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.

1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1925
1929
1938
1939
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
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.

1985 -89
1990-94
1995-99
2000-04
2004-09

1920s
1930s
1934 British Columbia Driver's Licence
1936 British Columbia Driver's Licence
1940s
1941 British Columbia Driver's Licence
1942 British Columbia Driver's Licence
1948 British Columbia Driver's Licence
1990s
Beyond 2000

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