The Duality Flag design was chosen to represent explicitly the Francophone and Anglophone populations on the national flag by adding blue stripes to the red sections, roughly in proportion to the number of Canadians who are primarily French-speaking.
The Duality Flag design was chosen to visually depict the two main linguistic groups in Canada, the Francophones and the Anglophones, through the addition of blue stripes to the red sections, mirroring the proportion of each group within the Canadian population.