The armorial of Canadian universities is the collection of coats of arms of universities in Canada. Approximately 60 Canadian universities have their own coats of arms. Coats of arms are designed to represent the history and values of the institutions they represent and are used as a brand image for the university. Canadian coats of arms often incorporate First Nations symbolism.
Coats of arms include a number of elements or parts (e.g., Escutcheon, Crest, Supporters, Badge). Some also include a motto, although this may be used separately from the coat of arms. Detailed information about the coats of arms of Canadian universities is listed on the Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges.
Alberta
Image Blazon Alberta, matriculated 31 May 1994 Escutcheon: Vert a bar wavy between a base tapissé of ears of wheat and a chief dancetty Or the chief charged with an open book proper bound Vert edged Or. Crest: A Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Proper gorged with a collar per fess dancetty Or and Vert. Supporters: On a grassy mound growing thereon wild roses (Rosa acicularis) dexter a prong-horn antelope (Antilocapra americana) Proper sinister a bear (Ursus americanus) Or each gorged with a collar per fess dancetty Or and Vert. Motto: Quaecumque Vera (Whatsoever Things Are True) Alberta - St. Joseph's, matriculated 4 April 1989 Escutcheon: Per pale Or and Vert issuant from the base a Lily slipped and leaved per pale counterchanged from its opening over all enflamed Proper a bordure per pale to the dexter embattled Vert to the sinister rayonny Or. Crest: A horse passant Vert semé of mullets and crined and unguled Or supporting with the dexter fore leg a spray of Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis) flowered budded slipped and leaved all Proper. Motto: Quaecumque Vera Doce Me (Teach Me Whatsoever Things Are True) Athabasca, matriculated 15 August 2011 Escutcheon: Azure on a Canadian pale Argent a pile reversed throughout Vert. Crest: A demi-bear Azure holding the mace of Athabasca University Proper. Supporters: Two hawks Azure beaked and membered Argent standing on a grassy mount Vert set with poplar leaves Or. Motto: Learning For Life Calgary, matriculated 15 October 2006 Escutcheon: Or a bull’s head caboshed Sable accorné Gules between two flags Gules their staves Sable conjoined in base, on a chief enarched Gules a rose Argent barbed and seeded Vert between two open books Argent bound and edged Or. Motto: MO SHÙILE TOGAM SUAS Grant MacEwan, matriculated 20 May 2010 Escutcheon: Azure on a rose Argent a plate fimbriated Azure. Crest: A sparrow wings elevated and addorsed perched on a walking-staff fesswise Proper. Supporters: Two griffins per fess Azure and Argent beaked and membered Argent standing on a compartment of prairie grass set with wild roses Proper. Motto: Discendo Floremus Badge: On a plate fimbriated Azure a griffin's head erased Azure. Lethbridge, matriculated 20 January 2012 Escutcheon: Azure a sun in splendour Or within an orle Argent. Crest: Issuant from a circlet of wild roses, a closed book proper lying flat bound Azure its spine to the dexter resting thereon an open book proper bound Azure its sinister page surmounted by an eagle’s feather Proper. Supporters: Dexter a pronghorn buck, sinister a mule deer doe, each holding a miner’s lamp and standing on a grassy base set with coulees, a rock and rough fescue Proper. Motto: Fiat Lux Flag: Azure a sun in splendour Or. Mount Royal, matriculated 15 April 2011 Escutcheon: Argent three piles reversed throughout on a chief Azure a mace Or embellished Argent. Crest: A demi-bighorn sheep Or muzzled Argent accorné and unguled Azure its dexter hoof resting on a closed book Proper bound Azure charged with a dove descending Argent. Supporters: Two cougars Or each supporting on the shoulder a mace Azure embellished Argent and standing on a rocky mount Argent. Motto: Quam Bene Non Quantum Flag: Azure a sun in splendour Or. St. Mary's, matriculated 15 November 2013 Escutcheon: Azure a cross Or between 1st and 4th four M majuscules in cross, those in pale Or those in fess Argent, and 2nd and 3rd an open book Argent bound Or. Crest: On a rocky mount an osprey wings displayed proper grasping in the dexter claw a scroll Or. Supporters: Dexter a bison Or accorné and unguled Azure sinister a white-tailed deer Or attired and unguled Azure queued Argent both standing on a mount of prairie grass set with wild roses and garden lilies Proper. Motto: In Lumine Tuo Videbimus Lumen Badge: Four M majuscules in cross those in pale Or those in fess Azure.
British Columbia
Image Blazon British Columbia, matriculated 15 October 2015 Escutcheon: Argent three bars wavy Azure issuant from the base a demi-sun in splendour Proper on a chief Azure an open book Proper edged and buckled Or inscribed in letters Proper TUUM EST, meaning “It Is Yours”. British Columbia - Green, matriculated 15 January 1996 Escutcheon: Vert in base three bars wavy Or on a chief sapiné Or a roundel per pale embattled Argent and Vert between two open books Argent bound and clasped Vert. Crest: Issuant from a circlet of roses Or alternating with dogwood flowers Argent two demi cougars respectant Or grasping a staff Vert flying therefrom to the sinister a banner Azure charged with a representation of the globe videlicet a sphere with lines of latitude and longitude Or. Motto: Ideas And Friendship British Columbia - Peter A. Allard Law, matriculated 9 November 1992 Escutcheon: Purpure a griffin rampant holding with the dexter forepaw a sword and with the sinister forepaw scales of justice all Argent. Crest: An open book Proper bound Purpure displaying on the dexter page an escutcheon of the arms of the University of British Columbia. Motto: Fiat Justitia Ruat Coelum (Let Justice Be Done Though The Heavens Fall) British Columbia Institute of Technology, matriculated 29 February 1996 Escutcheon: Per pale embattled Azure and Argent on a chief Gules a cogwheel charged with an open compass between dexter a bezant and sinister a rod of Aesculapius all Or within a bordure per pale embattled Argent and Azure charged with four billets bretessed counterchanged. Crest: Issuant from a circlet of dogwood flowers Argent seeded Or leaved Vert an eagle Or head Argent beak Or issuant between its wings elevated and addorsed a torch Gules enflamed Or. Supporters: On a grassy mound Vert above barry wavy Argent and Azure on either side a cougar Azure armed and langued Gules winged Or. Motto: Quisque Dominus Summi Flag: Per pale embattled Azure and Argent an escutcheon of the Arms. Badge: On a hurt between four dogwood flowers Argent seeded Or an eagle Or head Argent beak Or issuant between its wings elevated and addorsed a torch Gules enflamed Or. Capilano, matriculated 15 September 2010 Escutcheon: Argent a salmon hauriant contourné Azure embellished Argent in the Coast Salish style above a barrulet wavy Azure a chief indented of two Bleu Céleste. Crest: A stack of two books Argent bound Azure their spines to the dexter flanked by dogwood flowers and maple leaves Argent. Supporters: Two bears Azure winged Bleu Céleste, both standing on a rocky mount Proper. Motto: Through Learning To A Greater Good Badge: A salmon hauriant contourné Azure embellished Argent in the Coast Salish style. Emily Carr, matriculated 15 August 2008 Escutcheon: Azure six piles reversed throughout Argent three in bend meeting in point three in bend sinister meeting in point all counterchanged. Crest: Issuant from flames a Coast Salish spindle whorl charged with a raven all Argent embellished Azure. Supporters: Two crows Azure standing on a rock Argent above barry wavy Argent and Azure. Motto: Eye Mind And Hand Badge: A Javanese monkey sejant affronty Azure holding a billet Argent. Kwantlen, matriculated 4 May 1999 Escutcheon: Azure an escutcheon Argent featuring the spirit of Kwantlen emblem comprising a wolf a salmon and a river Azure as styled by Brandon Gabriel between in chief dexter a lion sinister a tiger respectant rampant and in base dexter a jaguar and sinister a Chinese dragon rampant respectant all Or in centre chief an open book Argent bound and charged with a billet in fess bretessed Or. Crest: A coronet the upper rim set with four salmon respectant two and two Argent. Supporters: On a grassy mound Vert set with Douglas fir cones Or rising above barry wavy Azure and Argent dexter a doe Or unguled Azure queued of a fish tail Argent fins Or gorged with a wreath Argent and Azure pendant therefrom a pommeis charged with an open book Argent bound Or sinister an eagle Or head Argent armed and beaked Azure gorged with a like wreath pendant therefrom a pommeis charged with a billet in fess bretessed Or. Motto: Through Tireless Effort Knowledge And Understanding Badge: The spirit of Kwantlen emblem as described in the Arms. Malaspina, matriculated 20 May 1995 Escutcheon: Or over three barrulets wavy Azure in base a representation of a Spanish corbeta tempore 1790 Azure sails Argent edged Gules on a chief dancetty Azure four open books Argent bound Or. Crest: Issuant from a Salish canoe Gules a demi-sun in splendour Or. Supporters: On a grassy mount set with fir trees Vert in front of mountains proper crested Argent all rising above barry wavy Argent and Azure two eagles Or heads Argent wings elevated and addorsed Azure. Motto: Discoveries In Education Flag: Azure between four open books in pale Argent bound Or a Canadian pale Or bearing in chief a Salish canoe Gules issuant therefrom a demi-sun in splendour Or fimbriated Gules and in base a representation of a Spanish corbeta as in the Arms. Badge: A sun in splendour Or charged with a representation of a Spanish corbeta as in the Arms. Northern British Columbia, matriculated 21 March 1994 Escutcheon: Vert a coniferous tree eradicated Or on a chief also Or an open book proper bound Sable between two ravens respectant also Sable. Crest: Rising from a circlet of maple leaves snowflakes and dogwood flowers set alternately all Argent a wave Azure leaping therefrom a salmon as styled by Ron Sebastian. Supporters: Upon a compartment rising above barry wavy Argent and Azure charged with a killer whale as styled by Ron Sebastian per pale dexter a forest Vert beneath mountain peaks Argent sinister a field of ears of grain Or embellished Vert dexter a female kermodei bear (Ursus americanus kermodei) Or chested Argent gorged with a collar of conifer branches Vert fructed Or sinister a woodland caribou buck (Rangifer tarandus caribou) Or gorged with a like collar. Motto: EN CHA HUNÁ (Respecting All Forms Of Life) Flag: A banner of the Arms the three sides of the fly bordered Vert and Or. Badge: A sun in splendour Argent charged with a stellar jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) wings displayed Azure. Royal Roads, matriculated 24 March 1998 Escutcheon: Azure a demi sun in splendour Argent issuant from an embattled wall Azure masoned Argent thereon a book expanded also Argent edged Gules. Crest: Rising out of a mural crown Azure masoned Argent three maple leaves conjoined on one stem Gules. Supporters: Upon a grassy mound rising above barry wavy Argent and Azure dexter a cougar Argent armed and langued Gules holding in the interior paw a representation of the Royal Crown proper and sinister a Chinese dragon Argent armed and langued Gules holding in the interior talons an anchor Or. Motto: HUĆIST TŦE S,HELI ŁTE (Living Our Learning) Simon Fraser, matriculated 20 April 2007 Escutcheon: Quarterly, first and fourth Azure three fraises Argent, second and third Argent three antique crowns Gules, all within a bordure quarterly Argent and Gules, on a chief Gules an open book proper bound and edged Or between two cross crosslets fitché Or. Motto: NOUS SOMMES PRÊTS Thompson Rivers, matriculated 1 April 2005 Escutcheon: Azure a sun in splendour encircled by an annulus wavy Argent. Crest: A demi bear Azure winged Argent issuant from a coronet set with fish embowed respectant Argent.