- The Governor General of Canada
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Aboriginal Policing Services
Ottawa, Ontario
Grant of a Flag and Badge
March 20, 2009
Vol. V, First Peoples, p. 2
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Blazon
Badge
An inuksuk Argent ensigned by a maple leaf Or and flanked by four eagle feathers issuant from a sash draped fesswise proper;
Flag
The national ensign of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (An ensign Gules its canton Azure fimbriated Or charged with a bison’s head affronty within a wreath of maple leaves Or and ensigned by the Royal Crown proper) charged in the fly with the Badge of the Aboriginal Policing Services;
Symbolism
Badge
The maple leaf refers to the national mandate of the Aboriginal Policing Services, and the other symbols to the major Indigenous groups in Canada: eagle feathers for the First Nations, an inuksuk for the Inuit, and the sash for the Métis.
Flag
The flag follows the pattern of Royal Canadian Mounted Police division flags.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on December 12, 2009, in Volume 143, page 3680 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Bruce Patterson, Saint-Laurent Herald, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Barbara Saville
Calligrapher
Shirley Mangione
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
Federal Agency