Coat of arms of Ottawa

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Coat of Arms of Ottawa.

The Coat of arms of Ottawa was presented to the municipality of Ottawa by Vincent Massey on October 20, 1954.^[1] The blazon for the coat of arms of Ottawa is as follows:

Arms Argent a cross wavy Azure charged with a like cross Argent between in the first quarter the Royal Crown proper and in the fourth quarter a maple leaf Gules on a chief also Gules an astrolabe Argent between to the dexter two arrows in saltire points upwards Argent surmounted by an Indian canoe paddle erect Or and to the sinister a spade and pick axe in saltire Argent surmounted by a grenade Or fired proper;

Crest A white pine fructed proper charged with a bezant thereon an oak tree eradicated and fructed proper;

Supporters On a grassy mound strewn with white pine cones dexter a timber trimmer of the date 1850 holding in the exterior hand a trimming axe head downwards and on the sinister an officer of the Civil Service Rifle Regiment all proper;

Motto ADVANCE OTTAWA EN AVANT;