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Bank of Montreal

Montréal, Quebec
Registration of Arms and Supporters
November 16, 1992
Vol. II, p. 138

Arms of the Bank of Montreal
Arms of the Bank of Montreal Arms of the Bank of Montreal

Arms of the Bank of Montreal

Blazon

Argent a saltire Gules between in chief a rose of the last barbed, seeded, leaved and slipped in base a beaver to the sinister and in fess a thistle leaved and slipped and a sprig of shamrock proper a bordure per pale Sable and Vert;

Crest of the Bank of Montreal

Blazon

Upon a log of maple fesswise sprouting a beaver proper;

Motto of the Bank of Montreal

Blazon

CONCORDIA SALUS. This Latin phrase means "Harmony is salvation".

Supporters of the Bank of Montreal

Blazon

Upon a grassy mound on either side an Indigenous person to the dexter in full dress holding in the exterior hand a calumet and raising the other hand to the forehead the sinister in hunting dress holding in the exterior hand a bow all proper;

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on July 25, 1992 in Volume 126, page 2302 of the Canada Gazette.
Letters patent registering the heraldic emblems of the Bank of Montreal Letters patent registering the heraldic emblems of the Bank of Montreal

Additional Information