City of Langley

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Langley, British Columbia
Grant of Arms and Supporters
January 30, 1995
Vol. II, p. 388

Arms of the City of Langley
Arms of the City of Langley
 
Arms of the City of Langley

Arms of the City of Langley

Blazon

Gules on a cross quadrate Or a fess quadrate Gules charged with a mullet Azure edged Argent;

Crest

Blazon

Out of a mural coronet Or displaying a frieze of maple leaves Gules alternating with dogwood flowers Argent seeded Or leaved Vert issuant from behind a canoe reversed Ermine a demi lion Sable embellished Or resting its sinister paw on the canoe holding in its dexter paw a staff Argent flying therefrom to the sinister a banner of the arms;

Motto

Blazon

STRENGTH OF PURPOSE · SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY;

Supporters

Blazon

On a grassy mound set with white fawn lilies (Erythronium origonum) Proper rising above barry wavy Argent and Azure dexter a Roosevelt Elk Or attired and unguled Gules gorged with a coronet heightened with garbs Gules and charged with bezants pendant therefrom a torteau charged with a garb Or sinister a mare Or supporting a staff Argent flying therefrom to the sinister a banner of the Arms the mare maned queued and unguled Gules gorged with the same collar and pendant the latter charged with a cogwheel 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 City of Langley

Additional Information

Creator(s)

Original concept of Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter

Debra Parker

Calligrapher

Nancy Ellis

Recipient Type

Civil Institution
Regional, Municipal etc Government