# Oh Canada...your money

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-canada-your-money/78015>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 24, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-canada-your-money/78015 "2001-08-24T23:53:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-canada-your-money/78015/1 "2001-08-24T23:53:01Z")

</div>

I just read this…

On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.  
Is it true??

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![wooba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@wooba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wooba)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-canada-your-money/78015/2 "2001-08-24T23:59:17Z")

</div>

It’s the $10 dollar bill (the old one that’s just starting to be phased out)…

If I recall, it’s not actually the US flag… it’s something else… but on quick inspection, it certainly looks like it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Xgemina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b5e925/32.png) [@Xgemina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xgemina)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-canada-your-money/78015/3 "2001-08-25T00:02:12Z")

</div>

Here’s the snoopes treatise on the OP:

[http://www.snopes.com/business/money/canada2.htm](http://www.snopes.com/business/money/canada2.htm)

It’s actually the Red Ensign.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-canada-your-money/78015/4 "2001-08-25T00:03:01Z")

</div>

Thanks Wooba…

That’s a relief. I thought y’all knew better.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-canada-your-money/78015/5 "2001-08-25T00:09:09Z")

</div>

Thanks Xgemina  
Interesting story there.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-canada-your-money/78015/6 "2001-08-28T06:31:12Z")

</div>

The snopes page is generally accurate, except for the illustrations they use for the Red Ensign. Those illustrations have the current coat of arms, which was granted around 1921. The red ensign that was used during PM Macdonald’s and Laurier’s time in office would have had the old coat of arms, which was a schmozzle of all the provincial shields.