Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 159, Number 11: ORDERS IN COUNCIL
March 15, 2025
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
Letters patent creating the King Charles III Coronation Medal
P.C. 2024-599 May 24, 2024
Whereas the Government of Canada considers it desirable that a medal be created for the purpose of marking the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on May 6, 2023;
And whereas the creation of a Canadian honour on this occasion is properly of concern to His Majesty as King of Canada;
Therefore, the Committee of the Privy Council, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, advises His Majesty the King that letters patent do issue under the Great Seal of Canada, to which His Majesty may be graciously pleased to affix His signature, providing that
- (a) on, from and after the day on which His Majesty affixes His signature to those letters patent there shall be created in Canada a medal designated and styled the King Charles III Coronation Medal, which medal shall be governed by the annexed King Charles III Coronation Medal Regulations; and
- (b) these Regulations may be amended or repealed by letters patent issued by His Majesty or His heirs and successors or the Governor General of Canada on His behalf.
CHARLES R.
[Great Seal of Canada]
CANADA
CHARLES THE THIRD, by the Grace of God King of Canada and His other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.
TO ALL TO WHOM these presents shall come or whom the same may in any way concern,
Greeting :
Whereas the Government of Canada considers it desirable that a medal be created for the purpose of marking the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on May 6, 2023;
And whereas the creation of a Canadian honour on this occasion is properly of concern to His Majesty as King of Canada;
Now know you that We, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada, do by these presents create a medal to be designated and styled the King Charles III Coronation Medal.
And We direct that the medal shall be governed by the annexed King Charles III Coronation Medal Regulations and that those Regulations may from time to time be amended or repealed by letters patent issued by Us, Our heirs and successors or Our Governor General of Canada on Our behalf.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and We have caused Our Great Seal of Canada to be affixed to these Letters Patent, which We have signed with Our Royal Hand.
GIVEN the seventh day of September 2024, in the second year of Our Reign.
BY HIS MAJESTY’S COMMAND,
JUSTIN TRUDEAU
PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
King Charles III Coronation Medal Regulations
Interpretation
1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.
- ex officio nominee
- means an individual holding one of the following offices on May 6, 2024:
- (a) Governor General of Canada;
- (b) Prime Minister of Canada;
- (c) Chief Justice of Canada;
- (d) Speaker of the Senate;
- (e) Speaker of the House of Commons;
- (f) member of the Canadian Ministry;
- (g) Leader of the Opposition;
- (h) Lieutenant Governor of a province;
- (i) Provincial Premier;
- (j) Territorial Commissioner;
- (k) Territorial Premier;
- (l) Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada;
- (m) Senator;
- (n) member of the House of Commons;
- (o) Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet;
- (p) Chief of the Defence Staff;
- (q) Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police;
- (r) National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations;
- (s) President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; and
- (t) President of the Métis National Council. (candidat d’office)
- medal
- means the King Charles III Coronation Medal as described in section 2. (médaille)
Description
2 (1) The medal
- (a) is to be a silver-coloured circular medal that is 32 mm in diameter, with a suspension ring; and
- (b) is to bear
- (i) on the obverse, the contemporary crowned effigy of His Majesty King Charles III, in coronation robes, facing right, and circumscribed with the inscriptions in capital letters “CHARLES III DEI GRATIA REX” and “CANADA”; and
- (ii) on the reverse, against a background of the 13-point star design from the Canadian Coronation Emblem, a depiction of the Royal Cypher, consisting of the King’s monogram, above which appears the Canadian Royal Crown, with the inscriptions “6-V-2023” and “VIVAT REX” to the left and right of the Royal Cypher, respectively.
(2) The medal is to be suspended from a ribbon 32 mm in width with a red stripe in the centre, 5 mm in width, on each side of which is a white stripe, 2 mm in width, followed by a blue stripe, 9.5 mm in width, and at the edge a red stripe, 2 mm in width.
Eligibility
3 (1) A person is eligible to be awarded the medal if the person
- (a) has made a significant contribution to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region or community of Canada, or has made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada, and was alive on May 6, 2023; or
- (b) is an ex officio nominee.
(2) The medal is to be awarded to a person only once.
4 Despite section 3, the Governor General may award the medal in exceptional cases.
5 The total number of medals to be made available to be awarded is as set out in column 2 of the schedule, which medals, unless the Governor General directs otherwise, are to be allocated to each category of nominees set out in column 1 of the schedule.
Nomination Procedure
6 Nominations with respect to a category of nominees set out in column 1 of the schedule are to be submitted by the allocating person or office referred to in column 3 of that item to the Director, Chancellery of Honours, for consideration.
7 The nominations process is to be directed by the allocating person or office referred to in column 3 of the schedule.
8 Awards are to be made by the Governor General, who signs an instrument of award.
Presentation
9 Unless the Governor General directs otherwise, the medal awarded to a person in respect of a category of nominees set out in column 1 of the schedule is forwarded to and presented by the allocating person or office set out in column 3 for that category.
Wearing of Medal
10 The medal is to be worn suspended from the ribbon described in subsection 2(2) in accordance with the order of precedence as determined by the Governor in Council.
11 A person to whom the medal has been awarded may wear a miniature of the medal on all occasions when the wearing of miniatures is customary.
Cancellation and Reinstatement
12 (1) The Governor General may, on the recommendation of the Chancellery of Honours,
- (a) cancel the award of the medal to any person; and
- (b) reinstate the award of a medal that has been cancelled.
(2) If the award of a medal is cancelled, the name of the person to whom the medal was awarded must be deleted from the register referred to in paragraph 13(c).
Administration
13 The Director, Chancellery of Honours, is to
- (a) prepare the instruments of award for the signature of the Governor General;
- (b) acquire the medals;
- (c) maintain a register containing, for each recipient, their name and the name of their nominator, as well as any other records relating to an award that the Director considers necessary; and
- (d) perform any other functions in respect of awards of the medal as the Governor General may require.
General
14 Nothing in these Regulations limits the right of the Governor General to exercise all powers and authorities of His Majesty in respect of the medal.
SCHEDULE
(Sections 5, 6, 7 and 9)
| Item | Column 1 Category of nominees |
Column 2 Proposed Number of Medals |
Column 3 Allocating Person or Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ex officio nominees | 485 | Director, Chancellery of Honours |
| 2 | Governor General nominees | 100 | Director, Chancellery of Honours |
| 3 | Provincial Lieutenant Governors and Territorial Commissioners nominees | 1,500 (20 to each Lieutenant Governor and each Territorial Commissioner, plus a pro rata allocation by population to each of them, which medals may be transferred, in whole or in part, between the Lieutenant Governor or Territorial Commissioner and their respective Premier) | Provincial Lieutenant Governors and Territorial Commissioners |
| 4 | Prime Minister nominees | 100 | Prime Minister |
| 5 | Canadian Secretary to the King nominees | 15 | Canadian Secretary to the King |
| 6 | Speaker of the Senate nominees | 30 | Speaker of the Senate |
| 7 | Speaker of the House of Commons nominees | 30 | Speaker of the House of Commons |
| 8 | Clerk of the Senate nominees | 25 | Clerk of the Senate |
| 9 | Clerk of the House of Commons nominees | 25 | Clerk of the House of Commons |
| 10 | Parliamentary Librarian nominees | 15 | Parliamentary Librarian |
| 11 | Canadian Ministry nominees (excluding the Prime Minister nominees) | 1,330 (35 to each Minister) | Members of the Canadian Ministry (excluding the Prime Minister) |
| 12 | Members of the House of Commons nominees (excluding nominees of the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Prime Minister and other Members belonging to the Canadian Ministry) | 5,960 (20 to each Member) | Members of the House of Commons (excluding the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Prime Minister and other Members belonging to the Canadian Ministry) |
| 13 | Senator nominees (excluding the Speaker of the Senate nominees) | 2,080 (20 to each Senator) | Senators (excluding the Speaker of the Senate) |
| 14 | Provincial and Territorial Premiers nominees | 4,500 (50 to each Premier, plus a pro rata allocation by population to each of them, which medals may be transferred, in whole or in part, between a Premier and their respective Lieutenant Governor or Territorial Commissioner) | Provincial and Territorial Premiers |
| 15 | Canadian Forces nominees | 4,000 | Chief of the Defence Staff |
| 16 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police nominees | 1,300 | Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| 17 | Community organizations nominees | 7,150 | President or equivalent of the community organization |
| 18 | Nominees from the departments, departmental corporations or other portions of the federal public administration listed in Schedules I, II and IV to the Financial Administration Act, respectively, other than Royal Canadian Mounted Police nominees | 1,000 (allocated pro rata by the number of staff of each department or agency) | Portfolio Deputy Heads |
| Total | 30,000 (including 355 for replacement stock) | ||