what does Canadas flag symbolize what does the clorors and the maple leaf symbolize 10 points to first right a

Answer 1

On February 15, 1965 Canada adopted the red and white flag with one maple leaf as it's official flag. The maple leaf has been associated with Canada since the 1700s. It was decided in the mid 1960s by the Pearson Liberal Government that Canada should have a flag of its own. Up to that point Canada had used the Union Jack, and later, the Red Ensign (the flag of the British merchant marines) with a Canadian badge. Therefore, part of the reason for the move was to accommodate a changing Quebec which resented the symbol of English oppression on the national flag.
Pearson favored a design with blue bars on the side with a red maple leaf. Robert McMichael (of the McMichael Collection fame) and A.Y. Jackson (of Group of Seven fame) also submitted a design involving a maple leaf red white and blue. Blue was to symbolize the vast amount of water that surrounds and is in Canada. However these were rejected by the committee because blue is not an official Canadian colour (which are red and white). A major influence in the choosing of the design was MP John Matheson who was not only a vigorous and effective advocate of a distinctive Canadian Flag but by diligent study made himself an authority on the principles of heraldry and did much to ensure that the design that was finally accepted reflected Canada's history and traditions.

Elements of the flag
The maple leaf
Well before the coming of the first European settlers, Canada's aboriginal peoples had discovered the food properties of maple sap, which they gathered every spring. According to many historians, the maple leaf began to serve as a Canadian symbol as early as 1700.

Red and white: Canada's national colours
History records that in the first crusade, Bohemund I, a Norman lord, had red crosses cut from his mantles and distributed to the 12,000 crusaders, who then wore them as a distinctive badge on their garments.

In subsequent crusades, each nation was distinguished by a cross of a different colour. France long had a red cross on its banners while England used a white cross. Time and again in history, red and white are found as the colours of France or of England.

Red and white were approved as Canada's official colours in the proclamation of the royal arms of Canada in 1921 by King George V.

In 1957, the colour of the maple leaves on the shield of the Royal Arms of Canada was changed from green on a white ground to red on a white ground in recognition of Canada's official colours.

Answer 2

In 1921, King George V proclaimed the official colours of Canada as red, from the Saint George's Cross, and white, from the French royal emblem since King Charles VII.

As early as 1700, the maple leaf served as a symbol celebrating the nature and environment of what is now Canada. The maple leaf on the flag is a sugar maple leaf. Sugar maples are native to Canada and have brilliant fall foliage. The number of points on the leaf has no significance; they do not, for instance, represent the ten provinces plus the territories. In fact, some of the very first Canadian flags made had maple leaves of variously 13 and 15 points.

Answer 3

Moglie has it right except for the colour. The reason we have red side bars instead of blue is political.
The Pearson government was Liberal. The Liberal party colour is red whereas the other national party (the Progressive Conservatives) is blue. So the Liberals didn't want blue on their flag.

Answer 4

Since no one has included it in their answer ( all are more or less correct), I'll also add that the red side bars represent the coasts of the country.

Answer 5

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