The year is 2189. Grey’s preserved robot consciousness has finally graded every flag on earth.

The narwhal was suggested by many, but flag designers were having Nunavut.

As someone living in the Yukon I would like to point out that the slightly off dimensions of the Yukon flag is the most Yukon thing possible. That should have been an extra point for an inside joke

I think Nunavut deserved at least A Tier for the traditonal symbol, the simple colors and the easyness to draw and reconize it

As a Canadian who can't really drop extra money on UKposts memberships, it's really nice to get this as a Christmas gift. Merry Christmas Grey, thanks for an amazing gift

Grey forcing Canadian slang into his scripting was very funny. Hearing him call the BC flag a "gong show" caught me off guard lol

The lazy and indifferent Ontarian with her head in her phone and cup of Tim's in her hand is my favourite Canadian joke.

We need a two-hour video of Gray grading all the world's flags. I'd happily buy that.

I appreciate that CGP went deep with Canadian references. Didnt just joke about poutine and maple syrup like soo many creators do...

As a Newfie, not only am I always going to see our flag as a space-age banner forevermore, I also love that we manage to fit between ranks...just like we do timezones!

The Inukshuk on the Nunavut flag is even better when you consider the fact that Nunavut means "Our land" in Inuktitut. So the Inukshuk helps guide the people back to their home! The red on the Inukshuk represents Canada as a whole. And blue and gold were chosen to represent the riches of land, sea, and sky. Over 800 submissions were received for the Nunavut flag, and these submissions were reviewed and winnowed by a committee made up of artists and local elders who chose ten finalists. From the symbols and colors of these ten finalists, five draft designs of the flag were developed. They were assisted in drafting these by local Inuit artist Andrew Qappik. Andrew Qappik also helped create Nunavut's coat of arms. Again, blue and gold symbolizes the riches of the land. In chief is a representation of both the midnight sun and the North Star. And to the left of the Inukshuk is a qulliq, a stone lamp representing the warmth of home and community. The caribou and narwhal represent sustenance and natural resources of the land and sea. They stand on a compartment with Arctic poppies, dwarf fireweed, and Arctic heather, alongside an iceberg. At the bottom it says "Our Land, Our Strength".

As someone from Vancouver, BC holding an umbrella made me laugh out loud. And even as a Canadian flag nerd, I get Ontario and Manitoba mixed up all the time 😂

I know I am biased... as a Canadian... but the Canadian flag really is a masterpiece in flag design. Simple. Iconic. Unique. Stands out. Clear Message. And all while still looking really nice.

Alberta is the most American of Canadian provinces, so the flag matches

I never would have thought of the newfoundland flag as being like a galactic banner for a spacefaring empire. I always thought of it as being the fisherman's union jack. Thanks for bringing forth a new light!

I absolutely love how disinterested Ontario looks through everything, with her Tim Horton’s coffee and barely even looking up from her phone. 😂

I love it when Grey finds a flag that is precisely the right mix of "charming" and "absolute disaster" that he's able to just appreciate the madness of it.

As someone from Prince Edward Island, I was a little bit upset with the grade he gave us, but I understand why after thinking about it. And I appreciated the apology (and laughed) he gave us for being too harsh in the end!!!

Tbf, I really like Nova Scotia's flag, albeit I am Scottish. But it's quite a smart way to incorporate both the Saltire and the Lion Rampant flags, both of which are still popularly used in Scotland, without just copying the Scottish Saltire completely. Genuinely just a neat flag that doesn't do anything wrong. Even the Lion Rampant's inclusion seems to have been done tastefully, kind of reminding me of how Portugal incorporated it's cost of arms.

“Trying to track down where it really came from was a mess that went nowhere…” Why, that sounds like the perfect subject for the next 20-minute “someone dead ruined my life” video!

5:53 As someone from British Columbia, I can not believe you put it so high with how busy this flag is. Though perhaps my dislike of it comes from being made to draw it in social studies classes in school which unexpectedly was pure torture.

Nunavut really was underrated in the video. It's a striking, very recognizable design. It's simple enough that anyone could draw it, and there are no words. It follows all the rules he set up in the American State flags video. I think the only reason it was put in B tier because he wanted a narwall. You can't rate something for what it isn't. Yes, a narwall would be cool, but Nunavut has a stunning flag. Should be S tier.

5:37 "(...) a mess that went nowhere" Don't tell me another dead person ruined your life again

CGP Grey uploading a video right before Christmas is truly a Christmas treat.

The reason why Ontario and Manitoba's ensign flags were only made "official" after the maple leaf was adopted was because the powers at be in the two provinces believed that the mid-20th century Canadian trend of flag redesigns were slighting the monarchy and their British history, which was very important to English-speaking Canada at the time. So the two provinces passed legislation stating that they were not going to replace their ensigns. Ontario choosing this route makes sense, as they were a very conservative English-speaking province at the time, but Manitoba is a bit interesting since there is a large French population in the province that presumably had no love for the British monarchs. I guess the English majority held the balance of power so that's all that mattered.

As a Torontonian, I just *LOVED* how Ontario seemed so nonpulsed there, with her Timmies cup and her cellphone. VERY Toronto...which is fitting, since the rest of Ontario thinks that Toronto gets too much attention over the rest of the province.

The faces you animate on them won't ever stop being SO incredibly cute, I love them sm! Also, Nunavut is undoubtedly an S tier

as an ontarian, thank you for putting us in our appropriate place

"The belle province herself, Québec. S-tier. Rien à redire." CGP Grey, you are a scholar and a gentleman. Chef's kiss.

As a Newfie, I feel happy grey had made our flag the space age future flag

The subtle _Lord of the Rings_ book designs in the book case behind you! Genius!! I love these classroom flag videos. I feel like I could watch a full series of them.

As a Québécois, I was afraid... but like with Texas, sheer levels of local proud display bump it up. Merci monsieur.

The way you draw places/states/provinces is just so adorable, please keep your style :)

Bien joué Québec, votre drapeau fait honneur a toute les communauté francophone.

I wish the franco-ontarian flag had gotten a shout-out, it's got the fleur-de-lys of the French, the trillium of Ontario, the green of the summer and the white of the snow. Pretty, simple, and clear message. It's underrated!

Dear Grey, Please make a tier list of all the national flags of the world. I truly cannot get enough flag rankings. Sincerely, Your most loyal Bonnie Bee 🐝🖤

As a Newfoundlander who tried to find the origin of the tricolour, I know the pain! Pre confederation history here can be rather messy sometimes, it could probably make an interesting video

We haven't had a new Grey video in 2024. We're a quarter of the way through the year lolol 😭 I'm telling Brady

Giving Québec the S tier is everything that needs to be said, they never embraced or conformed to their British overlords and kept all their traditions. Québec is a true legend across the board.

Was waiting for the BC and Quebec rankings, those are my favourite so I'm glad you gave them the respect they deserve!

I like how grey understands cold food is better in winter by handing our freezies

Hey, major props for the *perfect* pronunciation of Nunavut, as well as the Canadian slang

Aww. I'm so glad you put this one up as a Christmas present! As an American, I know very little about the Canadian flags and it was awesome to learn more about them! (Some of the designs are COOL, too.) And it's all snowy and cozy, and that shot of all the Province characters having a happy snowball fight outside...it's just this nice mix of adorable and educational. S-tier. Also I agree with you: more narwhal needed. :P

You should do the Australian states and territories next.

I really love the personalities in the "students" its so much fun to see their expressions.

A quick note on the Australian state flags since they were briefly mentioned. The reason why the orange flag doesn't match the rest of the Jack and Arms design is because that is the flag of the Northern Territory and not a state flag. Australia has 6 states which all share the Jack and Arms, and 2 territories which both use the Southern Cross constellation on the left with the coat of arms on the right. Look up the flag of the Australian Capital Territory to see what I mean.

I love these, could you do some more? I bet a lot of countries have really cool subdivision flags.

Mon austie de tabarnak, t’as réussi à mettre le drapeau québécois pile à la bonne place dans la liste. Bravo!!!

As a BCer, I was so ready for our flag to hit F tier, but when you called it "The Maryland of Canadian Flags", I smiled wide. Home province pride, even if out flag is just... too much.

Merry Christmas Grey! And thank you for letting all of us at home in on the Bonny Bee magic

The British Columbia flag is so busy with its design, but it's so busy, it ends up looking wicked cool. Heck, it's beyond busy. It's like the honest work of someone who wish pain upon you. And the stretched-out Union flag at the top is something! The four wavy white and three wavy blue lines symbolize the province's location between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. The setting sun represents the fact that British Columbia is Canada's westernmost province. The image of the continuously rising sun refers to the provincial motto splendor sine occasu (Latin for 'splendour without diminishment'), suggesting the idea that the sun never sets (on the British Empire). And yes, the Canadian flag is absolutely one of the best with its iconic design that stands out with its maple leaf. The reason Canada ended up with that flag is during the Suez Crisis, the Egyptian government objected to Canadian peacekeeping forces on the grounds that the Canadian flag had the Union flag. So Lester B. Pearson wanted to create a flag that was unmistakably Canadian. A flag designed by Alan Beddoe had blue stripes on the ends and three leaves, while George Stanley's design with red stripes and one leaf was inspired by the flag of the Royal Military College of Canada...and the rest was history.

I love the fact that the two S tier flags of Canada where chosen by people from Quebec

As an Albertan, I agree with your assessment. I have a fondness for it because I remember learning about the symbolism of the shield (the mountains, foothills, prairies, and the wheat fields, all underneath St. George's Cross) at an early age, and it greatly increased my appreciation for the variety and beauty of our scenery. I think there was a way to play into this concept with a different, visually striking design that doesn't feel like everyone in the decision process phoned it in.

I will always love how Grey represents locations, organizations, etc. It's such simple designs and yet so unique

I love the way you give each entity such a unique personality Merry Christmas!

as a proud québécois, i am so happy our province flag is in S tier.

As a New Brunswicker, thanks for liking our flag so much! It is actually pretty awesome!

Merry Christmas Grey! Thank you for making such amazing videos for so many years!

Would love to see your thoughts on the francophone community flags of each province and territory. They’re very nice!

So Grey, you actually missed one of the better flags. While Newfoundland and Labrador collectively have a flag, Labrador itself has their own, separate flag that they are quite proud of (and rightfully so).

This is the greatest Christmas gift as a Canadian. Thanks Grey! Also Quebec deserves that S tier and then some. Beautiful flag for a beautiful province. Love from Saskatchewan❤

I love the fact that I can make out the distinct design of the lotr books in the christmas background. LOVE IT.

Aww that's sweet of you to grade our flags Grey, Merry Christmas

4:50 As someone from New Brunswick it's awesome to see what little recognition we get being so positive.

OMG Grey, this video has me excited for 3 reasons: 1) I LOVE how you have The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings on the shelf behind your head. That's an S Tier super-sneaky easter egg! 2) I'm Canadian (bonus thanks for giving British Columbia an A) 3) It's 2 days until Christmas, so thank you for this video gift Merry Christmas Grey & Happy New Year! Thanks for entertaining me since *checks notes*.... 2010?!

merry christmas grey! consistently love your content!

I think the Newfoundland and Labrador flag should be a B tier. It is a lot of triangle designs but the geometric shapes makes it very distinctive, almost to the level achieved with New Brunswick and British Columbia's mad collection of symbols, flags, and geometry superimposed on each other to the point of beauty. Also, please grade Ontario's official francophone flag, it is much much better than the provincial flag with its distinctive Ontario government logo representation of the provincial flower the trillium. If one got rid of the fleur-de-lis on green background and replaced it with a stylized maple leaf, it would be A or S tier.

I'm suddenly in the mood for a Grey video discussing heraldry.

Canadian here, thank you for the great Christmas present. Love it. I think you were overall very fair in your assessment of our flags.

I love how he managed to seamlessly include that youtube related dialogue into the main video, well done!

You should definitely make a tier list for Japanese prefecture flags Like 80% of them are easily S tier

I am so glad my home and native land got a province flag video! Truly an epic Christmas present 😇

S-tier; rien à redire. Flatteur! Flag-orneur! On adore ça. Cheers

I know this isn't a flag idea, but here is a cool idea for another spin off series: Grading movie posters! An idea to talk about cinema, the development of movies across the years, and what makes people interested in a movie. This could be done with the top 10 best/most memorable movies of each decade (decided via poll or movie listings); and be ranked on which looks the coolest, what makes people eager to go attend the movie without any context about it, and which makes them long-living.

Thanks. I never expected to see this. Merry holidays

Newfoundland and Labrador’s flag is iconic and is a solid A tier. Recognizable and a flag very popular with the Newfies.

As a proud Australian you should do Australia next. And include overseas territories

I'd love to see your take on the Dutch provinces flags. Friesland is iconic and I personally love the tricolour of Gelderland.

I love that you took the time to draw in those iconic Hobbit & Lord of the Rings book spines onto your shelf! :)

For New Brunswick, the ship is referenced to the Marco Polo which was built in Saint John New Brunswick in 1851. The ship was known to be one of the fastest ships during it operational period and served as the pride/symbol of the ship building industry of New Brunswick, which was one of its primary industries during the 19th and early 20th century.

My mom greatly enjoyed watching this video with me esp since she's been to some of those places Thanks for the present and happy decemberween

I would like a video on the flags of Australia, or maybe a series on flags that were either retired or are for nations no longer existing.

This isn't the Christmas present we asked for but the one we needed

I love how they're given personalities, it's adorable 😊

There needs to be more Most Narwhals awards. And Star Empire flags. Adorable as they are educational. I love this channel. Merry Christmas.

As a Québécois, I'm glad that you gave the Québec's flag a S tier, because it surely deserved it. I'm also glad that you include us the least in a video about Canada. Rien à redire.

As someone from Saskatchewan I'm honoured that our province was mentioned in this video

I’m literally drinking a Tim Hortons coffee while watching Ontario drink “maybe Tim’s” in a CGP Grey video….. this is the best Christmas gift you could have gotten me!

As an Ontarian who fully agrees with my flag's F-tier rating, Nunavut got robbed

A proud BC, Canadian! We did it! We looped back around to awesome somehow! xD I was positive the rating would be poor so this is indeed a lovely gift.

Being from Ontario but having moved out to New Brunswick, let me tell you; the flag upgrade was a nice bonus

I'm so happy you made this one public! But I'm from Newfoundland so that means I'm legally obligated to tell you that your pronunciation of "Newfoundland" was not too bad!! You leaned a little to close to "New-Finland," but points for not saying "New-Found-Land" Also, I'd like to point out that our flag has some pretty fun details! The two red triangles represent the island of Newfoundland, as well as Labrador, both of which are triangular in shape, while the solid blue triangles represent the ocean as that has been a major influence on our culture/economy since forever. The colours were chosen because of their presence in the Canadian, British, and French flags, which make up the majority of our (white) heritage, except the gold which is of course a unique colour chosen to represent the unique and valuable culture of NL and her people. All of these elements come together to form a trident (for more ocean imagery) pointing eastward, as NL is the most eastern province in Canada (and also contains the most eastern point in the Americas.) Edit: also I was very impressed you mentioned our unofficial tricolour! We typically call it the "Republic of Newfoundland" flag, but that's not really what it is. Most people will tell you it represents the peace (white) between the catholics and protestants (green and pink,) but that's just stolen from the Republic of Ireland flag meaning, but with protestants represented by pink instead of orange. We have a lot of Irish heritage in Newfoundland, so the flags are almost definitely related somehow. What I cant believe is that you would bring up the RoN flag but not the Labrador flag, which is honestly an A-tier flag!!

I'm still laughing at the 'Maryland point' Where ugly becomes awesome. We put that flag on everything.

I just want to suggest an amusing idea for next year: rating military unit insignia/patch designs. there's some bonkers and truly awesome ones out there, and you can do it per-country or by a type of service like Navy Units or Special Forces.

I don't know why I love these flag videos so much, but they're great. Happy holidays and happy new year Grey!

I love the Hobbit+LOTR hiding on the shelf as a little Easter egg. Easy to miss but those are by far the best editions cover design wise so I had to show some love ❤

I still love the idea of personifying different cities/states/countries/provinces/government organizations the way that you do

If it isn't too much trouble, would you mind doing Argentine provinces' flags next? Thank you for your time, your videos are always pleasurable to watch!

We gotta hear the final thoughts on the weird monocolor version of Minnesota's flag!

Merry Christmas Grey! Thank you for giving us entertaining, engaging, and enlightening content all these years! :)