Canadians are marking the 60th anniversary of the inauguration of their flag with a defiant sense of patriotism. Some said ...

Bradley Miller, associate professor of history at UBC said the design of the flag, with no military or religious symbols, makes it adaptable.

It was the 18th century lexicographer Samuel Johnson who famously remarked that “patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel ...

The rest, as they say, is history. The national flag — to be clear, the first official national flag of Canada — became law ...

Today, and you can be forgiven for not knowing this until very recently, is officially Flag Day in Canada. It’s the 60th anniversary of the day on which the law adopting George Stanley’s design came ...

Sixty years ago, at the stroke of noon on a crisp, snowy, brilliantly sunny day, the Maple Leaf flag was raised for the first ...

Former prime ministers are encouraging Canadians to fly the flag Saturday as a visible retort against Trump's tariff threats.

The North American Vexillological Association — it brands itself as the world’s largest club for flag enthusiasts — has settled on five basic rules for good flag design. They even distilled the rules ...

The Canadian flag — which many fly as a source of national pride — officially flew for the first time on Feb. 15, 1965. It's also the first year Barrie's The Flag Store started and it has been ...

The Maple Leaf, designed by George F. G. Stanley, will celebrate its 60th anniversary Saturday. Carmen Celestini, a religious studies lecturer at the University of Waterloo, says the flag has ...