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Saskatchewan (Canada)

by mario fabretto - 1996-07-19

First Flag
Fransaskois

First Flag

The publication "The arms, flags and floral emblems of Canada" have a first flag of Saskatchewan.

This flag was granted in 1964 by the Saskatchewan Diamond Jubilee and Canada Centennial Corporation for the province's 60th anniversary celebrations in 1965 and its participation in the centennial of Confederation in 1967. The flag is not oficial. Ratio 2:3.

The colours have a significant meaning: golden yellow is the symbol of ripening wheat fields; green represents the luxuriants growth; and red suggest the fires which swept the prairies in early days before cultivation.

jaume olle - 1996-01-22

Fransaskois

by jan oskar engene - 1996-08-15

Adopted: 1976
Designer: unknown
Proportions: 7:12

There are about 24.000 Fransaskois, or French Canadians, in Saskatchewan. The Association of French-Canadians of Saskatchewan adopted a flag for this community. The flag has a yellow with a green cross centred towards the upper hoist. A red fleur de lis is set in the lower fly.
Yellow is a popular colour in flags of this prairie province. It is a symbol of the wheat fields. The green cross represents the early missionaries and the Christianity of the Fransaskois. Green stands for the forest areas in Saskatchewan's north. The red fleur de lis is the emblem of Frenchness. It was also used on the arms of a French explorer that went to this area. Red is for the heart, a symbol of the aspirations of the French community in Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan flag is also charged with the provincial floral emblem the Western Red Lily (adopted 1941). Yellow, green, and red are the colours of the provincial flag.
Sources: Kevin Harrington: 'The Flags of the Francophonie in Canada', _Flag Bulletin_, No. 147, 1992, pp.139-152.
_Symbols of Nationhood_, Minister of Supply and Services, Ottawa, 1991
jan oskar engene - 1996-08-15