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National Flag of Canada Day - February 15th

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On February 15th, 1965 at exactly noon, the Canadian Flag was raised for the first time on Parliament Hill. At first, Canada shared the national flag of Britain (the Union Jack), but throughout the 1900s the Canadian government made several attempts to design a new national flag to symbolize their independence.

Lester B. Pearson was the Leader of the Opposition in 1960 when hdecided to take another attempt at redesigning the Canadian flag. Especially once he became Prime Minister in 1963, he was determined to solve "the flag problem" by 1967, which would mark Canada's centennial year! His proposed flag design was a sprig of three maple leaves on a white backdrop with 2 stripes of blue on either side.

The members of parliament didn't accept Pearson's design (also known as the "Pearson Pennant") in 1964. Instead, the Parliament put together a committee and create a new design for the national flag. It was hard to make the final design because some people wanted a very unique and independent design, while others wanted a flag that still connected Canada to it's colonial attachments to Britain.

Finally, it was George Stanley's simpler design (the single red maple leaf on a white backdrop with two red borders) that was accepted by the committee. The maple leaf is an iconic image for Canadians that we find many other places besides the flag, like art, medals, badges, even luggage tags!

	Canadian Flag Kindergarten and grade school use a straw and printable templates to make your own Canadian Flag!
	Canadian Handprint Flag Craft Any Age
	Canadian Flag Strawberry Cake Any Age
Canada Flag Printables:
	Canadian Flag Coloring Page
	Canadian Coat of Arms Coloring Page
	Canadian Flag Learn-to-Print Tracer Pages: color   or   B&W color   or   B&W
	Canada Word Mine Puzzles
Other Canadian Maple Leaf Crafts:
	3D Paper Craft Kindergarten and grade school
	Coffee Can Drum for Canada Day Grade school and up
	Coffee Can Hat Coin Bank Grade school and up
	Lantern Paper Craft for Canada Day
	Maple Leaf Wreath preschool and kindergarten
	Paper Strip Maple Leaf Craft preschoolers and up
	Pinwheel Craft for Canada Day Kindergarten and grade school
	Scissor Skills Practice for Canada Day preschoolers and up
	Shrinky Dink Patterns for Canada Day Elementary school and up
	Stained Glass Maple Leaf preschool and kindergarten
	Other Canada Crafts and Activities

Other Holidays You May Be Interested In:

• Flag Day (USA) - June 14th
• Canada Day - July 1st