Vehicle registration plates of British Columbia

The Canadian province of British Columbia first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display licence plates in 1904.

Passenger plates 1964 to present

In 1956, the U.S. states and Canadian provinces came to an agreement with the Automobile Manufacturers Association that fixed the size for licence plates for vehicles, except those for motorcycles, at six inches in height by twelve inches in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1955 (dated 1956) issue was the province's first licence plate that complied with these standards.

Licence plate serials for passenger vehicles omit the following letters: I, O, Q, U, Y, and Z. From the introduction of yearly registration stickers with the ABC-123 series in 1970 until the end of the 123-ABC series in 2014, the set of 20 available letters was divided into two 10-letter blocks: A-K and L-X. When a serial reached the end of a block, the next issue would roll over to the start of the same block, so that AAK was followed by ABA, rather than AAL. Likewise, AAX was followed by ALA, rather than ABA. The serials were issued in two sets of 8 blocks each (letters first 1970-2001 , then numbers first 2001-2014): AAA-KKJ, AAL-KKX, ALA-KXK, LAA-XKK, ALL-KXX, LLA-XXK, LAL-XKX, and LLL-XXW. As of the AB1-23C series introduced in 2014, the serials are being issued in a single 20-letter block, in alphabetical order (i.e AA0-00A to AX9-99X, then BA0-00A, etc.).

Note that the letter Y appears on certain commercial vehicle plates.

First issued	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
1964	Yearly changes between blue on white, white on blue and red on white.	Beautiful British Columbia	123-456		Insurance renewal required a new plate every year
1970	blue on white	Beautiful British Columbia	ABC-123		Introduction of yearly vehicle registration stickers and the idea of permanent plates
1973	blue on white	Beautiful British Columbia	ABC-123
1979	white on blue	Beautiful British Columbia	ABC-123
1985	blue on reflective white with screened provincial government flag logo	Beautiful British Columbia	ABC-123
2001	blue on reflective white with screened provincial government flag logo	Beautiful British Columbia	123-ABC	000-AAA to 999-XXW, excluding the 000-MAB and 000-VAB series
2007	Special Issue 2010 Olympics plate with screened mountain design on background and 2010 Winter Olympic logo on centre.	The Best Place On Earth	123-MAB	000-MAA to 999-MKK
2014	blue on reflective white with screened provincial government flag logo	Beautiful British Columbia	AB1-23C^[1]	AA0-00A to present

Truck plates 1979 to present

First issued	Design	Slogan	Serial format
1979	green on white	Beautiful British Columbia	12-34-AB
1985	blue on reflective white with screened provincial government flag logo	Beautiful British Columbia	1234-AB
2007	Special Issue 2010 Olympics plate with screened mountain design on background and 2010 Winter Olympic logo on centre.	The Best Place On Earth	AB-1234
2008	blue on reflective white with screened provincial government flag logo	Beautiful British Columbia	AB-1234

Consular licence plates 1967 to present^[2]

First Issued	Design	Slogan	Description	Serial Format	Serials Issued
1967	The first year diplomat plates are issued with date stamped plates changing yearly from red-on-white, blue-on-white, and white-on-blue.	Beautiful British Columbia	Date stamped from 1967 to 1972	CONSUL-123
1973	The first year for decals, small decals, in the blue-on-white colour scheme.	Beautiful British Columbia	Small decal from 1973 to 1978	CONSUL-123	101-500 501-600
1979	The first year for large decals, in the white-on-blue colour scheme.	Beautiful British Columbia	Large decal from 1979 to 1985	CONSUL-123	002-100 601-999
1986	The first year of the "flag graphic" plates with the blue-on-white colour scheme.	Beautiful British Columbia	Flag graphic	CONSUL-123	101-500 501-999
2001	Continuation of the flag graphic with a change of serial format	Beautiful British Columbia	Flag graphic	CONSUL-A12	A01-D99* *Unconfirmed
2007	Red background plates created by ICBC and the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa	None	Diplomat-level Representative - Includes dependents or International Organizations	DL-000A
2007	Red background plates created by ICBC and the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa	None	Career Consular Officers - Includes level foreign representatives and their dependents or Consular Post where headed by a Career Officer	CC-000A
2007	Red background plates created by ICBC and the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa	None	Honorary Consular Officers - Includes Canadian citizens, level foreign representatives or a Consular Post where headed by Honorary Consular	HC-000A
2007	Red background plates created by ICBC and the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa	None	Consular Staff - Includes administrative, technical and service level foreign representatives and their dependents	CS-000A
2007	Red background plates created by ICBC and the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa	None	Special Representative - Includes foreign officials and their dependents from Offices of Political Subdivisions of Foreign State and from other Office and for their Offices	SR-000A

Licence plate decals

Since 1970, it has been necessary in British Columbia to place a decal on the rear licence plate as proof of current insurance in order to be permitted to drive the vehicle. Decals have been used since 1970, but they all expired on February 28 of the following year until March 1980. Then they expired at the end of the month on the decal, until 1994. Then an additional decal, with a number on it for the day it expired, was introduced.

The decals are currently issued by the provincial motor vehicle insurer, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. The following are the colour patterns used in years from 1980 onward:

Image	Year	Colour
	1980	Black and white
	1981	Red and black
	1982	Green and white
	1983	Black and white
	1984	Orange and white
	1985	Blue and white
	1986	Red and blue on white (Expo 86 Logo)
	1987	Red and white
	1988	Dark blue and white
	1989	Green on white (thick border)
	1990	Pink on white
	1991	Blue on white
	1992	Black on white
	1993	Green on white
	1994	Red on white
	1995	Blue on white
	1996	Black on white (Jan-Sept)
	1996	Pink on white (Oct-Dec)
	1997	Green on white
	1998	Red on white
	1999	Blue on White (thick or thin border)
	2000	Black on Yellow
	2001	Black on Orange
	2002	Black on Dark green
	2003	Black on Pink
	2004	Black on Yellow (no border, long decal)
	2005	Black on Sky blue (no border, short decal)
	2006	Black on Red
	2007	Black on Light green
	2008	White on Baby blue
	2009	Black on Dark orange
	2010	Black on Green
	2011	Black on Yellow
	2012	Black on Pink
	2013	Black on Orange
	2014	Black on Baby blue (full year shown)
	2015	Black on Mustard Yellow
	2016	Black on Pink
	2017	Black on Green

References

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↑ "British Columbia Consular License Plates". www.bcpl8s.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-19.

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