Corporation of the City of Guelph

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Guelph, Ontario
Registration of Arms and Supporters
November 20, 1993
Vol. II, p. 133

Arms of the Corporation of the City of Guelph
Arms of the Corporation of the City of Guelph
 
Arms of the Corporation of the City of Guelph

Arms of the Corporation of the City of Guelph

Blazon

Argent on a fess Gules cotised Vert between three ancient crowns Gules a horse courant Argent;

Crest

Blazon

Within an ancient crown Gules a mount Vert thereon a lion statant Or anciently crowned Gules resting the dexter forepaw upon the haft of an axe head downwards and inwards proper;

Motto

Blazon

FAITH · FIDELITY · PROGRESS;

Supporters

Blazon

Upon a grassy mount with on the dexter side in front of a copse a felled tree trunk lying to the dexter in the stock an axe proper in front of the same a man with a hat open shirted in breeches and boots proper vested of a tail coat cut away Gules sinister a female figure proper vested Argent cloaked Azure wearing a helmet Or crested Gules supporting with her dexter arm a trident points upward Sable and holding by the sinister hand a cornucopia proper;

 

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on March 19, 1994 in Volume 128, page 1684 of the Canada Gazette.

Letters patent granting heraldic emblems to the Corporation of the City of Guelph

Additional Information

Creator(s)

Not available

Painter

Linda Nicholson

Calligrapher

Judith Bainbridge

Recipient Type

Civil Institution
Regional, Municipal etc Government

Other Information

The recipient's emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 8 May 1978.