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Ottawa, Ontario
Grant of a Flag and Badge
March 20, 2009
Vol. V, First Peoples, p. 2
Flag of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Aboriginal Policing ServicesBlazonThe national ensign of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (An ensign Gules its canton Azure fimbriated Or charged with a bison’s head affronty within a wreath of maple leaves Or and ensigned by the Royal Crown proper) charged in the fly with the Badge of the Aboriginal Policing Services; SymbolismThe flag follows the pattern of Royal Canadian Mounted Police division flags. |
Badge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Aboriginal Policing ServicesBlazonAn inuksuk Argent ensigned by a maple leaf Or and flanked by four eagle feathers issuant from a sash draped fesswise proper; SymbolismThe maple leaf refers to the national mandate of the Aboriginal Policing Services, and the other symbols to the major Indigenous groups in Canada: eagle feathers for the First Nations, an inuksuk for the Inuit, and the sash for the Métis. |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on December 12, 2009 in Volume 143, page 3680 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of Bruce Patterson, Saint-Laurent Herald, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority. PainterBarbara Saville CalligrapherShirley Mangione Recipient TypeCivil Institution
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