American Reacts to Canada's Provincial Flags
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2023
- As an American I am familiar with the idea of flags for each of the individual states, but I did not know the same existed for each of the Canadian provinces. Today I am very excited to learn about Canada's provincial flags and see what they look like. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Hey Tyler, here's a bit more details on the Québec flag: The flag of Quebec, called the "Fleurdelisé" (French for 'lily-flowered'), takes its white cross from certain French flags of the Kingdom of France, namely the French naval flag as well as the French merchant flag. Its white fleurs-de-lis (symbolizing purity) and blue field (symbolizing heaven) come from a banner honouring the Virgin Mary; such banners were carried by Canadian colonial militia in the 18th century.The flag is blazoned Azure, a cross between four fleurs-de-lis argent. Its horizontal symmetry allows both sides of the flag to show the same image.
Ce n'est pas JJ qui aurait fait cette recherche 😂😂 merci
@@anniecharbonneau6657C'est qui jj?
I must add here that the canadian flag has a meaning too. The color red reprsent the british empire, the two red sides representes the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the maple leaf represent, well, the maple tree witch is a national symbol. The whole flag it itself should be read then as "a british country of maple that span between two oceans".
Thanks for your explanation, Waterboyqc, I had no idea...
from BC
Actually i beg to differ. the white cross refer to the catholic church and not only virgin Mary. it's not blazoned with azure but rather with French Royal bluue refering to Louis the 14th, king of France and the 4 fleurs de lys is the représentation of the Breton de France which are celtic in culture: cities as St-Malo, Brest, or Quimper where most of us Quebecois originated. That inturn would explain both merchand and military navy flags being related. Did you know that USA did noot invent the marine corp? It's France who send la Compagnie Franche de la Marine to Québec city. Which was, in deed, infantry embarqued permanently on a sail ship, with disbarquement specialisation in mind. La copagnie franche de la marine had pretty much the same flag as Québec today except the 4 fleurs de lys were cornered and pointing toward the center. there! Now you have it! The Québec flag.
13:40 Total disinformation here! First the patriot flag (1832) is older than the Hungarian flag (1848) and second the flag he show is not the patriot flag. The Patriot flag is green, white and red (Hungarian flag is the reverse, red white and green) and was made during the revolution era like it was happening in Europe. The patriot were including, French, Irish and even some English intellectuals (which is why the red is there) and it was a popular rise against social disparities.
Exactly why they keep saying it was a language problem it was a governess one. Now Alberta is learning the same lesson we knew about 60 years ago
Yah, agreed, I'd be careful of using that you-tuber's videos as the primary source of info. Nova Scotia wasn't the first, it was Quebec. So much of what he says is misinformation, and in many of his videos he also approaches most things with a very right-wing slant which doesn't help with the accuracy of what he says.
I've lived in Canada for 68 years. This is the first guy I've ever heard who actually says 'aboot '! 😂
You should hear him in some of his other videos… very cringeworthy, especially because it’s obviously on purpose to stand out(?). He has toned it down a lot for this instalment.
I don't know if you noticed, but he also said "aroond", making it pretty clear he was doing this deliberately.
@@patriciawicken5949 yes! Honestly, sometimes he says “about” correctly too. I wouldn’t even care if he did it on purpose *if* this pronunciation was a thing here in certain pockets of the country. But, at almost 50 years old, I have NEVER ONCE heard “aboot” in the wild or in the media. So, he’s just propagating such a falsehood for absolutely no reason. He might as well take a swig of maple syrup after every video, knock his front teeth out for the sake of our national sport and have seal blubber drying in the backdrop.
I noticed that on the “aboot” but I noticed another word that he pronounced that way. Until then I could never figure out
I was looking for someone who’d mention this. Where’s this dude from? He sounds very odd, not to mention, very unCanadian! 🎊😀
I'm a little disappointed he didn't mention the territories at all.
The Territories aren't Provinces, that's why they weren't covered.
@@DrachenGothik666 True enough, though they aren't different enough or plentiful enough to warrant their own video. Also Tyler, the one reacting does show the territories at the start of the video but never mentions them.
@@soulstenance Personally, I would've preferred he covered the Territories' flags. I actually agree with you on the matter. I just think he didn't include them because of some weird prejudice he has. This guy is dip who disses anything French-Canadian, judging from the comments, & his weird pronunciations of "about", "around" & "out" are deliberate exaggerations that make me think he's feeding into stereotypes for clicks. Annoying. I get enough dumb jokes about saying "eh" at the ends of sentences from Americans--when I don't us that sound & never have. Nor did anyone around me growing up. I know some Canadians actually do use "eh", but it's regional & mostly limited to parts of Ontario & the Maritimes, from what I've been able to figure out. It doesn't seem to be common in Quebec, though, which is odd. My Mum was Montreal, & she never used it, for a very limited sample size.
Anyways, I think the guy who runs this channel should find someone else to scrape Canadian info from, 'cuz I think this JJ guy is a big nope if he ignores entire cultural groups in my home country like that. It makes him seem like a bigots, & bigots are scum.
@@DrachenGothik666 Yeah I heard that too. Eh is definitely a word I use a lot but aboot seems exaggerated unless it's some regional accent I've never heard, which is possible I suppose.
@@DrachenGothik666 I can confirm we don't really use "eh" in Quebec. I can't recall hearing it. Although, I do use something similar, but it's not because I'm Canadian. What I use is equivalent to "Ah?".
Saying that Québec's flag has no symbolism is pretty ignorant. Everything is about our French and Catholic heritage. The whole flag is fashioned after the old French military flags, who all had a white cross on them. The fleur-de-lys have been a symbol of French monarchy for almost forever, so of course they symbolize our French origin. White and blue are also traditional French colours: white was used by the Bourbons and blue by all previous branches of the Capetian dynasty. But of course, the cross is also the Cross of Christ. Worth mentioning is the fact that Jacques Cartier planted a cross when he took possession of the territory in the name of the King of France. The fleur-de-lys is both a trinitarian and Marian symbol. Blue is also associated with the Virgin Mary. Of course, now the religious symbolism has lost its significance, but the historic symbolism is still very present.
Agreed. What could be more symbolic of French history than the fleur-de-lis?!
JJ McCullough est un anglo-suprémaciste, il n'est même pas capable de consulter Wikipédia avant de faire ses vidéos...
The presenter in that video has a known bias against Quebec, for some reason. So it didn't surprise me that he brought their flag up last or the comments.
C'est JJ ... Ils nous aiment tellement 😂😂
True, I was born ('76) and raised in Quebec. Everything truly is about THEIR heritage and culture. No one else's. If you're raised English, there's nothing for you. Every Canada Day celebration met with Francophone gangs furious that other's celebrate anything outside of the the strict Quebecois heritage and ideology. Quebec culture is a HUGE deal. It gave us the Anglophone exodus that apparently never happened, despite my entire family leaving after 2 family members were curb stomped celebrating Canada Day. Yep, really strong sense of heritage there. They'll burn down a Second Cup cafe if the refuse to change it to Deuxieme Tasse. The Nazi's had a strong sense of culture and heritage too. So does Russia.
I was born there, raised there as my father was. I'm as much a Quebecois as anyone else, but the divisionist violence doesn't make me as proud. That too is part of your culture and heritage. Part of Quebec's past that my fellow Quebecois family endured for decades. Not welcome where we were born. I get it, but let's not selectively omit the less favorable aspects of Quebec culture. Quebec in my mind, from someone who grew up there, is trauma. Its violence, it's rejection and it's selfishly hypocritical in regards to culture because it's too busy obsessing about their own to tolerate or include any others. Least inclusive province in Canada, largest sense of undeserved superiority.
The Quebec flag is the first Canadian provincial flag to be officially adopted back in 1950. This even predates the current Canadian flag. 🤍💙⚜️
Nova Scotia's flag was made official in 1929 by George V.
@@johnt8636it was not adopted though. Reread what I wrote. The Quebec flag was the first provincial flag to be adopted.
This statement is not absolutely true. The flag of Nova Scotia was awarded to Nova Scotia by Royal Warrant in 1929; however, it was only adopted by the provincial legisture in 2013 as everyone had assumed that this had already been done. An eleven year old student discovered this while doing research for a class project. To me this still makes it the oldest provincial flag as it has been recognized by everyone as the province's flag since 1929 and was even in existence before 1929.
Let’s be honest though, the current Quebec flag is just an update of the Carillon flag which was created back in 1902 and recognized by the Quebec government in 1926.
@@Mattattak
Yes, it was. January 19th to be precise.
Quebec's flag was the first provincial flag to be originally designed.
Damn, McCullough really outdone himself by totally ignoring the origins of Quebec's flag... Comparing a Fleur de Lys that was used by French monarchy since the Middle Ages to the Maple Leaf that almost came out of nowhere in the sixties, ignoring its inspiration from the Carillon military flag, then the Carillon Sacré-Coeur, ignoring the signification of the colors, the cross, the fleur de lys, etc... Not mentioning we adopted it way before anglo-canadians adopted theirs, in 1948, and that it's simplistic bicolor design was part of the inspiration for the Canadian flag... "Yeah, let's just show the 1837-1838 patriot's flag and the fleurdelisé and call it a day." What butchery of an explanation...
l sure wish he would quit using jjm videos. lt's almost like a troll giving the explanations.
The maple leaf was used as a Canadian symbol at least as early as ww1
@@settheory2219 Hence the "almost".
@@pscm9447 50 years is barely almost when you're talking events that took place around the Centennial...lol
@@settheory2219 Well, the fleur de lys is a french symbol since 507 ad, so in comparison, a 50 years evolution leading to this flag is pretty much "almost out of nowhere". And it was just one of many canadian symbols. We could have used a beaver as well at this point.
Maybe someone already mentioned it but Canada was a French colony way before it was given to England by the king of France. It was then called « Nouvelle France » and extended from the Saint Laurence river valley down to Louisiana following the Mississippi River. Hence all the French city and road names in the United States.
Canada wasn't "given" to the UK by the King of France. It was WON by Great Britain when they defeated the French in the Seven Years War.
And before the french, it was indigenous land invaded by the Norse Vikings. 🤷🏽♀️
The video of the one explaining the flags is known to enjoy doing Quebec Bashing. So dont expect him to say anything positive about Quebec or Nouvelle France.
And we mustn't forget the French colonization of Acadie which covered present day Nova Scotia, much of present day New Brunswick and part of Maine. It was settled by the French Acadians for about 150 years before around the 10 000 Acadian colonists were rounded up by the English authorities and expelled by ship to the British colonies in New England and France.
The Northwest Territories and Quebec along with I think a couple of the maritime provinces were French. The rest were British. The French essentially traded their holdings here for their holdings else where. The original Division between Upper and Lower Canada dates back to this time and forms the modern Quebec and Ontario border. Incidentally, Upper Canada was called that because it was 'Upriver' of Lower Canada. The St. Lawrence and Great Lakes systems are the foundation of many of the Eastern Colonies.
Interesting that the video showed the territory flags at the beginning but he completely overlooked them.
That's because the video was about the *Provincial* flags. The three Territories don't have official Provincial status. They're a separate thing.
@@DrachenGothik666but they are still Canadian regional flags. My 6 year old can identify them all.
What ???
That GG. Never miss one !!
Yes there’s a meaning of the Quebec’s flag:
- Royal Blue for the French Royalty (Red was for English)
- White cross for Christianity
- (4) Fleur de Lys was the symbol of French monarchy and and old symbol back from Mesopotamia to Egypt to Greece to Rome to France
And this flag was just an adaptation of the 1902 flag, removing the Heart in the middle, making it the older provincial flag 😜
And still very interesting to learn about Canada !! Thanks Tyler
The symbol on the Quebec flag might seem familiar because it is basically the same as the symbol for the New Orleans Saints. As Louisiana was originally a French colony and still has a strong connection to those roots, the fleur-de-lis is prevalent there.
Yeah - France used to own a huge swath of North America from Québec through the Ohio Valley, all the way down the Mississippi River. The US got a huge chunk of it with the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon. That's why you'll still see the fleur-de-lis pop up in some of those places, like the Saints example you gave. The Pelicans basketball team also has one, though it's more hidden and not the main logo. Some cities in that region include it too - Baton Rouge, St. Louis, Louisville, Detroit...so it's definitely somewhat familiar to a lot of Americans.
The symbols on the Quebec flag is the Fleur de Lys. And our BC flag is meant to be the ocean and the setting sun.
In actual fact the British Colombian flag was a setting sun over the British flag. They sent it off to Britain for approval but they didn’t wait for a reply and went ahead and build the parliament building in Victoria with the flag, they were waiting approval on, as the stained glass windows. They finally got a reply from the British government saying NO, as the British have always said “the sun never sets on the British Empire”, so the BC government of the time inverted it to have the setting sun under the British flag. If you go to the parliament buildings you can see the original flag, to this day, in all the stained glass….and there are a lot of them! Fun facts from Vancouver BC 😳🇨🇦
Wow, I live in Victoria and I never actually noticed that, I have to go to the Parliament buildings now
also, the blue wavy lines behind the sun represent the ocean.
It's the province of British ColUmbia, as in Christopher ColUmbus, not as in the South American country of ColOmbia.
@@katesaunders6999 chill Katesaonders, I live in BC and have you ever heard of auto correct on the iPhone before. The story was about the flag of BC not correct my spelling, did you know this fact about the flag of the province, I assume, you live in. That would have been far more interesting to hear from you than to point out something everyone, with an iPhone, knows about and gets annoyed with regularly. 🙄
As a Manitoban, I'm surprised Manitoba kept its original flag. The two provinces to both tell Ottawa where to stick it, and both considered "rebellion" provinces were Quebec and Manitoba, both being VERY anti-Ottawa. Quebec for Ottawa's colonialism towards the French. And Manitoba for Ottawa's colonialism towards the Métis, which was the catalyst for the Red River Rebellion, which was then the catalyst for the Manitoba Act which in essence FORMED the province. Maybe it's time for a new flag in Manitoba. Something less colonialism and more Métis.
As a Québécoise, I love Manitoba for being considered a “rebellion provinces” with Quebec and being anti-ottawa. 🙌🏻🤍
Americas flag also has remnants of the UK. They're the same colors.
Extraordinary how quickly Louis Riel became a Manitoban icon... I remember a time when only the Métis and Québécois admired the man.
@@Xerxes2005 not much to admire about him, as he ultimately failed and died as a failed traitor. rebelling only gets you remembered if you win. his work pre-rebellion is far more notable and respectable.
I am all for Manitoba getting a flag that they feel represents them more, but it seems counter-productive to do it as "thumbing their nose" at Ottawa instead of celebrating Manitoba somehow. Defining yourself as 'in opposition to someone' instead of as 'yourself' never ends well and just perpetuates old hurts.
The Red-White-Green flag did not go out of use because it was "not French enough" but because it was a revolutionary emblem outlawed by the British authorities.
Leave it to Jar Jar to make things up...
Red-white-green was the flag for patriot movement (Louis Riel was the leader of the movement) color red-white-green mean english-french-ireland the three foundation people.
hey you shouldn't insult J.J. Binks like that he has some class
@@qc_annunaki3669 You are conflating two events. Riel was born in 1844, 5 years after the troubles of 1837-1839.
JJ is like chatgpt: he tells BS
For clairity purposes the word ensign isn't pronounced as "n sign" in Canada, it's pronounced "n sen".
Thank you, the way he says ensign drove me nuts.
I guess it's territorial from british columbia we say " n- sign"
@@FatCatGarfield Me too! Made it hard to take anything else he said seriously. (The 'aboot' and 'aroond' didn't help, either .:P )
@@Elentarien He plays up certain words to encourage the stereo type that some have of how Canadians speak for more views of his videos.
@@personincognito3989 When I lived in BC I never heard anyone say it as "n sign", nor have I heard it said that way anywhere else in Canada.
You missed the Acadian flag. It’s not provincial but it is flown in the east coast and worth the time to discover a whole new story about canada from a different perspective.
The video is called provincial flags, though. As an Acadian, I'm not upset. Also, this video is based on a JJ McCullough video, and JJ is very clear that he hates French Canadians. So it's not surprising it wasn't used.
@@bgriffiths1840 lol right about the jj. Im mot upset either but its an important flag with a lot of history that people would miss out on if they weren’t told about it.
@@JT.Pilgrim important how? the Acadians are an extreme minority spread across three provinces and dominant in none. how is their flag important? be proud of your heritage sure, but if your going to claim imp0ortance you need more than its old
@@kertagin1 well if you think it’s insignificant then consider this. Its history is like a fossil in time to warn us as a society about consequences of our actions as demonstrated in the past. Aug 15 is Fete D’Acadie. It seemed important to them. Mardi Gras seems important to people. Your Ignorance doesn’t make it insignificant.
Every francophone groupes have a flag; acadiens, fransaskois, franco-yukonnais... ;)
Yes we learn in school drawing the flags and the meaning and key symbols that represent the province. We definitely learn and know all of them!
I remember learning about the other provinces flags, as for remembering them... Let's just say it was a long time ago.
When I was learning the provincial/territorial flags, Nunavut wasn’t an official territory yet, they were still deciding on the borders, I think.
Bison (or buffalo) were and are a large part of the culture of Indigenous people of Manitoba. I found this, which explains it more eloquently than I could: "This strong, swift, hardy being lives as part of a herd once so large it covered the horizon, and the sound of their hooves striking the earth sounded like the thunder of the frequent storms that give life to the plains. Bison are the largest North American land mammal weighing up to 2,200 pounds at maturity and living up to twenty years. Showing great loyalty and working together as one to protect and serve even its youngest and weakest members against ferocious adversaries, bison survived and thrived in their millions on the rich abundance the tall-grass prairies of the plains provided, and their manure created the rich soils our province’s farmers still benefit from. Hunted in Manitoba by Cree, Assiniboine, Dakota, Dene, Inuit, Oji-Cree and Anishinaabe alike, many Indigenous communities in Manitoba revered the bison recognizing that one as a relative and one who gives its life for the survival of the people."
You are no longer just an average American, you now know way more about Canada than the average American does. 🙂
We're slowly converting him 😉 one day his intro will be *what's going on everyone? I'm was a typical average american now living here today in Canada!"
@@kaitlynbecker8424 maybe he'll become the average Canadian
He probably knows more than a lot of Canadians I know I've learned a couple things from these videos and when I was young and it was relatively safe I backpacked across the country twice over three years
For the proposed Ontario flag, the wavy lines represent the approximately 250,000 lakes and 100,000 km of rivers within the province. 1/6th of the province is water. As for the tri-pronged thing, it is the symbol of the trillium. The trillium is the official flower of Ontario and that symbol is included in any official message from the Government of Ontario.(mail, TV commercial, billboard)
The Trillium is also the symbol of Ontario in general, such as on the Franco-Ontario flag or organizations like Foodland Ontario
While driving through Quebec, you'll see almost as many Quebec flags floating around as you would see American flags in small-town america.
Haha yes!
Hi Tyler! Yes the bison is one of the provincial symbols of Manitoba, representing the indigenous peoples who traditionally hunted them for food, clothing, and shelter. The youtuber who did the video you reacted to missed some interesting points such as the fleur-de-lis on the Quebec flag (which I believe others have commented on already), and how the maple leaf on the Canadian flag came to be a recognizable symbol throughout the world, particularly in WWI and WWII. I feel his treatment of these symbols was a bit flippant, and that the youtuber in question could have put a little more care into his presentation.
J j is anti french
@@personincognito3989 I have seen a couple of his videos before and I couldn't continue watching his content - he doesn't seem to have much respect for most of Canada from what I have seen, except for B.C.
Origin/meaning of the Country's/Province's/Territory's names..
Canada - Kanata - Huron-Iroquois word for "village/settlement"
Alberta - Queen Victoria's fourth daughter
British Columbia - Originally Columbia. Named after the Columbia River. To avoid confusion with Columbia in South America, the Queen named it British Columbia
Manitoba - likely comes from the Cree "Man-into-wahpaow", which means "the narrows of the Great Spirit"
New Brunswick - to honour the reigning British monarch at the time, King George III, who was also Duke of Brunswick.
Newfoundland - discovered by John Cabot in 1497 as the “New Found Launde.”
Northwest Territories - self explanatory as it was known as the Northwestern Territory
Nova Scotia - Latin for New Scotland
Nunavut - means “our land” in the Inuit language of Inuktitut
Ontario - comes from the Iroquois word “kanadario”, meaning “sparkling” water.
Prince Edward Island - to honour commander-in-chief of British North America, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
Quebec - comes from the Algonquin word for “narrow passage” or “strait”
Saskatchewan - The Cree name for the Saskatchewan River was “Kisiskatchewanisipi,” meaning “swift-flowing river.” Through common use, this eight-syllable name was shortened to Saskatchewan
Yukon - probably comes from the word “Yu-kun-ah” meaning “great river.”
PEI was named after the man who's father Queen Victoria...
@@Blaqjaqshellaq I took the info right from the government of Canada website 🤷♂️
The flag of the region of Saguenay in Québec predates the flag of Québec, which predates the current flag of Canada.
Yes, most Canadians know the provincial flags. The Territories also have their own flags.
Sometimes forgotten, but the original 13 American states have a British history as well, which included pre-revolution flags of their own.
The 13 colonies was also french that why the all have a french influance
Very nice explanations of the provincial flags. My one gripe is JJ's ridiculous affectation of using 'ou' words and sounding them out with 'oo' instead.
I'm always excited to watch a Tyler video until it features a JJ video 😬
@koru9780 - His pronunciation of ‘ensign’ also left a lot to be desired.
Québec's flag is almost 20 years older than the Canadian flag.
january 21 1948
I like the sun on the BC flag too, but you need to also notice the 'waves' behind it - noting BC's location on the coast.
Most Canadians would know almost all of the provincial flags instantly. They're ubiquitous and appear everywhere. Canadians may mix up Ontario with Manitoba as they look very similar and be unfamiliar with the flag of NWT and Yukon as the territories are off the radar to a large degree. The flag of Nunavut is an exception as it's so unique.
The only one Id know is the Quebec flag.. (the Fleur-de-lis gives it away)..
And im a 45 year old Anglophone from Ontario.. Id know the Scarborough Flag, but had to just google the Downtown as much as possible..
Nunavut, the rock sculpture is an obvious symbol of who it represents.
Honestly I only could have identified Quebec's and New Brunswick's, as they are the only ones I have ever really been exposed to.
@@flecks_piano are you bragging or complaining? what makes you think anybody here cares what you don't know?
@@stewartbonner
OP said these flags are ubiquitous and most Canadians would recognize them. I just doubt the average Canadian is really that exposed to the majority of those flags unless they go looking for them, or unless it's their own province or a province they visited. Simple as that.
Wasn't that a bit aggressive for a response? No need to be rude.
That "tri-pronged" thing on the proposed Ontario flag is a stylized version of a trillium, Ontario's provincial flower, which has 3 petals.
You have to keep in mind that the 60s was not very long after WWII. Many Canadians served, and died, under the Red Ensign and felt it was disrespectful to change it. There is video available of when PM Lester Pearson presents his argument for Canada having our own flag to an assembly of veterans - and they did not like the idea! Now, though, just about everyone is very happy with the Maple Leaf. It just says "Canada", no question about it.
My grandfather was a WW2 vet, and my great-grandfather was a WW1 and WW2 vet (although a little young for 1 and a little old for 2, so no combat but that's not the point). The Legion did have a campaign whose slogan was "I fought under this flag, I want to live under this flag".
I think they voted to keep it under the referendum, while my dad voted for the new flag. Hearing it talked about I don't think anybody was really that invested in it though. Ironically the new flag elicits a much stronger emotional response, so I suppose it's a "better" flag at being a flag. Still, the old flag seems more somber now. You only see it at Remembrance Day and similar events.
Point of trivia, the Red Ensign had a few different versions, since the Canadian coat of arms had a couple of revisions. The WW1 and WW2 Red Ensigns are subtly different.
@@TevelDrinkwater Yes. Also to note, the White Ensign is still the flag of the Canadian Navy.
I think it’s time to rip the bandaid off and move to Canada, Tyler lol
I don't like JJ and I find him biased in his videos. He clearly doesn't like Quebec, so what he says needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
I can't stand JJ. I am only watching this because I like Tyler's reactions.
I agree! I don’t like JJ McCullough either! He is very arrogant and biased in his videos.
The Saskatchewan Flag has the Provincial Coat of Arms, The Prairie Lily (Provincial Flower), the green bars represent Forests (I think), and the Yellow for Wheat
I would say the wavy lines in the proposed Ontario flag represent all our many lakes and waterways, and the symbol in the centre looks like a Trillium flower which is our Ontario provincial flower.
The thing in the center of the proposed Ontario flag is probably a stylized trillium. The trillium is our provincial flower and has 3 petals that are triangle-ish shaped
I wish you could sit in on a history of canada course at my university, the dynamics of Canada's French and English history is so huge in the way the past 200 years have played out and even today. I dont think even many Canadians realize how much its effected even the debates about flags.
The big difference is that most provincial flags are fairly different, while in the US, it seems like 2/3 of the state flags are navy blue with a state crest on it. Of course, Alberta, the most US-like province copied its southern neighbours and did the same thing with a crest and blue background.
Personally, I can tell most of them apart, mostly because each province's flag generally has something distinct about it (like Maintoba's bison ot Quebec's Fleur-de-lis).
We were thought about the provincial flags in school. And as a Newfoundlander, you'll see the Newfy flag on almost every house or back yard. I see that flag more than I see the Canadian flag if I'm being honest.
The symbol you recognized on the Quebec flag is a fleur-de-lis, which you’ll see in the French district of New Orleans, for example.
It was kind of insulting to hear that the Québec flag had no real meaning in its composition. Just a little more Québec bashing from the ROC. First the colour blue represents the French royalty basic colour, France being our country of origin. Back in 1948 when it was introduced, the catholic religion had a strong hold on the population, the white cross indicates our catholic origins white being the colour of the Pope. In addition, the 4 Fleurs de Lys which is a traditional symbol of the French royalty. If you travel to the state of Louisiana, it bears this name Louisiana in recognition of Louis XIV. In New Orleans you will see multiple Fleurs de Lys all over the city. New Orleans means "Nouvelle Orleans". Orleans is a French city in France. Now you can appreciate the true symbolisms of the Québec flag.
To elaborate on the Nova Scotia flag....
- Nova Scotia is latin for "New Scotland". The Scotland flag is a white X with a blue background called the St. Andrews Cross so for the Nova Scotia flag, the St Andrews cross was inverted to a Blue X with a white background and then the coat of arms was slapped in the middle and made into the Nova Scotia flag
OK, pump the brakes. Dude doesn't know what he's talking about re. the Nova Scotia flag. To start with, that's not the Nova scotia coat of arms; it's *part* of the coat of arms.. The lion rampant on the gold shield is the royal arms of Scotland. The "X" is a Saltire Cross, the Cross of St. Andrew to specific, another symbol of Scotland. The colours of the NS flag are the colours of Scotland, reversed. (Scottish flag is a white cross on a blue field.) The flag today is unchanged from when it was granted to Sir William Alexander by King James I (James VI of Scotland) in 1625. It was officially made official in 1929.
Yes, this is my wheelhouse. No, I didn't google anything.
No symbolism on the Quebec flag. What the hell does he think the four fleur de lis are?
The Québec flags, in 4 corners is a flower, call fleur de lys. The blue is for French heritage, like blue in French flags and the cross for Christian heritage
Étant moi même Québécoise,,,j'adore mon drapeau⚜
OMG!! I'm SO stoked you reviewed a video by one of my favourite Canadian CZcamsrs (probably my absolute favourite). A couple of notes... I'm disappointed that there was no mention of the territorial flags, but that was more JJ's fault for not including it in his video. The symbol in Quebec's flag (appearing 4 times) is the fleur de Lis, which is a VERY French symbol, historically (JJ is somewhat deficient in his appreciation for French culture). You mentioned the "simplified" flags and, specifically Ontario's that had the wafty 3-prong thing. It's a stylized Trillium flower that is prolific here in our province and literally the stylized symbol of our provincial government. The waves symbolize that we're very much surrounded by water. Manitoba used to have a ton of bison, I'm not sure if they still do because they're conservative af and want to kill anything that's not a fetus. ;) Amazing video, over all. Would love to collab realtime to add some colour to your videos.
As an interesting side note to the topic of flags.....
There are very few, if any, world flags that are based around the color 'Purple'. This was because the cost of producing purple dye and ink was much greater than other more common colors. Which is why, throughout history, you often see 'Royals' draped in Purple finery, cloaks, etc.. often gold highlights sewn into them.
Phoenicians are the one who start the purple color from sea snails.
I think it's no country flag can have the purple.... only Royalties and religious dress.
It's not only because of the cost, it represente bloodline and power.
Purple is not a color used often in heraldry to begin with. It was ill-defined, and could be more red or more blue. From afar, it could be confused with dark blue. Not very good then to discriminate an ally from an enemy. That's why we more often see gules (red), azure (blue), vert (green), sable (black), argent (white) and or (yellow) on flags and armories.
@@jean-rockdion7960 You have it backwards... it's not that you can't put purple on a flag, or that it's somehow 'reserved' for royalty. It was typically only used for royalty, and seldom used in flags, because it was an expensive color to dye.
That is the reason 'why' it represents bloodline and power.... those were the only people that typically could afford items dyed that color. Not as much an issue in modern times, but history does tend to reflect purple as a symbol of prestige because of that..
@@Xerxes2005 But..... any historian will confirm that purple, in centuries past, was not used in flags or regalia because of the price of the ink to produce that color.
It's fairly common knowledge, and the main reason why the color was considered a sign of wealth or prestige.
@@KeithDCanada One does not exclude the other.
Québec flag has no symbolism? I liked that J. J. guy, and I thought he was knowledgeable... until now. This was almost a mean thing to say. I think that Québec's flag is the most known and loved provincial flag of all provincial flags, and it has to do with our French history. Anyway, I thought it was funny that BC's flag has a sun on it. Isn't it the cloudiest and rainiest province? Loved seeing all the other provincial flags too :)
Sorry but JJ bash on Québec all the time, he want all French people assimilate by English... not a good idea check him for Québec thing
I have said this before but it's so refreshing how you are interested all about Canada! I love the British Columbia flag design too.
If you’re ever in Newfoundland, you may see another flag other then the one mentioned. An unofficial flag know as the Republic of Newfoundland flag which is a tricolor green, white, and pink flag that is sometimes painted or flown by citizens.
Québec is original and has its own flag since January 21 1948? 75 years old!
When I was in public school(grades k-8; I can't remember what grade it was exactly), we had a whole geography unit on Canadian provinces which included the provincial flags.
The proposed Ontario flag is supposed to represent the the great lakes ( the wavy lines) and the Ontario trillium flower (symbol in the middle), which is already depicted on our current flag .
I only "know" and remember the Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia flags. For the U.S. I know of the Texas and the California flags!
Yes we Canadians are well educated and after grade 5 most are aware of all the provinces and territories.
Tyler, that triangle thing on the Ontario flag is the trillium flower. It’s Ontario’s national flower. Its illegal to pick them here haha.
*Provincial flower, but yes. It was on the endangered species list and is still illegal to pick. Trillium bulbs are unusual in that the bulb dies if you pick the flower.
Wouldn't that be it's provincial flag?
As a Canadian, I’ll say I’m completely recognizing the provincial flags. Support from Alberta, Canada! :)
We had to learn all our flags in school. We were tested on them. Nunavut wasn't a territory at the time so we didn't have to learn it considering it wasn't a flag at the time.
just a note on the flag of Nova Scotia. It looks alot like Scotlands flag, because Nova Scotia is Latin For New Scoland
In fact it is the reverse of the Scottish flag: St. Andrews white cross on a blue background, plus the provincial shield (also Scottish in origin).
I would say that most canadian know their own flag, maybe one or two neighbouring provinces flag and Quebec, unless they put some effort and then know all of them.
To be fair, a good proportion of the U.S. state flags follow the "Seal on a Sheet" convention which makes it hard to differentiate sometimes, whereas the closest thing we have is the ensign that both ON and MB use.
edit: also, the state seals are basically the equivalent of their coats of arms (for your comment at 5:46)
They have their own code of arms as well
@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 today I learned 👍
@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 *Coat. It's "Coat of Arms", not code.
@@DrachenGothik666 darn autocorrect
The disrespect from JJ towards Quebec is unacceptable. Tyler, if you keep watching his videos in your videos, I'm out.
And I'm burning that sweatshirt I got from you.
He doesn't read the comments so good luck trying to get him to not react to JJ videos. People have been telling him not to since the first JJ video he reacted to.
@@MyghtyMykey well FML... goodbye cruel world...
A lot of Canadians don’t like JJ. The guy might as well be American.
He is wrong about the Quebec flag not having any symbolism. He is wrong about many things when it comes to Quebec in his videos because he hates the province and it's people in general. The symbols and the colors have a meaning. The design for the flag could be summarized as ''Naval flag of the Kingdom of France but replace the ensign in the middle with 4 fleurs-de-lis in each corner''. I mean come on he could have just open wikipedia or something.
JJ hates Quebec, so I'm not surprised...
McCullough always threat Quebec like it have no history, no meaning, no futur.
J.J. hates Québec so much, he can't give us credit for anything. All he's able to do is disrespect us 😅
I very much dislike McCullough's flip attitude toward anything Canadian. He's a wannabe American.
Even some from Ontario, like myself, can easily see JJ’s prejudice towards Quebec. In some videos it’s blatantly obvious
we know ours and generally the provinces neighboring ours, + Quebec
Loved this video! I am still learning from you, and I am Canadian! Thanks Tyler!👍🇨🇦
If you asked me to describe all the provincial flags, other than my own province's flag of Saskatchewan, there isn't many I could accurately draw out... but I have an idea of what they look like, and given the same test in a multiple choice format, I would know them when I saw them.
I was only familiar with the Saskatchewan flag, Quebec flag and Prince Edward Island flag.
Canadians had our own orangemen. historically. They tended to be pro Protestant and English and anti Catholic and French. Ontario, especially, had a lot of orangemen. In Manitoba, which was founded by Louis Riel, there were orangemen, who elected an orangeman Premier, who wished to not associate themselves with that part of our history.
My parents both went to school in Manitoba. My father was taught that Louis Riel was a hero and the father of Manitoba. My mother was taught that Louis Riel was a crazy man who had to be stopped. Between rebellions, Louis Riel was a school teacher in Montana.
Riel's execution and Macdonald's refusal to commute his sentence caused lasting discord in Quebec. Honoré Mercier exploited the discontent to reconstitute the Parti National. This party, which promoted Quebec nationalism, won a majority in the 1886 Quebec election. The federal election of 1887 likewise saw significant gains by the federal Liberals. This led to the victory of the Liberal party under Wilfrid Laurier in the federal election of 1896, which in turn set the stage for the domination of Canadian federal politics (particularly in Quebec) by the Liberal party in the 20th century.
Riel's lasting influence on national policy was demonstrated when on March 14, 1994, MP Suzanne Tremblay of the Bloc Québécois proposed Bill C-297 “This bill is to cancel Louis David Riel's conviction for high treason, and not simply posthumously pardon." This law will have as its object forgiveness, but also the disculpability of Louis Riel. The proposal is perceived in the English-speaking part of the country as an attempt to mobilize Quebec nationalist forces in the run-up to the 1995 referendum on the sovereignty of the Belle Province. An eventful debate that questioned Riel's role in the history and relevance of the proposal.
That’s probably why Quebec respect and love Manitoba. I don’t know how Manitoba feels about Quebec though 😅
Yes we know and recognize all the flags, though in NB you’re more likely to see the Acadian flag flown(literally everywhere) and the NB flag reserved for exclusively provincial services, like a post office.
The simplified Ontario flag's wavy lines represent water (Ontario has quite a bit of it) and the "three pronged" thing is a stylized trillium, which is the official flower of Ontario. Alberta's flower is the wild rose, which is why that appears on their flag. (Their license plate slogan is "wild rose country").
USA: I would know Texas and California flags.
Canada: Only Quebec. I live in Ontario and wouldn't be able to pick between ours and Manitoba lol.
I am Twitter friends with the niece of the guy who designed the Canadian flag and she says he received death threats from people who wanted to keep the Red Ensign. On a personal note, when my parents still had their house, they made a point of flying the Red Ensign every Canada Day. 😮
That's interesting. There was a shop near our house in Vancouver that continued to fly the Red Ensign after the Maple Leaf became our national flag. My father (a WWII veteran whose parents moved to Canada from London) wrote a nice letter to gently remind them that Canada now has our own flag. :)
@@margaretjames6494- A lot of veterans who had fought under the Red Ensign (and JJ’s pronunciation of ‘ensign’ really irked me!) hated the Maple Leaf. My FIL called it “Pearson’s rag” and never flew anything but the Red Ensign. I bit my tongue.
Fun fact : 2001 survey by the North American Vexillological Association ranked the Fleurdelisé (flag) as the best provincial or territorial flag (of Canada), and the third-best of the flags of all U.S. and Canadian provinces, territories and states.
Another interesting tidbit, celebrating Canada day (July 1st) is really a newer thing in its history.
Up until 1982 it was called Dominion Day, and really nothing like it is now.
Thanks for your reaction. About Québec flag, the 4 symbols in the corners are called Fleur de lys, which was the symbol of the Bourbon family (last dynasty of the France kings before the revolution). The white cross symbolizes catholic faith, so the flag in general means our ties with France. You can also see the fleur de lys on some other provincial flags, mostly those who have a french speaking community--others prefer the british lion, it makes more english. For more about conflict between Québec and other provinces, watch J.J.'s video titles my visit to Québec or something--he dd a good research job in the first half of it. Have a nice day, Tyler.
Ontario’s symbol is representative of the trillium flower (also known as a white lily) and has been emblematic in Ontario since the late 1930s, when it was officially designated as Ontario’s provincial flower! It’s history comes from the decision to plant white trilliums on the graves of Canadian military who died overseas. This symbol is included on a lot of our official documents and IDs, can be seen in city/region-specific signage and branding, and a lot of our social programs have “trillium” in the name, like the Ontario trillium benefit which is a tax credit, or the Ontario trillium foundation which basically supports a wide variety of projects in Ontario to support people, communities and the environment.
It's also the state flower of Ohio so Toronto FC and the Columbus Crew have a challenge cup between the two of them called the Trillium cup
as a Canadian, I familiar with all the provincial flags but dont necessarily "know" them. But probably could could label all of them based on the symbolism and what each province is known for
Hey Tyler. You mentioned " that three pronged thing" when referring to the proposed update for the Ontario flag. That is a representation of a trillium which is the official provincial flower for Ontario.
J.J. McCullough's an eccentric commentator. For example, he pronounces "about" "aboot", and "around" "aroond", and he's the only Canadian I've heard say those words that way. The only one.
In Canada we also have one of the only flags representing a population group without their own land - the Acadian flag! And actually, Acadian day just passed on the 15th =) There are lots and lots of flags still out around my city.
Tyler, take a look at the three Canadian terretories' flags (in the north) The one for Innuvik (peopled mainly by Innuit/Eskimos) is particularly modern.
In Québec, you will see the provincial flag everywhere and it is far more visible than the Canadian flag. French Canadians are very proud of their cultural heritage and consider themselves as a nation inside the nation.
Kinda ticks me off that the last couple of minutes where all the provincial flags are supposedly displayed, the flag for Newfoundland and Labrador is obviously omitted. Then again, I put little trust in anything J.J. produces. And don't worry about mispronouncing his name; he mispronounces just "aboot" everything. 🙄
J J also Totally FORGOT about the Two Territories, which later Became Three.
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0:37 I thought, so, but it’s recently come to my attention that I’m smarter than the average Canadian. At least in my age group.
1:00 the Mississippi flag is wrong
Tyler, yes most Canadians do know the provincial flags when we see them, being only 13 total very easy to remember and they are far more used then state flags.
The neat thing about French culture in Canada is its not just Quebec that has a very different culture. There are pockects of French culture all over Canada that hold on to the culture and its like stepping into a different country in some instances. Here in Manitoba that capital city of Winnipeg has an entire district St. Boniface (used to be its own city before winnipeg swallowed it up) that has hung on to its French heritage dearly. Small French towns such as St. Pierre Jolys in southern manitoba somehow feel like stepping back in time. Manitoba also has a winter festival celibrating the early French settlers known as Festival du Voyageur. Its not as stark a contrast as stepping into Montreal but French culture is all over in Canada. I am not French Canadian, but it is a huge part of our culture, and is a very rich culture to explore. Honestly surprised he didn't know the Fleur de lis.
I know the provincial flags! I do confuse the maritime ones, but generally I know them.
I have two flag poles at my home, flying both the Maple Leaf and the BC flags!
Peace
Wow i got to say a lot of you seem to know a lot more than I do about our different flags. But i was never good in history. But i think our flags are beautiful and colorful like our money. We Canadians are colourful people just look at the houses in St Newfoundland 😊❤
The Quebec flag is unique. The white lines is actually a cross that represent our catholic roots. And the "fleur de lys" in the blue boxes represent our attachement to our mother country France. Yes Canada was New France, then the original colony after the british conquest became lower Canada, Then became Québec.
Actually, we usually know our province flag (Quebec for me), but also the flags of provinces close to us (Ontario and New Brunswick for me).
USA and States do have coat of arms, but they are maybe called shield or seal, but you do have them. 😊
Also please stop watching JJ’s videos, he over represents the conservative perspective as if it is the norm and brushes over some significant aspects of Canadian culture/history. He mentions the people who cling to our british connection but doesn’t mention the opposing view and the role of colonialism in this argument. Saying Quebec just doesn’t ‘fit into the story of Canada’ is just silly as it plays a massive role in the creation story of Canada (I’m from BC).
Please Tyler, stop watching JJ videos... Ok, you can listen to JJ talking about Canada if you want, but never take JJ seriously when he talks about Quebec. He has repeatedly proven his hatred for Quebec, so even when he tries to be neutral, he is almost always very far from the facts. In my eyes, this guy has no credibility.
I know that Saskatchewan’s flag represents the province. Top half is green and represents the boreal forest that covers most of the north part of the province. And the bottom portion is yellow representing the farm land (golden wheat) that comprises the southern part of the province.
FYI Canada and each province has its own Tartan not just a coat of arms and a flag.
Well in fact that is the cross of St Andrew on the Nova Scotia flag and since Nova Scotia means New Scotland and St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland it made sense to put on their flag. No surprise that the American that made the video you are watching didn't know that. Maybe you should have watched a video made by an Canadian instead.
Tyler I am surprised that you still reacting to JJ’s videos. The research is lazy and biased. The actual “first “ flag of Canada had the coats of arms of all the provinces in the bottom right of the red ensign. He kind of gloss over the date of the flag of Nova Scotia as it was created or proclaimed in 1929. I think the Saskatchewan flag is the best flag of the lot after the Canadian flag of course. The Québec flag does not represent France as the old French Bourbon banner was a white field with several golden fleurs de lis on it. The present Quebec flag is based on an old religious flag of ultramontain Catholics. Manitoba and Ontario should really get their own real flags as it is really hard to tell them apart and they are just a copy of the old colonial flag.
The Quebec Flag has a lot of meaning. This guy is just Quebec bashing as usual. Tyler you should not take anything this youtuber says about Quebec seriously.
As an Australian we have 8 state and territory flags, all are interesting and have interesting histories. Same goes for Canadas provinces and territories
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned it but the Nova Scotia flag is a variant of the Scottish flag since we are New Scotland.