Visual identity

The Town of Mount Royal coat of arms comprises several symbolic elements.

  • The royal crown, of French origin, is enclosed in the top panel and blazoned with fleurons.
  • The two heraldic roses, of English origin, are stylized wild roses with two rows of five petals separated by pointed sepals.
  • The stylized mountain represents the Town’s geographical location at the foot of Mount Royal.
  • The outline of the shield ending in a point recalls the shape of the shields of ancient Greece and Rome.
  • Inscribed on the scroll beneath the shield, the motto “Regium Donum” means “gift of the king.”

Together these components form the official coat of arms of Town of Mount Royal and symbolize our ancestral attachment. Town of Mount Royal’s official signature includes the coat of arms as well as the Town’s name in French and English.

However, the signature we know today was not always the one used to represent the Town.

A tunnel under the mountain

When it was founded, the Town identified itself with a seal featuring a far more literal illustration of its origins than today’s coat of arms. On the seal appeared not only the famous tunnel dug under Mount Royal but also a swing plough, an agricultural implement that recalled the former vocation of the land on which the Town was built, some of the most fertile and prosperous in the Montreal area at the time. Town of Mount Royal chose the symbol to proudly display its support of progress and industrial development.

The first coat of arms, adopted in 1944

Town of Mount Royal’s coat of arms was created in the 1940s by a heraldry specialist, the late Victor Morin. On June 19, 1944, the members of Town Council adopted the coat of arms whose overall composition was basically the same as the current coat of arms but with more detailed and less stylized graphic elements. The description reads: “Argent; mount vert with two rose gules, stemmed and leaved vert; a chief azure charged with a royal crown or. MOTTO: REGIUM DONUM.”

The current coat of arms

In 1993, the members of Town Council voted to refresh the Town’s signature and implement a set of graphic standards. The coat of arms was simplified, the better to represent the Town’s dynamism and development. Today, Town of Mount Royal continues to comply with the established rules regarding the using of its signature in order to maintain this coherent, uniform and evocative image.