The Autonomy

The approval of the Statute of Autonomy in 1982 made the arms official, with the following text:

The Canary Islands have its own coat of arms, whose description is as follows: azure, seven islands silver well ordered, two, two, two and one, this last in point. As a crest, a royal crown gold, surmonted by a ribbon silver with the motto "Océano"sable, and as supporters two dogs proper collared.

The design of the arms has suffered some changes. During the two years prior to the effective self-government, this model was used, at least at the heading of the Oficial Bulletin of the pre-autonomical government (Junta de Canarias):

Between 1982 and 1990 this design was used:

By Decree 157/1990, 14th August 1990 (BOC 31 August), the following design was adopted:

In 2005, the Handbook of Graphic Corporate Identity of the Canarian Government (Decree 184/2004, 21 deciember, BOC 7-1-2005, modified by Order 24 november 2005, BOC 2-12-2005) simplified the design: