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Poplarville Manual 2018.Cdr Allan Ailo & Carl Larsen Illustrated by Allan Ailo A Municipal Coat of Arms Using Canadian heraldry in your visual identity program A Municipal Coat of Arms Using Canadian heraldry in your visual identity program Co-authors: Allan Ailo & Carl Larsen Illustrations & Layout: Allan Ailo Editor: Carl Larsen Heraldry Publications Canada [email protected] First published 2016 as an electronic book Copyright © 2016 Heraldry Publications Canada, Allan Ailo & Carl Larsen Illustrations Copyright © 2016 Allan Ailo ISBN 978-0-9947785-1-2 This book, and subsequent editions, may be downloaded from the website of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada – www.heraldry.ca The authors dedicate this book to Robert Douglas Watt, LVO, FRHSC, AIH, FHS (Hon), BA (Hon), MA, Rideau Herald Emeritus, first Chief Herald of Canada, who early recognized the need for a source of reference for civic governments interested in including, or better utilizing, official heraldry in their visual identity programs. Acknowledgements Thanks in particular to Bruce Patterson, Deputy Chief Herald of Canada, for creating the blazon (the heraldic description of the arms for the fictional city of Poplarville used in this book), the FAQs in Part I, as well as for providing other invaluable assistance to the authors. Special thanks also to Catherine Fitzpatrick, Coppermine Herald and Assistant Artist of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, for her original painting of the Poplarville Arms illustrated on pages 9 and 15. All rights reserved. Without limiting rights under copyright reserved above, this publication, in whole or as individual pages, may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted by any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise) by municipal authorities for reference or by individuals for personal reference or noncommercial educational purposes only. This publication may not be reproduced in any form, in whole or in part, for sale or other commercial purposes without the prior written permission of the copyright owners. 1 Table of Contents Foreword by the Chief Herald of Canada 3 Introduction 3 Part I - Municipal Heraldry in Canada: Frequently Asked Questions 4 Frequently Asked Questions 5 Part II - Applying Municipal Heraldry 12 City of Poplarville Visual Identity Manual 13 Message from the Mayor 14 The Heraldic Emblems of Poplarville 15 The Wordmark 16 Mayoral Chain of Office 20 Municipal Seal 21 Stationery & Business Cards 22 Proclamations, Scrolls & Letters of Greeting 24 The Website 25 Signage - City Hall, Streets & Highway 26 Coat of Arms as Decoration 27 Other Flags & Their Uses 28 Vehicles 29 Uniforms & Name Tags 30 Branded Municipal Merchandise 33 Branded Commercial Merchandise 36 2 Foreword by the Introduction Chief Herald of Canada The creation of coats of arms, flags and badges This book is intended as a resource for for Canadian municipalities is a particularly municipalities across Canada that wish to important aspect of the work of the Canadian enhance their visual identity programs. For Heraldic Authority. Municipal heraldry has the those who are already using coats of arms and potential to be the most visible type of heraldry other heraldic emblems from the Canadian we create. Heraldic Authority, we hope you will find some new ideas you can put to good use. For those Allan Ailo and Carl Larsen have rendered a who are not yet using Canadian heraldry, you g r e at s er vic e by t he c r ea tion of t his will find information on how to obtain an official introduction to the use of heraldry by Canadian coat of arms, flag and other heraldic emblems municipalities, which includes a guide to the and see how they can be used to your best arms of a fictional municipality. The number of advantage. ideas they have developed for applying heraldry to the daily work of a municipality is We have created a fictional Canadian city i m p r e s s i v e a n d s h o w s t h e r a n g e o f called Poplarville, and much of the book possibilities for a municipal coat of arms. illustrates what the city has done with its newly granted coat of arms and flag to create a This guide will be of interest to officials in dynamic visual identity. municipalities that have been granted armorial bearings, and to those in municipalities For convenience, we have divided the book considering a grant and wondering whether into two parts. Part I consists of Frequently heraldic emblems can meet their corporate Asked Questions about municipal heraldry, identity needs. and t he answer s ar e i l l ust rat ed using Poplarville’s coat of arms and flag. Part II takes As Chief Herald of Canada, I am delighted to the form of Poplarville’s Visual Identity Manual welcome the publication of this guide, and I that demonstrates many of the ways in which know it will be a valuable resource for the coat of arms, flag and badge can be used. municipalities for many years to come. You should feel free to adopt or adapt any ideas we present to meet your specific needs. Claire Boudreau We welcome your comments and suggestions Chief Herald of Canada for future editions, which can be forwarded to Rideau Hall [email protected]. Carl Larsen Allan Ailo Port Coquitlam New Westminster A Municipal Coat of Arms: Using Canadian Heraldry in Your Visual Identity Program Copyright © A. Ailo & C. Larsen 2015 3 Part I Municipal Heraldry in Canada: Frequently Asked Questions Part I consists of fifteen Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) touching on important aspects of municipal heraldry, and illustrates the answers with the heraldic emblems of the fictional City of Poplarville. 4 Frequently Asked Questions 1. How do we obtain a grant of arms? What follows is a brief summary of the process to obtain a coat of arms from the Canadian Heraldic Authority, which is part of the Governor General’s office. The Canadian Heraldic Authority exercises the royal prerogative for heraldry in Canada, which means this responsibility is delegated from The Queen. 1. The Petition 3. Preliminary Artwork The first step in obtaining a coat of arms in Canada is to Once the municipality and the Chief Herald have agreed petition (or make a request to) the Chief Herald of Canada, on a design, it is sent to a heraldic artist, who prepares a who is the chief officer at the Canadian Heraldic Authority. preliminary version of the illustration. This will give the The petition is a simple letter requesting a grant of arms. It municipality an opportunity to see what the coat of arms needs to be accompanied by an annual report, some will look like, and, if required, to make suggestions or historical and other background information, a copy of the changes. document (such as an act of incorporation) by which the municipality was legally created, and a resolution from the municipal council authorizing the process. 4. The Grant Document The grant document is then prepared: the illustration is Further information can be found on the website of the painted by hand, and the text of the grant is printed out or Governor General of Canada. inscribed in calligraphy. The document is sealed, signed by the senior heraldic officers and photographed before 2. The Design Concept being sent to the municipality. In the design phase, one of the heralds of the Canadian Once the grant has been finalized, details will be recorded Heraldic Authority works with a representative or a special in the online Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of committee of the municipality in determining the design of Canada. the coat of arms. The municipality will need to consider Details about timelines, costs and other considerations what references it would like to make in the coat of arms, can be found on the Governor General’s website, and the herald is responsible for putting these in an original www.gg.ca. and meaningful form. 2. What is the grant document (Letters Patent)? The Letters Patent is the illustrated document by which a coat of arms and other heraldic emblems MELIO S R MELIO E are assigned to a municipality by the Chief Herald S R T E E E M T M N N A P A A P R A T R E T R E D R I I A D S I I A M of Canada. It is the culmination of the creation E S D M E process for new heraldic emblems. D The document is meant to be seen, so it should be these presents shall come or whom the same may in any way verront les presentes ou que les presentes concernent SALUT cr cr z z concern, GREETINGS: BY Claire Boudreau, Chief DE la part de Claire Boudreau, Heraut d’armes du Canada: Herald of Canada WHEREAS a request that armorial CONSIDERANT QU’ une demande de concession framed and displayed prominently. bearings be granted has been cr cr x z z received from the d’emblemes heraldique a ete redu la Ville de POPLARVILLE, City of Poplarville, British Columbia AND WHEREAS a Columbie Britannique ET CONSIDERANT QUE c cr cr z z warrant has been issued by the Deputy Chief Herald This column contains the French wording. A mare usque ad authorizing this grant c x xc z NOW KNOW YOU that mare, Splendor Sine Occasu, fiat lux, tempus fugit, ars longa When framing the document, the matte and other pursant to the authority invested in His Excellency David vita brevis, Industria et Fidelitas, omnia vincit amor x cx cx Johnston C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D.
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