The following are flags used by Indigenous nations of Canada.
Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
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Unknown–present | Flag of the Anishinaabek | A black pictographic thunderbird on a white field | Grand Chief Ben Wawia | unknown | |
2010–present | A blue and a brown block, with a symbol. | unknown | unknown | ||
Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
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Unknown–present | Blood Tribe Grandfather Aatso’towa (Andy Black Water)[2] . The collaborative design of collective thought also included esteemed Blackfoot Grandparents and Knowledge Holders[3] | ||||
Unknown–present | |||||
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1990–present | Red background. Siksika coat of arms in the centre, Union Jack in upper left. | Mark Wolfleg Jr[4] | |||
Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
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Unknown–present | Flag of Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Alberta | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of Bigstone Cree Nation, Alberta | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of Cree Nation of Wemindji, Quebec | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of Cree Nation of Nemaska, Quebec | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of the Driftpile First Nation, Alberta | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of Enoch Cree Nation, Alberta | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of Fisher River Cree Nation, Manitoba | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of the Kapawe'no First Nation, Alberta | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation, Ontario | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of Mikisew Cree First Nation, Northwest Territories | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of Neskantaga First Nation, Ontario | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Ontario | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, Manitoba | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of Oujé-Bougoumou Cree Nation, Quebec | ||||
1983[5] –present | Flag of Peguis First Nation, Manitoba | Three horizontal stripes of yellow, green, and blue; representing the sun shining, grass growing, and water flowing. There is a red circle in the middle, red representing the Peguis people and the circle for life. | Freda Bear | Public domain (under threshold of originality in Canada) | |
Unknown–present | Flag of the Peepeekisis Cree Nation, Saskatchewan | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of Pimicikamak Cree Nation, Manitoba | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of Piapot First Nation, Saskatchewan | Public domain (under threshold of originality in Canada) | |||
Unknown–present | Flag of Red Earth First Nation, Saskatchewan | ||||
Unknown–present | Flag of Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, Manitoba | ||||
Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
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2005[6] –present | A dark blue flag with thin centered horizontal white wavy stripe overlapping the bottom of a yellow sun disc with background-color fimbriation showing where these meet and four red teepees with white fimbriation and poles set in a row on the bottom half; yellow upright five-pointed star on the upper fly. | probably under Threshold of Originality in Canada | |||
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Unknown–present | Flag of Tahltan Kolīne representing the two clans: Crow (or Tseskʼiya) and Wolf (or Chʼioyone) | ||||
2012–present | Horizontally striped, red-white-red, 1–3–1, with five totems or emblems in the centre, from left to right: Kùkhhittàn (Raven Children), Ishklitàn (Frog), Yanyèdi (Wolf), Sèshitàn (Beaver), Dakhlʼawèdi (Eagle) | ||||
Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
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Unknown–present | Flag of the Innu Nation | Horizontal bands of teal, white and light blue, within the blue sits a centre snowshoe flanked by reindeer skulls on both sides | |||
Unknown–present | A vertical tricolour triband of chartreuse, white, green with the coat of arms of the Matimekush Lac John Band charged in the Canadian pale | ||||
Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
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October 4, 1900-present | Flag of the Mi'kmaq Nation Grand Council | A white field with a red Latin cross and a red star and moon in the left quadrants; white denotes purity of creation, the red cross represents mankind and infinity, the sun and moon the forces of day and night, the flag is meant to be displayed hanging vertically as shown here[9] | Rev. Father Pacifique Buisson[10] | Public domain | |
Mid-1980s–present | Flag of the Natuaqanek Band | A red field with yellow left and right borders, a quartered roundel charged in the centre[11] | Philip Young | ? | |
Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
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Unknown–present | Flag of the Secwepemc Nation | Flag features 17 feathers representing the 17 bands in the Secwépemc Nation. The feathers are mostly black, with a white portion in the middle. The white portion signifies those communities which were wiped out by disease and other trauma following contact | |||
2019–present | A white Canadian pale on a teal field, with an arrowhead in the centre depicting a salmon leaping above a net | Susan Point | Presumed Copyrighted | ||
1980–present | Flag of the Nlaka'pamux Nation | Circle wreath of Nlaka'pamux pictographs set on a grey field | |||
Unknown–present | |||||
2014–present | A white background with a bird charged in the middle. | ||||
Unknown–present | |||||
Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
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2001–present | Flag of the Nisg̱aʼa Nation | A vertical tricolour triband of black, white, and sanguine with the badge of the Nisga'a Nation,[12] surrounded by black and sanguine ovals, charged in the Canadian pale[13] | Lloyd McDames and Peter McKay | ? | |
Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
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2005–present | A white field with a white, green, and blue inukshuk charged in the centre | ||||
2018–present | The flag features an Inuktitut: ulu, a traditional Inuit knife used by women. Within the Inuktitut: ulu image is a dog sled team, showing the importance of husky dogs, as well as a Inuktitut: kudlik, a traditional seal oil lamp | Barry Pardy[15] | Copyrighted | ||
unofficial | Thomassie Mangiok[16] | ||||
Unknown–present | A gyrfalcon[17] | Government of Canada (1984)[18] | noncommercial use?[19] | ||
Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
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Pre-1816–present | A blue field with a white symbol of infinity charged in the centre | Unknown | Public domain (given year of creation) | ||
Pre-1816–present | A red field with a white symbol of infinity charged in the centre | Unknown | Public domain (given year of creation) | ||