3X5 FT COL NYL-GLO CANADA  For Indoor Presentation and Parade use.

CANADIAN FLAG FACTS

The present Maple Leaf Canadian flag dates from 1965.  Before that the British Red Ensign with the Canadian arms was used.  The Canadians resented the symbol of allegiance to Britain that they did not feel.  In 1964 Prime Ministerl, Lester Pearson proposed to design a flag significant to Canada that would stand for a nonaligned wholly independent Canada. 

The red vertical stripes on either side of the Maple Leaf symbolize the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans and were originally meant to be blue.  The White panel symbolizes the snowy Winters of northern Canada and Red for the blood of all the Canadians who sacrificed their lives in World War I.  The Maple Leaf has been the symbol of Canada since the early 1800's and Red and White have been the official colors since 1921