- The Governor General of Canada
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Colin Robert Johnson
Toronto, Ontario
Grant of Arms, with differences to Andrea Ellen MacLean, Rachel Jessica Johnson and Timothy Colin Miller Johnson
August 15, 2014
Vol. VI, p. 435
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Blazon
Crest
Issuant from a circlet of trilliums Argent, a bookwheel Gules its books Argent;
Symbolism
Crest
The bookwheel, a 16th century invention for consulting several books at once, alludes to the Johnson family’s love of books and learning. The trillium flowers refer to Ontario, as well as to the fact that Archbishop Johnson’s father served as a member of the Ontario Legislature.