So the logos previously posted were the American Bell, this is what Canada's bell has looked like through the ages:
(striped from
BCE's History of Innovation timeline)
1880 The first crest was adopted by the Board of Directors as Company By-law No. 14 on June 16, 1880 and was approved at a special Shareholders' Meeting on December 13 the same year. A double red band receiver, the type used on telephone sets of the period, is depicted along with the company's name and date of incorporation
1891 This crest has the appearance of a military badge. The Blake transmitter - named after inventor, Francis Blake - and the double red band receiver appear at the bottom of the design. A telephone pole line is illustrated in the centre.
1895 On November 29, 1895, The Bell Telephone Company of Canada obtained authorisation to use American Telephone & Telegraph Company's "Blue Bell" insignia.
1902 The following changes were made to the design of the logo: two stars were added and the "Ltd" was omitted from the corporate name.
1922 Maple leaves replaced the stars, giving the logo a distinct Canadian look.
1940 This new design was approved by President Charles Fleetford Sise, Jr., on December 18, 1939 and was introduced on January 1, 1940
1947 President Frederick Johnson approved this new logo in April 1947. The principal changes incorporated in the new emblem were: the substitution of the word "Service" on the bell for the words "Local and Long Distance Telephone", the re-design of the bell, and an increase in the size and clarity of the company name.
1965 On July 30, 1965, President Marcel Vincent, approved modifications to the Company logo to reinforce the Canadian identity of ownership, management and service. The new logo displays the words, "BELL CANADA", and replaces both the English and French crests. In 1968, an Act of Parliament amended the company charter to include Bell Canada as one of the legal names.
1976 Bell art director, Colin McMichael, simplified the bell to present a more contemporary look. Coincident with the introduction of this logo, a new corporate signature, a stacked "Bell Canada", made its first public appearance. The signature and the logo were not used together. In fact, the signature spelled the eventual demise of the pictorial bell.
1977 Don Black, corporate design manager, was one of the key persons involved in developing this word-symbol version of the corporate logo, which made its first appearance on company vehicles in 1977. It replaced the bell symbol which, in a succession of different forms, had served as the company's official symbol since 1895 and was linked in many people's minds with the "telephone company". Bell was on its way to becoming much more.
1994 On December 8, 1994, Bell Canada launched a distinctive new corporate logo. At the centre is a human profile, representing Bell employees and the focus of all their efforts, the customer. The profile is set within two open rings, symbolising the dynamic future of telecommunications - the ability to transmit sound, image and data instantly, wirelessly, across all frontiers. The Bell name appears directly beneath the profile, a graphic representation of how the company supports customers in all their communications needs. As our primary colour for nearly two decades, blue reflects and builds on a tradition, but with a new more vibrant tone. The warm yellow shade represents change.
