Officially the two red bars have no special meaning.
In an earlier design concept of the Canadian Flag promoted by Prime Minister Lester Pearson, it had two narrow blue bars on the sides, which were to represent the Atlantic and the Pacific, and the fact that the nation was united from "sea to sea"; however during the Great Flag Debate of 1964-65 the blue bars were changed to red; since the idea of a red white and blue flag did not appeal to some of the Flag Committee.
No, the Canadian flag is NOT blue. It is red and white. The maple leaf and the 2 bars are red and the rest is white.
Red and white
Red and White
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2 red stripes in the Canadian flag
The Canadian flag has a red maple leaf on a white background, with 2 red bars on each side.
Red and White. A red rectangle - twice as wide as it is high - with a white square in the middle. There is a red maple leaf on the white square.
china's flag is red with stars, nepals flag is 2 red triangles
(on the left)red border 1/4 the size of the flag, (In the middle)white 1/2 the size of the flag, (In the center of the white) red maple leaf with 11 points, (on the right)red border 1/4 the size of the flag,
The 2 outside bands on the Canadian flag stand for the 2 oceans and in the middle, it's Canada.
The flag of the state of Selangor, in Malaysia, is one of Selangor's state symbols. It is divided into four proportionally-sized sections. The upper left and lower right sections are red, while the upper right and lower left sections are yellow. The red sections symbolise bravery. The yellow sections refer to royalty, represented by the local monarchy of Selangor, and the Sultan, who is the head of the state. The official religion of Selangor is Islam, and that is denoted by the white crescent and star on the top left corner of the flag. This flag has a ratio of 1:2, and was adopted on January 30, 1965.