- The Governor General of Canada
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See of Quebec
Québec, Lower Canada
Registration of Arms
August 15, 2012
Vol. VI, p. 158
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Blazon
Arms
Per fess wavy Azure and Gules in chief an open book proper clasped, edged and surmounted by a crozier bendwise, in base a lion passant guardant Or holding in the dexter paw a key and on a canton Argent a cross throughout Gules between four crosses patté fitché Sable;
Symbolism
Arms
Not available;
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on March 23, 2013, in Volume 147, page 536 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Not available
Painter
Artist of the College of Arms, London / Artiste du Collège d’armes, Londres
Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
National, Regional, Diocesan, Administrative
The recipient's emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 8 August 1793.