It doesn’t get much more Canadian than this, eh?

A Saskatchewan Mountie of First Nations descent said he simply couldn’t resist the opportunity to snap a photo with a baby beaver last week as wildlife officials worked to relocate the beaver kits.

“The beavers were being taken to a new home that day, and I thought, ‘How many chances will a person get in their life to throw on a red serge and go get their picture taken holding a beaver?’” Cpl. Jason Pinder told CTV News Channel on Tuesday.

And so, on a spur of the moment, Pinder -- who also volunteers at Regina’s Salthaven West Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Centre -- donned the iconic red uniform, tucked a beaver in his arms and struck a pose.

“There was a little bit of squirming, but he was a pretty good model. It only took a couple takes to convince him to hold his head up high and proud, to put a little smile on his face,” Pinder said.

The photo was posted on the wildlife centre’s Facebook page on Saturday and has since garnered plenty of online attention, with commenters cracking jokes about photo’s excessive Canadiana.

“No maple trees to pose in front of?” one Facebook user wrote.

“Just missing a double-double!” wrote another.

Pinder said the baby beaver was surprisingly well-behaved -- a characteristic that doesn’t necessarily line up with typical beaver behavior.

“They obviously were fairly friendly to the people that they considered parents at that time,” he said. “But if they don’t want something, they’ll definitely let you know, and you get some interesting sounds coming out of them.”

The Mountie says the photograph captures two special parts of his identity.

“One being that person that enforces our legislative rules, and then as an Anishinaabe man, my commitment to natural law and the balance between what I consume and what I give back to nature,” he said.