The flag of Quebec ( French: Drapeau du Québec ) is one of the symbols of the Canadian province of Quebec .
| Quebec flag | |
|---|---|
| Quebec | |
| Canada | |
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| Approved by | January 21, 1948 |
| Proportion |  2: 3 |
The flag of Quebec (known under the unofficial name of Fr. Fleurdelisé ) was adopted on January 21, 1948 , under the administration of Maurice Duplessis. It is a blue rectangular cloth with a white straight cross. Each blue rectangle depicts a royal heraldic lily ( fleur-de-lis ). The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 2: 3.
The predecessors of the modern flag were the flags of Carillon and Carillon-Sacré-Cœur , which also depicted Fleur-de-lis, and which have been used since the parade on June 24, 1848. A flag with a white straight cross on a blue or red flag was used as a stern flag on French ships during the initial development of modern Canada (the blue flag was chosen to make the flag more different from the unpopular red trading flag of Great Britain in Quebec). Fleur-de-lis and the cross emphasize the origin of the province and the role of France in the development of Canada [1] . Heraldic lily is considered a symbol of purity. Blue background - a symbol of paradise.
The North American Vexillology Association (NAVA) in a 2001 study recognized the flag of Quebec as the best design among the provinces of Canada [2] .
Quebec Flag Day is celebrated on January 21.
See also
- Coat of arms of Quebec
Notes
- ↑ And they also symbolize the spiritual connection of Quebec, first of all, with legitimate, and not with Jacobin France.
- ↑ Top NAVA State and Provincial Flags Archived June 6, 2011.
Literature
- ANQ. " An Act respecting the Flag and emblems of Québec ", in CanLII . Federation of Law Societies of Canada, Updated to 1 May 2008
- MRIQ. " Québec flag protocol ", in the site of the Ministère des Relations internationales , 2006
- Fraser, Alistair B. " Chapter XV: Quebec ", in The Flags of Canada , January 30, 1998
- Gouvernement du Québec. " Le fleurdelisé: reflet de notre histoire en Amérique ", in the site Drapeau et symboles nationaux of the Government of Québec, updated on January 14, 2008
- Le Drapeau national: historique et protocole d'utilisation . [Québec, Qué.]: Relations avec les citoyens et immigration, Gouvernement du Québec, 2001. NB .: Imprint and date appear on a sticker at end of the document.
- Bouvier, Luc . " Histoire des drapeaux québécois: du tricolore canadien au fleurdelisé québécois ", in Heraldic America (first published in l'Héraldique au Canada in 1994 and L'Action nationale in 1996)
- Tremblay, Joël and Gaudreau, Serge. " 21 Janvier 1948 - Adoption par l'Assemblée législative du fleurdelisé comme drapeau officiel du Québec ", in Bilan du siècle , Université de Sherbrooke , May 18, 2005
- Bureau de normalization du Québec (2004). Drapeau du Québec , Sainte-Foy: Bureau de normalization du Québec, 24 pages
- Gouvernement du Québec (1998). Le cinquantième anniversaire du fleurdelisé , Québec: Commission de la Capitale nationale du Québec, 23 pages
- Bizier, Hélène-Andrée , Paulette, Claude , Fleur de lys: d'hier à aujourd'hui , Montréal: Art global, 1997, 152 pages
- Robitaille, René (August 1983). Le Drapeau de Carillon réalité historique ou légende , Québec: Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Québec, 34 pages
- Archambault, Jacques et Lévesque, Eugénie , Le Drapeau québécois , Québec: Éditeur officiel du Québec, 1974, 78 pages
- BnQ (1973). Bibliographie sur le drapeau du Québec: le fleurdelysé , Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (Center bibliographique)
- Magnan, Charles-Joseph (1939). Le Carillon-Sacré-Coeur, drapeau national des Canadiens français (link not available) , Québec: l'Action catholique, 44 pages (edition digitized by the BAnQ )
Links
- Quebec flag
- Quebec World Flags website
- Proposals for a flag of Quebec, 1900–1902
- Proposals for a flag of Quebec, 1903–1904 Various versions of the Carillon flag
- Arms and flag of Quebec in the online Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges