- The Governor General of Canada
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L'Association des Pilon d'Amérique
Laval, Quebec
Grant of Arms
March 15, 2006
Vol. V, p. 13
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Blazon
Arms
Azure a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis Or;
Motto
CONNAÎTRE LE PASSÉ • VIVRE LE PRÉSENT;
Symbolism
Arms
The blue and gold, along with the chevron, are taken from the arms of Pillon, Sieur de Rougemont, from the district of Carentan in Normandy. The three fleurs-de lis were retained to symbolize the French origins of the two earliest ancestors of the Pillon (or Pilon) family, namely Jean-Baptiste Pilon dit Lafortune, from Paris, and Antoine Pilon, from Bayeux in Normandy.
Motto
Meaning “To know the past, to live the present”.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on July 8, 2006, in Volume 140, page 2040 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Claire Boudreau, Saint-Laurent Herald, assisted by the Heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority
Painter
Ilona Jurkiewicz
Calligrapher
Nancy Ellis
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
Family Association