Canada Flag
The history of the Canadian flag is not very old. The Canada gained independence from Britain in 1st July 1867, but for so many years the British union jack was drawn on the flag of Canada as a part of the Canadian flag. When the world was suffering from the disaster of World War 1, the prime minister observed that the battalions of Canada used the maple leaf as their logo, so he decided that the maple leaf should be a part of the Canada flags. Round about 33 debates were carried out by Lester Pearson and as a result of these debates the maple leaf became a part of flags of Canada. On the old Canadian flag there was no emblem. So the first flag of Canada was adopted on 22nd October 1964. The flag of Canada was officially recognized on 15th February 1965 by the Queen of Canada; that was Queen Elizabeth 11.
The flag of Canada is also known by the name of Maple leaf flag. While the nickname of the Canada’s flag in French is `L’Unifolié’, the meaning of L'Unifolié' is one leafed.
The description of the Canada flag is simple: the flag of Canada is made in the proportion 1:2. There are three vertical strips on the Canadian flag, Red and white in color.
The outermost vertical strips on two ends of Canada’s flag are of red color. These two red color vertical strips on the flags of Canada are of equal length. While there is a relatively wide in width white color vertical strip in the middle of the two red color strips on the flag of Canada.
The central strip is more like a square. The middle white color vertical strip or square has an emblem of maple leaf in the middle of the white color vertical strip on Canadian flag. The maple leaf on the Canada flag has 11 points, and one stem. The color of the maple leaf on the flag of Canada is red.
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The common questions about Canadian flag are who made the Canadian flag? And who designed Canadian flag? There answers are very vague because the flag of Canada is not old then 18th century, the first Canadian flag was flown first when the prince Wales visited Canada on 21st august 1860, it was a first visit by any royal member. So at that time the people of Canada used the maple leaf as their logo. Later on, modifications occurred in the flag of Canada and in the 19th century, by the struggle of Pearson, maple leaf became a part of the national Canada flag.
The meaning of the Canadian flag is very much controversial, the answer to the question: why is the Canadian flag red and white is that the red color on the flag of Canada depicts the cross of saint George, while the white color depicts the emblem of French royal. The maple leaf depicts the society of Saint Jean Baptiste. Some people say that red depicts the blood shed in World War 1 and white color depicts the land. There are many meanings regarding the colors of the Canadian flag.
The people of Canada usually make Canadian flag tattoos on their body parts, especially before the independence day of Canada. The golf balls are also famous in the Canada as golf is a famous game in Canada.
Pictures of the Canadian flag can be downloaded from internet. Along with the information and maps related to all areas of the Canada.
