The largely conservative province may hold a referendum on separating from the nation in 2026, according to its premier.

Until the red and white "Maple Leaf flag" we all know was adopted, Canada used the Canadian Red Ensign ... 2136 bore maple leaves, 408 the Union Jack, 389 had a beaver, and 359 contained fleurs ...

Dennis Coburn was expecting the usual spiders, cobwebs, old books and newspapers when he was cleaning out a cupboard at a Royal Canadian ... assumed the flag might be the Union Jack.

From the significance of its design to the meaning behind its name, here's what to know about the 400-year-old flag ... Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, and Ontario) feature Union ...

For many Canadians born after 1960 it may be difficult if not impossible to comprehend that for nearly 100 years this nation did not have an official flag.

Over the course of the next century, the Red Ensign — a red flag with a Union Jack in the canton and the Canadian coat of arms in the fly — became the de facto (if unofficial) Canadian flag ...

The media is full of superlatives about the creation of the new Canadian ... facto flag of Canada, which had been used with pride during the Second World War and included the Union Jack.