- The Governor General of Canada
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Michael Bzdel
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Grant of Arms
March 9, 1999
Vol. III, p. 305
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Blazon
Arms
Per pale Or and Azure a maple leaf counterchanged charged with a tryzub Argent between in chief above a triangle charged with an eye a coronet trefly and in base a garb the whole encircled of twelve stars all counterchanged;
Motto
In Old Church Slavonic, meaning "Who is like God".
Symbolism
In general, the symbolism of emblems prior to 2000 does not exist in an appropriate format for the online Register.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on July 22, 2000, in Volume 134, page 2263 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Ruth Aney, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Linda Nicholson
Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Recipient Information
Individual