St. John's Anglican Church

Gules a chief ogivy Argent, overall a Canadian pale counterchanged charged with a torteau bearing an eagle, wings displayed and inverted, nimbed Or, issuant from the pale on either side two iron strap hinges flory proper;

The side sections allude to the red doors with black ironwork that are a distinctive architectural feature of the church, and the section between them conveys the idea of openness. The eagle is the traditional symbol of St. John the Evangelist, and the depiction on a disc alludes to the medallion sculpted for the parish by parishioner Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook.

Gules on a Canadian pale Or an escutcheon of the Arms;

This follows the pattern of the National Flag of Canada as well as the flags of the City of Hamilton and the former Town of Ancaster, where the parish is located.

A billet ogivy of one point in chief Gules charged with a chalice issuant therefrom a Host Argent;

The red background alludes to the doors of the church, and the chalice, here based on one owned by the parish, alludes to the Holy Eucharist.