- The Governor General of Canada
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Louis Hypolite (Hippolyte) La Fontaine
Montréal, Canada East
Registration of Arms
December 20, 2013
Vol. VI, p. 289
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Blazon
Arms
Azure a fess Argent charged with an open book surmounting a sword bendwise proper between two maple leaves Vert, all between in chief a cubit arm fesswise proper vested cuffed and holding a pair of scales Argent and in base a beaver couchant proper on a mount Vert;
Crest
Upon a rock a stone fountain proper;
Motto
FONS ET ORIGO;
Symbolism
Arms
Not available.
Crest
Not available.
Motto
This Latin phrase means “The source and the origin”.
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 at the College of Arms, London, England, 4 November 1854.