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

The mint mark encompasses the three elements of the Mint’s corporate name: M for Mint; a Maple leaf for Canadian; and a crown for Royal and Crown Corporation. It features the Mint design within a circle and consists of a symbol depicting a stylized maple leaf emerging from the letter M. The eastern and western points are upturned and reduced in width to suggest a crown. A majestic M unifies the design, symbolizing the word “Mint” and its French counterpart, “Monnaie.” With their conic shape, positioning and spacing, the two components of the design evoke the action of two dies striking a coin.

Dei Gratia Regina (often abbreviated to D. G. Regina and seen as D·G·REGINA) is a Latin title meaning By the Grace of God, Queen.

Engraver: Susanna Blunt

A narwhal appears in Canada's northern waters on the Arctic-themed coin, which includes the coordinates for the northernmost permanently residential community of Grise Fiord, Nunavut (76.4166, -82.8958).

The narwhal (Monodon monoceros), or narwhale, is a medium-sized toothed whale that possesses a large "tusk" from a protruding canine tooth. It lives year-round in the Arctic waters around Greenland, Canada, and Russia. It is one of two living species of whale in the family Monodontidae, along with the beluga whale. The narwhal males are distinguished by a long, straight, helical tusk, which is an elongated upper left canine. The narwhal was one of many species described by Carl Linnaeus in his publication Systema Naturae in 1758.

Grise Fiord (lit. 'place that never thaws') is an Inuit hamlet in the Qikiqtaaluk Region in the territory of Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the coldest inhabited places in the world, with an average yearly temperature of −16.5 °C (2.3 °F).