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

The contents of this Register are intended for research purposes only. The heraldic emblems found in the Register may not be reproduced in any form or in any media without the written consent of the Canadian Heraldic Authority and/or the recipient.

Robert Gordon Brodie

Vancouver, British Columbia
Grant of Arms, Flag and Badge
November 2, 1994
Vol. II, p. 360

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Blazon

Arms

Argent on a chevron Gules between three mullets Azure an anchor Argent;

Crest

Issuant from a circlet Gules charged with bezants and heightened with dogwood flowers Argent seeded Or a dexter forearm Proper the hand grasping three arrows feathered érablé Or;

Motto

UNITED;

Flag

A banner of the Arms;

Badge

A lymphad oars in action Azure equipped with a sail of the Arms and flying pennons Gules;


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 April 22, 1995, in Volume 129, page 1190 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
John Whitehead


Recipient Information

Individual