- Flag of Alberta
In 1958, the
Alberta Government authorized the design of an officialflag . On 1 June1968 , the Flag of Alberta,Canada was adopted .Franco, 2006, pg. 4.]The flag has the proportions 1:2, with the provincial shield of arms in the centre of a royal ultramarine blue background. The shield's height is 7/11 that of the flag's height.
The provincial colours, adopted in 1984, are blue and gold (deep yellow); they are also referred to as ‘Alberta blue’ and ‘Alberta gold,’ appearing on the flag/shield in the sky/background and wheat background, respectively.
ee also
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List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols
*Coat of arms of Alberta
*Symbols of Alberta References
Bibliography
* Franco, Guida (2006). Canadian Almanac & Directory 2006. Toronto: Micromedia ProQuest. ISBN 1-895021-90-1.
External links
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/pub/gdbook/Part5/page17.htm Legislative Assembly of Alberta – The Citizen's Guide to the Alberta Legislature, Part V: The Emblems of Alberta]
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