Canadian Duality Flag

The flag adds blue lining stripes to the red flag of Canada to represent the unity of Canadian francophones (blue) and anglophones (red).

The Canadian Duality Flag (also called the Canadian Unity Flag) is an unofficial flag that was originally circulated to demonstrate the unity of Canada during the lead-up to the 1995 Quebec referendum, at rallies for the "no" side. Though the official national flag's colours are derived from British (the red being from Saint George's Cross) and French (the white from the royal emblem used since King Charles VII) symbolism, the Duality Flag design was chosen to explicitly represent the Francophone and Anglophone populations on the national flag by adding blue stripes to the red sections, roughly in proportion to the number of Canadians who are primarily French-speaking. The blue was chosen as it is the main colour that is used on the flag of Quebec.

Modified versions of the flag have been used to honour French Canadian hockey players Maurice "The Rocket" Richard and Bernie "Boom-Boom" Geoffrion. In each case, the maple leaf was charged in white with the player's number (9 and 5 respectively).

See also

• Flag of Canada