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Nova Scotia can take pride in being one of the few places to convert their coat of arms into a flag without making it look hideous. Most states just slap the image on a blank field, Nova Scotia took the central motif and expanded it into the design, removing the extraneous elements. It works fantastically well. The flag is an inverse of the flag of Scotland, appropriate for a province who’s name literally means “New Scotland”. I’m always a fan of when provinces or states give their flags some connective tissue to their parent political entity, and this does that very well. Aesthetically, the design is great too. The red-and-gold flash makes a nice contrast to the blue-and-white field. It’s clean and recognizable, and the coat of arms in the middle is simple enough not to distract from anything. Compare to the flag of Florida, which takes a similar approach but ruins it by putting a giant, overly-complex state seal in the middle.

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I agree with most of these reviews in general, but disagree with some of the relative placements. New Brunswick, for example, I’d definitely rank above Northwest Territories, for basically Maryland-esque reasons – it’s busy and weird and not completely aesthetically pleasing (I’m actually more bugged by the stark white sail on that background than by the ship’s design in relation to the lion)… but despite all that, what it also is is visually striking and extremely distinctive. I think I’d have also put Saskatchewan higher, but I agree about the flower – truthfully, I think it’d be better with just the lion and the wheat of the coat of arms blown out into a full flag. But the green and yellow and red is a really nice color combination, and I think it makes it stand out from the rest in a way that’s for sure an overall positive. British Columbia is eye-watering – reminds me of my favorite vexillology critique ever: “Please don’t attempt to disprove the four color theorem on your flag.”

The Yukon flag is…..fine, I guess? Using a tricolor as the basis is better than using a single-color field, and the blue-white-green color scheme is nice, though the symbolism is pretty predictable. (Water, Snow, Forests, etc). My issue here is just that the coat of arms is getting a little too complicated. It probably would have been better just to use the shield alone, like the Northwest Territories, though I admit that the Husky is cute, and I do like it when non-standard or unusual animals are used in heraldry. The flower border is a little too untidy for my taste. In some ways, I prefer the variant version, which replaces the flowers with a more styalized alternative. There’s nothing offensive about this flag, it’s just not great.

So, quick bit of history here. In a lot of countries, ships don’t fly the regular national flag, but a specially-designed one, usually called an “ensign”. Because the United Kingdom is a special snowflake country, they have three ensigns, the White Ensign, for warships, the Red Ensign, for merchant ships, and the Blue Ensign, for, uhhh, merchant ships crewed by the naval reserve, Royal Research Vessels, and certain yacht clubs. Sure, why not. Anyways, presumably because these flags already existed and were convenient, most British colonies ended up with flags based on either the Red or Blue Ensign. You just had to take the flag and slap a coat of arms on it. Simple, quick, and easy. Canada itself used to have a flag based on this model, and Australia still does. I actually really like this! Most flags based on this model aren’t great, but they’re all fine. It creates a sense of Imperial Unity, a simple template that can be used to stamp out colonial banners ad infinitum. This is my roundabout way of saying: I think Ontario’s flag is pretty decent. I’ll always have a soft spot for any Red or Blue Ensign-based flag, and like a lot of these Canadian flags, the simplicity of the coat of arms is a big advantage. Maple leafs for Canada, the Cross of St. George for English heritage, and the splash of green is a nice contrast to the red background. Very solid, workmanlike flag.

I’ve said before that the highest compliment you can give a state or provincial flag is that it looks like it could be a national one. Quebec easily meets that standard. This is appropriate, given Quebec’s history—a Francophone province in an Anglophone country, one that still remembers its forcible incorporation into English Canada over two and a half centuries later, Quebec voted against seceding from Canada in 1995 by a 50 to 49% margin. If they had seceded, than the Fleurdelisé flag would have more than met their needs. It’s a simple, clear, and crisp design, one that is easily recognizable and replicable. The blue-and-white color scheme is cool and elegant, as well as providing distinction from Canada’s red-and-white colors, perfect for a province that will always stand a little bit apart. There’s a good historical connection as well, with the color scheme and design being drawn from the various flags of the Kingdom of France. Perfect for a province who’s motto is Je me souviens. I remember.

I have very mixed feelings about this flag, to be honest. In most ways, I quite like it. The green-and-yellow colors do an excellent job of invoking the richness and vitality of the Canadian prairies, and as I said earlier , I’m quite fond of bicolors. The coat of arms is relatively simple, and best of all, small. In my opinion, this is the best way to put a seal or coat of arms on a flag: shrink it down so it doesn’t dominate it but instead can be accentuated by the rest of the design. Sheaves of grain, a perfectly nice symbol, and the splash of color provided by the lion gives it a focal point. The problem is……the flower. I just don’t like it. It’s weird and untidy, just having a giant flower……sitting there. Much like the Yukon flag, I think this would be immeasurably improved by a more stylized floral design. In some ways, I prefer the Saskatchewan 60th Anniversary Flag, though it’s a mite militaristic.

Manitoba’s flag is nearly identical to Ontario’s, and my feelings are very much the same. Not spectacular, but a very solid, well-done example of the genre. Ontario came out of ahead because of the coat of arms. I’m not entirely sure why, but I don’t love that buffalo. I think it’s because it’s little too real looking. A common mistake on flags is to put a picture of something. You never want that. Instead, you should be using an image of whatever you’re trying to represent. It’s a subtle distinction, but an important one. Flags are a bad medium for subtly or photorealism. You want basic, simple designs and motifs.

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I’m sorry, I hate this. Just—no. Stop it. What are you doing. No. First of all, the lion on top looks stupid. Same problem as the New Brunswick flag, that sort of super-stylized heraldic lion doesn’t work well in medium like flags, where symbols are big and sweeping. The central motif is supposed to represent the three counties of Prince Edward Island sheltering under the protection of Great Britain, which is fine, but the execution is bizarre. It’s…..just a little plot of land, floating in space? That’s what we’re going for? We couldn’t do, like, three acorns and an oak leaf or something? Ok. It’s such a crude, unfinished-looking drawing, just hanging out in the middle of the flag, without any stylization or dignity. I really can’t emphasize enough how much I dislike it. And what’s going on with that border? Red-and-white is a nice color scheme, apparently chosen for its connection to the national Canadian flag, but I don’t understand why the red squares are arranged they are. It doesn’t look finished. The whole thing is weird enough that my initial assumption was that it was some 18th century holdover from when the colony was first established. I’ll forgive a lot if the flag has a good historical story, but no, it was adopted in 1964, and the coat of arms it’s derived from was granted to the province in 1905. So there’s no excuse for this monstrosity.

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This flag earns its spot on pure aesthetics alone. It doesn’t have an interesting history—it was adopted in 1980, and has no connection with the earlier provincial ensign or the traditional Newfoundland tricolor. The symbolism is trite: blue for the ocean, white for the snow, red for human effort, gold for confidence in the future. But it’s just looks so cool! I can’t think of another flag that looks anything like it, it’s incredibly sleek and modern. The designer, Christoper Pratt, said he was inspired by Beothuk carvings and etchings, but it takes the colors and patterns of the Union Jack and then deconstructs them, reassembling them into something totally unique. The gold arrow breaks apart the traditional red-white-blue color scheme, giving it a sense of dynamism, and the whole thing has an incredible sense of directionality to it, like it’s pointing somewhere. It’s just an overall great-looking flag.

I liked Saskatchewan’s a lot! I just hated that damn flower. If it wasn’t for that, I think it would have been four or five slots higher.

Unfortunately, this is the part of the list where we hit a pretty steep drop-off in quality. Before this, we were looking at good flags. At this point, we’re done to the OK flags. And unfortunately, we’re seeing the arrival of the Seal-on-a-Bedsheet model that so dominates U.S. state flags. That said, basically none of the Canadian provincial ones that go down that route are as bad as the American ones, and the Northwest Territories are a good example of why. Instead of using a single-color background, the flag is a bicolor triband (in the style known as the Canadian Pale). A simple change, but one that makes it substantially less boring, and helps draw the viewer’s attention to the central motif. Most importantly, the coat of arms is simple. Usually, these sorts of flags fail by having overly-complex symbols, with lots of fiddly details. The Northwest Territories uses just a shield, with a set of geometric designs and a single fox head as the only representative art. It’s easy to take in at a glance, and it looks pretty good, too. It uses the form of heraldic design to present something modern and streamlined. The symbolism is all very basic—blue and white represents the tundra and arctic ocean, the gold bars are for the Northwest Territories’ mineral wealth and the fox for the fur trade—but the symbols portray that well in a simplified manner. You can get a sense of it just by looking. The U.S. version of this would include, like, a miner and a trapper flanking a shield with a picture of a tree and a pile of gold bars or something, with a giant Latin motto wrapped around it.

When I said that British Columbia hurts to look at I wasn’t speaking metaphorically! I have to squint every time I scroll by it.

Nunavut is the most recently-created Territory of Canada, split off from the Northwest Territories in 1999, and the flag was designed then. Nunavut’s population is almost entirely Inuit, and there was no local history of flag usage, so the designers had to start from scratch. This may have been to their benefit, because the final product is really unique. Without any preexisting coat of arms or symbols to draw upon, they consulted with native elders to make a flag that draws upon Inuit symbolism and motifs but incorporates them into a classic vexillological design. The white-and-yellow colors were chosen to represent the “riches of land, sea, and sky”, which I don’t really see, but it’s a nice look. It’s unusual to see two pale colors together like that, but I think it creates a very distinctive look. One can imagine it as sunlight on ice. I’m a fan of bi-colors in general, also, just as a way of getting away from the more common designs. The shape in the middle is an inuksuk, a cairn of stones traditionally made by the Inuit as navigational markers. It’s a totally unique design element, one that brings more traditional ones to mind without imitating them. The blue star in the upper right-hand corner is the North Star. Four colors, two design elements; it’s simple, clean, easy to recognize, and really distinctive.

Before we jump in, a quick word on my criteria. When evaluating a flag, what I’m looking for is a design that is simple, yet unique. The pattern of the flag shouldn’t be too busy, but it should be instantly recognizable. Someone once told me that a good flag should always be able to be drawn by a child. I don’t quite go that far, but you should always be able to take in all of the flag’s elements at a glance. In addition, it should convey something of importance about the originator of the flag, whether that be a deliberate act of symbolism or an emotional connectivity. Far too many U.S. flags were created by simply slapping the State Seal on a blue field. This gives us the worst of both world; the flag is incredibly dense, with dozens of intricate elements. At the same time it is utterly generic. Most U.S. state flags blend together into a shapeless blur. A good provincial flag should be something that I instantly associate with some aspect of the province, while also being aesthetically pleasing.

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Welcome back for yet another episode of flag ranking! Yes, here at Goldwag’s Journal we always enjoy evaluating flags, and today we’ll be traveling to our friendly neighbor to the north to take a look at their local vexillology. I’ve talked about U.S. state flags here before, which are, to be blunt, mostly awful. Just the absolute worst. Canada does a lot better! The Canadian provincial flags tend to be pretty good, and the ones that are bad are bad in interesting ways, which is really all you can ask for. It saddens me to admit it, but in terms of flag design the Canadians are decisively beating the United States. Because there are only thirteen provinces and territories in Canada, we’re going to just rank all of them instead of doing Best-of and Worst-of lists.

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Look, I really want to like this one. The red-and-gold color scheme is fiery and bold, standing out amongst its peers in a way I really like. The central image of the ship is technically too complicated, but this one of those times where I throw out all the rules because I think it just looks really cool. The white flash of the sail in the golden sea draws your attention in, and the design is just really good. It’s a nice looking boat! The problem is the top half. Like the flag of Nova Scotia, the flag of New Brunswick is drawn directly from the province’s coat of arms, and it’s a good, solid interpretation. But, to me at least, the lion just doesn’t work. The problem is that it’s shown in traditional heraldic style, while the ship below is drawn to look like a real ship. The stylistic clash is unmistakable. Additionally, due to the design of the banner, the lion is stretched out, making it look even more ridiculous. I honestly still like this flag a lot! But it falls short of greatness.

I think both of those are fair points! I’ll admit, I think with those two especially it’s just very personal: I don’t like that lion and I don’t like that flower. If I was doing this again I could probably be pursued to move Saskatchewan up at least one slot. With New Brunswick, if it didn’t have that damn lion it’d probably be my third or fourth favorite of the lot.

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This flag hurts to look at. Seriously. All of the individual elements are fine—the setting sun represents the fact that British Columbia is Canada’s westernmost Province, the blue lines for the Pacific Ocean, the Union Jack for the province’s British heritage. But put it all together and it’s just a mess, a tangle of red, white, blue, and gold lines cross-crossing each other in an ungodly tangle. The “wavy blue lines to represent the ocean” isn’t unique to this flag, but I’m basically never a fan of it, and stretching out the Union Jack just makes it look stupid. I’m not joking when I say I have trouble looking at it. There’s no focal point, no center of gravity, just the clash of too many different ideas in too small a space.

This flag is very American, and that’s not a compliment. This is Canada’s only pure “let’s just slap the coat of arms on a blue field” flag, which speaks well of the Canadian vexillological spirit, but very poorly of Alberta. That said, this is better than most of it’s American counterparts, for the same reason we’ve been discussing. The coat of arms! It’s not bad. Simple, clean, no extraneous elements wandering all over the page. I continue to like that Cross of St. George motif that keeps popping up. Compare, for example, to the Wisconsin state flag. Similar concept, but Alberta’s is so less hideous. Still, it’s a boring and mediocre design, at best. If you’re going to go this route, this isn’t bad, but it’s still disappointing.

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