The Red Ensign flag flies at Victory Green to remind us all of the importance of seafarers who still to this day leave their loved ones for months on end to work on ships that heavily contribute ...

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 ...

Saturday is Flag Day, which is held annually to mark the first time the red and white maple leaf flag was raised on Parliament Hill on Feb. 15, 1965, replacing the Canadian Red Ensign.

Any vessel registered in the UK, a Crown Dependency or UK Overseas Territory, is a British ship and is entitled to fly the Red Ensign flag.

It now shows a Union Jack along with six blue stars positioned, just as it is in the Australian flag. 1968, the New Zealand navy too did away with the Red Cross. The country changed the ensign to ...