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Surrey, British Columbia
Registration of Arms and Supporters
September 11, 1993
Vol. II, p. 263
Arms of the City of SurreyBlazonVert between two bars wavy Argent each charged with a barrulet wavy Azure a beaver Or in chief five mullets also Or and in base a representation of the Peace Arch monument Argent; |
CrestBlazonA Salish canoe Or; |
MottoBlazonPROGRESSIO PER DIVERSITATEM. This Latin phrase means "Progress through diversity". |
SupportersBlazonDexter a thoroughbred horse Or gorged with a collar of steel proper charged with binary digits also Or pendant therefrom an annulet Vert thereon a communications tower Or sinister a farm horse Or gorged with a collar Ermine pendant therefrom an annulet also Vert thereon a fir tree Or the compartment consisting of a grassy meadow growing thereon Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes) Easter Lilies (Erythronium oregonum) Pink Fawn Lilies (Erythronium revoltum Smith) and Large White Trilia (Trillium ovatum Pursh) all proper; |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on November 23, 1996 in Volume 130, page 3278 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Not available PainterNot applicable CalligrapherNot applicable Recipient TypeCivil Institution
Other InformationThe recipient's emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 17 August 1987. |