Fourth portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II, when she was 77 years old, facing right and surrounded by the inscription.

The date was moved to the reverse side of the coin, and "D.G. REGINA" was removed for this issue only. As the date was moved to the reverse side of this commemorative coin, the Mint Mark was moved to the core of the coin on the obverse, to the immediate left of Her Majesty's effigy.

Engraver: Susanna Blunt

The design is dominated by a large fleur-de-lis. Other elements include Samuel de Champlain's ship, and lines representing the St. Lawrence River.

Explorer Samuel de Champlain arrived on the ship Don de Dieu, or "Gift of God" to found Quebec in 1608. Don de Dieu is one of three ships that set sail from France under Captain Henry Couillard in the spring of 1608 to Tadoussac, from where the men, bringing the materials, reached on small boats what is now the Vieux-Québec (Canada), on July 3, 1608, date of the founding of Quebec City. The ship is remembered in the motto of Quebec City: Don de Dieu feray valoir, "I shall put God's gift to good use."

Designer: Genevieve Bertrand
Engraver: William Woodruff