King Charles III Coronation Medal Community Recipients

A Canadian commemorative medal has been created to mark His Majesty King Charles III’s Coronation on May 6, 2023. The King Charles III Coronation Medal is a visible and tangible way to recognize 30 000 outstanding individuals of all ages and from all walks of life who have made a difference in their communities. The Medal will highlight themes that both King Charles III and Canadians hold dear, including service, the environment and sustainability, and our nation’s diversity.

To be eligible for this honour, a person must have:

• Made a significant contribution to the country, a province, territory, region or community, or made an outstanding achievement abroad, or has made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada; and
• Been alive on May 6, 2023, the date of His Majesty’s Coronation. Nominations can be made posthumously, as long as the nominee was alive on that date

Please see below for the full list of recipients and their biographies:

Troy Abromaitis

Maryam Antikchi

Carl Archie

Farhad Banizaman Lari

Don Bell

Sgt. (rt’d) Monty Black

Dave Brewer

Gerry Brewer

WO Gerri Davidson

Cpt. (rt’d) George Dempsey

Cpl. William Diamond

Kevin Evans

Nassreen Filsoof

MS Christian Hamann

Valerie Jacober

Valerie Jerome

Stephen Lucas

Esther Yorimi Matsubuchi

Lisa Munro

SL Bita Nabili (NL) 

Lt. Colin Parkinson (NL)

Lt. Cliff Rayo (NL)

MCpl (rt’d) Randy Sloan

Lt. (Navy) Carli Sussman

Emma Sutherland 

Shayegan Tabatabaeisalehi

Wayne Theobald

Richard Walton

Robert Watt

Joseph Yankanna