- The Governor General of Canada
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Duncan Kent Todd
Ottawa, Ontario
Registration of Arms
June 15, 2020
Vol. VII, p. 259
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Blazon
Arms
Argent on a fess Sable seven piles reversed throughout Or between in chief two foxes’ masks proper and in base a cross-crosslet Sable;
Crest
A demi-fox guardant proper gorged of a collar Sable charged with five piles reversed throughout Or;
Motto
OPORTET VIVERE;
Symbolism
Arms
The Canadian Heraldic Authority does not have confirmed symbolism for this emblem. The following comments are hypotheses only. The foxes, or “tods” in Scottish dialect, represent a pun on Mr. Todd’s name. The cross may allude to his grandfather the Reverend Hollis Davillo Todd, who was a minister of religion
Crest
The fox repeats the symbolism of the Arms.
Motto
This Latin phrase meaning “One must live” is the traditional motto of Todd families.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on March 27, 2021, in Volume 155, page 1316 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Not available.
Painter
* Not applicable / Sans objet
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, 25 October 1954.