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|Description = Coat of arms of Canada. The present design of the arms of Canada was drawn by Cathy Bursey-Sabourin, Fraser Herald at the Canadian Heraldic Authority, office of the Governor General of Canada, and faithfully depicts the arms described in the words of the Royal Proclamation dated November 21, 1921 (see details [https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/official-symbols-canada.html#a1 here] and [https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/3454 here]). The present design was approved in 1994.
|Source = Official rendition of the coat of arms of Canada. Converted to PNG by Fibonacci and then converted to svg by Zscout370.
|Portion = Whole coat of arms
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|other_information = Copyright 1994 Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada [http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/symbl/arm1-eng.cfm#a1]; held under Crown Copyright.
The Trademarks Act, chapter T-13, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, s. 9, protects the Arms of Canada against unauthorized commercial use [http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/symbl/arm3-eng.cfm]. To obtain permission to use the arms of Canada commercially, see the previous link.
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|Article = Coat of arms of Canada
|Purpose = Used for purposes of illustration in an educational article about the Arms of Canada. This image illustrates the use of traditional French and British motifs, as well specific Canadian symbols, in a coat of arms designed by the Canadian Heraldic Authority. As heraldry is a visual medium, the reader's understanding of the subject matter is enhanced by an image depicting how French, British and Canadian motifs are melded together into a specifically Canadian design.
|Replaceability = This is the only coat of arms of Canada designed by the Canadian Heraldic Authority, protected by copyright and other restrictions including articles of the Paris Convention. A new, free artistic rendition of the coat of arms of Canada might suffice for some purposes, but would fail to show the comparisons of various features in the official rendition as discussed in the Arms of Canada article. Use, unaltered, in a non-commercial, educational context is specifically allowed by the Canadian government.
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Licensing
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{{Do not move to Commons|reason=Copyrighted in the United States until 2045. In addition, the protection period for Canadian Crown copyright works is 50 years, which applies to all countries in the world.}}