- The Governor General of Canada
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Donald Alexander Smith
Montréal, Quebec
Registration of Arms and Supporters
December 20, 2013
Vol. VI, p. 300
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Blazon
Arms
Gules on a fess Argent, between in chief a demi-lion Or and in base a canoe contourné Or with four men rowing proper in the bow a flag Argent inscribed with the letters NW, a hammer surmounted by a nail in saltire Sable;
Crest
On a grassy mount a beaver eating into a maple tree proper;
Supporters
Dexter a trooper of the regiment of Strathcona’s Horse holding a rifle, sinister a navvy supporting on his shoulder a hammer and standing on a railway sleeper chaired and railed all proper.
Motto
PERSEVERANCE;
Motto
AGMINA DUCENS;
Symbolism
Arms
Not available.
Crest
Not available.
Supporters
Not available.
Motto
Not Applicable.
Motto
This Latin phrase means “In the vanguard”.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on October 25, 2014, in Volume 148, page 2732 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
Individual
The recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 22 August 1890 (Arms, Crest, Motto), and at the College of Arms, London, England, 2 April 1901 (Supporters).