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The Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of
Canada contains the heraldic emblems that have been granted,
registered, approved or confirmed by the Canadian Heraldic Authority
since its inception on June 4, 1988. In 2005, the Canadian Heraldic
Authority began the process of creating a digital version of the register available
online. Though the online register will eventually contain all of
the emblems in the actual register, it currently contains only
those emblems granted during the term of Governor General Adrienne
Clarkson. This includes pages 1 to 100 of Volume III and pages
2 to 420 of Volume IV.
Completed grant documents are recorded in the Public
Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada, and the
notice of the grant is published in the Canada
Gazette, Part I, under the section "Government House." The
Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada is divided up
in volumes, with each volume being reserved for each serving
Governor General since 1988. Volume I, from 1988 to 1990, is for
arms granted during the term of Jeanne Sauvé, Volume II, from 1990
to 1995, is reserved for Ramon Hnatyshyn,
Volume III is reserved for Roméo LeBlanc, who served from 1995 to
1999, and Volume IV is reserved for Adrienne Clarkson, 1999-2005. The
current Governor General, Michaëlle Jean, has her grants entered
into Volume V. Requests for registrations of existing arms also
take the form of a "petition", as described above. The CHA will
normally only register existing arms if the petitioner was unable
to petition for a Canadian grant at the time the existing arms were
granted, i.e., the arms of immigrants or arms granted to Canadians
before the creation of the CHA in 1988. In addition, the existing
arms must normally come from a source recognized by the Chief
Herald (e.g. the Chief Herald of Ireland, College of
Arms, Lord Lyon, South African Bureau of
Heraldry, etc.). Registration documents are recorded in the
Public Register, and the notice of the registration is published in
the Gazette. If the petitioner so desires, their design
can be published in the Trade Marks Journal. That can be
arranged through the offices of the Authority, but a separate fee
is required which is paid to the Registrar of Trade Marks.
See also
The Royal Heraldry Society
of Canada
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