and was re-adopted after World War II on May 1, 1945. Known as the "Maple Leaf Flag," the Canadian flag has two colors — red, derived from St. George’s cross, and white, derived from the ...

(National Archives of Canada, PA-142624) At the time, Canada had existed for 96 years and still did not have a flag to call its own. Since Confederation, the Canadian national flag had been the ...