- The Governor General of Canada
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David Stewart Olson
Ottawa, Ontario
Grant of Arms and Flag
June 18, 1999
Vol. III, p. 326
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Blazon
Arms
Per pale Gules and Or two lions combatant counterchanged holding together in their paws three roundels in pale, above a plate charged with a cross Gules, in the centre a hurt charged with a saltire Argent, below a roundel in the image of Sweden’s flag proper;
Crest
Issuing from a wreath of white trilliums alternating with Western red lilies, a polar bear passant proper holding in its dexter paw a maple leaf Gules;
Motto
HONESTAS · FORTITUDO · SCIENTIA. This Latin phrase means "Honesty, courage, knowledge".
Symbolism
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