Canton (flag)

The canton of a flag is the top inner corner of a flag. It is a common location for another flag to be copied in miniature. For instance, the flags of Australia and New Zealand have the Union Jack as their canton.

Current sovereign state flags

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  The flag of Abkhazia features a red canton with a white right hand and seven white stars on it.
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  The flag of Australia features the Union Flag as a canton.
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  The flag of Chile incorporates a blue canton bearing a white five-pointed star.
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  The flag of Fiji has a canton of the Union Flag.
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  The flag of Greece has a blue canton with a white Greek cross.
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  The flag of Liberia has a blue canton with a white five-pointed star.
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  The flag of Malaysia has a canton with a crescent and 14-pointed star in yellow on a blue field.
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  The flag of New Zealand has a Union Flag canton.
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  The flag of Samoa has a blue canton which bears the Southern Cross constellation in white.
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  The flag of Taiwan has a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays.
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  The flag of Togo has a red canton bearing a white five-pointed star.
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  The flag of Tonga has a white canton bearing a red Greek cross couped.
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  The flag of Tuvalu features the Union Flag in its canton.
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  The flag of the United States has 50 white stars on a blue canton, standing for the USA's 50 states.
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  The flag of Uruguay has a white canton charged with the Sun of May.

See also

• Canton (heraldry)