The

Canadian province Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British Nort ...

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North ...

first required its residents to register their

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s in 1906. Registrants provided their own

licence plate A vehicle registration plate, also known as a number plate (British English), license plate (American English), or licence plate ( Canadian English), is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identificat ...

s for display until 1912, when the province began to issue plates. , plates are issued by

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. Only rear plates have been required since June 30, 2004.

Passenger baseplates

1912 to 1976

In 1956, Canada, the United States and Mexico came to an agreement with the

American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) is a non-governmental, voluntary, tax-exempt, nonprofit educational association. AAMVA is a private corporation which strives to develop model programs in motor vehicle administration, ...

, the

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and the

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that standardized the size for licence plates for vehicles (except those for

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s) at in height by in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1954 (dated 1955) issue was the first Saskatchewan licence plate that complied with these standards.

1977 to present

, Saskatchewan is one of five provinces/territories in which decals are not used to show that the vehicle has valid registration (the others being Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories).

Non-Passenger baseplates

Specialty plates

Military Plates

References

External links

Saskatchewan licence plates, 1969–present
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Transport in Saskatchewan Saskatchewan-related lists 1912 establishments in Saskatchewan