The maple leaf has been a symbol of Canadian identity since the 19th century. Despite achieving independence in 1867, Canada ...

"Buying exclusively Canadian products is more challenging ... has perhaps been the reclaiming of the flag and the maple leaf. Symbols that, just a few years ago, were tainted by division during ...

“It’s a great national symbol that’s recognizable ... Scotland and Ireland. While the maple leaf has long been viewed as a Canadian emblem, it’s intentionally not a specific maple.

We'll see about that. Maria, research librarian, National Library of Canada: It's not a Canadian thing, per se, but the Maple Leaf is an important national symbol. And why's that? It goes back a ...

The message sent by the Maple Leaf fluttering everywhere in Canada ... Turns out there was plenty of patriotism buried in the Canadian psyche. It just needed a reason to emerge.

It was on Feb. 15, 1965 that our flag was officially inaugurated in a public ceremony on Parliament Hill with these words from Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson: “May the land over which this new flag ...