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Vehicle registration plates of Quebec
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The Canadian province of Quebec first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1906. Registrants provided their own licence plates for display until 1908, when the province began to issue plates.[2] Plates are currently issued by the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (Quebec Automobile Insurance Corporation).
From 1963 to 1977 (except 1967), licence plates carried the slogan La Belle Province ("The Beautiful Province"), a nickname for Quebec. Since 1978, they have carried Je me souviens ("I remember"), the official motto of the province.
Since 1979, Quebec legislation has required only rear plates, though there are certain cases where front plates are also required. Annual renewal stickers were used from 1979 to 1992; Quebec is currently one of five provinces where such stickers are not used (the others being Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British Columbia and Ontario). Dates for renewals of plates on passenger vehicles are determined based on the first letter of the registered owner's surname, while for other vehicles they are determined based on the type of vehicle: for example, plates on passenger vehicles whose owners' surnames begin with the letter 'L' are to be renewed in September, as are school bus plates.[3] Registrations and fees may be renewed up to three months in advance. Trailer plates ("R" category) are not renewed annually: they are only registered upon initial purchase, or when transferred to another owner.[3] Enforcement is done by a variety of methods, including automated number plate recognition.[4]
Vehicles registered in Quebec can only display approved plates. Decorative designs are permitted at the front of the vehicles, but displaying a plate with a design that can be "confused" with an official plate, or an official plate from any other jurisdiction, is an offence under articles 34 and 56 of the Highway Safety Code and punishable with a fine.[5]
Relief Design Inc., of Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Quebec, is the sole producer of licence plates on behalf of the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ).[1][6] The company is a sister company of Amherst, Nova Scotia-based Waldale Manufacturing Ltd.[7]
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Size and specifications
Quebec vehicle registration plates come in two sizes
- Standard: 30 cm × 15 cm (12 in × 6 in)
- Small (Motorcycles, Mopeds, and Off-road vehicles): 20 cm x 10 cm (8 in x 4 in)
Quebec vehicle registration plates also come in two colours
- Standard: Blue on White (Matching the blue of The provincial flag)
- Electric Vehicles: Green on White
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Vehicle categories
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Certain vehicle categories are indicated on plates by the use of prefixes:[8]
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Taxi plates phase-out
The provincial government ceased the issuance of T plates on October 10, 2020, and phased out T plates on October 13, 2020, and March 31, 2021, following the enactment of a law to modernize the taxi industry.[9] All T plates have been converted to either regular or commercial (F) plates.[10]
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Passenger baseplates
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1908 to 1978
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 6 inches (15 cm) in height by 12 inches (30 cm) in width, with standardized mounting holes.[12] The 1955 (dated 1956) issue was the first Quebec licence plate that complied with these standards.
1979 to present
Optional plates
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Non-passenger plates
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Autobus plates have been simplified in the 1980s, AE (school bus), AP & AU are all considered A plates since.
Taxis
The provincial government ceased the issuance of T plates on October 10, 2020, and phased out T plates on October 13, 2020, and March 31, 2021, following the enactment of a law to modernize the taxi industry.[9] All T plates have been converted to either regular or commercial (F) plates.[10]
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