- The Governor General of Canada
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Rideau Orders, Decorations and Medals Inc.
Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Grant of Arms and Supporters
September 29, 1991
Vol. II, p. 126
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Blazon
Arms
Gules semé of snowflakes in bend alternately Or and Argent;
Crest
Issuant from a coronet composed of a rim Or set with diamonds proper and heightened with triangles alternating with hearts Gules a lion sejant affronté Or armed and langued Gules forelegs extended grasping in its dexter paw a male die and in its sinister paw a female die both engraved with a snowflake all argent;
Supporters
On a limestone wall proper issuant from barry wavy of five Azure and Argent dexter a hart Or its forelegs and hind quarters Argent unguled Or gorged with a collar of steel links proper pendant therefrom a fleur-de-lys Azure displaying in its sinister hoof a maple leaf Gules edged Or sinister a griffin Or its beak forelegs and hind quarters Argent armed Or gorged with a like collar pendant therefrom a trillium flower proper displaying in its dexter claw a like maple leaf;
Motto
OPUS EXCELLENTIAE. This Latin phrase means "Work of excellence".
Symbolism
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