Corporation of the City of Kingston

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Kingston, Ontario
Registration of Arms, Supporters and Badge
September 29, 1992
Vol. II, p. 204

Arms of the Corporation of the City of Kingston
Arms of the Corporation of the City of Kingston
Badge of the Corporation of the City of Kingston
 
Arms of the Corporation of the City of Kingston

Arms of the Corporation of the City of Kingston

Blazon

Gules issuant from a base wavy Argent charged with two barrulets wavy Azure a Lake Ontario Martello tower proper in chief an antique crown Or;

Crest

Blazon

On a rock proper rising from water barry wavy Argent and Azure a beaver statant Or;

Motto

Blazon

PRO REGE GREGE ET LEGE. This Latin phrase means "For the King, the people and the law".

Supporters

Blazon

Dexter a griffin segreant Or charged on the shoulder with a maple leaf Gules sinister a lion rampant Or charged on the shoulder with a like maple leaf;

Badge of the Corporation of the City of Kingston

Badge of the Corporation of the City of Kingston

Blazon

On a roundel Gules a Lake Ontario Martello tower proper the whole encircled by an Annulet surmounted and overlapped on the outer edge by four maple leaves one in chief one in base and two in fess Or;

 

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on December 5, 1992 in Volume 126, page 3669 of the Canada Gazette.

Letters patent registering the heraldic emblems of the Corporation of the City of Kingston

Additional Information

Creator(s)

Not available

Painter

Artist of the College of Arms, London / Artiste du Collège d’armes, Londres

Calligrapher

Not applicable

Recipient Type

Civil Institution
Regional, Municipal etc Government

Other Information

The recipient's emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 15 May 1973.