Alberta Flag

The Alberta flag has a blue background and bears a shield from the coat of arms of Alberta in its center. The flag of Alberta was adopted in 1968, to be precise 1st of June 1968. The proportions of the Alberta flags are 1:2. The shield also has a determined size.

It is supposed to be seven eleventh of the height of the flag. The design in the shield of the coat of arms is split into two parts. A cross of St.George in the upper part. Just below the cross of St.George is a beautiful landscape with mountains, hills, a wheat field and the prairie. The colors within the shield are gold, blue, white, gray, green and red. The colors of gold and blue are also referred to as Alberta bleu and Alberta gold and have been adopted in 1984 as the official colors of Alberta. So what does the coat of arms on Alberta’s flag mean? The meaning of the cross of St. George is the significance of Alberta’s connection to Great Britain, since the cross is the flag of England. The beautiful scenery represents the landscape of the province of Alberta. The coat of arms displayed in the center of Alberta flags was adopted long before the flag itself in 1907. It was changed and modified in 1980. Alberta had joined the confederation just before the adoption of the coat of arms in 1905, but it took over 60years to officially adopt the current flag. Alberta flags can be bought at anyone of the many flag stores in Canada as well as in the United States. Online retailers also offer all different sizes of Alberta’s flag including a big Alberta flag that can surely be seen from a distance. For educational purposes and for the fun of the younger once there are Alberta flag coloring pages.

These can be downloaded online or be bought as a whole coloring book together with other provincial flags. Pictures of the Alberta flag; facts and history can be found in many better history books, in museums and at selected pages online. More information on Alberta’s flags can also be found on the official pages of the province of Alberta. Since Alberta was the second last province to enter the Confederation on most official events its flag is displayed almost all the way to the right. This is because traditionally all provincial flags are displayed from left to right by the order they entered the Confederation. Unless Alberta is the hosting province, the host flag is usually placed before all the other flags and only the Canada national flag is having the honorable place as first in line the farthest on the left.