DESCRIPTION
	The basic colors of the shield are blue and silver, with three red chevrons. Directly above the chevrons is a thin field of blue centered by a Nordic cross flanked by four silver rings. To one side, on a white field, is a blue fleur-de-lis and, on the other, a green maple leaf. Beneath the chevrons, on a blue field, is a descending anchor surmounted by a quartering axe, the shaft of which passes through a spoked ship’s wheel, all of these figures in silver. Above the shield is a knight’s helmet and blue and silver valances. The shield is topped by a blue and silver strip surmounted by three laurel branches. At the summit, a silver sash bears the family name: Le Normand.
The coat of arms is a reflection of the patronymic, Le Normand, or man of the North; our common ancestor, Jean, and his three sons, Jean, Charles and Joseph; their wives, and the fields of labour of our ancestors and their descendants. The Nordic cross recalls the Normands, men of the North, and the four rings represent the wives and mothers of the family. The fleur-de-lis is symbolic of our French origins and the maple leaf represents New France in America. The three chevrons are taken from the arms of Perche, the French province from whose soil sprang Jean Le Normand. The quartering axe represents our ancestral woodsmen, carpenters and others. The anchor stands for our seamen and the ship’s wheel for those in the technological trades. The Motto « Building With Courage » The motto, inscribed on a silver sash beneath the coat of arms, concisely expresses the aspirations of Jean Le Normand and his wife, Anne Le Laboureur. «Building With Courage» strongly affirms the involvement of the Normands and members of the association in all areas of family, social and economic life. The verb «to build» is a verb of action. It means both setting goals and finding ways to accomplish them. It is conjugated in the present tense in order to suggest that the spirit that animated the Normands of the past is alive today in their descendants, and will be equally so in the future. The expression «with courage» implies both an attitude and a moral strength, reflecting conviction and determination. The motto helps pull together the symbols -- the Nordic cross, the three chevrons, the fleur-de-lis, the maple leaf, the four rings, the axe, the ship’s wheel and the anchor -- and colors of the coat of arms in evoking the origins and the fields of labour of the family’s men and women.