Mountain Girl

Bit of trivia. But I am curious about the rest of Canada's number plates.


Alberta= Wild Rose Country
British Columbia= Beautiful British Columbia
Saskatchewan= not sure on this one ......... land of endless skies




What do the rest of the provinces have on their number plates?

MCrocker

Have you ever seen one of those wild roses. I think our Alberta plates are boring - should have a bear or something on it - maybe a cup of Timmies

iaink

ontario...yours to discover (used to be keep it beautiful)
quebec...Je me souviens
manitoba...friendly
ns...canadas ocean playground



Others we often see round here

NY... The Empire State
Ohio.. birthplace of aviation
Florida.. Sunshine state ....Ive a feeling this should be in with the canadian ones

Mountain Girl

Not seen a Wild rose yet.

Steve_P

Alberta= Wild Rose Country
British Columbia= Beautiful British Columbia (and a new plate) The Best Place on Earth
Saskatchewan= Land of living skies
Manitoba=Friendly Manitoba
Ontario=Yours to Discover
Quebec=Je Me Souviens
New Brunswick=
Nova Scotia=Canada's Ocean Playground
Prince Edward Island=Confederation Bridge
Newfoundland and Labrador= A Flag
Yukon=The Klondike
Northwest Territories=Explore Canada's Arctic
Nunavut=Explore Canada's Arctic

See them all here: http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/license.html

Cheers
Steve

Mountain Girl

Oh cool thanks Steve.

Klondike , something to do with the gold rush. Thats interesting, I didnt know that.

Who gets to decide these plates?

iaink

Faceless beaurocrats


I love the polar bear plates...they are often nicked if legend is to be believed.

Mountain Girl

Another question.

In Alberta they only seem to have the number plates on the back of the vehicles. Is that the same all over Canada?

Steve_P

Apparently not, in fact Alberta may be the only province to have a single license plate.

iaink

Quebec is back only too.

Ontario is front and rear for cars...sticker on the back plate. Pickups and the like have the sticker on the front plate. Dunno why.

Atlantic Xpat

Nah, Newfoundland is the same. (Perhaps for the ease of the countless Newfoundlanders heading west to Fort Mac! ) Number plates are changing here from the flag to the Pitcher Plant which is the new Provincial Logo. Tax dollars well spent then.

Steve_P

Boy was I wrong.

Just had a look in Wikipedia and found that Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and the Yukon all only have rear plates.

Apologies for not checking first.

Can anyone explain why some places went to just the rear plate.

I heard a rumour a number of years ago it was something to do with the change from freon to whatever they use now in auto air conditioning.

Cookie

Only number plates on the back of cars are required here in Nova Scotia.

Novelty plates can be seen on the front though.

rwin

I always thought they were just being cheap.

Souvenir

How often do the cops chase cars from the front?

A lot of cars around here have joke/vanity plates on the front that appear to be real German plates. I have absolutely no idea why.