Rank Flags: Canadian Coast Guard

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• Honorary Chief Commissioner
• Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
• Deputy Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
• Commissioner
• Deputy Commissioner
• Assistant Commissioner
• Director General Fleet Systems
• Honorary Commodore Pennant (questionable)

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Honorary Chief Commissioner

image by Miles Li, 8 February 2025

The version of the Honorary Commissioner Flag has the Governor General's flag in the canton. This version was specifically created for Jeanne Sauvé while she was at that position. It has not been used since.
Bernard Collin, 03 December 1999

Proportions 1:2 as illustrated on the letters patent (https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/1590); 2:3 as actually used.
Miles Li, 23 July 2023

Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard

2:3 image by Miles Li, 8 February 2025

Originally the personal flag of the Minister of Transport. (source: hms58)
Miles Li, 23 July 2023

Deputy Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard

2:3 image by Miles Li, 8 February 2025

Originally the personal flag of the Deputy Minister of Transport. (source: hms58)

Commissioner

2:3 image by Miles Li, 8 February 2025

Originally the personal flag of the Assistant Deputy Minister of Transport (Marine). (source: hms58)
Miles Li, 23 July 2023

Deputy Commissioner

2:3 image by Miles Li, 9 February 2025

Assistant Commissioner

2:3 image by Miles Li, 9 February 2025

Granted to the Canadian Coast Guard by the Canadian Heraldic Authority on October 20, 2022 (Vol. VIII, p. 121) (https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/3473).
Proportions 2:3.
Miles Li, 24 July 2023

Director General Fleet Systems

image by Miles Li, 9 February 2025

Originally the Commodore's Burgee (Broad Pendant). (source: hms58)

Honorary Commodore Pennant (questionable)

image by Bernard Collin

I cannot find proof of the existence of this flag. This pattern, but in 2:3 dimensions is used by the Assistant Commissioner.
Miles Li, 24 July 2023