What flag do I see waving?

Factual Questions
1

I have seen it a few places around Winnipeg but have no idea who/what it represents.

It is a blue flag with a large white #8 turned on its side or the symbol for infinite (they still use that right?).

Anyone know?

2

Seems to be a flag of the [url=“http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ca_metis.html”]Metis Nation, a colonial-era group of French-speaking settlers of mixed European and Native ancestry.

3

That’s the one! Thanks.

4

Not just colonial-era — they’re still around. (Of course, if the OP lives in Winnipeg he already knows this, but our listening audience might not.)