01f05 Franco-Ontarian Emblem Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 5 Ont.

Current to 2023-10-18 · last amended 2020-09-24

Contents
s. 1 — Preamble

In this Act,

s. 1 — Ontario French-speaking community

“Ontario French-speaking community” means the community of persons who have the right under subsection 23 (1) or (2) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, without regard to subsection 23 (3) of that Charter, to have their children receive their primary and secondary school instruction in the French language in Ontario.

s. 2 — Franco-Ontarian emblem

The flag described in the Schedule to this Act is recognized as,

s. 2(a)

the emblem of the Ontario French-speaking community; and

s. 2(b)

an emblem of Ontario.

s. 3

Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Act).

s. 4

Omitted (enacts short title of this Act).

Schedule 1

SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBLEM OF THE ONTARIO FRENCH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY

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The emblem of the Ontario French-speaking community consists of two vertical bands of different colours.

The first band is mid green and has a white lily in the middle of the band.

The second band is white and has a mid green trillium in the middle of the band.

On the emblem, green represents summer and white represents winter. Together the two colours represent the diversity of Ontario’s climate. The lily evokes the French-speaking community worldwide, whereas the trillium is the floral emblem of Ontario.

The following is an illustration of the emblem: