British Columbia Registration Data

Welcome to the real "meat-and-potatos" of this web-site; the section that will hopefully be the most useful to both the hardcore collector, and casual observer of British Columbia license plates. It is here that you will find all the pure stats (no analysis, or interpretation on my part) regarding the issuing of license plates since 1904.

Be forewarned, however, that I do not guarantee the authenticity of any of the numbers presented in the following pages. This is because of the process involved in bringing them to cyberspace. Basically, every once and a while, I will sit alone in front of my computer and type them out (from official MVB sources, of course). This is an appraoch that naturally lends itself to tedious repition, boredom, and a wandering train of thought (none of which, I assure you, occurrs intentionally). So, I would not be surprised if the odd typo has worked its way into the data tables - and if you spot something suspect, please let me know!

Rest assured that these errors are probably few and far between. So, enjoy the information, and look for occassional updates, as I fear I it will take me years, and years, and years of work before these pages are anywhere near to being complete ...

British Columbia License Plate Issuing Data

Do you have an old BC license plate, and are curious as to where in the province it might have come from? If so, look to see if the year is highlighted below, and then search by plate type on that page.

		1904
1905	1906	1907	1908	1909
1910	1911	1912	1913	1914
1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
1920	1921	1922	1923	1924
1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
1930	1931	1932	1933	1934
1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
1940	1941	1942	1943	1944
1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
1950	1951	1952	1953	1954
1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
1980	1981	1982	1983	1984
1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

PLEASE NOTE! IF YOU HAVE A PLATE NUMBER HIGHER THAN WHAT
APPEARS ON THE FOLLOWING CHARTS, CHANCES ARE IT IS "OVERRUN."

Is technology not great? Six years after starting this section of the web site, instead of having to type these tables out, I can now simply scan the old MVB records into .pdf documents that can be uploaded to the site for your viewing convenience:

1964 (7.1 mb)	1965 (7.2 mb)	1966 (7.3 mb)	1967 (7.1 mb)	1968 (7.3 mb)
1969 (7.0 mb)	1970 (8.1 mb)	1971 (11.1 mb)	1972 (5.6 mb)	1973 (6.7 mb)
1974 (13.8 mb)	1975 (5.8 mb)	1976 (9.2 mb)

British Columbia Licensing Data

1925 was the first year that a British Columbia Driver's License was issued, and the following information shows how many vehilces were registered, and under what types. Missing years 1973-74, and 1985-present.

1925-29	1930-34	1935-39	1940-44	1945-49
1950-54	1955-59	1960-64	1965-69	1970-74
1975-79	1980-84	1985 -89	1990-94	1995-99
2000-04	2004-09

1920s
1925	1926

1930s

1940s

1990s

Beyond 2000