- The Governor General of Canada
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James Cyrille Gervais
Ottawa, Ontario
Grant of Arms and Supporters
January 21, 1993
Vol. II, p. 227
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Blazon
Arms
Azure a polar bear passant Argent between three maple leaves Or;
Crest
A demi springbok Azure horned and gorged with a collar of twelve maple leaves (six visible) Or bearing between its forelegs the baton of office of the Deputy Herald Chancellor of the Canadian Heraldic Authority proper;
Supporters
On a grassy mound set with two blueberry bushes (Vaccinium canadense) flowered and fructed proper rising above barry wavy Argent and Azure dexter a stallion sinister a mare both Argent queued crined unguled and gorged with a coronet fleury Or enhanced at the rim Azure and charged with shamrocks Or;
Motto
LOYAUTÉ · VAILLANCE · INTÉGRITÉ, meaning "Loyalty, valour, integrity";
Symbolism
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