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

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James Ian Sneddon

Nepean, Ontario
Grant of Arms, Flag and Badge
November 24, 1993
Vol. II, p. 292

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Blazon

Arms

Azure on a saltire between two polar stars in pale and on either side in fess three bars couped wavy Argent a sun in splendour Gules;

Crest

Issuant from a coronet of maple leaves set on a rim Gules and alternating with dogwood flowers proper a demi caribou Argent gorged with a Crown Vallary and holding between the forehooves a lozenge Azure charged with a trillium flower proper;

Motto

HONNEUR · COURAGE · PERSÉVÉRANCE, meaning "Honour, courage, perseverance";

Flag

A banner of the Arms;

Badge

A sun in splendour Or charged with the cross of Jerusalem Azure the whole ensigned with a Crown Vallary Or;


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 Auguste Vachon, Saint-Laurent Herald, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter
Donald Hallman

Calligrapher
Nancy Ellis


Recipient Information

Individual