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The letters G, I, O, Q, and U have not been used on the 7 character plates.

Alan Bones reports that Ontario now has an optional French version of the standard plate for no additional fee, making it the second province (after PEI) to offer an alternative plate in the other official language from the normal base. The slogan in French is "Tant à découvrir." The French version was originally available as a standard passenger plate only, and was not available for vanities, specials with graphics, or non-passenger, but as of 3/28/2011 it is now available for vanities.
The French slogan is also available on the Franco-Ontarian specialty plate, but that is the only specialty available in French.
Type Plate Notes Reporter
Passenger BNHV-355 NEW Jim Becksted reports that AAAA-001 was spotted west of Toronto and he has a photo of it. Tristan Anderson spotted ZZZZ-999, which was a personalized issue.
Personalized AAA-001 on the optional Star Trek plate was spotted by Phil C. in Brampton.
AAA-137 spotted in Sep. 2009 still in regular use by JCampbell in Ottawa.
No AZZx plates have been reported yet. The highest A series reported so far was AZYY-928. 		Brent M.
1/28/12
Passenger - French Slogan BEAP-310 French slogan plates are using the BCAA, BEAA, BEAD, BEAE, BEAJ, BEAL, BEAM, and BEAN series so far. Tom Rodda confirms BCAA-001 as a low, spotted in Ottawa on 2012-02-03. Matt Embro
11/29/11
Non-passenger Plates
10 Day Special Permit D125619 NEW 10 Day Special Permit replaced the previous paper 10 Day Temporary Permit (high A888113) by 7-31-08. Note that most vehicles now get pair of pass plates with red on white T sticker. 10 Day Special Permit only used in specific cases where the T pass plate application is not appropriate, such as out of province vehicles.
A000263 reported as a low seen online.
David Wilson
1/30/12
Bus 866-2BF Bus series reversed after BN9-999, starting at 100-1BF Jim Becksted
3/10/11
Consulate 724-CCC Mike Franks
9/15/11
Dealer 654-DNT Until December 2004 the yellow plate was actually a Dealer/Service plate. In 2004 a special plate just for dealers was created, and existing service facilities continued to use their yellow plates.
674-DKA is considered to be the last Dealer/Service plate, but they didn't stop issuing yellow plates at that point. New service registrants continue to be issued the same design of yellow plates, which appear in a separate Highs listing. The new dealer plates started at 001-DLA.
The new style of dealer plate is in the black on white commercial plate screening, but the embossed registration characters are in red.
011-DLA is the lowest reported by Matt Embro. Alan Bones reports 133-DLO, which is an unusual use of the letter "O" in Ontario. 		Matt Embro
7/07/11
Diplomatic 626-CDK White on red, reflective
987-CDL was reported by Alan Bones on 2005-07-22, but this is out of sequence. 999-CDL was reported by Jim Sadler. 981-CDP also reported by Jim Sadler. Other plates of this type out of sequence have been reported. Remakes of numbers from the fully embossed period also exist.
Alan also notes that it appears serials 980-999 are now reserved for heads of mission (Ambassadors and High Commissioners)
Tom Rodda spotted the first of this series, 001-CDA in Ottawa. Alan Bones reports this plate number is issued to the "Dean of the Diplomatic Corps" (i.e. the longest locally-serving head of mission). If the Dean changes, the number is re-issued to the new dean. Tiger Joe reports 001-CDA was the non-reflective base, and registered at least since 1995 to the Papal Nuncio, but there have been two other since, and the current Dean is from Guyana.
Note: We had 981-CDK listed as the series high, but as noted above, the 980-999 number block is reserved for heads of mission, so letter blocks with numbers within that range are higher, hence the sightings of CDL and CDP series plates with numbers in the range. Therefore, our posted high reflects the current high for regular Diplomatic plates. 		Jesse Goulah
8/17/11
Doctor 453-MAC It took 11 years to use up MAB series. Jesse Goulah
8/26/11
Embassy Staff 204-XTW White on red Jesse Goulah
6/28/11
Farm Truck 356*1FM 1980-2003 issues were in the FA1-234 format. FK series skipped. Jim Becksted
11/24/11
Federal Government FDO-598 Eric Vettoretti
7/18/11
Green Vehicle GVAA-734 NEW Green on white with a graphic of a trillium in the center.
From Matt Embro:
Started in June 2010. Issued ONLY to plug-in hybrid and battery-powered electric vehicles, however the owner can still choose to put regular passenger plates on these types of cars if they wish. These plates are NOT issued to regular hybrid vehicles, such as Prius, etc.

These plates come with special privileges.. Cars running them are able to:

Use Ontario's High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes until 2015, even if there is just one person in the vehicle
Access recharging facilities at GO Transit and other provincially operated parking lots
Use designated parking spots at the University of Toronto and private companies such as Walmart Canada

They come in both English and French versions, The English ones are in the GVxx series and say "Green Vehicle" on the bottom, where "Yours To Discover" normally is. The French ones are the same design but are in the VExx series and say "Vehicule Ecologique" on the bottom.

French - VEAA-213 2012-01-02 Ivan Wotchinski
Eric Vettoretti
1/28/12
Historic Vehicle 2H8722 Current format after 999-HVZ reached in summer 2007.
Terry Ellsworth
8/19/11
LSM ACL59 Introduced 3-27-06 for Limited Speed Motorcycles. Small plate is white on green.
Jesse Goulah
6/28/11
Moped EC 832 White on red
After F9999, the series progressed to EA 101 and up. 		Robert Lubinski
5/04/10
Motorcycle 4601S Series history, courtesy of Manny Jacob:

Dated 1980:
10001-99999
Z1-Z9999

No date, sticker box, 1981 and 1982:
Y0001-S9999 (issued in reverse order)

Undated, no sticker box, 1982-1994 embossed:
R0001-H9999 (issued in reverse order)
001AA-999EZ
001NA-999ZZ
FA001-KZ999

Reflective sheeting, 1994 - present:
LA001-LZ999
1A001-9Z999
100A1-999Z9
0001A-present


Matt Embro
8/23/11
Motorcycle - Dealer AE330 White on light blue.
(Actual sighting date was 2010-12-27 for AE330. 		Tiger Joe Sallmen
9/28/11
Off-Road Vehicle n7WJ7 Green on white
Off-Road Dealer (red on white) - 371MD 2009-04-15 Terry Ellsworth 		David Wilson
8/17/11
Ontario Provincial Police OPP549 Commemorative plate to mark the 100th anniversary of the OPP in 2009. Black on white with special emblem at left, used only on OPP vehicles.
OPP004 reported as a low.
Paul T.
2/25/10
Provincial Government 009-ONP nnn-ONx format, previous high was 298-ONC
Martin Houle
6/11/09
Provincial Judge 039 PJO RJM
3/25/09
PRP 361-4PK NEW Current format after PZ9-999 reached in April 2006. Sebastien April
1/29/12
PRP Bus BP2-854 Used on inter-provincial buses or buses that frequently cross the border. PRP Bus plates are seen only on big coach buses, and are quite rare even in that case. The BP series is exclusive to PRP Bus. Robert Lubinski
6/27/08
School Bus SF2-322 Matt Embro
7/07/11
Service/In-Transit 865-DKT Service plates are black on yellow in the DKA-DKZ series and were originally Dealer/Service plates until Dealer plates began a new type in the DLA series in December 2004 with the black Commercial type sheeting and red embossed characters. Service plates continue in the black on yellow design. Also, we have confirmed as early as 2004 that transporters are now using these plates instead of the old orange on white "In-Transit" paper permit. Also, we have confirmed
as early as 2004 that tranporters are now using these plates instead of the old orange on white "In-Transit" paper permit. In-Transit paper permits observed as high as #317000 and observed in use as late as February 2002. 		Darryl Antoniw
9/14/11
Snowmobile 9AA373 Blue on white pair of decals or custom numbers applied to both sides of cowling.
Eric Vettoretti reports that initial all numeric series has been exhausted when 999999 reached. The Ministry has switched numbering format to 0AA000. The number is still applied by the owner to both sides of cowlings. 		Tristan Anderson
2/09/11
Superior Court Judge SCO-718 John Hayes
12/24/08
Trailer J38-59V NEW A12-12A is the low for this type seen by David Wilson on 2002-02-12. Sebastien April
1/31/12
Truck AB-22152 New series started at AA-10000, following 999-9ZZ in the previous series.
Previous series low: 101-4AA spotted by Mike Franks
Previous series high: 969-9ZZ spotted by David Wilson

Letter O only used in AO, CO and NO suffix series. P and S suffixes reserved for PRP and School bus. Nicholas reports that the letters Q and U are not used on Truck plates, at least in recent issues.

The new AA-00000 commercial/truck plates are also available with the French-language slogan, "Tant �  d�©couvrir."
French slogan high: DA-10831 2012-02-03 David Wilson

Tom Rodda
1/21/12
Specialty Plates
48th Highlanders 01TH67 First available 2007-03-26. Matt Embro
7/07/11
Anglers & Hunters 14AH64 Eric Vettoretti
9/01/10
Anishinabek Nation 15AN29 This is not a "Tribal plate" in the sense that it is available only to members. It is a special plate that carries the same additional fee as others in Ontario, and it is available to the general public. Tristan Anderson
6/03/10
Army Cadet League 02AL14 David Wilson reports another "cadet" type in the VI series. This is Cadet Instructor Cadre (listed under "government" in the graphic plate choices). IV is for "Illuminate Viam" the motto under the group's symbol on the plate. Issued 2009-11-30. David reports 02IV04 on 2010-10-16. Manny Jacob
11/17/06
Breast Cancer Society of Canada 05BC91 Tristan Anderson
11/04/11
Canadian Blood Services 50BL21 Introduced in March 2007.
English logo started at 01BL01.
French logo version started at 50BL01, slogan remains English.
French logo version high - 50BL15 		Matt Embro
10/24/10
Canadian Distiller 09CD12 Tristan Anderson
12/09/09
Canadian Flag 89CF65 Matt Embro
7/07/11
Canadian Legion 13CL51 Matt Embro
9/07/10
Canadian National Sportsmen's Show 08NS10 First available 1997-03-03. Eric Vettoretti
6/14/10
Canadian Snowbird Association 03CS05 First available 11/30/09 Matt Embro
1/18/10
Don't Drink & Drive 10DD21 Jim Becksted
12/14/11
Ducks Unlimited 12DU56 Matt Embro
12/18/10
Equine Canada 01EC03 First available 11/30/09 Matt Embro
1/18/10
Farley Foundation 03FF09 Matt Embro
7/20/10
Fire Dept. 85FS73 In 2004, the FS series succeeded the original FD series. Tristan Anderson
8/15/11
Franco-Ontarian 53FL64 There are two versions of this plate, with just the slogan being different. The lower number series (starting at 01FL01) has the slogan in English, while the higher series (starting at 50FL01) has it in French.
English high: 05FL37 2009-08-18 David R. Wilson
French high: 52FL63 2010-02-10 Jim Sadler 		Jim Sadler
9/06/11
Freemasons 03FM71 Masonic emblem is superimposed on a maple leaf to the left of the numbers. Jim Becksted
3/30/10
Girl Guides 09GG74 Nicholas
6/21/09
Governor General's Horse Guards Association 01HG95 First available 2006-04-24. RJM
5/04/09
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18TC40 Matt Embro
6/22/10
Humane Society 11HS82 Robert Lubinski
10/26/09
I Heart 15LV49 I Heart (red heart with an I inside) Brent Morton
4/21/06
IAFF 08PF15 International Association of Firefighters
New in Fall 2008. Issued exclusively to members of the OPFFA (Ontario Professional Firefighters Association)
Matt Embro
8/23/11
Kawartha Lakes 03KL04 Holly Embro
7/21/10
King's College 07KC81 Matt Embro
8/20/10
Knights of Columbus 12VJ04 Jim Sadler
6/25/09
Lacrosse 13LX39 Matt Embro
7/07/11
Lakehead University 01LU25 Introduced in late 2005. Holly Embro
6/25/10
Lincoln & Welland 03LW77 Matt Embro
3/10/11
Lions Club 09LC31 Matt Embro
12/31/09
Loon 51LM75 First series used LN, now LM since 2002. Matt Embro
9/07/10
MADD 01MD69 Dale Snook
9/01/10
Millennium 14MM44 Nicholas
2/26/09
Niagara War of 1812 02NI63 NEW to commemorate the bicentennial in 2012. Jim Becksted
8/12/09
Nishnawbe Aski Nation 01NA02 First available 2006-08-09. Matt Embro
6/06/10
OddFellows & Rebekahs 06OF53 Matt Embro
7/07/11
Ontario Flag 01ON77 New in March 2010 Jim Sadler
9/11/10
Ottawa Renegades 02RR34 Introduced in late 2005. Discontinued 5-28-2010. Matt Embro
6/06/10
Ottawa Senators 57SE89 Graphic has been updated as of 1/4/11 to reflect a change to the team's logo that actually happened a couple years ago. This is now the third version of this graphic.
1st version high - 16SE53
2nd version low/high - 17SE01/55SE48
3rd version low - 56SE10 		Eric Vettoretti
11/04/11
Ottawa Valley Adventure Playground 02AP08 Eric Vettoretti
6/19/10
Paramedic Association 09PA84 This type began using the PA series, but for an unknown reason changed to the EP series. The new series high is 05EP15 from Matt Embro on 2010-03-19. Stéphane Loysel
7/09/09
Professional Engineers Ontario 03PE03 Dave Grant reports that PEO has adopted a new specialty licence series. PEO bought the first two hundred plates to be available primarily for engineering members of the association, that is, licenced engineers in the Province of Ontario. The plates went on sale on the PEO website, where technically anyone could buy them, but the general public (particularly those who are not engineers) would not know about or visit the PEO website. The numbers 03PE03 to 99PE99 are available for sale to the general public through Service Ontario (licence bureaus.) David Grant
3/24/11
Professional Englneers Ontario 01PE01 to 03PE02 will be distributed amongst engineering members; the public will be distributed 03PE03 to 99PE99.
Matt Embro advises that with all new graphics, the first 200 pairs are required to be purchased and distributed by the sponsoring organization, but they are available to the general public. Some of the lower numbers may be purchased through the organization's website. 03PE03 and up are available at issuing offices across the province.
12/31/69
Queen's Own Rifles 04QO37 Matt Embro
12/18/10
Queen's University 13QU32 Graphic has been updated and now reads "Queens Alumni" instead of "Queens University."
Original style high - 12QU93
New style low - 13QU32
Matt Embro
4/27/10
Queen's York Rangers 01QR05 Introduced 4/24/06. Matt Embro
6/06/10
Radio Amateurs of Canada 01HM15 Mike Franks
10/15/07
Red Heart 15RH41 Brent Morton
10/27/11
Road Safety 08RS36 Matt Embro
12/18/10
Rotary International 07RI91 Matt Embro
10/28/10
Royal CDN Artiller 02AD01 Introduced in summer 2005. Eric Vettoretti
6/14/10
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry 01CA15 First available 2006-08-09. Nicholas
3/01/09
Royal Ontario Legion
12/31/69
Royal Regiment of Canada 01RG07 First available 2006-08-09. Matt Embro
8/16/10
Safety Elephant 12EE54 Graphic is for safety awareness, actual graphic is "Elmer" the safety elephant. David Wilson
7/31/11
Scouts Canada 10SC86 Matt Embro
12/18/10
Shriners 15SR79 Matt Embro
8/23/11
Snowmobile Graphic 20SN52 Graphic is for Ontario Federation of Snowmobile clubs. Matt Embro
10/07/10
Special Olympics 01SA02 First available 2007-03-26. Matt Embro
7/20/10
Square Dancing 14SQ90 Matt Embro
12/18/10
St. John Ambulance 03SJ53 Mike Franks
12/14/10
Star Trek 30ST10 No longer offered. Nicholas
6/21/08
Support Our Troops 11YR96 First available Feb. 1, 2010. Plate features a graphic of a Yellow Ribbon. Matt Embro
8/23/11
Taekwon-Do Federation 04TD71 First available 2000-09-01.
Graphic updated 1/4/2011 and is now called "International Ch'ang-Hon Taekwon-Do Federation."
Old style high - 04TD22
New style low - 04TD71 		Matt Embro
2/08/11
Toronto Argonauts 16AR16 Revised logo debuted 2007-03-26. J.S.
1/25/09
Toronto Blue Jays 65JA80 Matt Embro
7/07/11
Toronto Maple Leafs 37TM16 The first letter set was ML, then TO came into use in 2002, now TM in 2007. Nicholas
6/24/08
Toronto Raptors 35RA55 Graphic has been updated to reflect a slight change to the team's logo. There has been some overlapping of numbers between the two logos however, as some higher numbers on the old logo were issued before the change and the new logo was then produced starting with the lowest unissued number in the series, not taking into account the higher numbers that had already been issued on the old logo. Not sure if then the already issued numbers will be skipped during production of the new logo, or if they will just be tossed by an issuing office when they come up to be issued, because they would come up as taken in the system. ??? Old logo high - 35RA45 New logo low - 34RA04 Matt Embro
7/07/11
Toronto Scottish Regiment 01TS69 First available 2006-08-09. Matt Embro
3/19/10
Toronto SkyDome 02SD26 01SD01 (the lowest of this type) reported by Robert Lubinski on 2008-03-19. This type is no longer issued. Eric Vettoretti
4/30/10
Trillium 20TL22 TR used from 1994-2004, succeeded by TL.
Matt Embro
3/10/11
Trillium Gift of Life Network 02GL85 Promotes organ donation. Introduced in 2007.
Tristan Anderson
8/02/10
University of Guelph 10UG28 No longer being issued as of 2004. Nicholas
9/09/08
University of Toronto 12UT33 Graphic has been updated to reflect a change in the U of T logo.
Old logo high - 10UT19
New logo low - 12UT31 		Matt Embro
8/23/10
University of Waterloo 07UW10 Graphic updated in early 2012 to reflect a change to the U of W's official logo that was made in mid 2011.
Old style high - 06UW12
New style low - 07UW10 		Matt Embro
1/27/12
Veteran 4V6993 Introduced in November 2003.

Veteran - Motorcycle: A22E
2011-10-23 Tom Rodda
Blue on white with red poppy logo on the left. 		Ryan Devries
10/12/11
Wilfrid Laurier University 12WL81 Matt Embro
7/29/10
York University 06YU37 No longer issued. Matt Embro
12/18/10