YUKON
Territory-issued plates began 1914, flat hand-painted 1914-23.
1914 20 - 33 1919 32 - 76
1915 34 - 1920 39 - 74
1916 1921 50 - 85
1917 7 - 78 1922 48 -
1918 16 - 23 1923 80 - 85
Numbering began at #100 1924-51 (3/31/52), #1 1952-75 (3/31/53).
In 1945, passenger and motorcycle were the only two types issued.
In 1950, Truck began, adding third type. 4-digit expected 1950.
Known final production numbers in bold.
1924 206 1937 450* 1950 782 1966 4890
1925 225* 1938 447* 3/31/52 1027 1967 5183
1926 232 1939 470* 1955 2293 1968 5707
1927 300* 1940 467 1956 2485 1969 6119
1928 252 1941 417 1957 2598 1970 7229
1929 300 1942 459 1958 3192* 1971 7500
1930 343* 1943 699* 1959 3-133 1972 7500
1931 450* 1944 749 1960 4-000* 1973 6958
1932 400* 1945 635 1961 4000* 1974 7925
1933 400* 1946 1076 1962 4-200* 1975 8000
1934 399* 1947 1391 1963 4500*
1935 360* 1948 1896 1964 4800*
1936 400* 1949 2061 1965 5000*
3/31/53 - 3/31/55 BASE 3/31/54 - 3/31/55 Tabs have no serial.
Type 1: Dated "3-31-53", no tab holes 1 - 1170 (1,170 S)
Type 2: Undated, tab holes 1 - 2485 (2,485 S?)
(Both types seen with miner in black or white)
It is theorized that Type 1 was issued singly in 1952, then Type 2
mates to each pair issued in 1953, plus Type 2 pairs to new cars;
no pairs seen. This would mean tabbed plates only went on front.
CITY START 1976 1977 START 1978 1979 1980-81
Whitehorse A001 - T250 T989 AA-01 - JZ-91 JZ-63 XH-79
Dawson D001 - D675 D548 DA-01 - DD-98 DF-95 DL-91
Faro F001 - F711 F793 FA-01 - FD-35 FH-83 FY-79
Haines Jct. H001 - H424 H467 HA-01 - HE-99 HE-95 HH-55
Mayo M001 - M377 M523 MA-01 - MF-86 MF-64 ML-80
Watson Lake W001 - W875 W877 WA-01 - WJ-73 WP-22
Whitehorse letters used: A,B,C,E,J,K,L,N,P,T,X
1976-81: No I,O,Q used. G,R,U = Non-Passenger.
TOTALS OF 1965-72 ALLOCATIONS AND 1976-81 OBSERVED PLATES BY CITY:
CITY 1965 1970 1972 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980-81
Whitehorse 3,775 5,825 6,325 9,241 9,980 11,377 11,349 23,542
Dawson 325 325 325 675 548 395 590 1,081
Faro - - - 711 793 332 776 2,158
Haines Jct. - 175 175 424 467 495 491 748
Mayo 375 325 325 377 523 581 559 1,070
Watson Lake 325 350 350 875 877 865 1,309
TOTAL 4,800 7,000 7,500 12,303 13,188* 14,045* 13,765* 29,908
1982 - 3/31/85 BASE No D,F,I,J,N,Q,U,Y used.*
1982 Type 1 ABA-1 - AMR-1
1982 Type 2 DOL-9 - DTD-6, HYS-1
3/31/84 Type 3 BEJ-7 - BWM-3, EBD-7 - FEW-8, KSB-4,
OHK-8 - OMW-1, SHM-3 - SHZ-2
Type 2/3 AWB-3, OSE-2
Unknown JHR-1, *LAS-9
*D,F,J,Y added later.
No double letters used, i.e. AAA-AAZ, ABB, ACC, BBA-BBZ, etc.
No C,F,L* used in 1st position.
GAB-GZZ, RAB-RZZ = Non-Passenger.
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Snow white, long slots, white back
Type 2 - Light gray, short slots, brown back
Type 3 - Light gray, short slots, unpainted back
Replaced 3/31/85.
3/31/86 - 1992 BASE No I,N,P,U,V,Y seen in 1st pos.
4-1-85 Type 1 ABA-1 - ZYZ-9 (112,500 P)
1989 "OCT 90" Type 1a AAA-1 - HII-3 (6,474 P)
(TOTAL 118,974 P)
Type 1: No double letters used, as in 1982-85. No I used.
Type 1a: Double letters issued, as well as I combinations.
Replaced by June 1992.
1991-2023 GRAPHIC BASE No D,I,Q,U,Y used.* No CAA-CZZ used.
12-18-90 "JUL 91" Type 1 AAA01 - AXB89 (39,689 S)
"OCT 01" Type 2 AXF35 - AZZ50 (3,679 S)
"AUG 92" Type 1a BAK42 - BMW63 (21,802 S)
"AUG 01" Type 2a BOC09 - BVN16 (11,294 S)
"MAR 00" Type 1b EAB71 - ECW71 (5,842 S)
"NOV 04" Type 2b EEA09 - EKZ21 (12,388 S)
"NOV 07" Type 1c ELG88 - EZZ31 (24,298 S)
"NOV 11" Type 1d HAA50 - HGH85 (13,698 S)
"OCT 14" Type 2c HHF15 - HVP56 (24,571 S)
(TOTAL 163,881 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - BC dies, Astrographic (AXE reported) (105,329 S)
Type 2 - AB dies, Hi Signs, smaller legends (52,253 S)
(BOA, BVP reported)
*BBU was issued. EMD29 reported. Neither counted.
D added by HBD; counted.
O reportedly dropped in 3rd position after ATO, but all counted since ECO53 seen.
EEE27 has no beveled edge.
Non-Pass. Prefixes: CAA-CZZ, DAA-DAF, DLR, FGA-FGZ, MPA-MPD,
RAA-RZZ, YTG.
Plate stickers discontinued 3/1/2022.
