Is sea to sea a good motto for Canada?

Answer 1

Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, a Father of Canadian Confederation and twice the Lt. Governor of New Brunswick, rose each morning to start his day with prayer and Scripture reading. As the 33 founding Fathers gathered in 1864 at Charlottetown, PEI, there were many suggestions on what to call this new nation. That morning, as Tilley read from Psalm 72:8, he became so convinced that Canada should be a nation under God, that when he came down to the Conference session, he presented the inspired name "Dominion of Canada". Our National Motto on our Coat of Arms "A Mari Usque Ad Mare" (from sea to sea) was drawn once again straight from Psalm 72:8. "He shall have dominion from sea to sea." (from North Shore News: http://www3.telus.net/st_simons/nsnews023.html)

Answer 2

A Mari usque ad Mare ("From Sea to Sea"), Canada's motto, was derived from Psalm 72:8, which reads in Latin "Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae,". In the King James version of The Bible, this translates to "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth."

It is meant to represent the fact that Canada stretches the entire width of the Continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Over the years, there have been those who have argued that the slogan should be changed to "A Mari usque Ad Mare usque Ad Mari", or "From Sea to Sea to Sea" in order to include Canada's Arctic Ocean coastline as well, however there are no announced plans to make this change.

Answer 3

"A Mari usque ad Mare, Canada's motto, was derived from Psalm 72:8, which reads in Latin "Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flume usque ad terminos terrae," and in the King James version, "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth." Attention was first directed to the verse when, apparently at the suggestion of Samuel Leonard Tilly the term "dominion" was chosen to represent Canada as a whole when the British North America Act was drafted."

Answer 4

A Mari usque ad Mare ("From Sea to Sea"), Canada's motto, was derived from Psalm 72:8, which reads in Latin "Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae,". In the King James version of the Bible, this translates to "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth."

It is meant to represent the fact that Canada stretches the entire width of the Continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Over the years, there have been those who have argued that the slogan should be changed to "A Mari usque Ad Mare usque Ad Mari", or "From Sea to Sea to Sea" in order to include Canada's Arctic Ocean coastline as well, however there are no announced plans to make this change.

Answer 5

It actually comes from Canada's term "Dominion" put forth by New Brunswick premier Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley. Taken from the KJV Psalm 72:8, "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth."

Answer 6

The Latin phrase on the official Coat-of-Arms of Canada, "a mari usque ad mare" (or, as often translated, "from sea to sea"), was chosen to signify the dominion of Canadian governmental authority from one end of the large country to another. Drawn from a Biblical passage (Psalm 72:8), the motto has since undergone some discussion among Canadians interested in amending it slightly.

Answer 7

Canada is bordered by 3 seas, the Atlantic on the east, the Pacific on the west, and the Arctic on the north, so you can describe Canada as a country that goes from sea to sea to sea.

Answer 8

no

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Sea to Sea to Sea is better and you will see that sometimes.