Flag of Canada
The flag of Canada is considered the official state symbols and looks like a rectangular red cloth, in the center of which is a white square. Already on the square is a drawing of a maple leaf with eleven ends. The lengths are twice the width. The flag was recognized in the sixties.
There is no color interpretation when it comes to this flag. There are many transcripts, for example, a pair of red stripes can symbolize a pair of oceans washing Canada on both sides. The Maple Leaf Emphasizes the Unity of the Nation.
The red color is the color of the cross belonging to St. George and is a symbol of Great Britain (that is, the former metropolis). The white color is a symbol of France (in the past it was the metropolis of Quebec). From the back and front, the flag looks identical and has two-sided symmetry. The stripe in the middle is equal to a quarter of the length of the entire flag. This configuration is called «canadian post». In the middle, a maple leaf is depicted, which has a red color. This leaf has been considered a symbol of this country since the eighteenth century. The maple leaf has eleven endings, but this number does not bear any symbolism..
As the first flag, the Canadians used the George Cross, which was installed by the Italian navigator John Cabot, who served with the British. He managed to reach the shores of Newfoundland, and then he raised this flag. A little later, in the sixteenth century, a navigator named Jacques Cartier from France planted the French flag on the territory of the Gaspe Peninsula. This flag was possessed by fleur-de-lis.
In the middle of the nineteenth century, a new state arose, called the Canadian Dominion of the British Empire and, accordingly, created a new national flag. At first it was the flag previously used by the governor general as the British flag - in the middle there was a shield that was divided into four sections. Each section contained a drawing of the coat of arms of the eastern province. The shield depicted on the flag was framed by a wreath with maple leaves. A little later, it was replaced with a red cloth, on which the British flag was also placed. In the twenties of the twentieth century, the coat of arms with the flag changed again. The modern version of the Canadian flag, the tricolor with an eleven-pointed leaf, was officially adopted in the sixties..
