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Ottawa, Ontario
Grant of Arms and Supporters
January 21, 1993
Vol. II, p. 227
Arms of James Cyrille GervaisBlazonAzure a polar bear passant Argent between three maple leaves Or; |
CrestBlazonA demi springbok Azure horned and gorged with a collar of twelve maple leaves (six visible) Or bearing between its forelegs the baton of office of the Deputy Herald Chancellor of the Canadian Heraldic Authority proper; |
MottoBlazonLOYAUTÉ · VAILLANCE · INTÉGRITÉ, meaning "Loyalty, valour, integrity"; |
SupportersBlazonOn a grassy mound set with two blueberry bushes (Vaccinium canadense) flowered and fructed proper rising above barry wavy Argent and Azure dexter a stallion sinister a mare both Argent queued crined unguled and gorged with a coronet fleury Or enhanced at the rim Azure and charged with shamrocks Or; |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on June 26, 1993 in Volume 127, page 2076 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. PainterCathy Bursey-Sabourin CalligrapherNancy Ellis Recipient TypeIndividual |