The King's Arms in Right of Prince Edward Island | |
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Versions | |
Armiger | Charles III in Right of Prince Edward Island |
Adopted | 13 December 2002 |
Crest | On a grassy mount a blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) reguardant crowned with the Royal Crown and bearing in its beak a leaf of the red oak tree (Quercus rubra L.) fructed proper; |
Shield | Argent on an island Vert, to the sinister an oak tree fructed, to the dexter thereof three oak saplings sprouting all proper, on a chief Gules a lion passant guardant Or; |
Supporters | Two foxes (Vulpes fulva) Sable embellished Argent, that to the dexter gorged with a collar of potato blossoms proper, that to the sinister gorged with a length of fishnet Argent |
Compartment | A mount Vert set with a Mi'kmaq star Azure between lady's slipper flowers (Cypripedium acaule), red roses, thistles, shamrocks and white garden lilies proper; |
Motto | Parva sub ingenti The small under the protection of the great |
The coat of arms of Prince Edward Island, officially the King's Arms in Right of Prince Edward Island,[1] are the coat of arms of Prince Edward Island, being the arms of King Charles III in right of the province. They were created when the shield and motto in the achievement were granted in 1905 by royal warrant from King Edward VII. The latest iteration was given by the Canadian Heraldic Authority in 2002.