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.

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	Error creating thumbnail:	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}} → Canadian 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)	Error creating thumbnail: CAN	Canada
Province of Canada (view)	Error creating thumbnail: Province of Canada	Canada
Dominion of Canada (view)	Error creating thumbnail: Dominion of Canada	Canada

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

• {{Flag|Canada}} → Error creating thumbnail: Canada
• {{Flagicon|Canada}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{Flag|Canada|1867-official}} → Error creating thumbnail: Canada
• {{Flagicon|Canada|1867-official}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{Flagicon|CAN}} →
• {{Flagcountry|CAN}} → Canada
• {{Flag|CAN}} → Error creating thumbnail: CAN

Other information

Country_data templates are also available for each of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada:

Template:Country data Alberta	Alberta
Template:Country data British Columbia	British Columbia
Template:Country data Manitoba	Manitoba
Template:Country data New Brunswick	New Brunswick
Template:Country data Newfoundland and Labrador	Newfoundland and Labrador
Template:Country data Northwest Territories	Northwest Territories
Template:Country data Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia
Template:Country data Nunavut	Nunavut
Template:Country data Ontario	Ontario
Template:Country data Prince Edward Island	Prince Edward Island
Template:Country data Quebec	Quebec
Template:Country data Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan
Template:Country data Yukon	Yukon

TemplateData

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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.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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