Today, the flag of the Province of Québec flies in celebration of the Fête Nationale du Québec, the province’s national holiday. The flag consists of a white cross on a blue background, with four white fleurs-de-lis and is known as the Fleurdelisé.

It was the first provincial flag officially adopted in Canada and was originally shown on January 21, 1948, at the Parliament Building in Québec City. It’s defined in chapter D-12.1, an Act respecting the flag and emblems of Québec as “The flag of Québec is a white cross on a blue field, with a white fleur-de-lis in each canton or, in heraldic terms, azure, a cross between four fleurs-de-lis argent. The flag is of the proportions three by length and two by width.”