Ontario’s Great Seal

E451994

Ontario’s Great Seal is the official emblem used to authenticate important provincial documents and proclamations issued in the name of the Crown in Ontario.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf great seal
official emblem
appliesToJurisdiction Province of Ontario NERFINISHED
associatedWith Executive Council of Ontario NERFINISHED
Government of Ontario NERFINISHED
Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario NERFINISHED
category Provincial symbols of Ontario
Seals of Canada NERFINISHED
confers formal validity to certain provincial instruments
country Canada
custodian Lieutenant Governor of Ontario NERFINISHED
depicts Ontario coat of arms NERFINISHED
royal crown
differentFrom Great Seal of Canada NERFINISHED
Great Seal of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
follows Westminster-style constitutional tradition of great seals
followsEvent Confederation of Canada in 1867 NERFINISHED
hasAuthorityOver documents issued in the name of the Crown in Right of Ontario
hasLanguage English
hasLegalEffect required for some instruments to take effect in law
hasPart Coat of Arms of Ontario NERFINISHED
hasScope provincial government acts
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
inception 1867
isSealedOnBehalfOf King of Canada NERFINISHED
monarch of Canada
legalStatus instrument of the Crown’s prerogative in Ontario
official symbol of the Government of Ontario
partOf symbolic system of the Crown in Canada
regulatedBy Ontario statutes and Orders in Council
replaced use of the Great Seal of the Province of Canada for Ontario matters
symbolizes authority of the Crown in Ontario
sovereign’s authority in the province
usedBy Executive Council of Ontario NERFINISHED
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario NERFINISHED
usedFor authentication of commissions
authentication of important provincial documents
authentication of letters patent
authentication of other official instruments
authentication of proclamations
usedIn appointments to public office
commissions of inquiry
land grants and patents
orders in council
proclamations of legislation
usedInNameOf the Crown in Right of Ontario NERFINISHED
usedSince 19th century

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Coat of arms of Ontario isDepictedOn Ontario’s Great Seal