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The Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Confederation (1992), approved by Her Majesty The Queen, honours Canadians who have made a significant contribution to their fellow citizens, to their community or to Canada.
Nominations were submitted to the Chancellery by Lieutenant Governors and Commissioners of territories, Senators, Members of Parliament, provincial governments, the Public Service Commission of Canada, the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as well as by national organizations in important fields of endeavour. Nominations were sanctioned by the Governor General and the medals were presented at several special ceremonies throughout the country by the persons or organizations referred to above.
The Medal was awarded to approximately 50,000 highly esteemed Canadians, from all walks of life, from every region of Canada, from varied ethno-cultural backgrounds and from a multitude of disciplines.
On the obverse, the Medal bears the Royal Cipher surmounted by a Crown superimposed on a single maple leaf, circumscribed with the legend CONFEDERATION * CONFÉDÉRATION, with the dates 1867 - 1992 at the bottom. On the reverse appears the shield of the arms of Canada encircled by the motto ribbon of the Order of Canada ensigned by the central portion of the crest of Canada and circumscribed with the motto A MARI USQUE AD MARE at the bottom.
The Medal is suspended from a white ribbon 32 mm in width, edged on each side with a blue stripe 4.5 mm in width, with five red stripes 1 mm in width equally spaced between the two blue stripes. Each of the red stripes represents twenty-five years of Confederation and the two blue stripes symbolize the country's breadth from sea to sea.
The Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Confederation is part of the Canadian Honours System, established in 1967.
(November 1993)
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