The flag of Alberta is an official symbol of the province of

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, Canada. In 1968, the provincial legislature authorized the design of a flag, adopting it on 1 June 1968. The flag has the proportions 1:2, with the provincial shield of arms in the centre of an

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background. The shield's height is that of the flag's height. The provincial colours, adopted in 1984, are blue and gold (deep yellow); they are also referred to as "Alberta blue" and "Alberta gold", appearing on the flag/shield in the sky/background and wheat background, respectively. In 2001, a survey conducted by the

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(NAVA) placed the Alberta provincial flag 35th in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U.S. state, and U.S. territory flags ranked.

History

Around the time of the upcoming centennial celebration of

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petitions were submitted in November 1966 to Premier Ernest Charles Manning by the Social Credit Women's Auxiliaries of the

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to give Alberta its own unique flag. The flag was designed and approved as the official provincial flag by the Alberta legislature on June 1, 1968. The

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used the flag as a shoulder patch on their home and away uniforms from 2007 to 2020.

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File:Flag of the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta.svg, Standard of the

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Franco-Albertan Franco-Albertans (french: Franco-Albertains) are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Alberta. Franco-Albertans may also refer to residents of Alberta with French Canadian ancestry, although publications from the government of Alberta ...

References

Sources

* Franco, Guida (2006). Canadian Almanac & Directory 2006. Toronto: Micromedia ProQuest. .

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta – The Citizen's Guide to the Alberta Legislature, Part V: The Emblems of Alberta

Arms and flag of Alberta
in the online Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges *

Flags of Canada Flags introduced in 1968 {{canada-flag-stub

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