History. Canada is a place of trees, and was one of the first resources to be exported. The other was fish but fish does not warm your heart on a cold winters day like a maple fire, some maple syrup, or maple sugar cookies
Canada had just the right climate for maple syrup. To the south of us it was too warm, to the north too cold. As a result Canada quickly became a producer of Maple Syrup. It is a part of our culture dating back hundreds of years.
And that makes it a natural symbol for Canada.
The Maple is a Canadian national symbol
A Canadian maple Leaf, is a leaf found on a Maple tree in Canada. It is a very well known symbol that represents Canada, and if you have noticed it is on the Canadian flag.
The Canadian flag has a maple leaf on it because there are lots of maple trees in Canada and that tree is where they get sap to make maple syrup. It is also for symbolism because the maple leaf is a Canadian symbol.
Canadian Maple Tree
A famous Canadian symbol that is recognized around the world is the maple leaf. The maple leaf is the official Canadian national symbol and is featured on the national flag.
The maple leaf appears on the Canadian flag and is an important Canadian symbol, so in the winter Olympics currently taking place in Vancouver, Canada, you will see the maple leaf as well as the traditional five linked rings of the Olympics.
No the species used is the Canadian Maple.
Acer saccharum The Sugar Maple. The leaf of the Sugar Maple is found on the Canadian Flag
It is different for every tree.
As far as I know is a maple tree one of the Acer family, The maple leaf is the leaf of the Canadian Ahorn or Esdoorn
The maple tree
The Canadian Maple Leaf