Canada’s coat of arms is an important design that contains highly important symbols, but some of these need to be refreshed. In the initial design, the crest was represented by a lion, but we replaced this symbol with a totem. The totem represents the First Nations people, as the have a strong connection to Canada’s history. However we still decided to keep the crown to represent Canada as a constitutional monarchy that is run by a sovereign. On the right of the totem pole, is the Quebec flag, the Fleurdelisé. We swapped this design for the Canadian flag, as it is widely known across the world. On the contrary we kept the Union Jack ( United Kingdom Flag), because the United Kingdom has played an important role in shaping Canada, and our sovereign resides in the United Kingdom as well. …show more content…
We replaced this animal with the national horse of Canada. This black beauty is unique to Canada because it is the only kind of it's breed and can only be found in this region. Horses are also known as strong and free, which is a strong representation of the Canadian