Coat of arms of Nunavut
| The Arms of Nunavut | |
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| File:Coat of Arms of Nunavut.png | |
| Adopted | 1999 |
| Crest | On a wreath argent and azure an iglu affronty argent windowed Or and ensigned by the Royal Crown proper; |
| Torse | Argent and azure (white and blue) |
| Shield | On a circular shield: Or dexter a qulliq sable inflamed gules sinister an inuksuk azure on a chief also azure above five bezants in arc reversed issuant from the lower chief a mullet (Niqirtsuituq) Or |
| Supporters | dexter a caribou sinister a narwhal both proper |
| Compartment | dexter of land set with arctic poppies, dwarf fireweed and Arctic heather proper sinister ice floes argent set on barry wavy azure and argent |
| Motto | and for a Motto: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᕗᑦ, meaning "Nunavut Our Strength"; |
The Coat of Arms of the Territory of Nunavut was granted by a warrant of Roméo LeBlanc, Governor General of Canada, dated March 31, 1999, one day before the territory of Nunavut, Canada was created. The same document specified the flag of Nunavut.
Blazon
Heraldic blazon describes the coat of arms of Nunavut as:
- On a circular shield: Or dexter a qulliq Sable inflamed Gules sinister an inuksuk Azure on a chief also Azure above five bezants in arc reversed issuant from the lower chief a mullet (Niqirtsuituq) Or;
- And for a Crest: On a wreath Argent and Azure an iglu affronty Argent windowed Or and ensigned by the Royal Crown proper;
- and for a Motto: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᕗᑦ, meaning "Nunavut Our Strength";
- and for Supporters: On a compartment dexter of Land set with Arctic poppies, dwarf fireweed and Arctic heather proper sinister ice floes Argent set on barry wavy Azure and Argent dexter a caribou sinister a narwhal both proper.
See also
- List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols
- Symbols of Nunavut
- Coat of arms of the Northern Territory, for an Australian example of territorial arms reposing heavily on indigenous imagery