Canadian tartans

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Maple leaf is as well as Ensign of Ontario.

From The Tartan Story by Blair Urquhart:

Thanks for the definitions, that's very helpful

It appears, then, that Plaid du Québec and Yukon are also asymmetrical.

Is there any symbolic value to a tartan being asymmetrical or symmetrical? If so, it is interesting that the official tartans tend to be symmetrical, while the unofficial ones tend to be asymmetrical... I have a bunch of other Canadian tartans (city, university, service) that I still need post and we shall see if they follow the same pattern.