The Viceregal Lion
  1. The Governor General of Canada
Heraldry Today

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Sylvia Olga Fedoruk

Regina, Saskatchewan
Grant of Arms and Supporters
May 24, 1991
Vol. II, p. 95

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Blazon

Arms

Or on a pale between in chief two nuclei enclosed within a representation of three electron paths all Bleu Celeste a lion rampant Or armed and langued Gules;

Crest

A Saskatchewan coronet (on a rim Vert fimbriated Or wheat ears Or set alternately with prairie lily flowers proper) issuant therefrom a bull's head in trian aspect Bleu Celeste accorné annelled and crined Or;

Supporters

On a grassy mound strewn with prairie lily flowers proper two white-tailed does Bleu Celeste each unguled Or langued Gules and gorged with a coronet of wheat ears Or;

Motto

DEO ET PATRIAE. This Latin phrase means "For God and country".


Symbolism

In general, the symbolism of emblems prior to 2000 does not exist in an appropriate format for the online Register.


Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on June 8, 1991, in Volume 125, page 1922 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Original concept of Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter
Cathy Bursey-Sabourin

Calligrapher
Nancy Ellis


Recipient Information

Individual
Lieutenant-Governor