NORTHWEST TERRITORIES PLATE TYPES - SUMMARY CHRONOLOGICALLY BY INTRODUCTION DATE
(Types researched through 1985)
PLATE TYPE EARLIEST SEEN BEGAN NOTES
Passenger 1941 1941?
Sample 1948
Public Service 1952
Trailer 1955
Dealer 1956
Amateur Radio 1962
Seasonal/Restricted 1966
Motorcycle 1967 1967?
Commercial Vehicle 1969 1969?
Crown 1970 1970
Rental Car 1972 1972
Legislative Assembly 1979 1979
CCMTA 1980 Only year seen
LETTER KEY:
CV Commercial Vehicle 1969-85 R Seasonal/Restricted 1967-69
D Dealer 1956-85 RE Rental Car 1972-85
MLA Member Legislative Assembly 1979-85 T Trailer 1955-85
PS Public Service 1952-85
DETAILED NOTES ALPHABETICALLY BY TYPE:
No legends, passenger colors unless noted.
Numbers assumed to have begun at #100 for all types 1952-69 except
Dealer #1 and Restricted #1000, #1 for all types 1970-71,
#100 for all types 1972-85.
On some Seasonal plates, border was sloppily spray-painted and
tended to wash off, making the tracking of numbers confusing.
Known number assignments in bold.
PASSENGER (See Passenger page)
AMATEUR RADIO
Earliest seen 1962. Not issued 1973-76.
1962 VE-8 AA - VE-8 ZZ
1963 VE 8 AA - VE 8 ZZ
1965 VE8 AA - VE8 ZZ
1966-69 V/E 8-AA - V/E 8-ZZ
1970-85 VE 8 AA - VE 8 ZZ
CCMTA
Only seen 1980. Issued to about 200 delegates of the Canadian
Council of Motor Transport Administrators. No serial number,
"CCMTA" center, "1980" bottom center 1980.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE (See Truck page)
Earliest seen 1969.
CROWN
Earliest seen 1970. No serial number, Elizabethan crown center
1970-75, 1977, 1979-85. 1971 Seasonal also seen.
DEALER
Earliest seen 1956. LEGENDS: "D" prefix all years.
1956 D4 - D15 (12) 1970 D 4 - D 47 (44)
1957 1971 D 7 - D 47 (41)
1958 1972 D 110 - D 141 (32)
1959 1973 D 110 - D 162 (53)
1960 D11 - 1974 D 113 - D 211 (99)
1961 D 4 - 1975-76 D 111 - D 301 (191)
1962 D 1 - D11 (11) 1977-78 D 106 - D 372 (267)
1963 D2 - D20 (19) 1979-80 D 129 - D 397 (269)
1964 D3 - D5 (3) 1981-82 D 108 - D 286 (179)
1965 1983-85 D 126 - D 414 (289)
1966 D 1 - D 30
UND. (1967-69) D 107 - D 144 (38) (TOTAL 144)
MEMBER LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Began 1979. The Legislative Assembly has 19 members.
LEGENDS: "MLA" prefix all years.
1979-80 MLA 1 -
1981-82 MLA 2 - MLA 18
1983-85 MLA 15 - MLA 19
MOTORCYCLE (See Motorcycle page)
Earliest seen 1967.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Earliest seen 1952.
LEGENDS: "PS" prefix 1952-65, 1970 <#2000, 1973,
vertical "PS" prefix 1966-69,
stepped "ps" prefix UND. (1967-69), 1970 #2000+, 1971-72, 1974-85.
1952 PS 102 - PS 489 (388) 1970 (see below)
1953 PS 160 - PS 532 (373) 1971 (see below)
1954 PS 149 - PS 450 (302) 1972 ps 246 - ps1971 (1,726)
1955 PS 143 - PS 447 (305) 1973 PS 136 - PS1915 (1,780)
1956 PS 161 - PS 400 (240) 1974 ps 112 - ps1930 (1,819)
1957 PS 123 - PS 393 (271) 1975-76 ps 193 - ps2552 (2,360)
1958 PS 414 - PS 561 (148) 1977-78 ps 219 - ps3660 (3,442)
1959 PS 133 - PS 849 (717) 1979-80 ps 111 - ps2922 (2,812)
1960 PS 229 - PS 831 (603) 1981-82 ps 138 - ps3590 (3,453)
1961 PS 265 - PS1593 (1,329) 1983-85 ps 136 - ps4576 (4,441)
1962 PS 174 - PS 456 (283)
1963 PS 177 - PS 754 (578)
1964 PS 144 - PS1251 (1,108)
1965 PS 287 - PS1-336 (1,050)
SEASONAL
1966 P/S 100 - P/S 503, P/S 723, P/S 728 -
P/S 995 - P/S 1799
UND. (1967-69) ps2085 - ps2696
1970 PS 1 - PS 371, (PS 717?), PS 523 - PS 680,
PS 885 - PS1465, PS 727 - PS 746,
PS1911 - PS1940, PS1531 - PS1850 (498)
ps2155 - ps2319 (1,147)
1971 ps 24 - ps1173 (1,150) ps1578 -
RENTAL CAR
Began 1972. LEGENDS: "RE" prefix all years.
1972 RE 108 - RE 363 (256)
1973 RE 163 - RE 525 (363)
1974 RE 191 - RE 696 (506)
1975-76 RE 111 - RE 795 (685)
1977-78 RE 113 - RE 998 (886)
1979-80 RE 133 - RE 942 (810)
1981-82 RE 127 - RE1273 (1,147)
1983-85 RE 112 - RE1267 (1,156)
SAMPLE
Earliest seen 1948. (Verify 1949-52, 1957, 1961, 1980)
Annual dated plates issued 1970-85.
1948, 1954-56, 1958, 1960, 1962-64, UND. (1967-69) 000
1953, 1965 0000
1959 00-000
1966 0-000
1970-79, 1981-85 000
1976, 1978 STICKERS 00000
SEASONAL/RESTRICTED (See Passenger and Truck pages)
Earliest seen 1966. Issued to vehicles limited to restricted areas.
Issued in Passenger, CV, PS, T and Crown; see each type for details.
1966 (See Passenger, CV, PS)
UND. (1967-69) R 1162 - R 1897 (736)
1970 (See Passenger, CV, PS, T)
1971 (See Passenger, CV, PS, Crown)
TRAILER
Sample seen 1953 #T 0000. Earliest seen 1955.
LEGENDS: "T" prefix all years.
1955 T18 -
1956 T193 - 1970 (see below)
1957 1971 (see below)
1958 1972 T 161 - T 1765 (1,605)
1959 T 262 - T 338 (77) 1973 T 114 - T 1955 (1,842)
1960 T407 - T434 (28) 1974 T 178 - T 2256 (2,079)
1961 T138 - T1096 (959) 1975-76 T 108 - T 3341 (3,234)
1962 T156 - T514 (359) 1977-78 T 345 - T 4423 (4,079)
1963 T168 - T535 (368) 1979-80 T 366 - T 4161 (3,796)
1964 T112 - T774 (663) 1981-82 T 129 - T 6851 (6,723)
1965 T186 - T649 (464) 1983-85 T 168 - T 8440 (8,273)
1966 T100 - T1349 (1,250)
UND. (1967-69) T 1605 - T2662 (1,058) (TOTAL 2,563)
SEASONAL
1970 T 84 - T 356, T 513, T 514 - T 991,
T 1037 - T 1468, T1949 - T1998 (528)
T 1719 - T 1760 (748)
1971 T 1 - T 722, T 811 -
T 1332 - T 1696 (1,087)
