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The municipality of Saint-Boniface (4,800 inhabitants, 112 km²).
Formerly, before 2003, Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan.
Olivier
Touzeau, 4 November 2019
White flag with coat-of-arms and the words "MUNICIPALITE" above and
"SAINT-BONIFACE" below.
The same flag can be seen in front of the seat of
the municipality:
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.5034148,-72.8302227,3a,75y,265.86h,106.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sv5aV376H4CI1sVdbiY5IDw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Olivier
Touzeau, 4 November 2019
The arms of Saint-Boniface are "Argent a chevron gules surrounded in chief by
two crosses trefoiled of the same and in base by an oak vert fructed pr. The
shield surrounded by two branches of maple leaved vert crossed in base in
saltire and tied by a ribbon gules holding a scroll argent inscribed 'TOUT POUR
LE BIEN, RIEN POUR LE MAL' [Everything for Good, Nothing for Evil].
The
field argent recalls the purity of the ancestors and their commitment to work.
Argent also represents the Shawinigan waterfall. The chevron is taken from the
family arms of His Grace Thomas Cooke (1792-1870), first bishop of
Trois-Rivières (1852-1870). The crosses of Saint Maurice indicate that
Saint-Boniface is located in Saint-Maurice County. The oak symbolizes the
pioneers' generosity and determination. The oak is also the symbol of the patron
saint, St. Boniface, apostle of Germany.
https://municipalitesaint-boniface.ca/index.php/armoiries/
Municipal
website
Thomas Cooke's chevron recalls the role of the bishop in the
foundation of the village.
The bishop commissioned in 1852 Joseph-Élie-Sylvestre
Sirois-Duplessis, parish priest of Saint-Barnabé, to select a place to erect a
cross. A chapel was erected next year, where the priest celebrated a first mass.
Vicar René-Alfred Noiseux, from Trois-Rivières, was appointed parish priest of
Saint-Boniface in 1855.
In 1857, the bishop had to settle the dispute between
the inhabitants of different parts of the settlement, who all wanted the church
to be built nearby (at the time, new settlements quickly increased close to the
new churches). The parish of Saint-Boniface de Shawénégan was canonically
erected on 3 February 1859.
https://municipalitesaint-boniface.ca/index.php/armoiries/une-page-dhistoire-de-saint-boniface/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2019