CH-0159 · RESEARCH DRAFT
Maple Leaf national flag first raised
Canada’s new national flag was raised on Parliament Hill on February 15, 1965.
Not publication-ready. Flag adoption is a symbolic milestone, not a territorial boundary change or the date of Canadian independence.
- Historical place
- National
- Present-day context
- Unknown — navigation aid, not historical jurisdiction
- Peoples named in this record
- Further community-specific sourcing required; absence here does not imply absence of Indigenous peoples.
- Review state
- source supported draft — source-supported draft is not independent verification
- Catalogue updated
- French text
- Translation pending; English research text shown.
Map context
Source evidence
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History of the National Flag of Canada
Canadian Heritage · · Review: page opened
Recorded retrieval date: 2026-10-12. This date does not prove a complete document was reviewed.
Official institutional page opened; event remains draft and exact map geometry may be unavailable.