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The City of Victoria coat of arms dates to 1962, the centennial year of the city's incorporation. Based on the municipal seal and designed by Alan Beddoe, the coat of arms was initially granted by the heralds of the College of Arms in London, as Canada fell under the purview of the English heralds at that time, and was later registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority in 2005. [1]
Symbol Image Adopted Remarks Provincial Government Social Media Symbol (current): Rising Sun Logo 2017 This symbol is the current logo used by the Province of British Columbia for provincial social media accounts and still has the rising sun, but instead of saying "British Columbia" under the rising sun, it has been changed to only say "BC" and also removed the yellow underline that the ...
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237.
CHEK's first logo, used from 1956 to 1960 CHEK-DT studios at 780 Kings Road in Victoria since 1984. The station first signed on the air on December 1, 1956. Originally operating as a CBC affiliate, it was founded by David Armstrong, owner of local radio station CKDA (1220 AM, now CJZN-FM on 91.3); Armstrong originally applied to assign the CKTV call letters for the station, which was changed ...
Armiger: Charles III in Right of British Columbia: Adopted: 1906, augmented 1987: Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath argent and gules the royal crest of general purpose of our royal predecessor Queen Victoria differenced for us and our successors in right of British Columbia with the lion thereof garlanded about the neck with the provincial flower that is to say the pacific dogwood (Cornus ...
British Columbia [3] Steller's jay: Spirit bear: Pacific salmon: Pacific dogwood: Western redcedar: Jade: Splendor sine occasu (splendour without diminishment) – Manitoba [4] Great grey owl: Plains bison: Walleye: Prairie crocus: White spruce – Gloriosus et liber (glorious and free) Provincial grass: big bluestem, fossil: Tylosaurus ...
The flag of Victoria, British Columbia, is light blue with the city's city's coat of arms in the centre. [1] The flag was adopted in 1966 by the city council. [2] An alternate flag is sometimes seen, which consists of the city's official wordmark on a white field.
The flag of British Columbia is based upon the 1906 arms of the province, designed by Arthur John Beanlands, the canon of Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria. [1] Originally, the arms featured the Union Flag on the bottom. This was changed as it conflicted with the expression "The sun never sets on the British Empire."