Out of three choices, the maple leaf design by George Stanley, based on the flag of the Royal Military College of Canada, was selected. Pearson formed a committee to resolve the ongoing issue of the lack of an official Canadian flag, sparking a serious debate about a flag change to replace the Union Flag. The flag has become the predominant and most recognizable national symbol of Canada. It is the first flag to have been adopted by both houses of Parliament and officially proclaimed by the Canadian monarch as the country's official national flag. 'the one-leafed'), consists of a red field with a white square at its centre in the ratio of 1∶2∶1, in which is featured a stylized, red, 11-pointed maple leaf charged in the centre. The National Flag of Canada ( French: Drapeau national du Canada), often simply referred to as the Canadian flag or, unofficially, as the maple leaf flag or l'Unifolié ( French: lit. A vertical triband of red (hoist-side and fly-side) and white (double width) with the red maple leaf centred on the white band.
