Ontario Coat of Arms

The coat of arms of Ontario was bestowed on the Canadian province of Ontario in 1868 by Queen Victoria . 1909 added King Edward VII. , The crest to crest and plate holder .

The coat of arms also appears on the flag of Ontario . It shows three golden maple leaves from a stem on a green background , the symbol of Canada. Above that in the silver head of the shield is a red St. George's cross , the symbol of England . A gold-green bead of a helmet , on which an American black bear strides, hovers over the coat of arms . Shield holders are an upright elk and a deer in black .

The motto is: Ut incepit Fidelis sic permanet (“She began loyally and will remain loyal”). This is a reference to the loyalists who fled during and after the American War of Independence and settled in what would later become Ontario, when it was still part of the British province of Québec .

However, the Ontario government does not use any elements of the coat of arms as a figurative mark, but a stylized flower of a large-flowered forest lily , which is also the official symbol of the province.

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