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Union Jack[edit]

If the Union Jack is considered an "official Canadian flag" as it says in the article, why isn't the Union Jack below the Canadian flag on the top of the article. 2600:6C63:417F:23FB:F1C0:56A2:F263:B442 (talk) 11:58, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Because the Maple Leaf flag is the official national flag, whereas the Union Jack is only officially recognized as a "ceremonial" flag. There is a difference in purpose and their placement in the article corresponds as such. Leventio (talk) 16:52, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Removing unreferenced paragraph[edit]

In this edit, a unreferenced paragraph was added on a commericial establishment that has a flag collection. I checked the (3) other edits by that IP. In another article, Canadian flag collection, there are a couple of references, but they're to the Arts and Leisure section of a local newspaper. This typically wouldn't meet WP:FAC's requirements for sourcing, so I'm going to remove the paragraph. It won't bother me if anyone re-adds it ... if you have proper sourcing. - Dank (push to talk) 22:10, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Colours[edit]

The colours on the image do not match the colours of the flag in the file provided by the Canadian Government the page on https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/flag-canada-description.html. If I'm wrong can someone please educate me on why lol. The image in the article is specified as using Pantone colours but after trying to read the specifications under the colour specifications I could not find anything mentioning Pantone.

Edit: From what I could see the source listed in wikipedia links back to a wayback machine article version of an old Canadian government page which may be outdated, I don't know, but none of the colours mentioned there are mentioned on that page I mentioned earlier today.

Edit 2: The proportions on the image on the government website are also slightly different. Most noticeable at the base of the leaf. Comparison: https://imgur.com/a/dhdplKB

also fwiw this my first time using wikipedia so if this is the wrong place to put this or whatever let me know Jamiscus (talk) 02:21, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree 100%. Was this addressed? InFact2024 (talk) 03:08, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FIP red, 032.... the 032 number is the pantone

Flag of Canada using pantone colours

Flag of Canada using RGB colours

The RGB specifications result in a brighter red than the Pantone colors that are recommended by the Canadian government.

Moxy🍁 04:22, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I go to QC often - this should be fixed. No escalation yet? InFact2024 (talk) 20:05, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

nothing yet im still new to this wikipedia thing idk if im supposed to do anything formally lol

also btw, the file from the government website is still different to the "Flag of Canada using RGB colours" posted here

im no colour expert or anything so im just gonna use hex codes

the flags from the website are #ee1c25 and the flag posted here following the specifications are #ff0000 Jamiscus (talk) 02:01, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correct the red colour used here is named FIP red and represented by the hexadecimal triplet FF0000 as per the original source.....can't explain why the .can page uses some unnamed color. Moxy🍁 02:32, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]