Yukon

http://www.theodora.com/flags/new11/yukon.gif


NWT

http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/illus/flg/T047295A.jpg

Nunavut

http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues01/Co12292001/Art/Nunavutflag.jpg

BC

http://www.theodora.com/flags/new9/british_columbia.gif

Alberta

http://www.bionmr.ualberta.ca/cow/Images/alberta_flag.gif

Saskatchewan

http://www.stickergiant.com/Merchant2/imgs/u416.gif

Manitoba

http://www.theodora.com/flags/new12/manitoba.gif

Ontario

http://www.hflags.com/images/canadian%20flags/ontario_flag.gif

Quebec

http://www.anus.com/metal/interviews/thesyre/quebec_flag.jpg

PEI

http://www.buddel.de/bs/fl_pried.jpg

Nova Scotia

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/countrys/namerica/canada/nova.gif

New Brunswick

http://www.herenthere.com/cards/Canada/newbrunswick.gif

Newfoundland

http://www.funjourney.com/atlas-images/flags/NEWFOUND.gif

The only ones that I like are Yukon, NWT, Nunavut, Sask, Quebec, and Newfieland.

My favourites have always been 1. Quebec
2. Nova Scotia
3. Newfoundland
4. Yukon

this should be a poll!!!

I ABSOLUTELY HATE ONTARIO's....even our coat of arms sucks....its far too geometric.

I never really liked my flag that much, but looking at it compared to the others, I like it best. ;P

I like NB's too. :)

Quebec, BC and Ontario are my fav

All the territories have great flags. Don't like any flags with the union jack because of how it looks but have to respect the symolism of what it represents

BC, Ontario and Manitoba. Because the jack represents what founded and made this country great. Something we shouldn't forget.

I've always like Newfoundland's and BC's.

I think Quebec's is the only one I would be able to sketch from memory, so I like it the best.

Nunavut and Newfoundland are also good but I don't see them often enough to remember them.

Quebec and Nunavut. Some of those things are way way to busy looking.

NB, NS, Quebec, Nunavut.

BC, PEI, Sask

Nunavut, PEI, Quebec, NB, and Newfoundland.

I've always liked New Brunswick's, Quebec's, Nova Scotia's, Yukon's, and my province's - Saskatchewan...

Also here's a little graphic I made by painting individual pictures and joining them together... I did it for a computer science class... and it fits with this flag thing, and with Saskatchewan's centennial :)

http://uregina.ca/~wollbaun/flower.gif

I am actually showing it because it turned out quite decent :) It's all done by hand(no copying or pasting), and I'm not an artistic person, so this is a once in a lifetime thing :tongue2:

Nunavut, Québec and Nova Scotia's are the best. I really don't like the BC one very much. Too much going on. Alberta's looks like a corporate logo, and the one's with the union jack in the corner all look the same.

All the territories have great flags. Don't like any flags with the union jack because of how it looks but have to respect the symolism of what it represents

I see your point but in a province called British Columbia it sure makes a lot of sense.

Nova Scotia's is my favorite, followed by Nunavut.

Nunavut, Quebec, NS....kinda like BC's as well.

Can someone explain NFLD's flag? I dont get it.

Ontario needs to change its flag, the union jack is so 1812.

Nunavut then Quebec's

I dont get BC's, they got the British part right on, but what is with the sun? If I recall that is not the Columbian flag?

I dont get BC's, they got the British part right on, but what is with the sun? If I recall that is not the Columbian flag?

That is where the sun supposed to be set... its in the west remmebr? (sun sets on the west)

The design was chosen due to its broad symbolism. The blue colour represent the sea, the white colour represents snow and ice, the red colour represent the effort and struggle of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, and the gold colour symbolizes the confidence Newfoundlanders and Labradorians have in themselves and for the future.

The blue triangles are meant as a tribute to the Union Flag, and stand for the British heritage of Newfoundland and Labrador. The two red triangles are meant to represent the two areas of the province — the mainland and the island. The gold arrow, according to Pratt, points towards the "brighter future".

Nunavut then Quebec then NovaScotia

B.C, Quebec, and Nunavut are my favourites.

Nunavut, Quebec, NS....kinda like BC's as well.

Can someone explain NFLD's flag? I dont get it.

Ontario needs to change its flag, the union jack is so 1812.

The Newfoundland flag, adopted in 1980, is based on the Union Jack, which represents Newfoundland's British heritage. The red portions represent the mainland and island parts of the province. And the yellow sword represents the the sacrifice of war veterans.

I don't think the Ontario flag needs to change at all, considering it was granted in 1965. This was of course in protest to the retiring of the Red Ensign(much more preferable) in favour of the Maple Leaf flag.

I like the N and L flag and think it's quite unique.

I dont get BC's, they got the British part right on, but what is with the sun? If I recall that is not the Columbian flag?

Here's some interesting info from a flag site,

The display of the provincial flag was authorised by Order in Council dated 20th June, 1960. The Union Jack is symbolic of British Columbia's origin as a British colony and of its continued links with the United Kingdom. The crown in the centre of of the Union Jack represents the sovereign power which links, in free association, the British Commonwealth of Nations. The sun setting over the Pacific Ocean-the wavy blue bars- is symbolic of British Columbia's position as the most westerly province of Canada.

Also here is some interesting history of where the name of BC comes from.

From 1818 to 1846, British Columbia south of 54°40' and west of the Rocky Mountains was part of the Oregon Country. The land was under the control of the Hudson's Bay Company, and was divided into the departments of Columbia (south of the Columbia River) and New Caledonia (north of the river).

In 1846, the Oregon Treaty divided the territory along the 49th parallel to Georgia Strait, with the area north of this boundary (and all of Vancouver Island) becoming exclusively British territory. Vancouver's Island, the official name of the colony on Vancouver Island, became a Crown colony in 1849.

In 1858, in response to the Fraser Canyon gold rush, the mainland portion of the former Oregon Country was organised into the colony of British Columbia. Named by Queen Victoria I might add.

I like B.C's pretty much first...and then the distinguished ones that follow are Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec.

Damn good job with the info on the flags and the history about them Overground!

Nova Scotia's flag is nearly 400 years old and along with Quebec's is by far the most distinguished looking.

I like Quebec's, BC's, Nunavut's, and Nova Scotia's... basically, the ones that stand out and look most striking.

Ontario has probably the dullest looking one. A union jack on a red background just like Manitoba's expect Manitoba has a better coat of arms.

BC, Ontario and Manitoba. Because the jack represents what founded and made this country great. Something we shouldn't forget.

Long live the Queen!

please, Canada didnt start taking off until 1960's when the immigrants came in and gave the English and French stock some energy, new dynamic and took the country to a whole new level.

Maybe there should've been a poll.

the way i measure which flag looks the best is a little strange...maybe someone else does it this way and can back me up. When I look at Canadian provincial flags I think...."which one would make the best flag if in fact it were its own NATION"?

One that basis I have always thought of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland as having the best flags with an honourable mention going to Yukon.

BC's flag is pretty distinctive but NWT has licence plates contest battle for sure.

I really like the BC flag, it is an explosion of colour.

the way i measure which flag looks the best is a little strange...maybe someone else does it this way and can back me up. When I look at Canadian provincial flags I think...."which one would make the best flag if in fact it were its own NATION"?

One that basis I have always thought of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland as having the best flags with an honourable mention going to Yukon.

That is exactly what I did. :) Nunvut, Quebec, and Newfoundland would be awesome national flags. :cheers:

Quebec for me, lol

In order of preference:
1. New Brunswick
2. British Columbia
3. Newfoundland and Labrador

1) Québec
2) Nunavut

My Top 5

1. New Brunswick
2. BC
3. PEI
4. Nova Scotia
5. Quebec

I just love BC's flag... it is the most interesting and stylish of them
all. It uses the Union Jack, but in a clever way. Quebec's flag is
handsome, but too close a derivitive of the French flag to be unique.
Many of the other flags, including Ontario, Manitoba, etc...) are boring
and need to be re-done.

The most distinctive (recognizable) flags are IMO, in random order:
BC, Quebec, Nova Scotia & Nfld.
The Alberta flag is nice & simple, but the others are harder to distinguish when you see them. Artistically the New Brunswick flag is nice, & the Nunavut flag is distinctive, but hasn't been around long yet.

I totally forgot about Newfoundland's flag... it is beautiful!! So, I put it in a tie
with BC.

Quebec and BC.

The only thing I don't like about the ontarian flag is the mini-british flag at the top-corner.

could someone explain the meaning behind all of the flags? i know a few things about a couple of them (i know for sasketchewan the green represents the forest and the yellow represents wheat fields, for example), but by and large i don't know that much about many of them.

I like Quebecs flag best, it is nice and simple and shows its heritage without using anything from the flag of its founding country. Using a union jack in a flag looks terrible imo. The union jack as a whole is nice as it is a symbolises the constuent parts of the UK. This symbolism is totally lost when the flag is used as part of another flag.

I just love BC's flag... it is the most interesting and stylish of them
all. It uses the Union Jack, but in a clever way. Quebec's flag is
handsome, but too close a derivitive of the French flag to be unique.
Many of the other flags, including Ontario, Manitoba, etc...) are boring
and need to be re-done.

I am not quite sure how you see the French flag in the Quebec flag though. The French flag consists of three vertical bands, red, white and blue. The four fleurs de lys on the Quebec flag nicely symbolise the link with France, without using anything from the French flag. If I am not mistaken, the Fleurs de Lys were the symbols of the French royals.

could someone explain the meaning behind all of the flags? i know a few things about a couple of them (i know for sasketchewan the green represents the forest and the yellow represents wheat fields, for example), but by and large i don't know that much about many of them.

Green also represents the grassland. Also the Prairie lily on it is the provincial flower, and then the coat of arms is also on the flag. On the coat of arms is the royal lion, and then 3 wheat sheaves for obvious reasons (Saskatchewan produces over half of Canada's wheat).

Green also represents the grassland. Also the Prairie lily on it is the provincial flower, and then the coat of arms is also on the flag. On the coat of arms is the royal lion, and then 3 wheat sheaves for obvious reasons (Saskatchewan produces over half of Canada's wheat).

thanks for the info on saskatchewan's flag.

what's the story on the other flags? some people have already explained some of the flags, so i appreciate that, but they are all interesting and in some cases i don't know anything about the flags (yukon, nwt, pei, etc.).

Nunavut

thanks for the info on saskatchewan's flag.

what's the story on the other flags? some people have already explained some of the flags, so i appreciate that, but they are all interesting and in some cases i don't know anything about the flags (yukon, nwt, pei, etc.).

The flag of Prince Edward Island, Canada is a banner modelled after the provincial arms. The flag has the proportions 3:2; the three sides away from the mast are bordered by alternative bands of red and white.

The upper third of the flag features the English heraldic lion which appeared both on the coat of arms of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, for whom the province is named, and on that of King Edward VII. The lower two-thirds show an island on which appear three small oak saplings (on the left) – representing the three counties of PEI (Prince, Queens, and Kings) – under the protection of a great oak tree which originally represented Great Britain. This symbolism is also reflected in the provincial motto, Parva sub ingenti (the small under the protection of the great).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Prince_Edward_Island

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The flag of the Northwest Territories, Canada features a blue field on which is a Canadian pale (a white stripe taking up half the width of the flag), with at the centre, the shield from the Coat of Arms of the Northwest Territories.

The Coat of Arms of the Northwest Territories (AKA: Armourial Bearings) was given royal warrant on February 7, 1957, by Queen Elizabeth II. The crest consists of two gold narwhals guarding a compass rose, symbolic of the magnetic North Pole. The white upper third of the shield represents the polar ice pack and is crossed by a wavy blue line symbolizing the Northwest Passage. The diagonal line separating the red and green segments of the lower portion of the shield reflects the treeline. The green symbolizes the forested areas south of the treeline, while the red represents the tundra to the north. Minerals and fur, the important bases of the northern wealth, are represented by gold billets in the green portion and the mask of the white fox in the red.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Northwest_Territories

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The Yukon flag consists of three vertical panels: a central panel of white flanked by a green panel on the inner edge and a blue panel on the outer edge. The Yukon Coat of Arms appears on the central panel framed by two stems of fireweed, the territory's floral emblem. The blue represents the Yukon's rivers and lakes, the green symbolizes the forests and white signifies snow.

The coat of arms of Yukon, Canada (formally known as the Arms of Her Majesty in Right of the Yukon Territory) was approved officially by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956.

The lower part of the shield represents Yukon's mountains, with the gold disks (called "bezants," a medieval gold coin) representing the territory's mineral riches and its birth in the Klondike Gold Rush. The two white wavy lines represents the territory's rivers.

In chief, the red cross represents England; the disk surmounting it is in a pattern called "vair," a type of heraldic fur (literally squirrel fur), and representing the territory's wealth of fur-bearing animals.

The crest is a husky dog standing on a mound of snow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Yukon

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More on Canadian Flags: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_flags

I noticed I posted here but did not give an opinon. I like Nunavut New Bruinswick and British Columbia.

La Belle Province of course!

The flag of Prince Edward Island, Canada is a banner modelled after the provincial arms. The flag has the proportions 3:2; the three sides away from the mast are bordered by alternative bands of red and white.

The upper third of the flag features the English heraldic lion which appeared both on the coat of arms of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, for whom the province is named, and on that of King Edward VII. The lower two-thirds show an island on which appear three small oak saplings (on the left) – representing the three counties of PEI (Prince, Queens, and Kings) – under the protection of a great oak tree which originally represented Great Britain. This symbolism is also reflected in the provincial motto, Parva sub ingenti (the small under the protection of the great).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Prince_Edward_Island

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The flag of the Northwest Territories, Canada features a blue field on which is a Canadian pale (a white stripe taking up half the width of the flag), with at the centre, the shield from the Coat of Arms of the Northwest Territories.

The Coat of Arms of the Northwest Territories (AKA: Armourial Bearings) was given royal warrant on February 7, 1957, by Queen Elizabeth II. The crest consists of two gold narwhals guarding a compass rose, symbolic of the magnetic North Pole. The white upper third of the shield represents the polar ice pack and is crossed by a wavy blue line symbolizing the Northwest Passage. The diagonal line separating the red and green segments of the lower portion of the shield reflects the treeline. The green symbolizes the forested areas south of the treeline, while the red represents the tundra to the north. Minerals and fur, the important bases of the northern wealth, are represented by gold billets in the green portion and the mask of the white fox in the red.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Northwest_Territories

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The Yukon flag consists of three vertical panels: a central panel of white flanked by a green panel on the inner edge and a blue panel on the outer edge. The Yukon Coat of Arms appears on the central panel framed by two stems of fireweed, the territory's floral emblem. The blue represents the Yukon's rivers and lakes, the green symbolizes the forests and white signifies snow.

The coat of arms of Yukon, Canada (formally known as the Arms of Her Majesty in Right of the Yukon Territory) was approved officially by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956.

The lower part of the shield represents Yukon's mountains, with the gold disks (called "bezants," a medieval gold coin) representing the territory's mineral riches and its birth in the Klondike Gold Rush. The two white wavy lines represents the territory's rivers.

In chief, the red cross represents England; the disk surmounting it is in a pattern called "vair," a type of heraldic fur (literally squirrel fur), and representing the territory's wealth of fur-bearing animals.

The crest is a husky dog standing on a mound of snow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Yukon

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More on Canadian Flags: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_flags

thanks for all the info.