QUEBEC
Highest 1906-08 pre-provincial plate known: #Q441
1906-11 MINI-PLATES - PORCELAIN
Type 1 - "REGD. AUTO/No. xxx/QUEBEC" 7 - 457 (451 S)
Type 2 - "REGISTERED/xxxx/P.Q." 1234 - 1468 (235 S)
Type 3 - As Type 2, but very rounded corners 2273 - 4474 (2,202 S)
(TOTAL 4,468 S)
FIRST ISSUE 1908-10 - RUBBER
1908 Type 1 - "P/Q" 1190 - 3023 (1,834 P)
1910 Type 2 - No "P/Q" 3043 - 3070 (28 P)
(TOTAL 1,881 P)
SECOND ISSUE 1911 - PORCELAIN
1911 Type 1 - No corner holes 3534 - 4356 (823 P)
Type 2 - 4 corner holes 4474 - 5352 (879 P)
(TOTAL 1,819 P)
Annual fiberboard plates began 1912; undated 1912-22. Dashboard plate
also issued 1906-17. 1919 is almost identical to 1917, while 1922 is
almost identical to 1918, making numbers difficult to track. The
repeating of colors/designs may have been done on purpose in order to
use up leftover stock of old plates. Numbers began at #10000 1923-26.
Truck (8 classes) began 1924 but truck registration figures start 1920.
There is evidence to suggest that trucks may have used certain number
blocks of passenger plates in 1920-23. Period photos show trucks with
low-numbered plates as follows: 1920 #212 - 3200, 1921 #52647,
1922 #4067 - 4689.
OBSERVED PLATES
1912 (P/Q right) 41 - 3138 (3,098 P)
1913 (P.Q.bottom) 2778, 4055 - 9471 (5,418 P)
1914 (P/Q right) 9127 - 16781 (7,655*P)
1915 (QUEBEC bottom) 16955 - 26430 (9,476 P)
1916 (QUEBEC bottom) 26704 - 42825 (16,122*P)
1917 (QUEBEC bottom) 43585 - 67397 (23,813*P)
1918 (QUEBEC bottom, in box) 697 - 27153 (26,457*P)
1919 (As 1917) 1739 - 33714 (31,976 P)
1920 (QUEBEC top, in box) 6394 - 46269 (39,876*P)
1921 (QUEBEC bottom) 68980 - 105-575 (36,596 P)
1922 (As 1918) (67070?) 11262 - 64094 (52,833*P)
1923 (Dated) 10-307 - 69-686 (59,380 P)
TRUCK BLOCKS?
1920 212 - 4839 (4,628*P)
1921 50370 - 52647 (2,278 P)
1922 294 - 6641 (6,348 P)
1923 90-150 - 95-035 (4,886 P)
1 - 2,999 LBS. 3,000+ LBS. TOTAL
1924 10465 - 81696 H1001 - H11176 (81,408*P)
1925 11858 - 77443 H3888 - H11011 (72,710 P)
1926 10770 - 80916 H1170 - H15412 (84,390 P)
1927 10624 - 94211 H-652 - H19711 (102,648*P)
1928 13018 - 107200 H-20 - H20191 (114,355 P)
1929 11194 - 117510 H-20 - H26572 (132,870*P)
1930 11572 - 123802 H-20 - H33880 (146,092*P)
1931 14158 - 128913 H-329 - H32068 (146,496*P)
1932 10557 - 127048* H-628 - H32100* (147,965*P)
1933 10001 - 113045 H-465 - H29921 (132,502*P)
1934 11402 - 109785* H-850 - H30669 (128,204*P)
1935 10913 - 107251* H5400 - H34812 (125,752 P)
1936 218 - 99888* H3359 - H37550 (133,863*P)
ALL PASSENGER ALL PASSENGER
1937 478 - 145-087* 1951 -662 - 341-992*
1938 573 - 166-129* 1952 -820 - 385-269*
1939 130 - 171-187* 1953 1-703 - 443-649*
1940 143 - 177-189* 1954 2-001 - 496-922*
1941 1 - 180-831* 1955 2-001 - 536-105*
1942 43 - 182-357* 1956 2-001 - 623-126*
1943 449 - 166-579* 1957 2-001 - 695-319*
1944 43 - 174-383* 1958 2-001 - 748-891*
1945 892 - 174-091* 1959 2-001 - 806-835*
1946 892 - 176-786 1960 2-001 - 839-432*
1947 613 - 195-837 1961 2-001 - 914-461*
1948 171 - 232-033* 1962 2-001 - 997-290*
1949 892 - 270-289* 1963 2-001 - 998-689
1950 -676 - 296-461* 1964 2-564 - 997-295
#-1 also seen 1951, 1954.
LETTER SERIES
The (Montreal) Gazette, 1/6/1953, lists "B" series as "low number[s]
for private cars." Discontinued 1954 along with plain #1 - 2-000.
Letter series rebegan 1963 after #999-999 reached.
1951 348-B - 1892-B 1963 12-025A - 91-951A*
1952 152-B - 2192-B 1964 1A6-226 - 7A5-707,
1953 6-B - 2513-B 1B-3080 - 1C-8279*
1965-70 FORMAT 1A-0001 - 9Z-9999 No I,O,Q,U,W,Y used.
No F,J,L,T used 1965.
OBSERVED TOTAL
1965 4V-1563 (1,201,443*P)
1966 3R-4993 (1,284,865*P)
1967 8R-8222 (1,338,089*P)
1968 9S-0098 (1,419,956*P) 2E = Dealer Demonstrator.
1969 1V-2326 (1,532,173*P) 1X-2X = Dealer Demonstr. 1969-70.
1970 9Z-6082 (1,705,912*P) A-V, Z, 3X-9X assigned.
1971-73 OBSERVED SUBTOTAL No I,L used.
1971 100-001 - 999-999 (899,999) 1X-2X = Dealer Demonstrator.
1A-0001 - 8J-2430 (792,351) (TOTAL 1,692,350*P)
1972 100-001 - 999-999 (899,999) 1X-2X = Dealer Demonstrator.
1A-1 - 9K-4603 (894,514) (TOTAL 1,794,513*P)
1973 10-01 - 999-999 (998,999)
1A-1 - 8M-1110 (971,013) (TOTAL 1,970,012*P)
RENTAL CAR SERIES:
1965 80-001 - 99-998
1966 75-001 - 99-998
1967 75-001 - 99-998, 150-001 - 150-400, 250-001 - 250-300
1968 73-001 - 99-998, 150-001 - 150-400, 250-001 - 250-400
1969-71 000-001 - 035-000
1972 1001 - 35-000
1973-79 Z prefix
1974-79 FORMAT 100A001 - 999A999
OBSERVED Highest assigned in (). TOTAL
1974 985A235, 999E709, 448H820 (2,133,764*P)
1975 588A594, 162K743, 999N210, 934S346, 108B429 (2,293,322*P)
1976 627H526, 997L902, 876M730, 200P472 (2,302,630*P)
1977 648R901, 997S445, 999T816, 238V158 (2,484,320*P)
1978 447A882, 999B964, 550C002, 993E198, 323F505 (2,814,551*S)
(700A000, 999B999, 700C000, 999E999, 600F000)
1979 (999H999, 999P999, 800L000, 650M000 initially)
(553S000 final assigned 1982)
1979-2023 BASE No I,O,Q used.*
1979 "79" Type 1 100H001 - 999H999 (899,999 S)
Type 1a 100P001 - 999P999 (899,999 S)
Type 1b 100L001 - 748L895 (648,895 S)
Type 1c 100M001 - 636M771 (536,771 S)
Nov.80 "80" Type 2 751L662 - 753L325 (1,664 S)
Type 1d 757L360 -
"80" Type 2a 761L365 - 999L999 (238,635 S)
"81" Type 2b 652M904 - 999M999 (347,096 S)
"82" Type 2c 100S001 - 539S395 (439,395 S)
4-1-83 "10 83" Type 3 AAA 001 - EZZ 999 (2,557,440 S)
"5 88" Type 3a JAA 001 - KZZ 999 (945,054 S)
Type 3b HAA 001 - HBW 576 (40,536 S)
"8 89" Type 3c NDA 001 - NZZ 999 (417,582 S)
"11 90" Type 3d QAA 001 - RWX 927 (899,028 S)
"8 91" Type 4 GAA 201 - GZZ 999 (480,319 S)
Nov.91 "1 92" Type 4a HCA 001 - HZZ 999 (438,561 S)
Feb.92 "1(93)" Type 4b TAC 001 - TZZ 999 (481,518 S)
Apr.93 Type 4c WAA 001 - ZZZ 999 (1,999,998 S)
11-1-95 Type 4d 001 AAA - 999 QZZ (7,359,633 S)
10-27-04 Type 4e 001 YAA - 999 YZZ (528,471 S)
4-15-05 Type 4f 001 RAA - 999 SZZ (1,033,965 S)
7-1-06 Type 4g 001 PDA - 999 PZZ (459,540 S)
2-1-07 Type 4h 001 TAA - 999 XZZ (2,119,884 S)
2009 Type 4i 001 ZAA - 999 ZZZ (528,471 S)
Sep. 09 Type 4j B01 AAA - Z99 ZZZ (14,454,396 S)
Dec. 22 Type 4k 01A AAA - 54X ADE (138,951 S)
9-14-23 Type 4l AAA 01A - AAA 66R (1,551 S)
(TOTAL 38,924,289 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Dated "79", thin dies, 2 unpainted sticker boxes,
short slots, aluminum, unpainted back (2,985,665 S)
Type 2 - Dated "79", thin dies, 2 painted sticker boxes,
long slots, aluminum or galvanized steel, unpainted or
blue back (1,026,790 S)
Type 3 - Undated, wide round dies, 4 unpainted sticker boxes,
short slots, aluminum, unpainted back (4,859,640 S)
Type 4 - As Type 3, but wide square dies (30,025,258 S)
Prefixes: *No U used after DMU. KKK seen.
*Q used only in 1st position.
*Q added in 2nd position by XQA. (Verify Q in 3rd pos.)
Suffixes: *Q used. No I,O,U used. PAA-PZZ omitted until 2006.
Veteran began Feb. 2006, PAA-PAG.
Type 4j: Progression is B01 AAA - B99 AAA, C01 AAA - Z99 AAA, B01 AAB etc.
No A,C,F,I,L,O,R,T,U,V in 1st position, no I,O,U in other positions.
By 2022, only 12 letters used in 1st position.
Letters seen in 1st position: D,E,G,H,J,K,M,N,P,Q,W,X,Y.
Type 4k: Progression is 01A AAA - 99A AAA, 01B AAA - 99Z AAA, 01A AAB, etc.
No B,D,I,O,Q,S,U in 1st position, no I,O,U in other positions.
Type 4l: Progression is AAA 01A - AAA 99A, AAA 01B - AAA 99Z, AAB 01A etc.
No I,O,U in any position.
Revalidated by plate stickers 1980-92. No visible revalidation
1993-present; annual registration certificate issued.
Month stickers discontinued 12/31/1994.
