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

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Gilbert Finn

Fredericton, New Brunswick
Grant of Arms and Supporters
March 6, 1992
Vol. II, p. 102

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Blazon

Arms

Azure a mullet anglé of five mullets Or;

Crest

A demi-boar Or armed Argent unguled and wearing a coronet of maple leaves alternating with fiddlehead fronds Azure holding between its forelegs a hand of justice terminating in a fleur-de-lys Gules winged Argent garnished Or;

Supporters

Dexter a sea deer Or attired and gorged with a collar Azure charged with bezants sinister a sea cougar Or gorged with a like collar the whole set upon a grassy mound sprinkled with purple violets proper rising above waves of the sea Azure crested Argent;

Motto

ENSEMBLE NOUS SOMMES FORTS, meaning "Together we are strong";


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 July 25, 1992, in Volume 126, page 2303 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
Anatol Kozlowski

Calligrapher
Suzzann Wright


Recipient Information

Individual
Lieutenant-Governor