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MONTREAL/MONTRÉAL
Province : Quebec
Official blazon
Arms : Argent a cross gules between a fleur de lys azure, a rose slipped and leaved, a thistle slipped and leaved and a trefoil proper, the whole encircled by a wreath of sugar maple and ensigned by a beaver upon a log proper.
Motto: Concordia Salus
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on March 21, 1938.
The cross is derived from the English cross of St. George, but there is also a cross on the main hill, the Mount Royal, in the center of the city. The cross was erected in 1924 and recalls January 6, 1643, when Maisonneuve, the founder of Montréal, kept his promise to carry a wooden cross on Mount Royal if the young colony survived the threat of flooding. Today, the cross stands 30 metres (98 feet) high and when lit, can be seen miles away.
The four symbols in the quarters represent the four main immigrant groups in the early days of the city: the French (fleur-de-lis), British (rose), Scots (thistle) and Irish (trefoil).
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