Great Seal of Canada
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Not to be confused with Arms of Canada.
The Great Seal of Canada (French: Grand Sceau du Canada) is a governmental seal used for purposes of state in Canada, being set on letters patent, proclamations[1] and commissions, both to representatives of the monarch and for the appointment of cabinet ministers, senators, and judges.[2][3] Many other officials, such as officers in the Canadian Armed Forces, receive commissions affixed with the Privy Seal, not the great seal.[3] It is not for sealing up a document as letters close. As a de facto symbol of Canada the seal is one of the oldest and most honoured instruments of the Canadian government.[4]