NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Number overlaps expected 1949-51.
Earliest Public Service seen 1952.
Numbers 21 - 99 only issued in 1941-49, 1970-71.
1941 1 - 73* 1954 100 - 862
1942 1 - 100* 1955 100 - 1293
1943 1 - 86 1956 100 - 1-079
1945 1 - 175 1957 100 - 1374
1946 1 - 288* 1958 100 - 2198
1947 3 - 392 1959 100 - 2-224
1948 1 - 582* 1960 100 - 2329
1949 2 - 458 1961 100 - 3350
1950 695 - 1314 (620) 1962 100 - 4057
1951 1393 - 2090 (698) 1963 100 - 3892
1952 100 - 640 1964 100 - 4152
1953 100 - 754 1965 100 - 4-872
1966-69 SHIELD BASE
1966 Type 1 Seasonal 172 - 575 (404 P)
1966 Type 1 Regular 612 - 5-999 (5,388 P)
1967 Type 2 6-067 - 9-578 (3,512 P)
1969 Type 3 9-802 - 11-290 (1,489 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Dated "66", aluminum, Saskatchewan dies with flat top
legend, flat-side "4", open "5","6" and "9", unequal "8"
Type 2 - Undated, aluminum, new dies with tall top legend,
sharp-side "4", closed "5", "6" and "9", equal "8"
Type 3 - As Type 2, but steel
1967 TAB 00168 - 08795
1968 TAB 10223 - 17913
1969 TAB 1440 - 9357
SEASONAL Used only from 4/1 to 10/1 each year. Discontinued 1972.
1966: Vertical blue stripe along right edge.
1970: Flourescent orange border, with "EXP./OCT.1/1970" stamped in
third leg of bear.
1971: Red/White instead of Arctic Blue/White.
1970 1971
PASSENGER 1 - 5-937 1 - 6-444
SEASONAL 6-028 - 6-800 (773 P) 6-512 - 6-649 (138 P)
PASSENGER 6-826 - 7-291 6-654 - 8-500
1972 1 - 20, 100 - 10-517
1973 1 - 20, 100 - 10-650
1974 1 - 20, 100 - 11-288
1975-76 1 - 20, 100 - 17-738
1977-78 1 - 20, 100 - 21-485 (#30 also verified)
1979-80 1 - 20, 100 - 21-742
1981-82 1 - 20, 100 - 20-720
1983-85 1 - 20, 100 - 30-427
1986-2011 EXPLORE BASE
1986 "86" Type 1 1 - 20 (20 P)
1986 "86" Type 1a 100 - 8000 (7,901 P)
1986 "86" Type 2 8001 - 9000 (1,000 P)
1986 "86" Type 1b 9001 - 23043 (14,043 P)
1988 "MAR 89" Type 2a 23415 - 51700 (28,286 P)
6-1-93 Type 2b 51701 - 125505 (73,805 S)
(TOTAL 51,700 P,
73,805 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Aluminum, unpainted back
Type 2 - Steel, olive green, gray, brown or black back
#97 also verified.
Pairs discontinued 6/1/1993 at #51701.
Nunavut residents replaced during 2000. All others replaced 2011.
6-digit first reported 8/5/2004.
2010-23 GRAPHIC BASE
7-30-10 "DEC 10" Type 1 300001 - 335116 (35,116 S)
2015 UND. Type 2 335472 - 352038 (16,567 S)
(TOTAL 52,038 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Slogan left, sticker box right
Type 2 - Slogan center, no sticker box
No plate stickers issued after expire-2015.
