Simply put, the Red Ensign is a flag of Canada and for all Canadians. It is not the current official flag, but it still represents the country and an enormous chunk of its history from 1868 to 1965.

Canada embarked on a seemingly harmless attempt to create its own flag but the issue revealed a nation hotly divided on what ...

Pearkes plumped for the Red Ensign.* Conservative Thomas Church ... the Dominion coat of arms on the fly (outer end of the flag), and Canada’s unofficial flag. Contact us at letters@time.com ...

The good old red and white maple leaf flag is having a bit of an anniversary on Dec. 15. The Canadian flag — which many fly as a source of national pride — was actually adopted on this day back in ...