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Ancaster, Ontario
Grant of Arms, Supporters, Flag and Badge
December 30, 1992
Vol. II, p. 218
Arms of the Corporation of the Town of AncasterBlazonVert a representation of a Georgian water powered grist mill between three Loyalist Civil Coronets Or; |
CrestBlazonOut of a mural coronet Or masoned Vert bearing a frieze of Wild Blue Iris flowers (Iris versicolor) Proper a demi lion Purpure semé of Loyalist Civil Coronets Or holding in its forepaws a staff Or flying therefrom a banner of the Arms with a bordure compony Or and Vert on the outer three edges; |
MottoBlazonAB INITIO AD FUTURUM. This Latin phrase means "From the beginning unto the world to come" (Sir 24:14). |
SupportersBlazonOn a grassy mound rising above barry wavy Argent and Azure two lions Or semé of Loyalist Civil Coronets Vert that on the dexter with the dexter foreleg resting on a garb Or that on the sinister with the sinister foreleg resting on an oak sapling Or; |
Flag of the Corporation of the Town of AncasterBlazonVert a Canadian pale Or charged with an escutcheon of the Arms; |
Badge of the Corporation of the Town of AncasterBlazonA golpe charged with a Georgian mill as in the arms ensigned by a Loyalist Civil Coronet all Or; |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on November 6, 1993 in Volume 127, page 3406 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority. PainterLinda Nicholson CalligrapherJudith Bainbridge Recipient TypeCivil Institution
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