Canadian Caledonian
Its design is pattern BGGRWRGRGW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed by Hastie-Cochrane and George MacBeth of Vancouver, a Canadian Caledonian district tartan dating from 1939.
The Canadian Caledonian tartan is one sett, recorded at 2 scales — the same proportion woven finer or broader. The top row is the unit proportion; each scale row is one weaving of it.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Caledonian | DB/3 G16 Y1 R1 W1 R6 G3 R1 G3 W/1 | 68 | 1939 | |
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| · ×2 — Canadian Caledonian | 0.00 | DB/6 G32 Y2 R2 W2 R12 G6 R2 G6 W/2 | 136 | 1939 |
| · ×4 — (Universal) | 0.00 | DB/12 G64 Y4 R4 W4 R24 G12 R4 G12 W/4 | 272 | 1939 |
| 3 Variants: Canadian Caledonian · (Universal) · Canadian Caledonian | ||||
Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.











Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.