arms or heraldic devices of all prior municipalities, including the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. The coats of arms for the current City of Toronto government, the former City of Scarborough, and the former City of York are registered in the Canadian Heraldic Authority's Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada. The former City of York was the only former municipality in Metropolitan Toronto to have a motto in Latin, while the mottoes of the other municipalities were in English. Toronto The former City of Toronto had a coat of arms prior to amalgamation in 1998. The shield consisted of four quarters separated by a white cross charged with a red maple leaf. The first quarter was red and charged with three golden lions as an allusion to the coat of arms of England, the second quarter was blue with a white stylized rose to allude to York, the third quarter was blue with a white cog wheel for industry, and the fourth quarter displayed a steam boat in gold on red to represent the importance of the lake and waterways in and around the city. The crest was a beaver atop a gold mural crown; the mural crown represents Fort York. The supporters were a First Nations warrior (likely representing the local Mississaugas) with a bow (on the viewer's left), and the personification of Britannia with trident and shield painted with the Union Jack (on the viewer's right). The motto was "Industry, Intelligence, Integrity". In an earlier version of the arms, a beaver was shown in place of the white rose, and a sheaf of wheat instead of the cog wheel. In addition, the First Nations supporter in the earlier coat of arms was a Chief holding an axe, and both supporters were facing directly across to one another. The heraldic badge of HMCS Toronto features the crest of the former City of Toronto. In 1997, the Canadian Heraldic Authority created a prototype for Amalgamated Toronto's new coat of arms. It consisted of a golden shield with 3 wavy shapes thereon, with a green disc consisting of a coronet that contained triliums and a maple leaf; the 3 Golden and 3 Blue shapes represented the 6 municipalities (East York, Etobicoke, North York, Old Toronto, Scarborough, and York) brought together to form the new City of Toronto. The Trilliums upon the coronet represented Toronto's place in Ontario as the