Vehicle registration plates of Saskatchewan explained

Slogan Label:Slogan
Slogan:Land of Living Skies
Size:12x
Material:Aluminum
Serial Format:123 ABC
Issuer:Saskatchewan Government Insurance
Start Date:

The Canadian province of Saskatchewan first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1906. Registrants provided their own licence plates for display until 1912, when the province began to issue plates.[1]

, plates are issued by Saskatchewan Government Insurance. Only rear plates have been required since June 2004 ended. [2]

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 Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for licence plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at 6inches in height by 12inches in width, with standardized mounting holes.[3] The 1954 (dated 1955) issue was the first Saskatchewan licence plate that complied with these standards.

ImageDates issuedDesignSloganSerial formatSerials issuedNotes
1912White on black porcelain; vertical "SASK" and "1912" at left and right respectivelynone12341 to approximately 4500
1913Black on white porcelain; vertical "SASK" and "1913" at left and right respectivelynone12341 to approximately 6500
1914Dark blue on yellow porcelain; vertical "SASK" and "1914" at left and right respectivelynone12341 to approximately 9000
1915Black on orange flat metal; vertical "SASK" and "1915" at left and right respectivelynone123451 to approximately 13500
1916Navy blue on ivory flat metal; vertical "SASK" and "1916" at left and right respectivelynone123451 to approximately 18500
1917Red on white flat metal; vertical "SASK" and "1917" at left and right respectivelynone123451 to approximately 33000
1918White on green flat metal; vertical "SASK" and "1918" at left and right respectivelynone123451 to approximately 54000Some later plates embossed.
1919White on black porcelain; "SASK", provincial shield and "1919" at leftnone123451 to approximately 60000Revalidated for 1920 with yellow tabs, for 1921 with red tabs, and for 1922 with green tabs.
1920As above, but without provincial shield and year60001 to approximately 67000Validated in the same manner as for 1919 plates.
As above, but metal rather than porcelain67001 to approximately 82000
192212-34582-001 to approximately
97-000
1923Black on yellow; vertical "SASK" and "1923" at left and right respectivelynone12-3451 to approximately 62-000
1924White on dark blue; vertical "SASK" and "1924" at left and right respectivelynone12-3451 to approximately 65-000
1925Black on grey; vertical "SASK" and "1925" at left and right respectivelynone12-3451 to approximately 68-000
1926White on red; diagonal "SASK" and "1926" at leftnone12-3451 to approximately 87-000
1927White on black; "1927" and diagonal "SASK" at rightnone12-3451 to approximately 98-000
1928White on green; "1928" centred at top and "SASKATCHEWAN" at bottomnone1 to approximately 104-000First use of the full province name.
1929Black on golden yellow; "1929" centred at top with "SASKATCHEWAN" belownone123-4561 to approximately 109-000
1930White on maroon; "SASKATCHEWAN" at top and "1930" centred at bottomnone123-4561 to approximately 120-000
1931White on purple; "SASKATCHEWAN" at bottom and vertical "1931" at rightnone12-3451 to approximately 92-000
1932White on blue; vertical "1932" at left and "SASKATCHEWAN" at bottomnone12-3451 to approximately 89-000
1933Black on golden yellow; "SASKATCHEWAN–33" at topnone12-3451 to approximately 65-000
1934White on red; "34–SASKATCHEWAN" at bottomnone12-3451 to approximately 75-000
1935White on brown; "35 SASKATCHEWAN" at topnone12-3451 to approximately 77-000
1936Black on orange; "SASKATCHEWAN–36" at bottomnone12-3451 to approximately 82-000
1937Black on white; "SASKATCHEWAN–37" at top"CORONATION YEAR" at bottom12-3451 to approximately 87-000Commemorated the coronation of King George VI.
1938White on red; "38–SASKATCHEWAN" at bottomnone12-3451 to approximately 89-000
1939Black on orange; "39 SASKATCHEWAN" at topnone12-3451 to approximately 92-000
1940Red on white; "SASKATCHEWAN-40" at bottomnone12-3451 to approximately 95-000
1941White on red; "SASKATCHEWAN -41" at topnone12-3451 to approximately 96-000
1942Black on orange; "42–SASKATCHEWAN" at bottomnone12-3451 to approximately 94-000
1943–44Black on white; "SASK.–43" centred at topnone12-3451 to approximately 89-000Revalidated for 1944 with windshield stickers, due to metal conservation for World War II.
1945Red on white; "SASKATCHEWAN–45" at topnone12-3451 to approximately 98-000
1946White on red; "46–SASKATCHEWAN" at bottomnone12-3451 to approximately 98-000
1947Black on orange; "SASKATCHEWAN–47" at bottomnone12-3451 to approximately 98-000
1948Black on silver; "SASKATCHEWAN 1948" at topnone123-4561 to approximately 114-000
1949White on brown; "SASKATCHEWAN 1949" at bottomnone123-4561 to approximately 130-000
1950Black on orange; "SASKATCHEWAN 50" at topnone123-4561 to approximately 137-000
1951Black on beige; "SASKATCHEWAN 51" at bottom"WHEAT PROVINCE" at top123-4561 to approximately 141-000
1952Beige on black; "52 SASKATCHEWAN" at bottom"WHEAT PROVINCE" at top123-4561 to approximately 156-000
1953Green on beige; "SASKATCHEWAN 53" at bottom"WHEAT PROVINCE" at top123-4561 to approximately 163-000
1954Beige on maroon; "54 SASKATCHEWAN" at bottom"WHEAT PROVINCE" at top123-4561 to approximately 168-000
1955Dark green on white; "SASKATCHEWAN" at top"GOLDEN JUBILEE 1955" at bottom123-4561 to approximately 193-000Commemorated Saskatchewan's 50 years of provincehood.
1956White on dark green; "SASKATCHEWAN 56" at top"WHEAT PROVINCE" at bottom123-4561 to approximately 192-000
1957Dark blue on beige; "57 SASKATCHEWAN" at top"WHEAT PROVINCE" at bottom123-4561 to approximately 195-000
1958Red on reflective light grey; "SASKATCHEWAN 58" at top"WHEAT PROVINCE" at bottom123-4561 to 1-000Experimental plates.
As above, but non-reflective1-001 to approximately 201-000
1959Black on reflective light grey; "59 SASKATCHEWAN" at top"WHEAT PROVINCE" at bottom123-4561 to 1-000Experimental plates.
As above, but non-reflective1-001 to approximately 218-000
1960Light grey on black; "SASKATCHEWAN 60" at topnone123-4561 to approximately 239-000
1961Dark blue on white; "SASKATCHEWAN 61" at topnone123-4561 to approximately 248-000
1962White on dark blue; "62 SASKATCHEWAN" at topnone123-4561 to approximately 248-000
1963Dark blue on orange; "63 SASKATCHEWAN" at topnone123-4561 to approximately 261-000
1964Green on white; "64 SASKATCHEWAN" at topnone123-4561 to approximately 277-000
1965White on green; "65 SASKATCHEWAN" at bottom"DIAMOND JUBILEE" at top123-4561 to approximately 287-000Commemorated Saskatchewan's 60 years of provincehood.
1966Green on white; "66 SASKATCHEWAN" at bottomnone123-4561 to approximately 291-000
1967Brown on yellow; "SASKATCHEWAN 1967" at top"CANADA CENTENNIAL" at bottom123-4561 to approximately 304-000
1968Green on white; "19" at top left, "68" at top right and "SASKATCHEWAN" at bottomnone123-4561 to approximately 311-000
1969White on green; "SASKATCHEWAN 1969" at topnone123-4561 to approximately 313-000
1970Green on reflective white; "SASKATCHEWAN 1970" at topnone123-4561 to approximately 308-000
1971Red on reflective white; "SASKATCHEWAN 1971" at bottomnone123-4561 to approximately 325-000
1972Blue on reflective white; "72 SASKATCHEWAN" at topnone123-4561 to approximately 315-000
1973Red on reflective white; "73 SASKATCHEWAN" at top"HOME OF THE RCMP" at bottom123-4561 to approximately 316-000
1974Green on reflective white; "74 SASKATCHEWAN" at bottomnone123-4561 to approximately 339-000
1975Red on reflective white; "75 SASKATCHEWAN" at bottomnone123-4561 to approximately 365-000
1976Blue on reflective white; "76 SASKATCHEWAN" at bottomnone123-4561 to approximately 383-000

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).

ImageDates issuedDesignSloganSerial formatSerials issuedNotes
1977 –
May
1998
Green on reflective white with screened wheat graphic in centre; sans-serif "Saskatchewan" screened in green centred at topnoneABC 123HBB 100 to SZZ 999, then random blocks (see right)'H', 'J', 'K', 'M', 'N' and 'S' series of serials issued first, followed by random blocks from 1991 onwards. Letters I, O, Q, U and V not used; this practice continued until 2009.[4]
May
1998 – early
2009
As above, but with smaller wheat graphic, and serif "Saskatchewan" centred at top"Land of Living Skies" screened in green centred at bottom123 ABC100 AAA to 999 MZZFront and rear plates required until June 30, 2004; only rear plates required since. The change occurred in the early 'E' series of serials.
early 2009 – present001 MNB to 156 MRJ Manufactured on aluminium rather than steel, and with former South Dakota serial dies. Letters I, Q, U and V and numbers 001 through 099 added to serials.The stickers on today's plates were deprecated on October 2012 to maximize efficiency. [5]

Non-Passenger baseplates

ImageTypeDates issuedDesignSloganSerial formatSerials issuedNotes
Disabled DriverGreen on reflective white; sans-serif "Saskatchewan" screened in green centred at top with wheelchair icon to left of number"Land of Living Skies"12345unknown
MotorcycleGreen on reflective white; sans-serif "Saskatchewan" screened in green centred at top"Land of Living Skies"123ABunknown to 473PF (As of September 30, 2021)

Specialty plates

ImageTypeFirst issuedDesignSloganSerial formatSerials issuedNotes
Collector"COLLECTOR"123-456100-001 to 100-965 (As of April 30, 2022)
Consular Corps"Consular Corps"AB-123CC-001 to CC-141 (As of January 30, 2015)
Roughriders"Pride Lives Here"12A34R1001 to R9999, 1R101 to 9R999, 01R01 to 19R41 (As of July 30, 2020)
Roughriders Vintage"Rider Nation"1234500001 to 02864 (As of May 30, 2022)Old design still available
Support Our Troops"Support Our Troops"A1234T0001 to T2703 (As of March 1, 2022)

Military Plates

ImageTypeFirst issuedDesignSloganSerial formatSerials issuedNotes
Memorial Cross"Memorial Cross Recipient"A123M001 to M004 (As of July 31, 2022)
Veteran"Veteran"A1234V1001 to V7327 (As of January 1, 2022)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tanner . Eric N. . Saskatchewan Pre-Provincial License Plates . allaboutlicenseplates.com . January 23, 2022 . January 23, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220123185834/https://allaboutlicenseplates.com/displayPage.asp?country=CANADA&p=PrestateState&jurisdiction=Saskatchewan&code=sk . live .
  2. Web site: Saskatchewan moves to a single plate on June 30th . Government of Saskatchewan . June 28, 2004 . March 22, 2020 . March 22, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200322203930/https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2004/june/28/saskatchewan-moves-to-a-single-plate-on-june-30th . live .
  3. Garrish . Christopher . October 2016 . Reconsidering the Standard Plate Size . Plates . . 62 . 5.
  4. Web site: Tanner . Eric N. . Saskatchewan Passenger License Plates . allaboutlicenseplates.com . November 17, 2020 . January 23, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220123205505/https://allaboutlicenseplates.com/displayPage.asp?country=CANADA&p=Passenger&jurisdiction=Saskatchewan&code=sk . live .
  5. Web site: SASKATCHEWAN LICENCE PLATES ARE GOING STICKERLESS News and Media . 2024-05-21 . Government of Saskatchewan . en.