Since Confederation, the Canadian national flag had been the British Union Jack - a symbol of Canada's former colonial status. The Red Ensign - a modified version of the flag of the British ...

It was on Feb. 15, 1965 that our flag was officially inaugurated in a public ceremony on Parliament Hill with these words from Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson: “May the land over which this new flag ...

which prominently featured the Union Jack, because it was a nod to Canada's British roots but also because troops fought and died under that flag in nation-defining conflicts. Then-prime minister ...

also called the Grand Union Flag, aboard the warship Alfred anchored in the Delaware River. The Colonial banner, a combination of the British Union Jack and one stripe for each Colony, is adopted ...