Canadian Centennial Flag/Expo 67 (Canada)

In 1967, Canada celebrated its centennial year. Activities were planned all across the country. Some of the organizers were concerned that centennial festivities would be upstaged by the magnitude of Expo 67, and so the two events were linked. The official Expo 67 guide devoted several pages to the Centennial.

The centennial logo is a stylized maple leaf broken into 11 triangles which is rumoured to represent the 10 provinces and the territories (2) at the time. I know, the maths don't quite add up. Although the red flag was the more common, if not the official, version, the flags were made in different colours to highlight the festive splendour of the occasion. The different colours for the flags came collectionscanada.gc.ca I can only assume, since I was a child at the time that these are the colours that they used for them.

The flags appear to be of the proper design, but the colours and shades are wrong. I have a postcard showing the Canadian Parliament buildings and they show all the proper flag colours. I own all of the flags accept for the orange one, and the colours of my flags match the postcard.
Rudy Mundt, 4 January 2009

Expo 67 was a universal exposition sanctioned by "Le Bureau International des Expositions", for which the theme was: "Man and His World". The logo was designed by Montreal artist Julien Hébert. The basic unit of the logo is an ancient symbol of man. Two of the symbols (pictograms of 'man') are linked as to represent friendship. The icon was repeated in a circular arrangement to represent 'friendship around the world'. The flag came only in blue to represent the "Blue Planet".
Sylvain "Sly" Houde, 16 July 2008