The following are flags used by Indigenous nations of Canada.
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| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1970s [1] –present | Flag of the Anishinaabek | A black pictographic thunderbird on a white field | Nicholas R. Deleary [1] | Copyrighted |
| 2010–present | Flag of the Temagami First Nation of Ojibwe | A blue and a brown block, with a symbol. | unknown | unknown | |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Unknown–present | Simplified flag of the Atikamekw | Three canoes, representing the Wemotaci, Manawan & Opitciwan, share a common direction. The red represents the blood they share. The green on the canoes represents the forests of their territory. [2] | Jacques Newashish [2] | unknown |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Unknown–present | Flag of the Blackfoot Confederacy | Blood Tribe Grandfather Aatso’towa (Andy Black Water) [3] . The collaborative design of collective thought also included esteemed Blackfoot Grandparents and Knowledge Holders [4] | ||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Kainai Nation | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Piikani Nation | ||||
| 1990 [5] –present | Flag of Siksika Nation | Red background. Siksika coat of arms in the centre, Union Jack in upper left. | Mark Wolfleg Jr [5] | ||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown–present | Flag of Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Alberta | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Bigstone Cree Nation, Alberta | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Cree Nation of Wemindji, Quebec | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Cree Nation of Nemaska, Quebec | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of the Driftpile First Nation, Alberta | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Enoch Cree Nation, Alberta | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Fisher River Cree Nation, Manitoba | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of James Smith Cree Nation, Saskatchewan | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of the Kapawe'no First Nation, Alberta | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation, Ontario | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Mikisew Cree First Nation, Northwest Territories | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Neskantaga First Nation, Ontario | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Ontario | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, Manitoba | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Oujé-Bougoumou Cree Nation, Quebec | ||||
 | 1983 [6] –present | Flag of Peguis First Nation, Manitoba | Three horizontal stripes of yellow, green, and blue; representing the sun shining, grass growing, and water flowing [6] . There is a red circle in the middle, red representing the Peguis people and the circle for life [6] . | Freda Bear [6] | Public domain (under threshold of originality in Canada) |
| Unknown–present | Flag of the Peepeekisis Cree Nation, Saskatchewan | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Pimicikamak Cree Nation, Manitoba | ||||
 | Unknown–present | Flag of Piapot First Nation, Saskatchewan | Public domain (under threshold of originality in Canada) | ||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Red Earth First Nation, Saskatchewan | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, Manitoba | ||||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2005 [7] –present | Flag of the Tłı̨chǫ | A dark blue flag with thin centered horizontal white wavy stripe overlapping the bottom of a yellow sun disc with background-color fimbriation showing where these meet and four red teepees with white fimbriation and poles set in a row on the bottom half; yellow upright five-pointed star on the upper fly. | James Wah-Shee [7] | probably under Threshold of Originality in Canada |
| –present | Flag of the Gwichʼin | ||||
| Unknown–present | Flag of the Tahltan Nation | Flag of Tahltan Kolīne representing the two clans: Crow (or Tseskʼiya) and Wolf (or Chʼioyone) | |||
 | 2012–present | Flag of Deisleen Ḵwáan, Lingít Aaní | Horizontally striped, red-white-red, 1–3–1, with five totems or emblems in the centre, from left to right: Kùkhhittàn (Raven Children), Ishklitàn (Frog), Yanyèdi (Wolf), Sèshitàn (Beaver), Dakhlʼawèdi (Eagle) | ||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1981 [8] –present | Flag of the Haida Nation | A red field with an eagle and raven headed bird, surrounded by a circlet, charged in the centre | G̲uud San Glans [8] | Presumably copyrighted |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1980s–present | Flag of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy | A mauve field party per fess by a band of white squares joined and a stylized white "Tree of Peace" charged in the centre; design is adapted from the Hiawatha wampum belt, each element represents an original nation in the confederacy | Rick Hill, Harold Johnson, and Tim Johnson [9] | Public domain (is derivative of the Hiawatha wampum, which is public domain given its age) |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown–present | Flag of the Innu Nation | Horizontal bands of teal, white and light blue, within the blue sits a centre snowshoe flanked by reindeer skulls on both sides | |||
| Unknown–present | Flag of the Matimekush Band | A vertical tricolour triband of chartreuse, white, green with the coat of arms of the Matimekush Lac John Band charged in the Canadian pale | |||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–present | Flag of the Ktunaxa Nation | Flag features a golden feathered staff on a brown field |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | October 4, 1900 [10] -present | Flag of the Mi'kmaq Nation Grand Council | A white field with a red Latin cross and a red star and moon in the left quadrants; white denotes purity of creation, the red cross represents mankind and infinity, the sun and moon the forces of day and night, [11] the flag is meant to be displayed hanging vertically as shown here [12] | Rev. Father Pacifique Buisson [10] | Public domain |
 | Mid-1980s–present | Flag of the Natuaqanek Band | A red field with yellow left and right borders, a quartered roundel charged in the centre [11] | Philip Young | ? |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown–present | Flag of the Secwepemc Nation | Flag features 17 feathers representing the 17 bands in the Secwépemc Nation. The feathers are mostly black, with a white portion in the middle. The white portion signifies those communities which were wiped out by disease and other trauma following contact | |||
| 2019–present | Flag of the Musqueam people | A white Canadian pale on a teal field, with an arrowhead in the centre depicting a salmon leaping above a net | Susan Point | Presumed Copyrighted | |
| 1980–present | Flag of the Nlaka'pamux Nation | Circle wreath of Nlaka'pamux pictographs set on a grey field | |||
| Unknown–present | Flag of the Nuxalk Nation | ||||
| 2014–present | Flag of the Shíshálh | A white background with a bird charged in the middle. | |||
| Unknown–present | Flag of the Stʼatʼimc | ||||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown–present | Flag of Ĩyãħé Nakón Mąkóce (Stoney Nakoda) | Stoney Nakoda flag | |||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown–present | Flag of the Haisla people | ||||
| 2001–present | Flag of the Nisg̱aʼa Nation | A vertical tricolour triband of black, white, and sanguine with the badge of the Nisga'a Nation, [13] surrounded by black and sanguine ovals, charged in the Canadian pale [14] | Lloyd McDames and Peter McKay | ? | |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown–present | Flag of the Huron-Wendat Nation | Grand Chief Konrad Sioui [15] | ? | ||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2005–present | Flag of Nunatsiavut | A white field with a white, green, and blue inukshuk charged in the centre | ||
 | 2018–present | Flag of NunatuKavut | The flag features an ulu, a traditional Inuit knife used by women. Within the ulu image is a dog sled team, showing the importance of husky dogs, as well as a kudlik, a traditional seal oil lamp | Barry Pardy [16] | Copyrighted |
 | unofficial | Flag of Nunavik | Thomassie Mangiok [17] | ||
 | Unknown–present | Flag of Inuvialuit | A gyrfalcon [18] | Government of Canada (1984) [19] | noncommercial use? [20] |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Designer | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Pre-1816–present | Flag of the Métis Nation of Canada | A blue field with a white symbol of infinity charged in the centre | Unknown | Public domain (given year of creation) |
 | Pre-1816–present | Flag of the Métis Nation (Red Variant) | A red field with a white symbol of infinity charged in the centre | Unknown | Public domain (given year of creation) |
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