Coat of arms of Montreal

The coat of arms of Montreal existed in its present form since 1938. It replaced an older version from from 1833, which was designed by Jacques Viger, the first mayor of the city. Today it is mainly used for ceremonial purposes, for everyday use in the official traffic there is a stylized logo since 1981.

Description

The pointed at the bottom and a green wreath of maple leaves surrounded escutcheon is divided by a broad red cross four silver boxes. These include flowers icons that represent the most important historical populations of Montreal: A blue fleur- de-lys of the Bourbons represents the French or French Canadians, a red rose of the House of Lancaster, the English, a purple thistle the Scots and a green three-bladed Shamrock the Irish. A Canadian Beaver serves as the crest on a banner is the town motto " Concordia salus " ( well-being through harmony).

History

The first coat of arms of the city was designed by Jacques Viger and 1833 approved by the City Council. It was on a silver coat of arms, a red St. Andrew's cross. In the fields between symbols of the four populations were mapped. Above the red rose of the English, left ( heraldic right) the thistle of the Scots, the right ( heraldic left) of the Shamrock the Irish. In the lower box, beaver represented the French, who had originally settled the area and traded with furs.

1938 called for the City Council an adaptation of the coat of arms, to better reflect the population of Montreal. The St. Andrew's cross was replaced by a cross, which could be time for both George's Cross of England and for the Christian values ​​that French Catholics who had founded in 1642 the mission settlement of Ville- Marie. The beaver had become a symbol for all of Montreal and the diligence of city dwellers become he thus symbolized not only the French-Canadian section of the population. He was replaced by the fleur -de- lys symbol appeared as the descendants of the original French settlers.

Logo

In an effort to modernize their appearance, the city of Montreal led in 1981 to the everyday -Government logo, while the coat of arms remains since then reserved for formal occasions and ceremonies. The logo consists of the name of the town in the French spelling with acute written (even for English-language documents ), the characters are designed by Otl Aicher hybrid Rotis font. On the right side there is a stylized rosette, which is composed of four hearts. For printing purposes variants exist with different colors.

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