print email comment close National Flag Day of Canada, February 15 /Jour du Drapeau du Canada, Le 15 Février URL: http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/flag-drapeau/ Description: The maple leaf flag was raised for the first time on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on February 15, 1965, as the national flag of Canada. Includes a history of the flag, flag facts, a quiz, and PDF versions of the Proclamation of the National Flag of Canada and the Declaration of National Flag Day ("suitable for display and/or framing"). In English and French. From Canadian Heritage. Publisher: Canadian Heritage Extra Keywords Fevrier Library of Congress Subject Headings: Flag Day -- Canada Flags -- Canada Special days LII Database Information: Record 9494 created by Maria Brandt on 01/03/2005 Last modification on 01/27/2005 Published: 01/03/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9494