Country labels for Canadian flags

C-281 An Act to amend the Textile Labelling Act and the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act

Requires Canadian flags of a certain size, and their packaging, to carry a label showing where they were made.

What Bill C-281 would do

The bill would require Canadian flags that are at least 20 centimetres wide and 30 centimetres long to carry a label showing their country of origin. This rule would apply to flags that are sold, advertised or imported into Canada. The bill would also require the packaging of these flags to display a label showing where the flags were made.

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Official summary

This enactment amends the Textile Labelling Act to provide that Canadian flags that are at least 20 centimetres in width and 30 centimetres in length and that are sold, imported into Canada or advertised must have applied to them a label indicating their country of origin. It also amends the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act to provide that the packaging of such flags must also contain a label indicating the flags’ country of origin.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind: Private member's bill
Sponsor: Doug Shipley, Member of Parliament (Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte)
Introduced: June 3 in the House of Commons
Last activity: June 3

Where it stands

ProposedJun 3
Being debated
Almost law
Law

Waiting its turn; not scheduled for debate

First reading in the House done June 3

Before the House on 1 sitting day, June 3
Second reading in the House now
Committee in the House not yet
Report stage in the House not yet
Third reading in the House not yet
First reading in the Senate not yet
Second reading in the Senate not yet
Third reading in the Senate not yet
Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since June 3, 2026.

House
1. First reading in the House: done, 2026-06-03
2. Second reading in the House: current stage
3. Committee in the House: not yet reached
4. Report stage in the House: not yet reached
5. Third reading in the House: not yet reached
Senate
1. First reading in the Senate: not yet reached
2. Second reading in the Senate: not yet reached
3. Third reading in the Senate: not yet reached
Royal assent
1. Royal assent: not yet reached

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