Alberta Centennial Medal

Alberta Centennial Medal
Obverse of the Alberta Centennial Medal
Awarded by The Government of Alberta
Type	Medal
Eligibility	Citizens of Canada that reside in, or have resided in, Alberta
Awarded for	"significant contributions to their fellow citizens, their community and to Alberta"
Statistics
Established	24 March 2005[1]
Total awarded	Approximately 8000[1]
Precedence
Next (higher)	Commemorative Medal for the Centennial of Saskatchewan
Next (lower)	None as of 2 December 2008
Ribbon bar of the medal

The Alberta Centennial Medal is a commemorative medal celebrating Alberta’s first 100 years of confederation.

Purpose

This medal is meant to pay tribute to Albertans whose achievements have benefited their fellow citizens, their community and their province.

Eligibility

The medal could be awarded to living men, women and youth who made significant contributions to their fellow citizens, their community and to Alberta, and were Canadian citizens that had resided in Alberta.

Approximately 8,000 medals were awarded to outstanding Albertans. Representatives from provincial organizations, governments and other groups were asked to make the nominations. Only nominations submitted by these nominating partners were accepted.

Design

The medal’s simple design features Alberta’s coat of arms and “Alberta Centennial 1905–2005” on the front and shield of the arms and “Honouring Outstanding Albertans” on the back. It is cast in bronze and plated in gold.

The colours of the medal’s ribbon symbolize Alberta’s spirit and strengths. Blue and gold, Alberta’s provincial colours are most prominent in the ribbon. All the colours in the ribbon are taken from Alberta’s official emblems and heraldry. They are :

• Blue: clear skies and sparkling lakes
• Gold: wheat fields and resource wealth
• Green: forests
• White: mountains
• Pink: wild rose

The Alberta Centennial Medal is included in the Canadian order of precedence of orders, decorations and medals and may be mounted and worn with other official honours.

See also

• List of Canadian awards
• List of Canadian provincial and territorial orders

References

Further reading

• McCreery, Christopher (2015), The Canadian Honours System 2nd Edition, Dundurn Press, ISBN 978-1-4597-2415-0 
• McCreery, Christopher (2012), Commemorative Medals of The Queen’s Reign in Canada, Dundurn Press, ISBN 978-1-4597-0756-6 

External links

• Alberta Centennial: Centennial Medal
• List of recipients

Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada
Awards of valour	Victoria Cross Cross of Valour
National orders	Order of Canada Order of Military Merit Order of Merit of the Police Forces
Dynastic orders	Order of Merit Royal Victorian Order Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
Provincial orders	Alberta Order of Excellence Order of British Columbia Order of Manitoba Order of New Brunswick Order of Newfoundland and Labrador Order of Nova Scotia Order of Ontario Order of Prince Edward Island National Order of Quebec Saskatchewan Order of Merit
Territorial orders	Order of the Northwest Territories Order of Nunavut Yukon Territory Order of Polaris
Other decorations and medals	Royal Victorian Chain Decorations War and operational service medals Special service medals United Nations medals NATO medals International mission medals Commemorative medals Long service and good conduct medals Exemplary service medals Special Medals