File:Coat of arms of Canada.svg

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Description	This is the coat of arms of Canada as used by the Canadian state, under Canadian crown copyright. The arms currently in use were 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 here and here). The present design was approved in 1994.
Source	This is the official rendition of the coat of arms of Canada. It was converted to PNG by Fibonacci and then converted to SVG by Zscout370.
Author	Government of Canada
Portion used	The entire coat of arms is used.
Low resolution?	It's an SVG file.
Other information	This coat of arms is subject to Canadian crown copyright. The Trademarks Act, chapter T-13, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, s. 9, protects the Coat of arms of Canada against unauthorized commercial use.

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Article	Coat of arms of Canada
Purpose of use	It is used for purposes of illustration in an educational article about the Coat of 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.
Replaceable?	This is the official version of the coat of arms of Canada designed by the Canadian Heraldic Authority, and used by the Canadian state. It is under Canadian crown copyright and other restrictions including articles of the Paris Convention. A new artistic rendition of the coat of arms of Canada based on its blazon might suffice for some purposes, but would fail to show the comparisons of various features in the official rendition as discussed in the Coat of arms of Canada article. Use, unaltered, in a non-commercial, educational context is specifically allowed by the Canadian government.

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This is a representation of a government, military, regimental, family, or other symbol such as a flag, seal, emblem, coat of arms or crest. This symbol may be copyrighted by its holder. As well, it is known that the representation of this symbol is either copyrighted by the holder of the symbol or is not available under a free licence. There may also be other restrictions on reproduction, including but not limited to article 6ter of the Paris Convention. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such symbols

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on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content.
Fair use

This work is protected by Canadian Crown copyright. Limitations on its distribution are defined at the original site of publication, and are not altered by its reproduction here. Those terms may include, but may not be limited to, its reproduction being accurate, free of charge in any format or medium, and not used in a misleading context. The source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.

Thus, this is a non-free license for the purpose of Wikipedia, as modification is not permitted. However, it is believed that the use of this work:

To illustrate the object in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.
Fair use

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	09:14, 28 April 2018		149 × 200 (255 KB)	JoKalliauer (talk \| contribs)	reduced file size
	19:35, 21 January 2011	No thumbnail	447 × 600 (736 KB)	Zscout370 (talk \| contribs)	Reduce code

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