Editing Monarchy of Canada (section)

===Arms===<!-- ONLY THE OFFICIAL 1957 ARMS TO BE USED: Only the last official rendition from 1957 which is free for use should be used. The more recent 1994 emblem is still subject to copyright and will be automatically removed. -->
{{Main|Arms of Canada|Royal standards of Canada}}
[[File:Royal Standard of Canada.svg|thumb|The [[Royal standards of Canada|Sovereign's Flag for Canada]] employing the shield of the royal arms in banner form]]

The [[Arms of Canada|Arms of His Majesty the King in Right of Canada]] is the [[arms of dominion]] of the Canadian monarch and, thus, equally the official [[coat of arms]] of Canada{{Sfn|Tidridge|2011|p=71}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://canadiancrown.gc.ca/eng/1396525887776 |author=Department of Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada |title=Canadian Flags of the Royal Family |date=2 October 2014 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=9 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102234745/http://canadiancrown.gc.ca/eng/1396525887776 |archive-date=2 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and a symbol of [[Canadian sovereignty|national sovereignty]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Swann |first=Conrad |title=Canada Symbols of Sovereignty: An investigation of the arms and seals borne from the earliest times to the present in connection with public authority in and over Canada. along with consideration of some connected flags |chapter=Chapter I, Arms of dominion and sovereignty and public authority |location=Toronto |publisher=University of Toronto Press}}</ref> It is closely modelled after the [[royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom]], with French and distinctive Canadian elements replacing or added to those derived from the British version, which was employed in Canada before the granting of the Canadian arms in 1921.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Use of Non-Traditional Evidence: A case study using heraldry to examine competing theories for Canada's Confederation |first=Bruce M. |last=Hicks |journal=British Journal of Canadian Studies |date=2010 |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=87–117 |doi=10.3828/bjcs.2010.5 |issn=0269-9222}}</ref>

The [[Royal standards of Canada|royal standard]] is the monarch's official flag, which depicts the royal arms in [[Banner of arms|banner form]].<ref name=CHA>{{Citation |url=http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project-pic.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=518&ProjectElementID=1811 |author=Office of the Governor General of Canada: Canadian Heraldic Authority |title=Public Register of Arms, Flags, and Badges > Registration of the Flag of Her Majesty the Queen for personal use in Canada |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=22 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921080127/http://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project-pic.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=518&ProjectElementID=1811 |archive-date=21 September 2013}}</ref> It takes precedence above all other flags in Canada—including the [[Flag of Canada|national flag]] and those of the other members of the royal family<ref name=DCHMon/>—and is typically flown from buildings, vessels, and vehicles in which the sovereign is present (although exceptions have been made for its use when the monarch is not in attendance). The royal standard is never flown at half-mast because there is always a sovereign: when one dies, his or her successor becomes the sovereign instantly. Elements of the royal arms have also been incorporated into the [[Flag of the governor general of Canada|governor general's flag]]; similarly, the [[Flags of the lieutenant governors of Canada|flags of the lieutenant governors]] employ the shields of the relevant provincial coat of arms.