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Parks Canada Agency

Ottawa, Ontario
Grant of a Badge
September 15, 2017
Vol. VI, p. 757

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Blazon

Badge

A pomme charged with a beaver sejant on a lodge Or all within an annulus Vert edged and set with maple leaves Or and ensigned by the Royal Crown proper;


Symbolism

Badge

The beaver seated on a lodge is a longstanding emblem of the Parks Canada Agency, and green is the agency’s colour. The Royal Crown represents the role of the agency’s park wardens in protecting Canada’s national parks on behalf of the Crown.


Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on March 31, 2018, in Volume 152, page 897 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Original concept of the Parks Canada Agency, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter
Debra MacGarvie

Calligrapher
Doris Wionzek


Recipient Information

Civil Institution
Crown Corporation & "arms length" organization