Winnipeg Holds Country Record for Largest Living Canada Flag

For the second straight year, Winnipeg has made up the largest living Canada flag. 

3,158 people gathered at Shaw Park dressed in red and white t-shirts to try and top other cities across the country in the friendly competition. Other cities that made living flags yesterday include Regina, Brandon, Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa and Victoria. 

Grant Nazarko is an organizer of the event and was a catalyst in starting it six years ago. 

He says it's one of the best ways to celebrate the country. 

"We should all celebrate Canada and this is just one way of 'waving the flag' so to speak," said Nazarko. "Is there any other way to demonstrate that you're waving the flag than actually being in the flag?" 

"We live in a great country," he continued. "I've done enough world travelling to know we're the envy of everyone in the world." 

Nazarko says despite having the largest living flag in the country, he wants it to get even bigger. 

"We're building towards 2017 which is Canada's 150th birthday," he said. "We're hoping to get six-thousand people out for that one and maybe we'll do it at Portage and Main."