It contains five colours: red, white, blue, yellow and black. Earlier versions ... stand out as a symbol of Canada. Compare that to, say, Japan. The Japanese flag similarly scores points for ...

The white background represents peace. The four black bars stand for earth ... yang and it represents balance between opposites. Canada’s flag has just two colours, red and white.

The Black Ball Ferry Line, which runs a ferry between Victoria and Port Angeles, Wash., says raising the flag on approach to ... repeated comments about making Canada the 51st state.