Template:Country data Canada

Template documentation

Template:Country data Canada is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Canada`	Main article name (Canada)
`flag alias`	`Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg`	Image name (File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1867-official`		`Flag of the United Kingdom.svg`
`1868`		`Canadian Red Ensign (1868–1921).svg`
`1905`		`Canadian Red Ensign (1905–1922).svg`
`1907`		`Canadian Red Ensign (1907–1921).png`
`1921`		`Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg`
`1957`		`Canadian Red Ensign (1957–1965).svg`
`1964`		`Flag of Canada (1964).svg`
`naval-1868`		`Canadian Blue Ensign (1868–1921).svg`
`naval-1911`		`Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`naval-1921`		`Canadian Blue Ensign (1921–1957).svg`
`naval-1957`		`Canadian Blue Ensign (1957–1965).svg`
`naval-1965`		`Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg`
`air force-1924`		`Ensign of the Royal Canadian Air Force.svg`
`army-1939`		`Flag of the Canadian Army (1939–1944).svg`
`army-1968`		`Flag of the Canadian Army (1968–1998).gif`
`army-1989`		`Flag of the Canadian Army (1968–1998).svg`
`army-2013`		`Flag of the Canadian Army (2013–2016).png`
`naval`		`Naval ensign of Canada; Naval jack of Canada (1968–2013).svg`
`military`		`Flag of the Canadian Forces.svg`
`coast guard`		`Coastguard Flag of Canada.svg`
`air force`		`Royal Canadian Air Force ensign.svg`
`army`		`Flag of the Canadian Army.svg`

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

{{navy|Canada}} → Royal Canadian Navy
{{flagicon|Canada|naval}} →

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

{{air force|Canada}} → Royal Canadian Air Force
{{flagicon|Canada|air force}} →

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

{{Armed forces|Canada}} → Template:Armed forces
{{flagicon|Canada|military}} →

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

{{coast guard|Canada}} → Canadian Coast Guard
{{flagicon|Canada|coast guard}} →

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

{{army|Canada}} → Canadian Army
{{flagicon|Canada|army}} →

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	{{flag\|alias}} output	{{flagcountry\|alias}} output
`CAN` (view)	CAN	Canada
`Province of Canada` (view)	Template:Country data Province of Canada	Template:Country data Province of Canada
`Dominion of Canada` (view)	Template:Country data Dominion of Canada	Template:Country data Dominion of Canada

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Canada}} → Canada
{{flagicon|Canada}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Canada|1867-official}} → Canada
{{flagicon|Canada|1867-official}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|CAN}} →
{{flagcountry|CAN}} → Canada
{{flag|CAN}} → CAN

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Canada in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Canada

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

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Template parameters
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