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Colwood, British Columbia (Canada)

Capital Regional District

image by Masao Okazaki, 4 October 2026
based on photo

Description of the flag
Earlier flag

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Description of the flag

A new logo with two hills, a castle, and the city name first appeared on the city's Facebook page in 2013, began appearing on flags with a white field in 2016, and is being used on flags now.

Photo of flag in 2016: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php

Photo of flag in 2026 article: https://goldstreamgazette.com

Logo

image by Masao Okazaki, 4 October 2026
Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo

Earlier flag

image by Masao Okazaki, 19 October 2020

The flag is 1:2.

Colwood is in the "West Shore", or "Western Communities" suburbs of Victoria, BC, on Southern Vancouver Island, along with Langford, Metchosin, View Royal, and Highlands.

The building in the seal is Hatley Castle, the centrepiece of Royal Roads University (now a public, business-oriented university, until 1995 the site of Royal Roads Military College). The Castle itself was originally the home of BC premier (and later Lt.-Gov.) James Dunsmuir.

City Hall's webpage says the area has a history going back to the 18th century, this may refer to the first meetings of European explorers with the local natives. The city grew up around one of the Hudson's Bay Company farms which supplied Fort Victoria from the 1850s, but was not incorporated as a city until 1985. Mail to Colwood is still addressed to "Victoria, BC" like most of the Southern Island.
Dean McGee, 9 September 2005

Flag posted on FOTW-fb by Valentin Poposki: https://www.facebook.com/photo
Masao Okazaki, 19 October 2020

The previous blue flag last appeared on the city's Facebook page in 2019.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
Masao Okazaki, 4 October 2026