- The Governor General of Canada
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Jack Brooksbank
Orangeville, Ontario
Grant of Arms
December 21, 1993
Vol. II, p. 279
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Blazon
Arms
Or two bars wavy between two open compasses Azure the one in base reversed all between two flaunches Gules each charged with a fret Or;
Crest
Issuant from a rim Or heightened with two roses Argent seeded Or leaved Vert between three maple leaves Gules a demi lion Or gorged with a collar of trillium flowers proper the dexter paw grasping an artist's palette Azure charged with a mascle issuant therefrom a paintbrush, mahlstick and quill Or the sinister paw resting on an open book proper bound and inscribed LITUS CERTUM in letters Azure;
Motto
LAND OR SEA SURE;
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 March 19, 1994, in Volume 128, page 1685 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
Linda Nicholson
Calligrapher
Nancy Ellis
Recipient Information
Individual