Some of the stolen flags were provided by the Rotary Club of Oak Bay to raise funds for charitable causes, police said.
Joan Peggs, chairwoman of the flag program for the club, said at least 50 flags have been stolen. The flags are installed at about 600 homes across Greater Victoria every Victoria Day, Canada Day and Labour Day. They stay up for five to seven days before the club removes them until the next event.
The money raised through the program supports literacy projects, a school therapy dog and housing services, among other projects, she said.
“The flags cost $25. And so the money that we would have raised to to do community projects, we now will be using to replace these flags so that we have enough for our Labour Day installation,” she said.