| Charles R. Maier | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | PhD, CStJ, CD, FRSA, FRHSC |
| Office: | Athabaska Herald |
| Governor General: | Jeanne Sauvé Ray Hnatyshyn Roméo LeBlanc Adrienne Clarkson |
| Birth Date: | 1945 |
| Children: | 4 |
| Alma Mater: | University of British Columbia (B.A.), King's College London, University of London (M.A.). |
| Occupation: | Civil servant |
| Profession: | Officer of arms |
Charles Robertson Maier, PhD, CStJ, CD, FRSA, FRHSC (born 1945) is a retired Canadian officer of arms and the former Priory Historian for St John Ambulance's Priory of Canada.
Maier was born in St Louis, Missouri in 1945. He received a Bachelor of Arts in 1969 from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Arts in 1970 from King's College London, University of London. After being an executive trainee with the Hudson's Bay Company, Maier joined the British Columbia Historic Parks System as an Information & Education Officer in 1975. Maier was Government Records Archivist for the Yukon Territory from 1981 until the foundation of the Canadian Heraldic Authority in 1988 when he was commissioned Athabaska Herald as one of the three inaugural heralds at the organization alongside Robert Watt and Auguste Vachon, a post in which he served until 2001.[1] Afterwards, he served as Chief of Ceremonial and Protocol in the Department of Public Works and Government Services until he retired from the Canadian Federal Public Service in 2006.[2]
Maier was made a fellow of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada in 1991[3] during his tenure as Athabaska Herald, having originally joined the Society in 1972.[4] Since May 2023, Maier has served as the Second Vice President of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada in concurrence with his role as president of its Ottawa Valley Branch held since March 2022.[5] He was promoted to the grade of Commander in the Order of St John in 2005.[6]
Maier married Valerie Wright in 1974. Together, Maier and his wife are the parents of three sons and one daughter.[7]
| Year Adopted: | November 12, 1975 (grant from the College of Arms); July 20, 2023 (registered by the Canadian Heraldic Authority) |
| Escutcheon: | Gules a sun in splendour between three oak leaves fructed Or |
| Crest: | A demi-wolf Sable gorged with an antique crown, holding between the forepaws a sun in splendour Or and issuant from a circlet of maple leaves Gules and oak leaves Or |
| Motto: | PROCEED |
| Symbolism: | The sun is an important feature of the arms of British Columbia, symbolizing Mr. Maier's ties to that province. Being a hardwood tree, the oak—represented here by its leaves—alludes to the enduring strength of his family. The wolf refers to the wolf heads that frequently appear in coats of arms associated with the name Robertson, Mr. Maier's middle name. The antique crown is taken from the arms of British Columbia.[8] |