The Story of Canada's Flag

APPENDIX B

Official Design of the Canadian Flag

1. Technical description

A red flag of the proportions two by length and one by width (or 64 units in length and 32 in width [depth]), containing in its centre a white square the width of the flag, with a single red maple leaf centred therein.

2. Colours

Red (Scarlet) -British Admiralty Colour Code No. T1144 for nylon worsted bunting, and No. T818A for other bunting (These red patterns are used also in the red ensign and in the Union Jack).

White-British Admiralty Colour Code No. T1145 for nylon worsted bunting, and No. T819 for other bunting.

3. Heraldic description

Gules on a Canadian pale argent a maple leaf of the first.

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