Ontario Court (General Division)

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Ottawa, Ontario
Grant of Arms and Badge
January 11, 1992
Vol. II, p. 137

Arms of the Ontario Court (General Division)
Arms of the Ontario Court (General Division)
Badge of the Ontario Court (General Division)
 
Arms of the Ontario Court (General Division)

Arms of the Ontario Court (General Division)

Blazon

Sable scales of justice with its finial a maple leaf Or surmounted by an inescutcheon of the Arms of Her Majesty in right of the Province of Ontario all ensigned by a representation of the Royal Crown proper;

Motto

Blazon

JUSTICIA. This Latin word means "Justice".

Badge of the Ontario Court (General Division)

Badge of the Ontario Court (General Division)

Blazon

A sun in splendour Or displaying a maple leaf Gules charged with scales of justice its finial a maple leaf Or on the sun's upper rim a representation of the Royal Crown proper;

 

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on July 25, 1992 in Volume 126, page 2302 of the Canada Gazette.

Letters patent granting heraldic emblems to the Ontario Court (General Division)

Additional Information

Creator(s)

Original concept of Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter

David Farrar

Calligrapher

Nancy Ellis

Recipient Type

Civil Institution
Provincial & Territorial (Agency and other)