Rebellion of 1837-39 in Canada (lower Canada)

This flag (without star) was used during the Rebellion led by Louis-Joseph Papineau in 1837-1838 to establish a republic in the by-then Lower Canada, which corresponds to the Province of Quebec now.
Michel Simard, 30 September 1998

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I was under the impression, though, that the French of Lower Canada used a horizontal tricoleur of green-white-red with a yellow star in the upper hoist on the green stripe in the early 1800s, and that the Parti Patriote simply adopted it without changes. The flag you describe has two stars in the central (white) stripe. I was obviously mistaken about the first, but do you know the date that the Parti Patriote adopted their flag in the one-star form?
Steve Kramer, 12 October 1998

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They never did ; this is an innovation of the 1960s by some Quebecois nationalists and still used today. The ones with two and later three stars (the third for Halifax) were used during battle, so in 1837-1838. The plain tricolor was first cited in 1832.
Luc Baronian, 12 October 1998

These flags were displayed at an assembly on June 1, 1837. They were designed by François Beaudoin according to descriptions. The colours are unknown; Jaume imagined them (except for the 3 traditional colours of green-white-red, of course).

The penultimate one was displayed on June 1 with the other ones. The last one is the flag that the Patriotes used at the Battle of Saint-Eustache in 1837 (or 38 ?). The original is exposed at the Musée du Chateau Ramezay in Montreal
Luc-Vartan Baronian, 19 March 1997

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