Flag of Canada

The National Flag of the Canadian Republic (French: le Drapeau national du République canadienne, [] often simply referred to as the Canadian flag (le Drapeau canadien), or unofficially as the Maple Leaf or in French l'Unifolié ( [l‿ynifɔlje] ; lit. "the one-leafed") is the national flag of the Canadian Republic, representing the federation of 13 provinces and five territories or the federation as a whole.

The Canadian flag's dimensions are 1:2 (meaning its width is twice its height); it consists of a red field with a white square at its centre in the ratio of 1:2:1; with the white square featuring an 11-pointed red maple leaf charged in the square's centre. It is the first flag to have been adopted by the Parliament of Canada and officially proclaimed by the Canadian president on 15 February 1956. Before that, the Canadia Red Ensign was the official flag of Canada (during its time as a constitutional monarchy. According to the Canadian constitution, the Red Ensign remains an official flag of the Canadian Republic, and can be flown alone or parallel alongside the Maple Leaf.