The maple leaf has been a symbol of Canadian identity since the 19th ... Pearson decided Canada needed its own flag. In 1964, ...

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 ...

Canada's iconic red-and-white maple leaf flag may be the country's most recognizable symbol today, but it wasn’t always so ...

London, Ont., veteran Bruce Stock was on duty on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 15, 1965, when the Maple Leaf flag was ...

Morris Michtom, a small toy store owner, put two stuffed ’teddy bears’ in his Brooklyn shop window for sale, inspired by an ...

The Canadian flag, designed by George F. G. Stanley, is celebrating its 60th anniversary on Feb. 15. We asked Canadians across the country for their thoughts on what the Maple Leaf means to them at ...

The event included speeches and the singing of the national anthem and was attended by dozens of skaters, top athletes and a ...

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 ...

Graydon Miles was driving down Highway 7 in Ontario last year when he saw an upside down Maple Leaf flying from a pickup ...

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 USA, Canada, Sweden, and Finland have all worn their fair share of timeless classics and absolute clunkers on the ice.