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The Flag of the City of Toronto was originally the flag of the old City of Toronto. It was designed by Renato De Santis, a 21-year-old George Brown College student,[1] and won in a 1974 competition held by the City of Toronto Flag Design Committee. After the city amalgamated in 1997, the City Council looked for new designs from the public, but did not approve of any. De Santis suggested minor modifications to the original flag, which was adopted in October 1999.[2]
The flag displays the twin towers of the
Toronto City Hall on a blue background, with the red
maple leaf of the
Flag of Canada at its base, representing the Council Chamber at the base of the towers.
[2] The shape of the space above and between the towers suggests the letter 'T', the city's initial. Popular lore suggests that when turned upside down, the flag resembles
Adam with a maple leaf in lieu of a fig leaf.
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