- The Governor General of Canada
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The Corporation of the City of Gloucester
Gloucester, Ontario
Registration of Arms
June 22, 1999
Vol. III, p. 327
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Blazon
Arms
Or on a cross raguly Vert a maple leaf between in fess two garbs Or and in pale two cog wheels Argent;
Crest
Issuant from a mural crown Argent charged with a torteau thereon a Trillium flower Argent barbed and seeded proper a maple tree Or the trunk enfiled through a belt Vert the buckle Or;
Motto
JUSTUS UT ACER. This Latin phrase means "Just like the maple".
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 2264 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
Civil Institution
Regional, Municipal etc Government
The recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 3 December 1964.