ONTARIO
Highest 1903-05 leather plate series known: #948
Highest 1905-11 rubber plate series known: #9800
1911 1 - 11386* 1921 22 - 183-594*
1912 48 - 16599* 1922 20 - 215-879*
1913 565 - 23912 1923 20 - 259-872*
1914 99 - 32941* 1924 1-479 - 312-177*
1915 25 - 42649* 1925 514 - 308-746*
1916 73 - 63207* Truck began 1916. 1926 621 - 414-118*
1917 73 - 79407* 1927 622 - 436-321*
1918 73 - 106113* 1928 621 - 446-010*
1919 3 - 134167* 1929 507 - 477-574*
1920 10 - 161779*
1930-36 FORMATS A-1 - Z-9999, No G,I,Q,MM,MW used.
AA-1 - ZZ-999
1 - 500 (no prefix) for official cars 1931-38; became 1B1 - 1B500
in 1939-41. 1 - 1000 listed for 1931. D = Doctor 1934-36.
1935: D-4401 - D-9999 assigned to Toronto as regular plates.
1936: No D-6001 - D-9999 or H-6001 - H-9999 allotted.
Office assignments on file 1930-31, 1933, 1936, 1938-40, 1942,
or upton78.wixsite.com/back-bumper for 1934-35, 1937.
ALLOTTED SEEN
1930 PP-200 (539,867*) PV-549 (545,211*)
1931 OX-317 (524,000*) OU-729 (521,415*)
1932 ? OH-704 (510,901*)
1933 MZ-273 (480,000*) MZ-150 (479,877*)
1934 LR-999 (451,755) NC-514 (483,738*)
1935 NE-278 (485,000) OK-466 (512,661*)
1936 OR-309 (510,000) PK-402 (535,574*)
1937-54 FORMATS 1A1 - 9A999, No G*,I,O,Q used.
10A1 - 99A99, *G added 1954 in
100A1 - 999A9, 1B1, etc. all series.
FORMAT CAPACITY w/o G LETTERS NOT SEEN
1937-54 1A1 - 999Z9 572,022 1954 000G0
1938-54 A1 - Z9999 199,980 No C,D used except 1938 C; no X 1953-54.
1949-54 1A - 9999Z 149,985 No B,C,D,F,M,T,X used.
1951-54 AA1 - ZZ999 483,516
1951-52 1AA - 999ZZ 483,516 000AA - C,H,N,U,Y
Hyphens before and after letter in 1937 only (9-A-999).
1939-54 prefix progression assumed to be V1 - Z9999, then
U1 - U9999, T1 - T9999, etc., backwards to A-9999.
ALLOTTED SEEN GRAND TOTAL
1937 80X60 (510,000) 4Z274 (549,292*)
1938 4Z982 (550,000) A7982, B9428, C4635 (596,655*)
1939 999Z9 (572,022) V6120, W9807, X7209, Y3101 (605,120*)
1940 999Z9 (572,022) V6468, X5332, Y3846, Z8626 (620,644*)
1941 ? S7839, T2655, U9716, V3484 (649,854*)
W9135, X1111, Y4225, Z6945
1942 999Z9, (622,017*) T8982, U4481 (640,998*)
V1 - Z9999
SINGLE-LETTER SERIES SEEN GRAND TOTAL
1943 H7517, J9728, K9383, L6012, 4827S (?)
1945 V8690, Y4543 (585,255*)
1946 U718, V8466, X4094 (585,300)
1947 R1103 (653,117*)
1948 J1545 (713,553*)
1949 9256E (791,257*)
1950 8106Z (920,094*)
PREFIXES NOT SEEN SUFFIXES NOT SEEN
1949 F A
1950 A P Y
1951 TWX W
1953 T
1954 B T H
DOUBLE-LETTER SERIES SEEN (CD = Diplomatic 1954) GRAND TOTAL
1951 AA1 - EV483 (105,378)
(1952) 1AA - 478FZ, 329NK, 832NR, 665NU (131,682) (1,159,048)
920PH, 402PK, 751PP, 385PR, 895PT, 342PX, 456RE
1953 AA1 - NJ646 (249,397) (1,161,385*)
1954 AA1 - MY944 (274,670) (1,232,657*)
1952: #1BX first plate issued in Windsor branch 1/2/1952,
#1DH first plate issued in Ottawa branch 1/2/1952.
FORMATS 1955 1956-66 1967-72
1-000 - 999-999 1000 - 9999, 10-00 - 999-999
10-000 - 999-999
A1-000 - A99-999 A-1000 - A-99999 A10-00 - A99-999
(65) 1000-A - 99999-A 10-00A - 999-99A
1000 - 2999 reseved for officials 1955-72.
HIGHEST PREFIXES SEEN:
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
A99-523 A-94032 A-99469 A-99518 A-93731
B97-891 B-99999 B-98200 B-87478 B-96461
C-87923 C-90781 C-95454 C-99790
F94-120 F-98454 F-89590 F-75679 (dropped)
H12-425 H-11423 H-94981 H-94972 H-80441
J-82229 J-98448
L-95847
N-48842
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
A-98797 A-96000 A-96000 A-97458 A-92136
B-90332 B-99099 B-94578 B-99634 B-99096
C-94455 C-90554 C-88965 C-95658 C-97903
E-96223 E-99269 E-99998 E-98056
H-90000 H-99854 H-97247 H-93823 H-98046
J-96268 J-99783 J-96347 J-94645 J-87843
K-96407 K-96564 K-91176 K-96774
L-79858 L-47309 L-79241 L-98038 L-89834
M-31931 (M-4403 Dealer)
N-93473 N-45968 N-95038
D*
*D = D-51755 - D-78503 (D-1000 - D-10563 Doctor)
1960: H-92444 DAV tag seen.
HIGHEST SUFFIX SERIES SEEN:
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
91196-A 98732-A 993-53A 962-96A 964-05A 928-28A 987-90A 999-93A
95447-D
93335-E 98877-E 971-80E 999-35E 976-46E 967-41E 952-79E 910-86E
90774-H 96045-H 942-16H 945-11H 979-31H 977-65H 920-28H 990-12H
97878-J 88211-J 724-56J 944-23J 903-34J 975-57J 958-39J 996-01J
98027-K 947-61K 991-99K 945-43K 994-69K 976-10K 980-63K
488-87L 904-49L 986-52L 710-94L 946-44L 976-28L
474-10N 977-18N 999-83N 976-42N 987-28N 998-63N
959-72P 940-91P
240-89R 997-62R
HIGHEST PREFIX SERIES SEEN:
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
A-96203 A-99551 A99-991 A99-842 A96-011 A99-151 A99-657 A99-225
E-97856 E-90710 E94-017 E90-828 E98-821 E96-401 E99-458 E99-633
H-98987 H-96267 H98-131 H84-012 H99-905 H90-657 H99-190 H95-566
J-94841 J-98478 J97-068 J95-677 J95-810 J90-352 J92-828 J99-725
K-99933 K-96633 K98-953 K99-742 K98-619 K95-444 K92-858 K99-637
L-22174 L-97530 L98-779 L97-302 L98-068 L97-281 L99-504 L93-669
N-23610 N92-023 N95-594 N94-845 N99-202
P67-214 P99-589 P97-674
R10-888
LITERAL TOTALS
1955 1,298,963* 1961 1,716,237* 1967 2,127,215
1956 1,385,836* 1962 1,739,219* 1968 2,225,947
1957 1,467,026* 1963 1,806,407* 1969 2,339,765*
1958 1,528,336* 1964 1,871,484 1970 2,369,205
1959 1,605,567* 1965 1,966,635 1971 2,552,925*
1960 1,666,122* 1966 2,069,653* 1972 2,655,336*
1973-96 EMBOSSED BASE No G,I,Q,U used.*
1973 "73" Type 1 AAA-001 - NKJ-999 (5,627,367 P)
1978 "78" Type 2 NKK-001 - TMA-999 (2,346,651 P)
1982 "82" Type 3 TMB-001 - ZVS-999 (2,549,448 P)
4-2-86 "DEC 86" Type 3a 001-AAB - 800-VWY (7,172,621 P)
(TOTAL 17,696,087 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - "KEEP IT BEAUTIFUL", dated "73", full sticker box
Type 2 - "KEEP IT BEAUTIFUL", undated, partial sticker box
Type 3 - "YOURS TO DISCOVER", undated, no sticker box
*U used only on prefixes AAA-LMU (Sallmen reports LRU).
Suffixes: No DAA-DZZ, MAA-MZZ, OAA-OZZ used.
Non-Pass. Prefixes: ALN, CAN, CCA, CCJ, CDA-CDC, DLA-DLZ, FDA-FDZ,
(included in HVA-HVZ, MDA-MDZ, MHC, MPA, MPP, ONA-ONZ, PJO,
omitted) RTA-RTZ, SCO, SEN, TRB, XTR.
Non-Pass. Suffixes: CCA, CDA-CDM, XTR.
1973 initial assignment on file, to FZF-999. (2,988,009 P)
FZH-HER listed as "Reserved". (119,880 P)
Any AAA-000 combination could be ordered as vanity plate 1973-on.
1983 sticker UR. By 1994, odd year stickers LL, even year stickers LR.
1994-2024 GRAPHIC BASE Aluminum. No G,I,O,Q,U used.*
9-12-94 "DEC 94" Type 1 001-VYJ - 999-ZZZ (1,970,028 P)
4- 4-97 "OCT 97" Type 1a AAAA-001 - ACCV-303 (939,363 P)
1998 "DEC 98" Type 2 ACCV-573 - ASDJ-937 (5,299,061 P)
2003 "APR 04" Type 1b ASDK-016 - CLXR-537 (16,599,906 P)
6-16-20 Type 1c CPJV-059 - CPYT-949 (251,640 P)
(TOTAL 25,060,344 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - No square under LL slot (3M)
Type 2 - Small blue square under LL slot (Avery)
Issued to new registrations only.
*O used on Type 1 only.
AAAA withheld, not issued until 1999, "SEP 00".
AKKK issued but recalled. AZZA-AZZZ omitted.
Waldale dies CASA-001 - CATR-999 (34,965 P), "JAN 17",
Waldale "B" CBJA-001 - CBME-999 (67,932 P), "MAY 18".
Plate stickers discontinued 3/13/2022.
Optional French slogan base ($20 extra cost) began 6/10/2008, "FEB 09".
BCAA-092 - BCAA-789, BEAA-129 - BEAM-030, BSRH-803, BTBE-945 seen, all
included in above. FAAA-001 - FAAD-489 seen, not included in total.
2020-21 FLAT BASE No G,I,O,Q,U used.
2-1-20 "APR 20" CMAA-001 - CMMZ-349 (230,119 P)
Optional French slogan base FAAE-001 - FAAE-979 seen; not included in total.
Discontinued by June 2020.
