Appendix 4 – Peace Bar to the Special Service Medal (SSM)

  1. The PEACE bar was created on 26 November 1992. This bar was replaced by the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal (CPSM) (see Annex Q, Appendix 2) and therefore, no missions have been added to the PEACE bar eligibility since 21 June 2001.
  2. Each UN or other international organization service medal is brought into the Canadian Honours System by Order in Council, is worn in the Canadian sequence with other Canadian honours, and constitutes the appropriate recognition for service with the mission or force concerned. Canadian honours policy precludes the wear of duplicate recognition for exactly the same service. The Special Service Medal (SSM) with Peace Bar, therefore, is only awarded for service not otherwise recognized by the award of another honour.
  3. Once a UN or other medal is awarded for service, the time with that mission cannot be counted as qualifying time for the PEACE Bar.
  4. Should a UN or other service medal be offered which counts time already calculated for a PEACE, a condition of its acceptance and wear shall be the disqualification of SSM time, including the forfeiture of the Bar or the Medal and Bar if necessary.
  5. The PEACE bar recognizes an aggregate of 180 days of qualifying service or more.
  6. International norms established by the UN and other international organizations’ service medals have varying qualifying periods depending on the tension, danger and difficulty of each operation. To accord with these norms, the aggregate of 180 days service will be calculated by multiplying the days of service with each individual mission by a factor determined by the length of service required by that mission for its own medal. Thus, days spent with a mission requiring 90 days service for its own medal will be doubled, and so on, until an aggregate of 180 days is reached. Where no medal is awarded for service with a mission, a comparative value has been calculated based on experience with equivalent missions elsewhere as noted below.
  7. For these purposes, peacekeeping is defined as external military operations whose mission is to monitor or ensure peace, harmony or stability among armed, conflicting social groups. The missions range from election monitoring or general military observation to active intervention between established forces.
  8. Service with the missions and forces shown in Figure 9P4-1 may be counted toward the PEACE bar if not otherwise recognized.
  9. Weighting factors are noted where appropriate. In general, purely observation missions, with very minimal risk, count days singly. When hazard increases, service days are doubled or, if fully justified, more. Weighting factors are approved by the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS).

(Reprint of Order in Council PC 1992-2437 as amended by PC 1995-2004 of 28 November 1995 and PC 2017-1742 of 19 December 2017.)

Her Excellency the GG in Council, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, is pleased hereby:

  1. revokes Order in Council P.C. 1995-2004 of November 28, 1995;
  2. determines as special service, within the meaning of those Regulations, service that meets the following conditions:
    1. it is an aggregate of 180 days of honourable service performed outside Canada since November 1947:
    2. it is performed within approved international peacekeeping operations;
    3. it is performed in accordance with the international norms established by the United Nations and other international organizations in respect of service medals already approved by the Government of Canada;
    4. it is performed while deployed in an active capacity with, in conjunction with, or in association with an operational peacekeeping truce supervision, observer force or similar missions, and
    5. the days of honourable service referred to in subparagraph (i) are not counted towards any other Canadian or foreign service medal other than the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal; and
  3. specifies that the Bar that is awarded with the Special Service Medal, representing the special service referred to in paragraph (b), is to bear the words “PEACE – PAIX”.
  1. Qualifying service for the Medal with PEACE bar is detailed in Figure 9P4-1.

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Figure 9P4-1 Qualifying Service List for the Special Service Medal with Peace Bar
Mission Start date End Date Multiplying factor Canadian OP Name
UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan – UNMOGIP. 17-Jan-48 21-Jun-01 no multiplying factor  
UN Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine – UNTSO. Service in Syria, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine under UNTSO qualify. 01-Jun-48 21-Jun-01 no multiplying factor  
UN Command Military Armistice Commission – UNCMAC. Including post-conflict service in conjunction with HMCS Sioux, HMCS Cayuga and deployed Canadian army and air force units in Korea and Korean waters. 28-Jul-54 21-Jun-01 no multiplying factor  
International Commission for Supervision and Control – Indo-China – ICSC. Service in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam qualify under ICSC medal. 07-Aug-54 15-Jun-74 service days are doubled  
UN Emergency Force – Egypt – UNEF. Includes service with HMCS MAGNIFICENT from 11 January to 20 January 1957. 01-Nov-56 17-Jun-67 service days are doubled  
UN Operation in the Congo – ONUC. 14-Jul-60 30-Jun-64 service days are doubled  
UN Security Force in West New Guinea (West Irian) – UNSF. 01-Oct-62 31-May-63 service days are doubled  
UN Yemen Observation Mission – UNYOM. 11-Jun-63 04-Sep-64 service days are tripled  
UN Force in Cyprus – UNFICYP. 27-Mar-64 26-Mar-65 service days are multiplied by six  
HMCS BONAVENTURE supporting CAF mission in Cyprus. 30-Mar-64 01-Apr-64 service days are doubled  
HMCS RESTIGOUCHE supporting CAF mission in Cyprus. 30-Mar-64 01-Apr-64 service days are doubled  
UN Force in Cyprus – UNFICYP. 27-Mar-65 21-Jun-01 service days are doubled  
Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic – DOMREP. 14-May-65 22-Oct-66 no multiplying factor  
UN India-Pakistan Observation Mission – UNIPOM. 22-Sep-65 24-Mar-66 service days are doubled  
International Observer Team to Nigeria – OTN. 01-Sep-68 28-Feb-70 no multiplying factor  
International Commission of Control and Supervision – Vietnam – ICCS. 28-Jan-73 31-Jul-73 service days are doubled  
HMCS TERRA NOVA supporting CAF mission in Vietnam. 04-Mar-73 04-Jun-73 service days are doubled  
HMCS KOOTENAY supporting CAF mission in Vietnam. 04-Jun-73 31-Jul-73 service days are doubled  
UN Emergency Force Middle East – UNEFME. 26-Oct-73 21-Dec-79 service days are doubled  
UN Disengagement Observer Force – Golan Heights – UNDOF. Service in Israel, Syria and the Golan Heights under UNDOF qualify. 31-May-74 21-Jun-01 service days are doubled  
UN Interim Force in Lebanon – UNIFIL. 23-Mar-78 21-Jun-01 service days are doubled  
Commonwealth Election Commission Observer Group – Rhodesia/Zimbabwe – CECOG. 02-Feb-80 13-Mar-80 service days are doubled  
Multinational Forces and Observers – Sinai – MFO. 25-Apr-82 21-Jun-01 no multiplying factor  
UN Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan – UNGOMAP. 01-May-88 15-Mar-90 service days are doubled  
UN Iran – Iraq Military Observer Group – UNIIMOG. 09-Aug-88 28-Feb-91 service days are doubled  
Mine Awareness and Clearance Training Programme – Pakistan – MACTP. 15-Mar-89 29-Jul-90 service days are doubled  
UN Transition Assistance Group in Namibia – UNTAG. 01-Apr-89 31-Mar-90 service days are doubled  
UN Observer Group in Central America – ONUCA. 07-Nov-89 31-Jan-92 service days are doubled  
UN Observer Group for the Verification of Elections in Haiti – ONUVEH. 10-Oct-90 28-Feb-91 service days are doubled  
UN Special Commission on Destruction of Iraqi NBC Weapons and Facilities – UNSCOM. 01-Apr-91 17-Dec-99 service days are doubled  
UN Iraq/Kuwait Observer Mission – UNIKOM. Including service in conjunction with Operations SAFE HAVEN and SOUTHERN WATCH. 03-Apr-91 06-Oct-03 service days are doubled  
UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara – MINURSO. 29-Apr-91 29-Jun-94 service days are doubled  
UN Observer Mission in El Salvador – ONUSAL. 20-May-91 30-Apr-95 service days are doubled  
UN Angola Verification Mission II – UNAVEM II. 30-May-91 8-Feb-95 service days are doubled  
European Community Monitor Mission in ex-Yugoslavia – ECMMY. 07-Jul-91 11-May-92 service days are multiplied by nine  
UN Advance Mission in Cambodia – UNAMIC. 01-Oct-91 15-Mar-92 service days are doubled  
HMCS Restigouche on Maritime Interdiction Force Operations in the Red Sea. 01-Jan-92 30-Sep-92 service days are doubled  
UN Protection Force – Yugoslavia – UNPROFOR. 01-Feb-92 19-Dec-95 service days are doubled  
UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia – UNTAC. 28-Feb-92 15-Nov-93 service days are doubled  
UN Operation in Somalia – UNOSOM I. 24-Apr-92 26-Mar-93 service days are doubled  
European Community Monitor Mission in ex-Yugoslavia – ECMMY. 12-May-92 19-Dec-95 service days are doubled  
UN Operation in Mozambique – ONUMOZ. 16-Dec-92 09-Dec-94 service days are doubled  
UN Operation in Somalia – UNOSOM II. 27-Mar-93 31-Mar-95 service days are doubled  
UN Observer Mission Uganda – Rwand – UNOMUR. 22-Jun-93 21-Sep-94 service days are doubled  
UN Mission in Haiti – UNMIH. Including service in conjunction with the prior naval blockade, and in-theatre border control with the Dominican Republic. 29-Sep-93 30-Jun-96 service days are doubled  
UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). 01-Oct-93 19-Apr-96 service days are doubled  
HMCS Fraser – Naval blockade of Haiti in support of UN Mission in Haiti. 17-Oct-93 17-Dec-93 service days are doubled OP FORWARD ACTION
HMCS Gatineau – Naval blockade of Haiti in support of UN Mission in Haiti. 17-Oct-93 17-Dec-93 service days are doubled OP FORWARD ACTION
HMCS Preserver – Naval blockade of Haiti in support of UN Mission in Haiti. 17-Oct-93 17-Dec-93 service days are doubled OP FORWARD ACTION
HMCS Provider – Naval blockade of Haiti in support of UN Mission in Haiti. 17-Oct-93 17-Dec-93 service days are doubled OP FORWARD ACTION
Cambodia Mine Action Centre – CMAC. 01-Nov-93 01-Jul-00 service days are doubled  
HMCS Fraser – Naval blockade of Haiti in support of UN Mission in Haiti. 12-Jan-94 27-Mar-94 service days are doubled OP FORWARD ACTION
HMCS Annapolis – Naval blockade of Haiti in support of UN Mission in Haiti. 27-Mar-94 20-Apr-94 service days are doubled OP FORWARD ACTION
HMCS Ville de Québec – Naval blockade of Haiti in support of UN Mission in Haiti. 20-Apr-94 28-Apr-94 service days are doubled OP FORWARD ACTION
HMCS Terra Nova – Naval blockade of Haiti in support of UN Mission in Haiti. 28-Apr-94 13-Jul-94 service days are doubled OP FORWARD ACTION
HMCS Kootenay – Naval blockade of Haiti in support of UN Mission in Haiti. 13-Jul-94 12-Sep-94 service days are doubled OP FORWARD ACTION
UN Mission for the Verification of Human Rights and of Compliance with the Commitments of the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights in Guatemala – MINUGUA. 01-Sep-94 27-May-97 service days are tripled  
HMCS Terra Nova – Naval blockade of Haiti in support of UN Mission in Haiti. 07-Sep-94 17-Oct-94 service days are doubled OP FORWARD ACTION
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe – Armenia & Azerbaijan (including Nagorno-Karabakh) – OSCE. 01-Mar-95 15-Jul-96 service days are doubled  
United Nations Preventive Deployment Force Macedonia – UNPREDEP. 31-Mar-95 28-Feb-99 service days are doubled  
HMCS Calgary on Maritime Interdiction Force Operations in the Red Sea. 11-Aug-95 03-Oct-95 service days are doubled  
United Nations Mission in Prevlaka – Croatia – UNMOP. 15-Jan-96 15-Dec-02 service days are doubled  
UN Support Mission in Haiti – UNSMIH. 28-Jun-96 31-Jul-97 service days are doubled  
UN Mine Action Centre in Bosnia-Herzegovina – UNMACBiH. 01-Apr-97 28-Feb-00 service days are doubled  
HMCS Regina on Maritime Interdiction Force Operations in the Red Sea. 02-Apr-97 09-Jul-97 service days are doubled  
UN Transition Mission in Haiti – UNTMIH. 01-Aug-97 30-Nov-97 service days are tripled  
Mission de Police des Nation Unies en Haïti – MIPONUH. 28-Nov-97 31-Mar-00 service days are doubled  
HMCS Toronto in support of the return of the UNSCOM inspectors in the Persian Gulf. 10-Feb-98 27-May-98 service days are tripled  
8 Aircraft Communication and Control System – in support of the return of the UNSCOM inspectors in the Persian Gulf. 10-Feb-98 27-May-98 service days are tripled  
435 Squadron – in support of the return of the UNSCOM inspectors in the Persian Gulf. 10-Feb-98 27-May-98 service days are tripled  
UN Mission in the Central African Republic – MINURCA. 15-Apr-98 31-Dec-99 service days are tripled  
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone – UNAMSIL. 11-Jun-99 31-Dec-05 service days are doubled  
Her Majesty's Canadian Ship OTTAWA 26-Jul-98 25-Oct-98 service days are doubled  
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe – Kosovo – OSCE. 16-Oct-98 21-Jun-01 service days are tripled  
United Nations Mission in Kosovo – UNMIK. 10-Jun-99 21-Jun-01 service days are doubled  
HMCS Regina coalition fleet enforcing UN sanctions against Iraq in the Persian Gulf. 02-Aug-99 08-Nov-99 service days are doubled  
International Force in East Timor – INTERFET. 15-Sep-99 23-Feb-00 service days are doubled  
United Nations Mission East Timor – UNAMET. 25-Oct-99 15-May-01 service days are doubled  
United Nations Observer Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) – MONUC. 26-Sep-99 30-Jun-10 service days are doubled  
HMCS Calgary coalition fleet enforcing UN sanctions against Iraq in the Persian Gulf. 07-Aug-00 10-Oct-00 service days are doubled  
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea – UNMEE. 15-Sep-00 21-Jun-01 service days are doubled  
HMCS Charlottetown coalition fleet enforcing UN sanctions against Iraq in the Persian Gulf. 05-Apr-01 15-Jun-01 service days are doubled  
HMCS Winnipeg coalition fleet enforcing UN sanctions against Iraq in the Persian Gulf. 30-Apr-01 07-Aug-01 service days are doubled  

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