- The Governor General of Canada
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Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute
Scarborough, Ontario
Grant of Arms and Flag
January 16, 1995
Vol. II, p. 384
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Blazon
Arms
Quarterly Gules and Azure semé of acorns Or over all on a Canadian pale wavy Argent a lion rampant Sable collared Or grasping in the dexter forepaw a maple leaf Vert;
Crest
Issuant from a rocky mount Gules an oak sapling Vert trunked and fructed of three Or;
Motto
DE MONTE ALTO. This Latin phrase means "From a mount high".
Flag
Argent a lion passant Sable collared Or holding in the dexter forepaw a maple leaf Vert within a bordure quarterly Gules and Azure charged at each corner with an acorn 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 April 22, 1995, in Volume 129, page 1191 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Robert Black, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Linda Nicholson
Calligrapher
Nancy Ellis
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
Elementary & Secondary