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Flag used in Toronto

[Neo-nazi flag] image by Tomislav Todorovic, 5 June 2021

A flag with the design combining Canadian and neo-Nazi symbols was used at an ultra-rightist rally which took place at Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto on 2017-10-21 [1, 2]. It was bearing a small red maple leaf superimposed in the center of a large Black Sun in white, all on a red field; the Black Sun variant is the one with a disc in center, much like the original from Wewelsburg castle [3]. The actual report from the event [1] includes an incomplete and rather blurred photo of the flag, but a report from a later event at the University of Toronto campus on 2017-11-07, where the man who had carried the flag appeared again [2], displays a much clearer photo which, although also incomplete, still reveals enough details to enable the reconstruction of the design.

Image of described flag derived from the SVG images of the Black Sun: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Sun_2.svg and of the flag of Canada: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Canada.svg both from Wikimedia Commons.

Source:
[1] CBC News website - news report on 2017-10-21: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/nathan-phillips-square-arrested-protest-1.4366088 (photo: https://i.cbc.ca/1.4366129.1508623124!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/nathan-phillips.png)

[2] Torontoist website - news report on 2017-11-08 (saved at the Internet Archive on 2017-11-09): https://torontoist.com/2017/11/revealed-white-supremacists-behind-alt-right-posters-around-city (photo: https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/new-black-sun-flag-640x425.png)

[3] Wikimedia Commons - Photos of the Black Sun mosaic from Wewelsburg castle: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Obergruppenf%C3%BChrersaal

Tomislav Todorovic, 5 June 2021


Quebecker neo-Nazi flag from 2018

[Neo-nazi flag] image by Tomislav Todorovic, 6 June 2021

A flag with the design combining neo-Nazi symbols with those of Quebec was reported in 2018 [1, 2]. It was bearing a blue fleur-de-lys superimposed in the center of a large Black Sun in white, all on a blue field. The shade of blue and shape of fleur-de-lys were those used in the flag of Quebec. The Black Sun variant was the one with a disc in the center and arc-shaped non-radial segments of the "spokes", much like the original from Wewelsburg castle [3]. According to the reports, the flag was custom-made for its users in Montreal [1], to be eventually stolen and presumably destroyed by their opponents [2].

Image of described flag derived from the SVG images of the Black Sun: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Sun_2.svg and of the Quebec fleur-de-lys: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fleur_de_lys_du_qu%C3%A9bec.svg both from Wikimedia Commons.

Sources:

[1] Montréal Antifasciste website: https://montreal-antifasciste.info/en/2018/05/27/soldiers-of-odin-in-montreal-the-police-are-still-protectingthe-nazis/

[2] Montréal Contre-information website (in French): https://mtlcontreinfo.org/deux-membres-datalante-a-montreal-affiches-et-attaques/

[3] Wikimedia Commons - Photos of the Black Sun mosaic from Wewelsburg castle: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Obergruppenf%C3%BChrersaal

Tomislav Todorovic, 6 June 2021