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OCR: 1868 ] In May 1868, a royal warrant granted Arms to the four provinces of Canada and stipulated that the Great Seal of Canada was to be the Arms of the four provinces quartered on a shield. Without proper authorization, these quartered Arms came to be regarded popularly as the Arms of Canada and were used as a national symbol.