- The Governor General of Canada
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The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
Grant of Supporters and Badges
September 15, 2004
Vol. IV, p. 400
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Blazon
Badge
Prairie Branch: Within an annulet of eight points set on the outer edge Or, a roundel vairy Sable and Or;
Symbolism
Badge
The vair pattern represents the skins of animals, and thus symbolizes the fur trade that stimulated the early settlement of the Canadian West. The black elements of this pattern also resemble the grain elevators that were once a common feature of the prairie landscape. The gold and black colours refer to the fields of golden wheat and to the dark prairie soil.