Provincial capital, and the Maple Leaf represented Toronto's place in Canada as Canada's largest city. The crest, almost identical to the former city crest, was a beaver atop a mural crown holding an ear of wheat. The supporters were hybrids between a Lion, an Ocelot, a Tiger, and a Dragon, as these were the 4 animals that the City of Toronto polled people on what animals they would like to see on the city arms. These hybrid supporters ultimately got the arms rejected by the Toronto City Council. The compartment, 3 wavy lines emptying into a watery base, is the same as the current compartment used by the City of Toronto, and represented the Humber, Don, and Rouge Rivers flowing into Lake Ontario. The motto, STRONGER IN UNITY, refers to the multicultural dimension of the city and to the six municipalities that formed what is now the City of Toronto. East York The Borough of East York's armorial device was designed by Harry Faulks, a resident of Leaside. It was selected by the Borough in 1967 and consisted of the following elements: Arms: Gules a rose Argent barbed Vert and seeded Or, in a chief of the second and between two maple leaves of the third a beaver proper. Crest: A bulldog statant proper. Motto: BOROUGH OF EAST YORK. Etobicoke The City of Etobicoke's coat of arms were granted by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office on 16 November 1977. The armorial bearings consisted of the following items: Arms: Or on a mount Vert a clump of four speckled alders proper. Crest: On a wreath of the colours Or and Vert, a Canadian Mural Crown, embattled of six maple leaves Or masoned and veined Sable. Supporters : On the dexter side a representation of a native Indian of the era, on bended knee holding in the dexter hand a bow all proper, and on the sinister side a figure on bended knee representing Etienne Brule, holding in the sinister hand a musket, all proper. On a compartment consisting of an escroll Argent the name ETOBICOKE, on the dexter side the word TRADITION, and on the sinister the word PROGRESS, all Sable. North York North York's seal was created by Toronto Architect Murray Brown (1885-1958) who was also commissioned in 1922–1923 to design the then-township's first municipal building. Township of North York Bylaw 103, passed 23 December 1923, defined the seal as