Capital

Ottawa

Continent

North America

Flag adopted

1965

Designer

Not individually credited

Canada

Colors and meaning

• Red #FF0000

  Historically tied to the Cross of Saint George and to Canadian war sacrifice

• White #FFFFFF

  Peace and neutrality

Symbolism and history

A single red 11-pointed maple leaf centers a white square flanked by red bands, adopted in 1965 after a decade-long public design debate that ultimately dropped the Union Jack in favor of a symbol unique to Canada.

No documented visual overlap

Canada’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from North America, for browsing:

• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Honduras

Further reading: Flag of Canada on Wikipedia