Honour House Society Flag

Honor House is proud to have its flag created by one of Canada’s leading flag designers Arthur Hughes. Officially known as a vexillologist, Arthur has created many flags. His most famous design made the final-four list for Canada’s new flag in 1965.

Arthur followed four principles for creating the Honor House flag:

1. I It must be recognizable from a distance.
2. It must look the same on both sides.
3. It must be easy to draw.
4. It must not have any writing on it.

With these principles in mind Arthur took up the challenge. He wanted to incorporate the official colours of Honour House and provide a flag that would tell who we are instantly to viewers.

His design is classic in its simplicity and is heraldically correct.

The white background speaks to the role of medical personnel in times of emergency. The red maple leaf symbolizes Canada and the white letter H superimposed on the maple leaf identifies Honour House.

The dark blue horizontal bar represents the navy, the red in the middle the army and the light blue the air force. The gold lines symbolize all first responders – fire, ambulance and law enforcement. The dimensions of the flag are one of the standard rectangular proportions, 3:5.

The Honour House flag now flies proudly outside Honour House and a copy is at the Mayor’s Office in New Westminster City Hall.