- On the upper part of the shield rests an golden crown.
- A crowned lion has a collar of Pacific Dogwood flowers, the provincial flower.
- The wapiti stag and the ram (bighorn sheep) represent the union of
the former colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia in 1886.
- Dogwood flowers are below the motto.
- The motto SPLENDOR SINE OCCASU means "spendour without diminishment".
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