Back Bandera de Saskatchewan Catalan Baner Saskatchewan Welsh Flagge von Saskatchewan German Bandera de Saskatchewan Spanish Saskatchewani lipp Estonian پرچم ساسکاچوان Persian Saskatchewanin lippu Finnish Drapeau de la Saskatchewan French דגל ססקצ'ואן HE Bandiera del Saskatchewan Italian
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| Use | Civil and state flag |
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| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | September 22, 1969 |
| Designed by | Anthony Drake |
The provincial flag of Saskatchewan was adopted in 1969. It is blazoned per fess vert and or, in the fly a prairie lily slipped and leaved proper, in the dexter chief an escutcheon of the coat of arms of Saskatchewan fimbriated argent. The symbolism within the flag is shown just with the colours; yellow representing the grain fields in the southern portion of the province where as the green represents the northern forested areas.[1] The western red lily in the fly of the flag is the provincial flower.[2] In 2017, The Minister of Parks, Culture and Sports designated September 22 as Saskatchewan Flag Day.[3]
- ^ The Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette (15 November 2010). "Province of Saskatchewan". Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan. "Emblems and Flags, Emblems of Nature, Western Red Lily". Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Special Days/Jours Spéciaux" (PDF). The Saskatchewan Gazette. 113 (37): 1748. September 15, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-19.