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A red maple leaf with eleven points.
Also known as: Maple leaf flag, Eleven-pointed leaf, Canadian flag leaf, L'Unifolié
The maple leaf on Canada's flag has exactly eleven points, and the number is not botanical — it was chosen after wind-tunnel testing, because a more realistic leaf with more lobes blurred when the flag flew. No maple species has an eleven-pointed leaf.
Denotes Canada as the sole device of its national flag, adopted in 1965: a stylised red maple leaf on a white square between red bands.
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Has eleven points, a stylised number chosen for legibility in wind-tunnel testing rather than to depict any actual maple species.
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Replaced the Canadian Red Ensign after a prolonged parliamentary dispute known as the Great Flag Debate.
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A single stylised maple leaf drawn in solid red with eleven sharp points and a short stem, centred on a white square field.