The Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal (CPSM; French: Médaille canadienne du maintien de la paix) is a service medal created on October 21, 1999, to recognize the contributions of all Canadian peacekeepers towards the ultimate goal of peace,[1] after the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations was awarded that year's Nobel Peace Prize.

The Canadian peacekeeping Service Medal was designed by Bruce W. Beatty and is in the form of a 36 millimetres (1.4 in) diameter disc with, on the obverse, the words PEACEKEEPING • SERVICE DE LA PAIX, separated by maple leaves, surrounding a rendition of the three Canadian Peacekeeper figures that top the Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa; one is an unarmed United Nations Military Observer, holding binoculars, the second, a woman, shoulders a radio, while the third stands guard with a rifle, and above them is a dove, the international symbol of peace.

The medal's reverse shows the word CANADA below a maple leaf surrounded by a laurel wreath and bearing the Royal Cypher of Queen Elizabeth II,[1] symbolizing her roles as both fount of honour and Commander-in-Chief of her various forces.

[3] A single-toe claw attaches the top of the medal to the centre of a slotted bar on which is another maple leaf.

This medallion is worn at the left chest, suspended on a 31.8mm wide ribbon coloured with vertical stripes in the shade of blue used by the United Nations, green (representing service), and Canada's official colours: red (also indicitave of blood shed in the service of peace), and white (also the colour of peace).