• Although the maple leaf served as a Canadian symbol as early as 1700, it was not inaugurated as the National Flag of Canada until February 15, 1965, which is now recognized as Canada's Flag Day
  - Canadian Heritage/Patrimoine canadien


• Between 1876 and 1901, the maple leaf appeared on all Canadian coins - today it appears on the Canadian penny
  - Canadian Heritage/Patrimoine canadien


• In addition to Canada's national flag, each province and territory in Canada has its own flag


• When the Canadian flag flies along with the flags of the 10 provinces and 3 territories, the flags of the provinces and territories follow in the order that they entered Confederation