North Vancouver (City)

Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Canada

NORTH VANCOUVER (City)

Province : British Columbia

Official blazon

Arms : Argent a three-masted ship Sable sails Argent upon a base barry wavy Azure and Argent, and below two mountain lion faces Gules, a chief dancetty Azure.
Crest: Issuant from a circlet of maple leaves Gules and dogwood flowers, a grouse holding in its beak a sprig of salal and perching on a twig proper.
Supporters: Dexter a black bear sinister a salmon each proper and gorged with a collar Argent pendent therefrom a Salish spindle whorl, that to the dexter carved with a salmon, that to the sinister carved with a bear, the compartment per pale of forest saplings and waves proper.
Motto: LION OF THE NORTH

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on April 2, 1982 and again on July 20, 2006.

Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.

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Literature : Image from http://www.gg.ca