Canadian federal departments, including Department of Transport fleet from 1936 -1957.{{cite journal |last1=McWilliam |first1=Yvonne |title=The Story Behind Our Flags |journal=News on the DOT |date=November–December 1963 |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=6–8 |url=http://archive.org/details/31761116489832 |access-date=15 March 2025}} (Also as naval jack 1922-1957.)
File:Canadian Blue Ensign (1957–1965).svg

|1957–1965

|A British colonial Blue Ensign defaced with the 1957 Arms of Canada

Used by ships of various Canadian federal departments, including Canadian Marine Service (1959-1962), and Canadian Coast Guard (as ensign) from 1962-1965.{{cite journal |last1=McWilliam |first1=Yvonne |title=The Story Behind Our Flags |journal=News on the DOT |date=November–December 1963 |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=6–8 |url=http://archive.org/details/31761116489832 |access-date=15 March 2025}} (Also as naval jack 1957-1965.)

|

=Newfoundland=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

File:Flag of the Dominion of Newfoundland.svg1904–1949Dominion of Newfoundland
File:Dominion of Newfoundland Blue Ensign, 1870–1904.svg1870–1904Newfoundland Colony
File:Flag of Newfoundland 1862-1870.svg1862–1870Newfoundland Colony

=Rebellions=

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

File:Bandera FLQ.svg1968–1971Front de libération du QuébecFlag of the FLQ as seen at demonstrations in Montreal and the U.S. between 1968 and 1971[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ca-qc.html#FLQ Flags of the World] (retrieved on 31 July 2007)
File:Metis Red.svg1812–1821Pemmican WarMetis Flag
File:Drapeau des Patriotes de Saint-Eustache et de Saint-Benoît.svg1837Lower Canada RebellionThis flag was created by Marie-Louise Félix, Émilie Berthelot and Marie-Louise-Zéphirine Labrie in 1837, also involved in the Association of Patriotic Ladies of the Deux-Montagnes County. We see a maple branch surmounted by a muskellunge, surrounded by a crown of cone and pine branches. The C would mean "Canada" (in the sense that this term had for the Patriots at the time) and JB would mean "Jean-Baptiste", the patron saint of "Canadians" since the creation of the Société Saint-Jean- Baptiste in 1834. The original is in Château Ramezay, in Montreal.
File:Flag of the Patriote movement (Lower Canada).svg1832–1838Patriote flagThe proposed flag for the Republic of Lower Canada (1838). It is still used today by some souverainists, in mostly 4 variants: the original, and three versions with the yellow star in the top left corner. Of which, two of them have Henri Julien's Patriot painting of 1904, one in colour and the other stylised in black and white.
File:Flag of the Canadian Republic.svg1837–1838Flag of the Republic of CanadaA blue-white-red vertical tricolour with two white stars representing the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada and a crescent moon representing the "hunter's clubs" that organized and led the insurrection affixed at the hoist.{{cite web |title=Photos for Fort Malden National Historic Park |url=https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/fort-malden-national-historic-park-amherstburg |website=Yelp.com |access-date=16 March 2025}}
File:Provisional Government of Saskatchewan flag.svg1869-1870North-West RebellionOften mistaken as the flag used in the 1885 resistance, the flag used by the Provisional Government of Rupert's Land and the North-West was described in various ways. Most descriptions mention a fleur-de-lys, shamrock and a white background.{{cite news |last1=Begg |first1=Alexander |title=The Red River Troubles |work=The Globe |type=Letter to the Editor}}{{cite book |last1=Osler |first1=Edmund Boyd |title=The Man Who Had to Hang Louis Riel |date=1961 |publisher=Longmans Green |page=69}}
File:Flagoftheprovisionalgovernmentofsask.png1885Provisional Government of SaskatchewanThe day of the provisional government's proclamation,  Father Vital Fourmond, a witness, wrote "As a flag [Riel] chose the white flag of ancient France [with a royal blue shield bearing three golden fleurs de lys], saying that he was called to renew its ancient glories. On it he placed a large image of Mary's immaculate heart."{{cite book |last1=Payment |first1=Diane P |title=The Free People - Li Gens Libres: A History of the Métis Community of Batoche, Saskatchewan |chapter=A National Feast Day, a Flag, and Anthem|date=February 2009 |publisher=University of Calgary Press |location=Calgary, AB, Canada |isbn=978-1-55238-239-4 |edition=2}}

= Other =

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

{{ListFlag|Flag of Madawaska.svg|150px|border}}1827Flag of the short lived Republic of Madawaska which was situated between Canada and the US.
{{ListFlag|Caribou Canadian Flag.png|150px|border}}1868The Canadian Red Ensign used at Dominion Day celebrations in Barkerville, BC in support of Canadian Confederation, as Canada did not have an official flag.{{cite web |title=Dominion Day and the "New" Canadian Flag |url=http://www.barkerville.ca/dominionday/ |website=Barkerville Historic Town & Park |access-date=2 August 2019 |language=en-CA |date=1 July 2019 |archive-date=2 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802161118/http://www.barkerville.ca/dominionday/ |url-status=dead }}
{{ListFlag|Charles Wright's sledging flag.png|150px|border}}1910–1913Sledge flag used in Antarctica by C.S. Wright, a Canadian member of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition.
{{ListFlag|British Empire flag (1930).svg|150px|border}}

|Post 1910–{{circa|1945}}

|British Empire flag

|An unofficial flag of the British Empire featuring symbols of its constituent dominions and India. The Canadian coat of arms are present in the bottom left. It was flown by civilians as a display of patriotism on special occasions such as Empire Day. A surviving specimen from the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 is kept in the Canadian Flag Collection.{{Cite news |last=Stevenson |first=Lorraine |date=23 May 2018 |title=Argyle museum waves the flag – all 1,300 of them |work=The Manitoba Co-operator |url=https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/country-crossroads/argyle-waves-the-flag-1300-of-them/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806010659/https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/country-crossroads/argyle-waves-the-flag-1300-of-them/ |archive-date=6 August 2021}}

Proposed

The following is a list of flags proposed for the Canadian state.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ca!.html|title=Canada, flag proposals}}

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Flag

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Use

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;" | Description

File:Proposed National Flag of Canada Donald A Smith (1895).svg1895Proposed national flag by Sir Donald A. SmithA British colonial Red Ensign with green maple leaf in lower fly.{{cite news |title=Change in the national flag, discussed by Sir Donald A. Smith |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/740718219/ |access-date=31 March 2025 |publisher=The Montreal Star |date=May 25, 1895}}
File:Proposed Meteor Star Flag of Canada by Sanford Fleming (1895).svg1895Proposal for a 'Meteor Flag of the Dominion' by Sir Sanford FlemingA British colonial Red Ensign with a seven-pointed white star in the lower fly that represents the North Star as emblem of Canada its rays symbolizing its then seven provinces.{{cite web |title=Proposed Flag for Canada: Sir Sandford Fleming, 1895 |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/1260 |website=The Public Register of Arms, Flags, and Badges of Canada |publisher=The Governor General of Canada |access-date=20 March 2025}}{{harvp|Archbold |2002 |page=80}} Proposed 13 years before Australia incorporated a seven-point Commonwealth Star in its flag.
File:Proposed National Flag of Canada H Spencer Howell (1895) alone.svg1895Proposed national flag by H. Spencer Howell of the Canadian Club of Hamilton, OntarioA British colonial Red Ensign with green maple leaf on white disc in lower fly.{{cite news |last1=Howell |first1=H. Spencer |title=Flag Emblems Criticised |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1008159157/ |access-date=31 March 2025 |publisher=The Hamilton Spectator |date=Jul 10, 1895}}{{cite web |last1=Vachon |first1=Auguste |title=Banniére de France et Pavillon Blanc en Nouvelle-France |url=https://www.heraldicscienceheraldique.com/banniegravere-de-france-et-pavillon-blanc-en-nouvelle-france.html |website=Heraldic Science Héraldique |access-date=1 April 2025}}
File:E.M. Chadwick Proposed Blue Ensign of Canada with Yellow Maple Leaves (1896).svg1896E. M. Chadwick's Proposed National Flag / Blue Ensign of CanadaA British Blue Ensign with three conjoined maple leaves in gold as emblem on the fly. Chadwick also proposed a Red Ensign with the same gold maple leaves as Canada's colonial/national emblem.{{cite book |last1=Chadwick |first1=E. M. |title=Canadian Almanac |date=1896 |chapter=The Canadian Flag |publisher=The Copp, Clark Co., Ltd. |location=Toronto |pages=227-228, plate facing 232 |url=https://archive.org/details/canada189600unknuoft/mode/2up |access-date=16 March 2025}}
File:Proposed National Flag and Red Ensign of Canada by EM Chadwick (1896).svg1896E. M. Chadwick's Proposed National Flag and Red Ensign of CanadaA British Red Ensign with three conjoined maple leaves in green on a white disc as badge on the fly. Chadwick also proposed a Blue Ensign with the same maple leaves in red on a white disc as Canada's colonial/national emblem.{{harvp|Chadwick |1896 |pages=227-228, plate facing 232}}
File:1902 British Empire flag proposal (in Canada).svg

|1902

|Design reported in the Daily Express to have been proposed as part of a series of Empire flags that would replace the Union Jack in representing individual territories of the British Empire{{Cite news |date=9 February 1902 |title=A British Empire Flag |pages=3 |work=The New York Times |agency=The London Express |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1902/02/09/archives/a-british-empire-flag-a-design-is-preparing-for-a-new-ensign-to.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 August 2023 |via=The New York Times Archives}}

|The Cross of Saint George and the crown in the canton would have been present on all Empire flags to represent the English. In the top right would be the emblem of the territory flying the flag, and in this case, the coat of arms of Canada. A large sun in the centre symbolizes "the empire on which the sun never sets."

File:Proposed Flag of Canada (1930).svg1916Manitoba Free Press ProposalDesign inspired by the Australian flag. A British ensign with a white field, with the seven stars of the Big Dipper/Great Bear plus the North Star placed on the fly.{{cite news |last1=W.J.H. |title=Heliograms |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/65498656/ |access-date=27 March 2025 |publisher=Manitoba Free Press |page= 9 |date=January 26, 1916}} Further development of a proposal originally made in October 1909 by C. F. Hamilton in Collier's Canada (a white ensign as flag of Canada). Hamilton strongly criticized the Manitoba Free Press proposal for its use of 'republican' stars.{{cite news |title=A Contribution to the Flag Discussion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/65576482/ |access-date=27 March 2025 |publisher=Manitoba Free Press |page= 20 |date=February 11, 1920}}
File:Bowen Flag of Canada Proposal (~1920s).svg1920sMinnie H. Bowen ProposalDesign featuring the white cross of France on a red field with Union Jack in canton, submitted to PM Mackenzie King's 1925 flag committee.{{cite web |last1=Brenda |first1=Hartwell |last2=Robinson |first2=Jody |title=Minnie H. Bowen Canadian Flag - c. 1920s |url=https://100objects.qahn.org/content/minnie-h-bowen-canadian-flag-c-1920s |website=The Identity of English-speaking Quebec in 100 Objects |publisher=Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network}} A similar redesign of the red and blue ensigns of Canada was considered by PM Sir Robert Borden's 1919 arms committee.{{Cite book|title=Canada's Flag: A Search for a Country | url=https://archive.org/details/canadasflagsearc0000math_y5v5/mode/2up |last=Matheson|first=John Ross|year=1986 |location= Belleville, Ontario |publisher=Mika Publishing Company |page=15 |isbn=0-919303-01-3}}
File:Flag of canada duguid 1925 (version 3).svg

| 1925

A. Fortescue Duguid ProposalProposed by Archer Fortescue Duguid as a “Canadian National Flag for Use Ashore” in June 1925. Later provisionally adopted by the Canadian Army in Europe from 1939-1944, until replaced by the Canadian Red Ensign. Duguid re-proposed the design as national flag in 1939 at the time it was adopted as the flag of the 1st Canadian Division.{{cite journal |last1=Reynolds |first1=Ken |title="To make the unmistakable signal 'Canada'": The Canadian Army's "Battle Flag" during the Second World War |journal=Raven: A Journal of Vexillology |date=2007 |volume=14 |pages=1–33 |doi=10.5840/raven2007141 |url=http://www.pdcnet.org/oom/service?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=&rft.imuse_id=raven_2007_0014_0001_0033&svc_id=info:www.pdcnet.org/collection |access-date=13 April 2025}}
File:Proposed National Flag of Canada (1926 La Presse Contest Winner).svg1926Winner of the 1926 La Presse contest to design a national flag for Canada. Design re-proposed during the 1945-46 Parliamentary flag committee deliberations.{{harvp|Matheson |1986 |page=62}}The white field recalls the first, "heroic" period of Canada under monarchical France, the Union Jack symbolizes loyalty to Great Britain, and the green maple leaf concretizes the present history of Canada and its aspirations.{{cite news |title=Le modèle de drapeau primé par le jury au concour organisé par la "Presse" rappelle les temps héroiques du Canada, sa loyauté, et symbolise ses aspirations |url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3093885 |access-date=14 March 2025 |issue=189, 42nd year |publisher=La Presse |pages= 17,42 |date=29 May 1926}}{{cite news |title=Le drapeau national du Canada |url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2961949?docsearchtext=drapeau |access-date=22 March 2025 |publisher=La Presse |page= 24|date=11 January 1930}}
File:Proposed Flag of Canada by Gérard Gallienne (c.1931).svgc.1931Gérard Gallienne's ProposalA plain blue-red-blue vertical triband fimbriated by white bars (pallets). The blue bars symbolize the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and Canada's National Motto, A mari usque ad mare ('From sea to sea') and the red Canada's land.{{cite news |title=Un projet de drapeau |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/le-devoir-un-projet-de-drapeau-gallien/170841274/ |access-date=23 April 2025 |publisher=Le Devoir |date=9 March 1938}}{{cite news |last1=Gallienne |first1=Gérard V. |title=Drapeau National Pour Le Canada |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gh0SAQAAMAAJ&q=gallienne+drapeau+national+pour+le+canada |access-date=23 April 2025 |publisher=Scientific Canadian Mechanics' Magazine And Patent Office Record |date=11 August 1931}}
File:Proposed Flag of Canada (1939).svg1939Ephrem Côté's Proposal{{harvp|Archbold |2002 |page=101}}A blue-white-red diagonal triband (white bend sinister on a field party per bend sinister blue and red). With a Union Jack in upper hoist, green maple leaf centre, and white fleur-de-lis lower hoist.
File:Proposed Flag of Canada Ligue du Drapeau Nationale and Native Sons of Canada (c1943).svgc.1943Ligue du Drapeau National's proposal for Flag of Canada, adopted by the Native Sons of Canada c.1958A red and white field divided diagaonally (per bend) defaced by a green maple leaf place in the centre. Proposed by the Ligue du Drapeau National c. 1943.{{cite web |title=Proposed Flag for Canada: Ligue du drapeau national, c. 1943 |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/1265 |website=The Public Register of Arms, Flags, and Badges of Canada |publisher=The Governor General of Canada |access-date=17 March 2025}} One of the two final designs considered by the 1945-1946 parliamentary joint committee to choose a national flag.{{harvp|Stanley |1972 |page=55}} Adopted and promoted by the Native Sons of Canada c.1958.{{cite news |title=Maple Maple Leaf flag campaign |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.3593974 |access-date=10 April 2025 |agency=CBC Newsmagazine |publisher=CBC |date=28 December 1958}}
File:Proposed Flag of Canada by Eugène Achard (1944).svg1944Eugène Achard's ProposalOn a blue field, a white symmetric cross surmounted by a red cross, charged by a green maple leaf ringed by nine white five-pointed stars.{{cite journal |last1=Patterson |first1=Bruce |title=The Red Ensign and the Maple Leaf: Canada's Two Flag Traditions |journal=Raven: A Journal of Vexillology |date=2016 |volume=23 |page=6 |doi=10.5840/raven2016233 |url=https://www.pdcnet.org/85257D7A006284F7/file/D5820A252990D75DC125809F006F9216/%24FILE/raven_2016_0023_0000_0009_0025.pdf |access-date=1 May 2025}}
File:Archer Fortescue Duguid Proposal Flag of Canada (1964).svg1945A. Fortescue Duguid's second Proposal{{cite web |title=

Proposed Flag for Canada: Fortescue Duguid and John Matheson, 1945-1964 |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/1268 |website=The Public Register of Arms, Flags, and Badges of Canada |publisher=The Governor General of Canada |access-date=20 March 2025}}

Three red maple leaves conjoined with a single stem on a white field. Originally proposed by Canadian armed forces heraldist and vexillologist Col. A. Fortecue Duguid during the 1945-1946 Parliamentary committee deliberations. Later re-proposed by PM Pearson's parliamentary secretary John R. Matheson in 1963.{{harvp|Matheson |1986 |page=128}} Publicly supported by ex-PM and opposition leader John Diefenbaker during 1964 Great Flag Debate.{{cite news |title=Diefenbaker makes his flag choices |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.3627901 |access-date=9 April 2025 |agency=CBC |publisher=CBC |date=16 December 1964}}
File:1946 Canadian flag proposal.svg1946Parliamentary Joint Committee's final selectionA red British ensign defaced with a large golden maple leaf outlined in white in the fly.{{cite web |title=Proposed Flag for Canada: Parliamentary Committee, 1946 |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/1266 |website=The Public Register of Arms, Flags, and Badges of Canada |publisher=The Governor General of Canada |access-date=17 March 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Bone |first1=James |title=Donald Nelson Baird and the 1945–46 Parliamentary Flag Design Committee |url=https://thediscoverblog.com/2021/05/20/donald-nelson-baird-and-the-1945-46-parliamentary-flag-design-committee/ |website=Library and Archives Canada Blog |date=20 May 2021 |publisher=Library and Archives Canada |access-date=22 March 2025}}{{cite book |last1=Archbold |first1=Rick |title=I stand for Canada : the story of the Maple Leaf flag |date=2002 |publisher=Macfarlane Walter & Ross |location=Toronto |isbn=9781551991085 |page=64 |url=https://archive.org/details/istandforcanadas0000arch/mode/1up |access-date=17 March 2025}} Selected by a 1945-1946 Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons but never submitted to parliament for a vote.{{harvp|Matheson |1986 |page=63}}
File:Proposed Flag of Canada by D. F. Stedman (1946).svg1946D. F. Stedman's proposalA blue field with red and white diagonal and vertical bars of varying breadth. Derived from the British Union Jack and French Tricolour and intended to represent British, French, and Native 'founding' peoples.{{cite news |last1=Stedman |first1=D. F. |title=A Flag Discussion: Width of Bars May Be Changed, Designs Are Heraldically Equivalent, (Chapter 7: Proportions of the Flag Design) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen-width-of-bars-may-be/170699302/ |access-date=20 April 2025 |publisher=The Ottawa Citizen |date=1946-12-09}}
File:Proposed Flag of Canada by Florian A. Legace (1954).svg1954Florian A. Legace's proposal, the 'Canadian Union Jack'A white cross on a red and blue quartered field, a green maple leaf centre. White "Cross of Sacrifice" after usage of Canadian Legion. Deep red of Union Jack, royal blue quarters intended to be intermediate between dark blue of the Union Jack and azure of the Fleurdelisé Flag of Quebec. The points on the maple leaf symbolize its individual provinces and territories and its green colour Canada's natural resources and the evergreens found coast to coast.{{cite news |title=Determined Salesman: Coast-to-Coast Effort To Promote New Flag |last1=Clingen |first1=Ron|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/standard-freeholder-determined-salesman/170657584/ |access-date=20 April 2025 |publisher=Standard-Freeholder |date=1961-04-03}}
File:Proposed Flag of Canada by John Lorne MacDougall (1954).svg1954John Lorne MacDougall's proposalRed field with white side/flank in the hoist charged with a shield featuring the Union Jack of Great Britain and three golden fleurs-de-lis of royalist France/Quebec over which are three green maple leaves and a Tudor crown. One of several variants devised by an all-province study group of Liberal MPs convened by Bona Arsenault in 1954.{{cite news |last1=McKeown |first1=Robert |title=How Do You Like These Canadian Flags? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-caption/172680009/ |access-date=3 June 2025 |volume=4 |issue=11 |publisher=Weekend Picture Magazine |date=13 March 1954}}{{cite news |title=Vancouver M.P. May Father Canada's Flag |last1= Nicholson |first1= Patrick |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-news-herald-vancouver-mp/172422789/ |access-date=3 June 2025 |publisher=The Vancouver News-Herald |date=25 January 1954}}
File:Proposed Flag of Canada by J.W. Bradfied of the Toronto Young Men's Canadian Club (1955) (1955).svg1955Proposal of J.W. Bradfield of the Toronto Young Men's Canadian ClubQuartered banner - upper hoist red with three golden lions, lower fly blue with three white fleurs-de-lis, remaining two white with three red conjoined maple leaves.{{cite web |title=Canada, flag proposals |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ca!.html#1955 |website=Flags of the World (FOTW) |publisher=FOTW |access-date=24 March 2025}}{{cite web |title=Members of the Commons flag committee are surrounded by 1,200 designs for a new Canadian flag which they are considering |url=https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=3598638&q=Canadian%20Flag%20Committee&ecopy=a213164-v8 |website=Library and Archves Canada | date=25 November 2016 |publisher=Government of Canada/Gouvernement du Canada |access-date=24 March 2025}}
File:Alan Beddoe Proposal Flag of Canada (1955).svg1955Alan Beddoe's ProposalA white field charged by three red maple leaves conjoined on one stem with narrow wavy vertical blue bars at hoist and fly.{{harvp|Archbold |2002 |page=21}}
File:Flag of Canada Proposal by Andre Barbeau (1955).svg1955Andre Barbeau's ProposalA white square centre panel charged with a forest green maple leaf, flanked by blue, white, red vertical bars at hoist and fly.{{cite news |title=New Flag Design |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-phoenix-new-flag-design-andre-bar/173371602/ |access-date=29 May 2025 |agency=CP Photo |publisher=Star-Phoenix |date=10 November 1955}}
File:Jean-Francois Pouliot's Proposal (1957).svg1957Jean-Francois Pouliot's ProposalGreen, detailed maple leaf on a red background.
File:Proposed Flag of Canada by Alfred Stagg (1957).svg1957Alfred Stagg's ProposalBlue-white-blue vertical triband charged by a red maple leaf encircled by a red ring.{{cite news |title=No Controversy in New Flag Plan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen-no-controversy-in-new/170661005/ |access-date=21 April 2025 |publisher=The Ottawa Citizen |date=15 July 1957}} The distinctive leaf appears to be a silver maple rather than the more standard sugar maple.
File:Jean Dubuc Proposal Flag of Canada (c1959).svgc.1958Jean Dubuc's Proposal{{cite web |last1=Pass |first1=Forrest |title=A Sweet Proposal… for a New Canadian Flag |url=https://thediscoverblog.com/2025/02/11/a-sweet-proposal-for-a-new-canadian-flag/ |website=The Discover Blog |date=11 February 2025 |publisher=Library and Archives Canada |access-date=10 April 2025}}On a white field, a tripartite symmetric cross in red, white and blue, surmounted by a green maple leaf on a white disc. The white of the field symbolizes the First Nations and Inuit people “still in possession of vast expanses of snow and ice of this country”.{{cite web |last1=Pass |first1=Forrest |title=A Sweet Proposal… for a New Canadian Flag |url=https://thediscoverblog.com/2025/02/11/a-sweet-proposal-for-a-new-canadian-flag/ |website=The Discover Blog |date=11 February 2025 |publisher=Library and Archives Canada |access-date=10 April 2025}}
File:Polar Star Canadian Flag Proposal (1962).svg1962John-Guy Labarre's ProposalA green Compass rose on a white background.
File:First place Weekend - Canadian Art Magazine Contest (1963).svg1963Rolland Lavoie's ProposalA disc divided in half vertically, coloured red and blue, on a white field. First Prize winner in the 1963 Weekend / Canadian Art magazine design contest.{{cite news |title=In Search of a Meaningful Canadian Symbolism |url=https://leifnorman.net/other-versions-of-the-canadian-flag-sept-1963/ |access-date=3 April 2025 |issue=87 |publisher=Weekend/Canadian Art |date=September 1963}}{{harvp|Archbold |2002 |page=65}}{{cite web |title=Proposed Flag for Canada: the Canadian Art / Weekend Magazine, 1963 |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/1267 |website=The Public Register of Arms |publisher=The Governor General of Canada |access-date=3 April 2025}}
File:Second place Weekend - Canadian Art Magazine Contest (1963).svg1963James Sanders's ProposalAn abstractly stylized seven-point red maple leaf on a white field. Second Prize winner in the 1963 Weekend / Canadian Art magazine design contest.{{cite news |title=In Search of a Meaningful Canadian Symbolism |url=https://leifnorman.net/other-versions-of-the-canadian-flag-sept-1963/ |access-date=3 April 2025 |issue=87 |publisher=Canadian Art |date=September 1963}}{{harvp|Archbold |2002 |page=65}}
File:Fourth prize Weekend - Canadian Art Magazine Contest Leslie Coppold (1963).svg1963Leslie Coppold's ProposalA blue and white vertically divided field with an abstractly stylized fifteen-point red maple leaf on the square white fly panel. One of five Fourth Prize winners in the 1963 Weekend / Canadian Art magazine design contest.{{cite news |title=In Search of a Meaningful Canadian Symbolism |url=https://leifnorman.net/other-versions-of-the-canadian-flag-sept-1963/ |access-date=25 April 2025 |issue=87 |page= 273 |publisher=Canadian Art |date=September 1963}}{{harvp|Archbold |2002 |page=65}}
File:Carl Dair proposed flag of Canada Weekend - Canadian Art Magazine Contest (1963).svg1963Carl Dair's ProposalAn abstractly stylized five-point red maple leaf on a white field flanked by vertical blue bars. Honorable Mention in the 1963 Weekend / Canadian Art magazine design contest.{{cite news |title=In Search of a Meaningful Canadian Symbolism |url=https://leifnorman.net/other-versions-of-the-canadian-flag-sept-1963/ |access-date=3 April 2025 |issue=87 |publisher=Canadian Art |date=September 1963}}
File:Proposed Flag of Canada by Grant Hewlett (1963).svg1963Grant Hewlett's ProposalA red field as square panel at fly with a white side or flank at hoist, charged with a green 19-point maple leaf. Honorable Mention in the 1963 Weekend / Canadian Art magazine design contest.{{cite news |title=In Search of a Canadian Flag |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425080039/https://avaluer.net/explore/43100723-rare_1963_canadian_canada_flag_debate_article_ensign_patriotic_contest_heraldry |access-date=30 May 2025 |issue=36 |publisher=Weekend Magazine |date=September 1963}}
File:Canada Pearson Pennant 1964 (version).svg1964Proposal of Alan Beddoe made during the Great Flag Debate, favored by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and popularly known as the Pearson Pennant. Parliamentary Committee "Group A" FinalistA blue field with a white square containing a three-leaf maple. The blue sides were meant to represent John A. Macdonald's description of the Canadian Pacific Railway and Canada's geography, "From sea to sea". Beddoe first submitted a proposed flag of similar design in 1955.{{harvp|Archbold |2002 |page=21}} The original mid-1964 draft version featured spikey, rounded heraldic maple leaves.{{cite news |title=Legionnaires boo PM Pearson over flag design |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.3627900 |access-date=11 April 2025 |agency=CBC |publisher=CBC |date=19 May 1964}}
File:Proposed Flag of Canada by Reid Scott (1964).svg1964Proposal of Reid Scott of the New Democratic Party made during the Great Flag Debate.A white field charged with a single red maple leaf and flanked by two vertical blue bars.{{cite news |title=Debate Will Open Monday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-debate-will-open-monday-r/171459171/ |access-date=1 May 2025 |agency=Canadian Press |publisher=The Standard |date=11 June 1964}}
File:Four Leaves Flag Proposal.svg1964Proposal made during the Great Flag Debate featuring four maple leavesFour large maple leaves occupy the centre of the flag. Behind them is a white diamond on a blue background. The leaves are arranged similarly to the modern heraldic mark of the Prime Minister, and their stems form the Cross of Saint George in the middle.
File:Stars & Leaf Proposal (1964).svg1964Proposal made during the Great Flag Debate featuring one maple leafThe background is like the British flag without the diagonal stripes, there is a green maple leaf in the centre and there are three stars on either side in the red stripe and two stars on either side in the vertical red stripe.
File:Ten Leaves Flag Proposal.svg1964Proposal made during the Great Flag Debate featuring ten maple leavesTen maple leaves are spread across the flag, and they likely represent the provinces. On the left are red leaves on a red background. The right side features the same colours inverted.
File:Proposal for Flag of Canada by George Stanley (1964, version).svg1964Proposal for Flag of Canada, by George F. G. Stanley{{cite web |last1=Stanley |first1=George F. G. |title=Letter from G.F.G. Stanley, Dean of Arts at the Royal Military College of Canada, to John Matheson, Member of Parliament for Leeds, Ontario, relating to the design of a new Canadian flag |url=https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?idnumber=e010964554-v8e010964554-v82727513&app=FonAndCol&ecopy= |website=Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |date=25 November 2016 |publisher=Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada |access-date=19 April 2025}}A red-white-red vertical triband, a red field with a white pale, containing a single red 15-point maple leaf. Based on the flag of the Royal Military College of Canada, where Stanley served as Dean of Arts.{{cite web |last1=Stanley |first1=George F. G. |title=Dr. G.F.G. Stanley's Flag Memorandum to John Matheson, 23 March 1964 |url=https://people.stfx.ca/lstanley/stanley/flagmemo2.htm |access-date=17 March 2025}}
File:Proposal for Flag of Canada by George Stanley - Option B (1964).svg1964George F. G. Stanley's alternate proposal for Flag of Canada, his Option B{{cite web |last1=Stanley |first1=George F. G. |title=Letter from G.F.G. Stanley, Dean of Arts at the Royal Military College of Canada, to John Matheson, Member of Parliament for Leeds, Ontario, relating to the design of a new Canadian flag |url=https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?idnumber=e010964554-v8e010964554-v82727513&app=FonAndCol&ecopy= |website=Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |date=25 November 2016 |publisher=Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada |access-date=19 April 2025}}A red-white-red horizontal triband, a red field with a white fess, containing a three-leaf maple branch.
File:George Matthias Bist Proposal Flag of Canada (1964).svg1964Proposed flag for Canada, by George Matthias BistA critique and redesign of the Pearson Pennant. Features a red stylized 9-point maple leaf (black maple) on a white square pale, with an 'air force blue' field.{{cite web |last1=Bist |first1=George Matthias |title=Flag Design |url=https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Result?q=bist&num=50&start=0&enviro=prod&DataSource=Images&ecopy=e002113737-v6 |website=Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |date=25 November 2016 |publisher=Government of Canada/Gouvernement du Canada |access-date=14 March 2025}} Design credited with inventing the Canadian pale.{{harvp|Matheson |1986 |pages=125-6, 249}}
File:Canada flag Group C Finalist (versiuon).svg1964Proposal made during the Great Flag Debate featuring one maple leaf. "Group C" finalist considered by Parliamentary committee.{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/1824425/are-the-conservatives-playing-politics-with-the-canadian-flag/|title = Are the Conservatives playing politics with the Canadian flag? - National | Globalnews.ca}}Identical to "Group B" final choice of 1964 Committee but with Union Flag and royal French banner with three fleurs-de-lis as cantonal charges in upper hoist and fly. Introduced ostensibly to placate supporters of Canadian Red Ensign,{{harvp|Matheson |1986 |page=146}} eliminated in second to last round of voting.
File:Proposed Flag of Canada Parliamentary Committee Group B Finalist (1964).svg1964Proposal made during Great Flag Debate, Parliamentary Committee "Group B" finalist and Committee final selection.Final choice of 1964 Parliamentary Joint Comittee. Features vertical triband, red-white-red colour scheme, and single maple leaf proposed by George Stanley, George Matthias Bist's broad pale, and 13-point maple leaf designed by Alan Beddoe.{{cite web |title=1963-1965: The birth of Canada's National Flag — Who's who |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/flag-canada-history/whos-who.html |website=Government of Canada/Gouvernement du Canada |date=4 January 2023 |access-date=18 March 2025}}
File:Proposed Flag of Canada Parliamentary Committee Final Selection Intermediate Prototype (1964).svg1964An intermediate manufactured prototype of the 1964 Parliamentary flag committee's final selection.An intermediate redesign of the Parliamentary Joint Committee's final selection, featuring a variant 13-point maple leaf. Appears in press images taken in the month of December 1964, including a press agency photograph at the closure of Parliamentary debate{{cite web |last1=Matheson |first1=John |title=The Great Flag Debate |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/flag-debate |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=1 April 2025}} and a magazine cover depicting the new flag flying on Parliament Hill.{{harvp|Archbold |2002 |page= 107}}
File:Canadian Duality Flag.svg1994Proposed flag for Canada, known as the Canadian Unity FlagBlue vertical stripes replacing part of the red bands, in approximate proportion to population of French heritage.
File:Unilise.svg1996The Unilisé, a flag used by Canadian federalists in QuebecA banner combining the flags of Canada and Quebec. Made in 1996 after the Quebec independence referendum by federalists who supported remaining with Canada to represent national unity.

Regional

=Official=

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File:Cape Breton Island Flag (Eagle).svg1994–present

| Flag of Cape Breton Island

A white field with four narrow horizontal stripes at the bottom, blue over green over yellow over gray with a narrow black fimbriation. Toward the fly, the green bar rises to silhouette a hill or island. Toward the hoist is a green, stylized eagle in flight.

Despite not being widely used, the Eagle flag was officially recognized and adopted by the Nova Scotian government in 1994.{{Cite web|url=https://www.capebretonpost.com/sports/football/woman-wants-cape-breton-flag-designed-by-her-daughter-recognized-17897/|access-date=2020-09-30|website=www.capebretonpost.com|title=Woman wants Cape Breton flag designed by her daughter recognized | Saltwire}}

File:Flag of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.svg1938–presentFlag of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-JeanA field party per fess, green and yellow, with a red-bordered grey ordinary cross; green represents the region's forests, yellow its agriculture, grey its industry and commerce, and red the vitality of the population

=Unofficial=

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File:Cape Breton Island Flag (Popular).svgDisputed–present

| Flag of Cape Breton Island

A field tierced per forest green and white, with a green saltire and yellow circle reading "Cape Breton Island" on the top, and "Canada" on the bottom, with a green stylized map of Cape Breton Island in the middle. The green is taken from the island's tartan.

Though being the most commonly used flag it is not the official flag and is disputed by supporters of the officially recognized 1993 flag designed by Kelly Gooding

File:Flag of Labrador.svg1974–presentFlag of LabradorA field party per fess, white and azure, with a green horizontal band across the centre and a spruce twig in the upper hoist
File:Flag of Newfoundland.svg1880s–presentNewfoundland TricolourA field tierced per pale green, white, and pink
File:Flag of Outer Baldonia.svg1949–presentFlag of Outer Bald Tusket IslandFlag used by one of the first micronations, named Principality of Outer Baldonia, it is sometimes used on fishing boats and on souvenirs.
File:Flag of Vancouver Island.svg1988–presentFlag of Vancouver IslandA Blue Ensign defaced with the great seal of the Colony of Vancouver Island. Used informally today.[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ca-bc-vi.html FOTW Flags of the World: Vancouver Island (British Colony, Canada)] This unofficial flag was designed in the 1980s to retroactively represent the colony (1849–1866). In 1865 the Crown gave colonies permission to place their badges on the fly of the Blue Ensign; thus vexillologists could argue that this flag is official.[http://www.fraser.cc/FlagsCan/Provinces/BC.html Flags of Canada: British Columbia]
File:Flag of Western Canada.svg1988–presentFlag of Western CanadaOriginally used by the Western Independence Party, it was designed in 1988 ahead of the party's first election.

House flags of Canadian freight companies

class="wikitable"
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File:House flag of Canada Steamship Lines Ltd.svg1965–presentrowspan="2" | Canada Steamship Linesrowspan="3" |
File:House flag of Canada Steamship Lines Ltd (1951).svg1958-1965
File:House Flag of Quebec Steamship Company.svg1867-1958Quebec Steamship Company and Canada Steamship Lines
150px

|1944–present

|Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien

|The project differs in different periods of the company's activity.

File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg

|1811–2019

|Bowring Brothers

|

File:House flag of the Canadian Australasian Line.svg

|1893–1953

|Canadian Australasian Line

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150px

|1919–1986

|Canadian National Steamship Company

|

File:Canadian Pacific house flag.svg

|1887–2005

|CP Ships

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150px

|19th–1967

|Job Brothers & Co., Limited

|

150px

|1910–1916

|Royal Line

|

Yacht clubs of Canada

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! scope="col" | Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of armdaleyc.png|150px|b=no}}

| Armdale Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Bhycburgee.jpg|150px|b=no}}

| Barrachois Harbour Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of bay of quinte yc.svg|150px|b=no|c=yes}}

| Bay of Quinte Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of Bras d'Or YC.svg|150px|b=no|c=yes}}

| Bras d'Or Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of Bronte Harbour YC.svg|150px|b=no|c=yes}}

| Bronte Harbour Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of Buffalo Canoe Club.svg|150px|b=no|c=yes}}

| Buffalo Canoe Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of DobsonYC.png|150px|b=no|c=yes}}

| Dobson Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of Etobicoke YC.svg|150px|b=no|c=yes}}

| Etobicoke Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of Northern YC.svg|150px|b=no|c=yes}}

| Northern Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of Oakville Yacht Squadron.svg|150px|b=no|c=yes}}

| Oakville Yacht Squadron

{{ListFlag|Burgee of Royal Hamilton YC.svg|150px|b=no|c=yes}}

| Royal Hamilton Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of Royal Lake of the Woods YC.svg|150px|b=no|c=yes}}

| Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of Royal St Lawrence YC.svg|150px|b=no|c=yes}}

| Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of Royal Vancouver YC.svg|150px|b=no|c=yes}}

| Royal Vancouver Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of Royal Victoria YC.svg|150px|b=no|c=yes}}

| Royal Victoria Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Royal Canadian Yacht Club Burgee.png|150px}}

| Royal Canadian Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|RoyalNovaScotiaYachtSquadron1.png|150px}}

| Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron

{{ListFlag|Windsor Yacht Club - Burgee.png|150px}}

| Windsor Yacht Club

{{ListFlag|Burgee of Queen's University at Kingston.SVG|150px}}

| Queen's University at Kingston (College team)

{{ListFlag|Burgee of University of British Columbia.SVG|150px}}

| University of British Columbia (College team)

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