NOVA SCOTIA
Highest 1907-17 pre-provincial plate known: #6969
Dealer began 1919. Truck began 1920.
The (Montreal) Gazette, 1/5/1926:
"The plates, numbered from 1,000 to 15,000, will be for light cars."
1918 87 - 8907 (8,821*) 1922 1-067 - 15-456 (14,390*)
1919 2102 - 11753 (9,652) 1923 1-343 - 16-760 (15,418)
1920 1071 - 12352 (11,282*) 1924 1-179 - 19-128 (17,950)
1921 1131 - 13503 (12,373) 1925 1-120 - 20-747 (19,628)
YEAR LIGHT 1-3,000 LBS. HEAVY 3,001+ LBS. TOTAL
1926 L1-208 - L13-883 H15-129 - H24-456 22,004
1927 L1-661 - L18-920 H19-238 - H29-279 27,302*
1928 10-326 - 27-500 H40-493 - H52-085 28,768
1929 10-547 - 41-423 (30,877)
1930 40-372 - 84-704 (44,333*)
1931-40 FORMAT 20-000 - 29-999 County group system below;
1941-71 FORMAT 2-00-00 - 2-99-99 believed in effect 1931-52.
YEAR 2 3 4 5 6 7 8-9 TOTAL
1931 23-707 34-010 43-095 53-843 62-187 74-251 88-990 30,090
1932 27-155 33-566 43-274 53-076 63-255 72-016 88-416 30,765
1933 27-852 33-616 43-652 52-619 63-030 74-338 89-733 34,847*
1934 27-859 33-343 43-159 53-035 61-888 71-671 88-986 29,948
1935 27-860 33-252 42-934 53-954 63-521 72-987 82-788 27,303
1936 28-359 33-693 43-045 52-792 62-134 74-263 91-387 35,680
1937 28-099 33-884 42-544 53-880 63-056 90-787 32,256
1938 27-917 33-819 43-526 53-219 60-755 73-110 88-773 31,126
1939 28-243 33-380 43-229 53-875 63-885 70-126 89-719 32,464
1940 28-832 33-589 43-463 55-050 63-205 76-320 92-382 42,848
1941 2-77-64 3-35-73 4-32-16 5-56-63 6-37-60 7-30-91 9-32-95 40,369
1942 2-89-92 3-31-37 4-22-50 5-39-64 6-18-36 7-43-23 9-14-25 35,934
1943 2-74-71 3-27-50 4-33-36 5-43-00 6-44-29 7-65-66 9-50-02 43,861
1945 2-80-40 3-31-70 4-09-75 5-44-22 6-30-85 7-50-66 9-15-04 36,269
1946 2-82-46 3-34-99 4-27-34 5-41-97 6-28-70 7-07-37 9-55-23 37,813
1947 2-74-32 3-29-70 4-28-78 5-33-56 6-24-59 9-83-14 37,415
1948 2-84-97 3-35-15 4-38-31 5-43-13 6-37-33 7-07-37 9-87-62 43,395
1949 2-85-34 3-43-91 4-32-94 5-40-38 6-37-40 7-78-51 9-99-18 51,773
1950 2-99-97 3-48-49 4-45-61 5-60-43 6-83-04 7-35-37 9-99-99 57,297
1951 2-97-59 3-54-28 4-53-77 5-68-30 6-56-59 7-45-98 9-96-25 57,283
1952 2-97-26 3-91-90 4-99-91 5-82-41 6-85-13 7-48-97 9-98-16 70,381
1932: 99-000 series reported as possible 1/2 year issue.
1943: All are restamped 1942 plates, which had been made in pairs.
1950-51: 6-digits reported.
1953: New registrations received dated "53" plate and tab
10-02-00 - 10-97-76 (9,577 P)
1953-56: New registrations received dated "52" plate and tab
11-01-27 - 16-56-25 (55,499 P)
TABS PASSENGER HALF YEAR TRUCK SMALL SIZE (M/C, Public Veh.)
1952 (none) Yellow/Black (none)
1953 002382 - 059380, 111026 Red/White 126149 - 126349
180507
1954 3701 - 97343 120749 White/Red 132147 - 132514
1955 13438 - 88791 130362 White/Gold 140813
1956 23766 - 95240, 139401 Green/White 151050,
161290 - 165632 170041 - 170583
PLATES
1957 13-33-65 (113,366 P) 1962-63 20-33-01 (183,302 P)
1958 13-82-62 (118,263 P) 1964-65 22-48-37 (204,838 P)
1959 14-69-92 (126,993 P) 1966-68 28-19-18 (261,919 P)
1960-61 18-36-61 (163,662 P) 1969-71 29-74-28 (277,429 P)
1972-80 ALL-NUMERIC BASE
1972 Type 1: Non-reflective 2-00-00 - 38-49-99 (365,000 P)
1975 Type 2: Reflective 38-50-00 - 66-39-99 (279,000 P)
(TOTAL 644,000 P)
After 6/17/1979, issued only to re-registrations and replacements.
1972-present: Even year stickers UL, odd year stickers UR.
1980-86: All received DEC stickers in smaller size and/or color.
Replaced December 1986.
1980-90 ALPHA-NUMERIC BASE No I,O,Q used.
6-18-79 "JUN 80" Type 1 AAA-001 - AWE-999 (441,558 P)
Aug.86 "AUG 87" Type 2 AWF-001 - BJH-059 (277,781 P)
Apr.88 "APR 89" Type 3 BJK-707 - BRS-999 (144,149 P)
(TOTAL 866,133 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Steel, round corners, long slots
Type 2 - As Type 1, but aluminum
Type 3 - Aluminum, square corners, short slots
Old all-numeric dies reported on AEJ and AES series.
Normal dies: AEE-968, AEF-392, AEH-362, AEK-282, AEM-703, AEN-454,
AEN-784, AEP-086, AER-484, AES-357, AES-798, AET-071, AEV-421,
AEV-977, AEW-483, AEY-090, AEZ-699.
Starting 1987, passenger plates also issued to light trucks.
1990-2024 BLUENOSE BASE No I,O,Q used.
Jun.89 "FEB 90" Type 1 BRT 001 - CCV 999 (255,744 P)
1992 "APR 93" Type 2 CCW 001 - CVW 999 (368,631 P)
Late 95 "AUG 98" Type 1a CVX 001 - DAE 999 (99,900 S)
1998 "JUN 00" Type 2a DAF 001 - DDH 999(no DDD)(70,929 S)
1999 "JUL 01" Type 1b DDJ 001 - FAD 999(w/DDD)(985,014 S)
Dec.11 "DEC 13" Type 3 FAE 001 - HAA 001 (1,052,947 S)
(TOTAL 624,375 P, 2,208,790 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Helvetica dies, border
Type 2 - New Brunswick dies, border
Type 3 - Thin dies, no border
Two-Year Registration began 1996.
By 2020, switched to High Intensity Scotchlite.
