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Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute

Scarborough, Ontario
Grant of Arms and Flag
January 16, 1995
Vol. II, p. 384

Arms of the Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute
Flag of the Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute
Arms of the Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute

Arms of the Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute

Blazon

Quarterly Gules and Azure semé of acorns Or over all on a Canadian pale wavy Argent a lion rampant Sable collared Or grasping in the dexter forepaw a maple leaf Vert;

Crest of the Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute

Blazon

Issuant from a rocky mount Gules an oak sapling Vert trunked and fructed of three Or;

Motto of the Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute

Blazon

DE MONTE ALTO. This Latin phrase means "From a mount high".
Flag of the Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute

Flag of the Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute

Blazon

Argent a lion passant Sable collared Or holding in the dexter forepaw a maple leaf Vert within a bordure quarterly Gules and Azure charged at each corner with an acorn Or;

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on April 22, 1995 in Volume 129, page 1191 of the Canada Gazette.
Letters patent granting heraldic emblems to the Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute Letters patent granting heraldic emblems to the Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute

Additional Information

Creator(s)

Original concept of Robert Black, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter

Linda Nicholson

Calligrapher

Nancy Ellis

Recipient Type

Civil Institution