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Ajax, Ontario
Grant of Arms
January 31, 1996
Vol. III, p. 75
Arms of St. George's Church Pickering VillageBlazonArgent a cross enhanced Gules over all a billet charged with a cross pattée fitchée all counterchanged and in base issuant from each flanc a demi fir tree in pale Gules; SymbolismThe white field and red cross are the arms of Saint George and have been used to identify the Church of England for many centuries. The billet or rectangle represents the grant of land on which the parish was built in 1845. The cross pattée fitchée is taken from the arms of the Archbishop of Canterbury and was a symbol for Anglicans in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The pine trees symbolize both the primordial forest and the trees that surround St. George’s Church. |
MottoBlazonGLAD OF THY WORD; SymbolismThis is taken from Psalm 119:162, “I am as glad of thy word, as one that findeth great spoil”. |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on November 23, 1996 in Volume 130, page 3279 of the Canada Gazette.   |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of Robert Black, assisted by the Heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority PainterLinda Nicholson CalligrapherNancy Ellis Recipient TypeCivil Institution
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