Westmount (Quebec)

This is a banner of arms used by the (former-and-more-then-probably-future) city of Westmount.
Marc Pasquin, 12 June 2005

I made this flag based on a description in Beaudoin. Though I never saw a municipal flag flying on Westmount's city hall, I have seen a banner of arms in a building owned by the former Montreal Urban Community in 1999. The arms were granted by the English College of Arms in May 1945 (the first arms granted to a Canadian municipality) and were confirmed by the Canadian Heraldic Authority on February 15 2001. The setting sun on the mountain refers to the name of the city. Two former names of the area are also referred to on the arms: the white roses are a reference to the former municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, of which Westmount was once a part; the raven is a reference to St. Anthony, because Westmount was first incorporated as Côte-Saint-Antoine.

Reference: François Beaudoin, Symboles de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal, Vexilla Belgica, 1982.

Luc Baronian, 9 May 2005