What is Canton (flag)?
[[File:Flag_parts_diagram.svg|thumb|[[Glossary of vexillology|Elements of a flag]]]] In [[vexillology]], the '''canton''' is a rectangular [[emblem]] at the top left of a flag. The canton can also be a flag itself. For example, [[Flag of Australia|Australia]] has the [[Union Jack]] as their canton. ==Current flags with cantons== ===Sovereign states=== <gallery> File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg|The [[flag of Australia]] features the Union Flag as a canton. File:Flag of Chile.svg|The [[flag of Chile]] incorporates a blue canton bearing a white five-pointed star. File:Flag of Fiji.svg|The [[flag of Fiji]] has a canton of the Union Flag. File:Flag of Greece.svg|The [[flag of Greece]] has a blue canton with a white Greek cross. File:Flag of Liberia.svg|The [[flag of Liberia]] has a blue canton with a white five-pointed star. File:Flag of Malaysia.svg|The [[flag of Malaysia]] has a canton with a crescent and 14-pointed star in yellow on a blue field. File:Flag of New Zealand.svg|The [[flag of New Zealand]] has a Union Flag canton. File:Flag of Samoa.svg|The [[flag of Samoa]] has a blue canton which shows the [[Southern Cross]] constellation in white. File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg|The [[flag of the Republic of China|flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan)]] has a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays. (This flag's canton is also used as the Taiwanese naval jack and the [[Kuomintang]]'s party flag.) File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg|The [[flag of Togo]] has a red canton bearing a white five-pointed star. File:Flag of Tonga.svg|The [[flag of Tonga]] has a white canton bearing a red Greek cross couped. File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg|The [[flag of Tuvalu]] features the Union Flag in its canton. File:Flag of the United States.svg|The [[flag of the United States]] has 50 white five-pointed stars on a blue canton ({{aka}} union), standing for the country's [[U.S. state|50 states]] (This flag's canton is also used as United States Naval Jack/Jack of the United States). File:Flag of Uruguay.svg|The [[fla