2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games License Plate

2010 OlympicWinter Games License Plate

The Olympic (or, as it is more formally known, the 2010 Winter Games) license plate was released by the Province on April 16, 2007, and represents the first specialty / optional base plate made available in British Columbia.

Premier Gordon Campbell (right) was joined by VANOC CEO John Furlong (left)
to unveil the new B.C. licence plate celebrating the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

To read more about the formal announcement and unveiling of the Olympic plate (as well as its design), Click here!

Plate Types

The Olympic plate is available in six different bases, including passenger; truck, farm truck; trailer; motorcycle and utility trailer.

To view the Plate Galleries, Click Here!

Milestones

When the Province announced the release of the Olympic plate, it was estimated that approximately 100,000 sets would be sold over the three year course of the program. However, due to pent up demand, the plates sold much better than epxected and ICBC announced a series of milestones throughout 2007, 2008 and 2009:

20,010 plates issued

June 12, 2007

45,000 plates issued

August 13, 2007

80,000 plates issued

January 23, 2008

90,000 plates issued

March 3, 2008

100,000 plates issued

April 9, 2008

130,000 plates issued

October 23, 2008

150,000 plates issued

June 26, 2009

160,000 plates issued

September 15, 2009

175,000 plates issued

January 19, 2010

Issuing Statistics

We here at BCpl8s.ca have dutifully been keeping an eye on the issuance of the Olympic base and have formulated a table that provides an approximate indication as to the progression of the series. Click here!

Issuing statistics

The Best Plate on Earth?

Every year the Automobile License Plate Collector's Association (ALPCA) holds a survey amongst its membership to determine the most highly regarded design (amongst collectors) issued during that calendar year. In 2007, the Olympic base was nominated for this award. To see how the voting played out, Click here!

The Best Plate on Earth?

Sample Plates

ICBC has announced that there is no intention to make sample plates available to the public, yet we remain hopeful that there will be a movement in this direction closer to the Olympics. In the interim, some interesting specimens have been showing up, just Click here!

Sample plates?

Torch Relay - Vehicle Convoy Plates

Since 2006, VANOC has been planning a 45,000-kilometre route that will bring the Olympic Flame within one hour of over 90 per cent of the Canadian population. With the launch of the Torch Relay on October 30, 2009, a not insignificant convoy has been assembled to assist with the progression of the flame across the country. To see the types of license plates assigned to the various vehicles in the convoy, Click here!