- The Governor General of Canada
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John Warren Sleeman
Guelph, Ontario
Grant of Arms and Badge
January 27, 1999
Vol. III, p. 295
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Blazon
Arms
Gules a pale wavy Azure fimbriated between dexter a beaver sejeant respectant and sinister a lion sejeant on a chief all Argent three tuns fesswise Gules;
Crest
Issuant from a coronet the upper rim set alternately with maple leaves Or and poppy flowers Gules a demi lion Or bearing in the dexter paw a mast flying therefrom a pennon Gules and a sail Argent and in the sinister paw a cord Gules pendant therefrom a medallion Or;
Motto
LABOR ARDUUS ET DILIGENTIA. This Latin phrase means "Hard work and scrupulous care".
Symbolism
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