Flag of Burlington

The City of Burlington Flag depicts its 2002 logo on a white.

Another City of Burlington Flag includes a version of its coat of arms with a sailing ship, horse, apple and beehive, which represent its history as a lakeport and farming, agricultural and industrial centre.

An earlier version is shown by the Canadia Museum of History , and depicts a heifer rather than a horse, and a white rather than yellow central background.

Another image was designed in 2023 to celebrate Burlington's formation as a village in 1873 and also honours the diverse Indigenous Peoples who have long lived in the region using the orange "+" symbol added after the "150".

All three flags were on display at the 150+ anniversary of the City.

Thousands of years of Indigenous culture and history predate the official City of Birmingham flags, and this ancestry deserves to be recognized and respected in the visual identity system.

The concept of a dish with one spoon is particularly relevant, and emphasizes the sharing of land for the mutual benefit all inhabitants, while the wampum belt symbolizes the ongoing agreement of the sharing parties with canoe and waterway metaphors.

The City acknowledges that Burlington as we know it today is rich in history and modern traditions of many First Nations and the Métis. From the Anishinaabeg to the Haudenosaunee, and the Métis – our lands spanning from Lake Ontario to the Niagara Escarpment are steeped in Indigenous history. The territory is mutually covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Iroquois Confederacy, the Ojibway and other allied Nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. We would like to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is part of the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit.

These images and histories provide a context for the design of our proposed visual identity system, including this concept for an updated flag.

This proposed flag includes a large green canoe as a foundational element in the central image.

The Burlingtonian "B" has been reflected into a symmetric shape to be equally visible on both sides of the flag, with a cross hinting at the quadrants of the coat of arms.

We welcome your feedback in this open consultation on visuals including this proposed flag for Burlington, and will share the anonymized responses.