The coat of arms of Quebec (armoiries du Québec) was adopted by order-in-council of the Government of Quebec on 9 December 1939,[1] replacing the arms assigned by royal warrant of Queen Victoria on 26 May 1868.
[2] The shield is divided into three horizontal fields: The shield is surmounted by the Tudor Crown and accompanied by a silver scroll bearing the province's motto, Je me souviens (French for 'I remember').
The blazon is: Arms were first granted to the province in 1868 by Queen Victoria.
They were blazoned as follows: However, in 1939, the Quebec government adopted arms by order-in-council, replacing the two blue fleurs-de-lis on the golden field with the royal arms of France Modern in chief.
Quebec is the only Canadian province to have adopted arms by its own authority.