In the lifetime of anyone younger than about fifty, the Canadian flag has always been its current simple, yet bold and distinctive, red-and-white maple leaf design. And those who weren't around ...

But go just about anywhere in the world, and the stark Maple Leaf design that was adopted after a contentious debate has become instantly recognizable as a symbol of Canada. "I think there's certainly ...

When Canada adopted its flag in the mid-1960s, 2,136 of the submitted designs contained a maple leaf. Another 389 featured beavers.

Red and white had long been Canada’s official colours, and the maple leaf a well-recognized emblem, so it’s no surprise the simple flag won over thousands of designs under consideration by an official ...

After being approved by Canada’s House of Commons and the Senate, the Maple Leaf flag was inaugurated in a ceremony on Parliament Hill on Feb. 15, 1965. Canada’s national flag turns 56 today!

Botanists say the image on the new $20 bills is the leaf of a Norway maple, not the familiar sugar maple that graces Canada's flag. The Bank of Canada defends the image, saying it's a "stylized ...

Canada's national flag celebrates 60 years of representing the country. The Weather Network's Nathan Coleman looks into the history of the iconic flag. The red maple leaf makes the Canadian flag ...

“Just about everyone in Canada identifies with the maple leaf flag, and it has become an instantly recognizable symbol,” Heard says. In 1996, Feb. 15 was named National Flag of Canada Day.

O Canada! To celebrate Saturday's 60th anniversary of the Canadian flag, Museum Windsor is displaying one of the original maple leafs raised on Parliament Hill on Feb. 15, 1965.

Today Canada celebrates its flag, the red and white Maple Leaf. It is also one of the youngest flags having been officially raised for the first time in a chilly ceremony in front of Canada’s ...

The Maple Leaf flag has succeeded in large part because its unique iconography arrived just as Canada was coming into its own as a country. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Clara Hughes was nervous.

O Canada! To celebrate Saturday's 60th anniversary of the Canadian flag, Museum Windsor is displaying one of the original maple leafs raised on Parliament Hill on Feb. 15, 1965.