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image by António Martins-Tuválkin, and Martin Grieve 27 July 2007
At the official site of the Montreal Divers/cité Festival, you will see
that the flag
flown by Madame Simone (the representative of the Montreal Divers/cité parade
to the Toronto Gay pride) appears to be one, you will notice the white square
with bit of the red maple leaf showing.
Marc Pasquin, 26 October 2004
image by Pete Loeser, 26 May 2015
This version reverses the order of the green and blue stripes and uses a different ratio.
![[Bear Pride]](../images/c/ca_gay_b1.gif)
image by Marcus Schmöger
![[Bear Pride]](../images/c/ca_gay_b2.gif)
image by Marcus Schmöger
![[Bear Pride]](../images/c/ca_gay_b3.gif)
image by Marcus Schmöger
These are three variants of "Canadian bear pride flags", i.e.
flags where the Maple Leaf of the Canadian flag is replaced by a bear
footprint.
Marcus Schmöger, 24 August 2001
The Canadian bear pride flag variants shown above seem to have only been used online, because only their images, no photos, could be found on the Web so far. However, there is a variant whose use in real life can be documented, although incompletely:
![[Bear Pride]](../images/c/ca_gay_b4.gif)
image by Tomislav Todorovic,
18 September 2011
The only variant of the
Canadian bear pride flag which seems to have
been used in real life so far is the one which was used in early 2000's in
Calgary. It was charged with an upright bear footprint, all in red. The flag was introduced by the Bearback
Calgary club in early 2000: its earliest photos date from the Spring Thaw
2000, an event which took place on 2000-05-06 [1]. It was also used at the
Calgary Pride Parade 2000 [2], which took place on 2000-06-11 [3], as well as
at the street fair which was held after its ending [4]. The flag was also
brought to the Vancouver Pride Parade 2000, which took place on 2000-08-06
[5]. Although the flag must have been used on later occasions as well, it is
currently impossible to document that, because there are no captured photos
at the Internet Archive. The website was closed down by the beginning of
2005, so the later history of the flag, as well as that of the club which had
introduced it, is yet to discover.
Sources:
[1] Bearback Calgary
website at the Internet Archive - Spring Thaw 2000:
http://www.bearbackcalgary.com/Gallery/2000/Spring-Thaw-2000/Spring-Thaw-2000.htm
(All images are available, even though
the thumbnails are not captured.)
[2] Bearback Calgary website at the
Internet Archive - Calgary Pride Parade 2000:
http://www.bearbackcalgary.com/Gallery/2000/Pride2000/Parade-2000-Main.htm
(All images are available, even though the
thumbnails are not captured.)
[3] Bearback Calgary website at the
Internet Archive - Calgary Pride Parade 2000 - arrival at the parade:
http://www.bearbackcalgary.com/Gallery/2000/Pride2000/Arrival-Main.htm
(All images are available, even though the
thumbnails are not captured.)
[4] Bearback Calgary website at the
Internet Archive - street fair at Calgary Pride 2000:
http://www.bearbackcalgary.com/Gallery/2000/Pride2000/Street-Fair-Main.htm
(All images are available, even though the
thumbnails are not captured.)
[5] Bearback Calgary website at the
Internet Archive - Vancouver Pride 2000:
http://www.bearbackcalgary.com/Gallery/2000/Vancouver-Pride/Van-Pride-2000.htm
(Image 1:
http://www.bearbackcalgary.com/Gallery/2000/Vancouver-Pride/Van-Pride-2000-1.htm)
(Image 2:
http://www.bearbackcalgary.com/Gallery/2000/Vancouver-Pride/Van-Pride-2000-3.htm)
If anybody has any information about
the later use of this flag, as well as about its creation, I invite them to
let us all know.
Tomislav Todorovic, 18 September 2011
![[Transgender flag]](../images/c/ca_tg.gif)
image by Susan
Braverman, 26 May 2015
The Canadian Transgender Flag which represents the unlimited horizons the
Trans Community has in this world. The flag was raised in Ottawa in 2013 in
celebration of the passing into law of Bill C-279 – and has been the subject of
ongoing media coverage. It is regularly used in marches across Canada; all of
which contributes to the raising of societal awareness across our great country.
Susan Braverman, 26 May 2015
![[Gays and Lesbians of Vancouver Island]](../images/c/ca_bcvcg.gif)
On a dark blue background is a pink triangle with a green map of Vancouver
Island.
Source: Mason Kaye
![[Quebec Gay Pride flag]](../images/c/ca_qc_gay.gif)
image by Marc
Pasquin, 19 September 2011
A Quebec gay pride flag can be seen at (image halfway down):
http://docandraider.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html. It uses the design
of the provincial flag, but with a vertical rainbow instead of blue.
Marc
Pasquin, 19 September 2011
![[Quebec Gay Pride flag]](../images/c/ca_nps-qq.gif)
image by Rob
Raeside, 8 August 2019
Based on a photo of a Parks Canada pride flag at Fortress of Louisbourg
National Historic Site.
Dave Fowler, 7 August 2019
![[Quebec Gay Pride flag]](../images/c/ca_prcal.jpg)
image located by
Peter Edwards, 27 August 2018
"To kick off Pride Week, Calgary’s Hillhurst United Church unfurled a new
Pride flag on Sunday that adds new shapes and colours to the iconic Rainbow Flag
to represent other marginalized groups. The flag still contains the six rainbow
colour stripes, but also includes five half-sized stripes shaped like an arrow.
The light blue, light pink and white half-sized stripes represent members of the
transgender community, while those that are brown and black represent people of
colour and Indigenous peoples. The Calgary church plans to have it fly year
round."
With a report from CTV Calgary’s Stephanie Wiebe.
http://CTVNews.ca
Staff. Published Monday,
August 27, 2018
Source: video
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/calgary-church-unveils-new-pride-flag-to-raise-awareness-about-other-marginalized-groups-1.4069310
Peter Edwards, 27 August 2018
![[Queer Muslim Community]](../images/c/ca_gayis.gif)
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 13 May 2008
At http://www.torontopride.com/gallery/Image-Gallery-2004/parade/069FR.jpg
is clearly a variation on the "Arab revolt" inspired flags of
various mid-eastern country. it is the rainbow flag with a large pink triangle
at the hoist pointing toward the fly. Inside are a white crescent and maple
leaf (where the usual star would be) marking it for Canadian usage.
Marc Pasquin, 26 October 2004
