The Order of Polaris is awarded by the Government of Yukon in Canada for:
great service to the territory
service to the people of the territory
unique culture
The Order of Polaris was created by the Government of Yukon in 1973, to honour members of the Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, especially those who flew over Yukon. The medal and scroll were presented by the Commissioner of Yukon (or designate) at a ceremony at the Transportation Hall of Fame in Whitehorse.
The award is a simple, circular, silver medal. The obverse has a symbolic representation of the Polar star above and flanked by simulated aerial exhaust trails or stylized wings. Around the upper half of the medal are the words "Order of Polaris" preceded and followed by a maple leaf.
The reverse on the first series of medals is blank. The second series of medals have the coat of arms for Yukon with the word "YUKON" above it.
The ribbon has equal stripes of the colours of Yukon - green, white and blue. For those recipients who actually flew over the territory during their aviation careers, a maple leaf bar, similar to that worn on the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal 1939-45, is attached to the medal ribbon.
Any Canadian citizen who is a current or former resident of Yukon is eligible for nomination.
There have been 88 appointments (including Chancellors) to the Order of Merit since its inception.
Agar, Carlyle Clare (Carl)
Archibald, William Monroe
Armstrong, Neil J.
Audette, Julien Joseph
Austin, John Alexander (Jack)
Baker, Albert William (Bill)
Baker, Ronald John
Baker, Russell Francis
Balchen, Bernt
Baldwin, Frederick Walker (Casey)
Bannock, Russell
Barker, William George (Bill)
Bartsch, Dawn
Bartsch, Gordon
Bazalgette, Ian Willoughby
Bell, Alexander Graham
Berry, Arthur Massey (Matt)
Beurling, George Frederick (Buzz)
Bishop, William Avery (Billy)
Blakey, Thurston (Rusty)
Brintnell, Wilfrid Leigh
Bristol, Helen Marcelle Harrison
Brown, Francis Roy
Burbidge, Maurice (Moss)
Burke, Carl Frederick
Capreol, Erskine Leigh
Caywood, Alfred Beebe (Alf)
Collishaw, Raymond (Collie)
Curtis, Wilfrid Austin
Davoud, Paul Yettvart
Dickins, Clennell Haggerston (Punch)
Dodds, Robert Leslie (Bob)
Douglas, D.J. (Don) 2009
Fallow, Maurice D'Arcy Allen
Fauquier, John Emilius (Johnny)
Finland, George Harold (Mike)
Forester, Norman Gladstone (Norm)
Fowler, Walter Warren (Walt)
Fox, Thomas Payne (Tommy)
Foy, James Henry
Franks, Wilbur Rounding
Fraser, Douglas Cowan
Fullerton, Elmer Garfield
Garratt, Philip Clarke (Phil)
Gilbert, Walter Edwin
Godfrey, Albert Earl
Graham, Stuart
Grandy, Roy Stanley (Bill)
Gray, Robert Hampton
Hartman, Paul Albert
Hayter, Henry Winston (Harry)
Hobbs, Basil Deacon
Hollick-Kenyon, Herbert (Bertie)
Hopson, Herbert
Hornell, David Ernest
Howe, Clarence Decatur
Hutt, Albert Edward
Jewitt, William Gladstone
Kennedy, Harry Marlowe
Knox, Wilbert George Melvin (Mel)
Lawrence, Thomas Albert
Leckie, Robert
Leigh, Zebulon Lewis (Lewie)
Lilly, Alexander John (Al)
Lothian, George Bayliss
Lucas, Joseph Henry
MacDougall, Frank Archibald
MacGill, Elizabeth Muriel Gregory (Elsie)
MacInnis, Gerald Lester (Gerry)
MacLaren, Donald Roderick
MacLeod, Merlin William (Mac)
May, Wilfrid Reid (Wop)
May, William Sidney
McCall, Fred Robert Gordon
McConachie, George William Grant
McCurdy, John Alexander Douglas
McGregor, Gordon Roy
McLean, Alexander Daniel (Dan)
McLeod, Alan Arnett
McMillian, Stanley Ransom (Stan)
McMullen, Archibald Major (Archie)
McNair, Robert Wendell (Buck)
Michaud, Almer Leonard (Al)
Middleton, Robert Bruce
Moar, Jack
Munro, Raymond Alan
Mynarski, Andrew Charles (Andy)
Neal, George Arthur
Newson, William Francis Montgomery (Bill)
Oaks, Harold Anthony (Doc)
Orr, Marion Alice Powell
Palmer, John Ender (Jock)
Phillips, George Hector Reid
Phipps, Welland Wilfrid (Weldy)
Plant, John Lawerence
Reid, Thomas Mayne (Pat)
Reilly, John Hardisty (Jack)
Reilly, Moretta Fenton Beall (Molly)
Richardson, James Armstrong
Russell, Frank Walter
Ryder, Lloyd 2007
Sanderson, William John (Jack)
Seagrim, Herbert Walter (Herb)
Seymour, Murton Adams
Showler, John Gavin (Jack)
Siers, Thomas William (Tommy)
Sims, Arthur George (Tim)
Sloan, John Charles (Jaycee)
Stedman, Ernest Walter
Sutherland, Alexander Mackay (Mickey)
Tomlinson, Samuel Anthony (Sammy)
Tripp, Leonard John (Len)
Tudhope, John Henry (Tuddy)
Turnbull, Wallace Rupert
Turner, Percival Stanley (Stan)
Vachon, Joseph Pierre Romeo
Vanhee, Achille (Archie)
Williams, Thomas Frederic (Tommy)
Wilson, Arthur Haliburton
Wilson, John Armistead
Woollett, Walter 'Babe'
Yorath, Dennis Kestell
Young, Franklin Inglee (Frank)