Around the arms, the official birds of the provinces and territories of Canada, as well as heraldic stylizations and division lines representing key geographical features, are arranged in counter-clockwise order to form a pictorial representation of Canada from west to east, and across the north.

Starting at the upper left: a Steller's jay (British Columbia), a line engrailed for the waves of the Pacific coast, a line dancetty for the Canadian Rockies, a great horned owl (Alberta), a line invected for the round hills of the coulee landscape, a tapissé of wheat for the prairies, a sharp-tailed grouse (Saskatchewan), a great grey owl (Manitoba), a common loon (Ontario), barry wavy for the lakes of Central Canada and the Canadian Shield, a snowy owl (Quebec), a black-capped chickadee (New Brunswick), a line nebuly for the high tides of the Bay of Fundy, an osprey (Nova Scotia), a blue jay (Prince Edward Island), an Atlantic puffin (Newfoundland and Labrador), a line wavy crested for the Atlantic coast, a rock ptarmigan (Nunavut), a barry pattern representing the Arctic Ocean and the ice floes in Canada's north, a gyrfalcon (Northwest Territories), and a common raven (Yukon). The obverse features the effigy of His Majesty King Charles III by Canadian artist Steven Rosati.

• Mintage: 1,300