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Saskatchewan's official flag since 1969
The flag of Saskatchewan
features the armorial bearings (coat of
arms) in the upper quarter nearest the staff, with the floral emblem, the
western red lily, in the fly. The upper
green half of the flag represents the northern Saskatchewan forest
lands, while the gold lower half symbolizes the southern, prairie
wheat-fields. The flag is constructed in the proportions 2:1.
History
The current flag of Saskatchewan was adopted on 22 September
1969, the result of a province-wide competition that drew over four
thousand entries. The winning entry was designed by Anthony Drake
of Hodgeville, Saskatchewan.
60th
anniversary flag
The Saskatchewan 60th anniversary flag
In 1964, a special flag was granted to Saskatchewan in honour of
the province's sixtieth anniversary. The flag features a stylized
stalk of wheat towards the staff and the provincial coat of arms in
the upper quarter further from the staff. The flag's background is
red in its upper half and green in its lower half. The symbolism of
the flag's colours is similar to that of the official provincial
flag: red symbolizes the fires that once ravaged the prairies,
green symbolizes agricultural cultivation and life, and gold
symbolizes the wheat fields. This flag appears in both 3:2 and 2:1
ratios, and it is not used officially.
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