You can purchase lapel pins of the Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot coat of arms.
Price:
$5.00 for one pin sent by mail
$3.00 for one pin, in person at the City Hall.
| The Coat of Arms: The Heraldry |
On an azure blue background, a wind mill with four golden blades turning in the breeze, set on a green island floating in silver waves of azure water, and accompanied in the upper left quadrant by a rising crescent, mirrored on itself, and in the upper right quadrant, a golden ring.
Crowned by a golden Queen's diadem set with rubies and sapphires over a mesh of gold and azure.
| Explanation of the Symbols |
The golden diadem
The induction of Notre-Dame de la Garde (Our Lady of Protection) into the parish church on June 20, 1849.
The azure background
From the name of the Municipality Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot built on January 1, 1948.
The rising silver crescent
A symbol of progress, from the Coat of Arms of Steward Jean Talon, who granted the Seigneurie of the island to François-Marie Perrot, October 29, 1672.
The mirrored silver crescent
From the Coat of Arms of François-Marie Perrot, Seigneur de l'Île de 1672 à 1684.
The golden ring
Sainte-Jeanne, Françoise Frémyot, Baronne de Chantal (1572-1641), patron of the parochial church (1786). She gave three beggars the ring of her husband, who was accidentally killed in a hunt (1600).
The wind mill with 4 golden blades
For the original wind mill (1705-1708), le Domaine (1703), the old municipality and the Pointe-du-Moulin Historic Park (1978).
Motto: "CHANTE TON ÎLE"
From the family name Chantal, "sing" and the beauty of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot.
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