Original 21+ Canada Maple Leaf Flag
Original 21+ Canada Maple Leaf Flag. Former prime minister john diefenbaker protested that with a maple leaf flag motif incorporated the flag would convey no recognition of history. The flag bears a stylized red maple leaf with 11 points on a white background, with red borders down each it wasn't until the 1965 inauguration of the maple leaf flag that canada had its own national banner. But has canada always had its iconic red and white maple leaf flag to showcase itself to the world?