Design: The commonly associated flag of the province. There are four blue triangles, two red triangles and a red and yellow arrow.History: The flag was officially adopted on June 6, 1980.
Symbolism: White: represents snow and ice. Blue: represents the Atlantic Ocean. Red: represents human effort. Gold: represents our confidence in ourselves.
Design: Spruce branch in top left corner, horizontal light blue bar on bottom and thinner horizontal green bar in middle, white top.
History: Designed in 1974 by Mike Martin for Labrador.
Symbolism: Blue: The Atlantic. Green: The countryside. White: Snow and overcast days. Colour Scheme: Cold clean colours of Winter.
Layout: Resembles the view looking towards Labrador from the Atlantic; light blue water, green countryside, snow covered hills and clouds.
Design: Green vertical bar, white vertical bar, Pink vertical bar.
History: With Ireland adopting the Green, White and Orange flag, Irish Roman Catholics in Newfoundland started flying the Pink, White and Green backwards to copy the Irish style. English Roman Catholics kept flying the Pink, White and Green correctly until many switched to flying the Union flag.
Symbolism: Green: union and peace between the warring blue and white clans of Ireland. In making peace blue was mixed with white to make green. White: neutral colour, though favoured by Scots. Pink: union and peace between the warring houses of England from the War of the Roses (wherein the Red Rose fought the White Rose).
Layout: Closely follows the Irish Republican flag.
The Union Jack, which was flown on land to symbolize Newfoundland's membership in the British Empire. It was adopted as the country's official flag by the National Flag Act of 1931, and re-adopted as the provincial flag in 1952. It was replaced by the present provincial flag in 1980.