This is a gallery of flags which use a distinctive canton as a feature of their design.

Flag cantons

In many flags using the canton pattern, the canton is used to depict another flag in order to denote a relationship between the two. (For other uses of flags on flags, see gallery of flags by design.)

See Gallery of British ensigns. Some examples:

Other flags

Other cantons

Cross

See also: Gallery of flags with crosses

Star

See also: Gallery of flags with stars

Single star

Crescent and star

See also: Gallery of flags with crescents

Multiple stars

Sun

See also: Gallery of astronomical flags

Other