- The Governor General of Canada
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City of Langley
Langley, British Columbia
Grant of Arms and Supporters
January 30, 1995
Vol. II, p. 388
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Blazon
Arms
Gules on a cross quadrate Or a fess quadrate Gules charged with a mullet Azure edged Argent;
Crest
Out of a mural coronet Or displaying a frieze of maple leaves Gules alternating with dogwood flowers Argent seeded Or leaved Vert issuant from behind a canoe reversed Ermine a demi lion Sable embellished Or resting its sinister paw on the canoe holding in its dexter paw a staff Argent flying therefrom to the sinister a banner of the arms;
Supporters
On a grassy mound set with white fawn lilies (Erythronium origonum) Proper rising above barry wavy Argent and Azure dexter a Roosevelt Elk Or attired and unguled Gules gorged with a coronet heightened with garbs Gules and charged with bezants pendant therefrom a torteau charged with a garb Or sinister a mare Or supporting a staff Argent flying therefrom to the sinister a banner of the Arms the mare maned queued and unguled Gules gorged with the same collar and pendant the latter charged with a cogwheel Or;
Motto
STRENGTH OF PURPOSE · SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY;
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 D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Debra Parker
Calligrapher
Nancy Ellis
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
Regional, Municipal etc Government