Share the logos of your neighbourhood, city, province, and so on!

[artvandelay]

The Government of Alberta recently ditched its iconic, modern wordmark:


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for this trendy and generic one:


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EDIT: Here's the 1960s version. I'm not a fan, it's not very polished compared to the others.


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Originally Posted by Rusty van Reddick

I love the logo of Calgary's public art programme:

The correct spelling is program, we are not in the U.K.

[leftimage]

Best coat of arms in Canada imo. Maple leaves a big plus.

edit: consider Toronto's... is that a bird-clawed beaver?

[vid]

Originally Posted by artvandelay

The correct spelling is program, we are not in the U.K.

Thought I am loathe to come to the defence of he, Canadian English does consider the spelling programme to be correct as well. I was taught it that way in school in the 1990s. Only a computer program is always spelled in the shorter way.

I think this is a by-product of bilingualism, as the French word is programme as well.

[artvandelay]

Originally Posted by vid

Thought I am loathe to come to the defence of he, Canadian English does consider the spelling programme to be correct as well. I was taught it that way in school in the 1990s. Only a computer program is always spelled in the shorter way.

True, but programme is so seldom used in Canada that one would think it's incorrect. I consider it similar to the pretentious use of archaic English spellings in order to appear cultured and upscale (see here). I've never been keen on the British and their love for superfluous letters.

[cormiermax]

Originally Posted by artvandelay

The correct spelling is program, we are not in the U.K.

Programme is the proper Canadian spelling.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by artvandelay

True, but programme is so seldom used in Canada that one would think it's incorrect. I consider it similar to the pretentious use of archaic English spellings in order to appear cultured and upscale (see here). I've never been keen on the British and their love for superfluous letters.

Actually, it is very common - I have seen it used in things written by Ottawa civil servants, for example (DFAIT in particular).

[vid]

Originally Posted by artvandelay

True, but programme is so seldom used in Canada that one would think it's incorrect.

I see it fairly often and to be honest, I can't think of another time before now when someone actually did complain about it being spelled that way.

[Daveography]

City of Edmonton:

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Crest:

Source: Wikimedia

Edmonton International Airport:

Source: Edmonton International Airport

UofA:

Source: Wikimedia

One of the new Edmonton Valley Zoo logos:

Source: Mastermaq's Blog
Edit: The entire series can be found here.

One of my personal favourites, the Transforming Edmonton logo:

Full logo here.
Sources: Mastermaq's Blog, Transforming Edmonton

Edmonton Transit logo through the years:

Sources: CPTDB, Wikimedia Commons

Another favourite, the Muttart Conservatory:

Source: City of Edmonton

[Andrewjm3D]

[The_Architect]

^ Great post.

Region of Waterloo (KWC):



Kitchener (City): The clock/bell tower in the logo is from the old city hall, which was demolished. The tower is now in Victoria Park.



Waterloo (City): Looks like an office supply company's logo from the 90's.



Crest and "New Logo" of UW:



Goddamn I hate the new logo.

[The_Architect]

Town of Oakville logo:



Oakville: the "town" of 180,000 people.

Halton Region: Includes Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Halton Hills. (Couldn't find a bigger version)

[SignalHillHiker]

The Coat of Arms of Newfoundland and Labrador.



It looks a little cartoonish because it was unveiled by King Charles I of England on November 13, 1638, before they could draw, lol. All the symbols are royal symbols of England and Scotland, and the shield may also depicted being supported by two Beothuk First Nations with a Caribou on top.

And the motto, "Quaerite prime Regnum Dei" ("Seek ye first the Kingdom of God").

Which the airport authority apparently took to heart:

[Daveography]

Originally Posted by artvandelay

The Government of Alberta recently ditched its iconic, modern wordmark:


Link

for this trendy and generic one:


Link

The new logo has actually grown on me a fair bit. It's a lot softer and less corporate than the old one.

[vid]

If we're going into other things:


We definitely need a new airport logo. It's so 90s.

[eemy]

I wish that organizations would not fix things that ain't broken. I'm looking at Alberta and University of Waterloo in particular. Some logos definitely need revision. Some are just classic or beautiful and should never change. Can you imagine CN revamping it's logo?

[Troll]

Originally Posted by artvandelay

The Government of Alberta recently ditched its iconic, modern wordmark:


Link

for this trendy and generic one:


Link

EDIT: Here's the 1960s version. I'm not a fan, it's not very polished compared to the others.


Link



The correct spelling is program, we are not in the U.K.

i can assure you that the old logo is just as trendy and generic, at the time it was made.

[Joe]

City of Saint John, N.B. Coat of arms




Logo

[The_Architect]

Originally Posted by jeremy_haak

I wish that organizations would not fix things that ain't broken. I'm looking at Alberta and University of Waterloo in particular. Some logos definitely need revision. Some are just classic or beautiful and should never change. Can you imagine CN revamping it's logo?

Case in point: "Western University". What a terrible decision made without any student input.

[SignalHillHiker]

Holy ****. I *love* Saint John's logo. It makes me want fishsticks... but I genuinely LOVE it.

[leftimage]

For Canada's ugliest suburb, a distinctly atrocious logo...



Laval, ville du futur.