Ontario License Plates  |
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| Type | Plate | Notes | Reporter |
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| Passenger |
BRYS*231 
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Jim Becksted reports that AAAA-001 was spotted west of Toronto and he has a photo of it. Tristan Anderson spotted ZZZZ-999, which was a personalized issue.
Personalized AAA-001 on the optional Star Trek plate was spotted by Phil C. in Brampton. AAA-137 spotted in Sep. 2009 still in regular use by JCampbell in Ottawa. No AZZx plates have been reported yet. The highest A series reported so far was AZYY-928. |
Jim Becksted 5/19/13 |
| Passenger - French Slogan | BSRH-803 | French slogan plates are using the BCAA, BEAA, BEAD, BEAE, BEAJ, BEAL, BEAM, BEAN, BEAP and BSRH series so far. Tom Rodda confirms BCAA-001 as a low, spotted in Ottawa on 2012-02-03. |
Jim Becksted 1/06/13 |
| Non-passenger Plates | |||
| 10 Day Special Permit | D126156 |
10 Day Special Permit replaced the previous paper 10 Day Temporary Permit (high A888113) by 7-31-08. Note that most vehicles now get pair of pass plates with red on white T sticker. 10 Day Special Permit only used in specific cases where the T pass plate application is not appropriate, such as out of province vehicles.
A000263 reported as a low seen online. |
Sebastien April 6/15/12 |
| Bus | 428-2BH | Bus series reversed after BN9-999, starting at 100-1BF |
Tristan Anderson 4/08/13 |
| Consulate | 767-CCC |
Jesse Goulah 7/11/12 |
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| Dealer |
620 DPD
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Until December 2004 the yellow plate was actually a Dealer/Service plate. In 2004 a special plate just for dealers was created, and existing service facilities continued to use their yellow plates.
674-DKA is considered to be the last Dealer/Service plate, but they didn't stop issuing yellow plates at that point. New service registrants continue to be issued the same design of yellow plates, which appear in a separate Highs listing. The new dealer plates started at 001-DLA. The new style of dealer plate is in the black on white commercial plate screening, but the embossed registration characters are in red. 011-DLA is the lowest reported by Matt Embro. Alan Bones reports 133-DLO, which is an unusual use of the letter "O" in Ontario. |
Mike Franks 5/17/13 |
| Diplomatic | 233-CDL |
White on red, reflective
987-CDL was reported by Alan Bones on 2005-07-22, but this is out of sequence. 999-CDL was reported by Jim Sadler. 981-CDP also reported by Jim Sadler. Other plates of this type out of sequence have been reported. Remakes of numbers from the fully embossed period also exist. Alan also notes that it appears serials 980-999 are now reserved for heads of mission (Ambassadors and High Commissioners) Tom Rodda spotted the first of this series, 001-CDA in Ottawa. Alan Bones reports this plate number is issued to the "Dean of the Diplomatic Corps" (i.e. the longest locally-serving head of mission). If the Dean changes, the number is re-issued to the new dean. Tiger Joe reports 001-CDA was the non-reflective base, and registered at least since 1995 to the Papal Nuncio, but there have been two other since, and the current Dean is from Guyana. Note: We had 981-CDK listed as the series high, but as noted above, the 980-999 number block is reserved for heads of mission, so letter blocks with numbers within that range are higher, hence the sightings of CDL and CDP series plates with numbers in the range. Therefore, our posted high reflects the current high for regular Diplomatic plates. |
Alan Bones 4/15/13 |
| Doctor | 486-MAC | It took 11 years to use up MAB series. |
Mike Franks 4/04/13 |
| Embassy Staff | 241-XTW | White on red |
Jesse Goulah 4/05/12 |
| Farm Truck |
102-7FP
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1980-2003 issues were in the FA1-234 format. FK series skipped. |
Mike Franks 5/17/13 |
| Federal Government | FDO-603 |
Eric Vettoretti 4/22/13 |
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| Green Vehicle - English | GVAB-678 |
Green on white with a graphic of a trillium in the center.
From Matt Embro: Started in June 2010. Issued ONLY to plug-in hybrid and battery-powered electric vehicles, however the owner can still choose to put regular passenger plates on these types of cars if they wish. These plates are NOT issued to regular hybrid vehicles, such as Prius, etc. These plates come with special privileges. Cars running them are able to: Use Ontario's High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes until 2015, even if there is just one person in the vehicle. Access recharging facilities at GO Transit and other provincially operated parking lots. Use designated parking spots at the University of Toronto and private companies such as Walmart Canada. They come in both English and French versions, The English version is in the GVxx series and has "Green Vehicle" on the bottom, where "Yours To Discover" normally is. |
Mike Franks 4/15/13 |
| Green Vehicle - French | VEAA-213 | The French version is the same design but is in the VExx series and has "Vehicule Ecologique" on the bottom. |
Ivan Wotchinski 9/05/12 |
| Historic Vehicle |
3H3858
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Current format after 999-HVZ reached in summer 2007.
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Bob Forrest 5/17/13 |
| LSM | ACS93 |
Introduced 3-27-06 for Limited Speed Motorcycles. Small plate is white on green.
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Jesse Goulah 7/11/12 |
| Moped | ED 088 |
White on red
After F9999, the series progressed to EA 101 and up. |
Jesse Goulah 7/11/12 |
| Motorcycle | 2827Z |
Series history, courtesy of Manny Jacob:
Dated 1980: 10001-99999 Z1-Z9999 No date, sticker box, 1981 and 1982: Y0001-S9999 (issued in reverse order) Undated, no sticker box, 1982-1994 embossed: R0001-H9999 (issued in reverse order) 001AA-999EZ 001NA-999ZZ FA001-KZ999 Reflective sheeting, 1994 - present: LA001-LZ999 1A001-9Z999 100A1-999Z9 0001A-present |
Eric Vettoretti 3/29/13 |
| Motorcycle - Dealer | AE330 |
White on light blue.
(Actual sighting date was 2010-12-27 for AE330. |
Tiger Joe Sallmen 9/28/11 |
| Off-Road Vehicle | 40XW1 |
Green on white
Off-Road Dealer (red on white) - 371MD 2009-04-15 Terry Ellsworth |
Tristan Anderson 1/09/13 |
| Ontario Provincial Police | OPP549 |
Commemorative plate to mark the 100th anniversary of the OPP in 2009. Black on white with special emblem at left, used only on OPP vehicles.
OPP004 reported as a low. |
Paul Thomson 2/25/10 |
| Provincial Government | 009-ONP |
nnn-ONx format, previous high was 298-ONC
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Martin Houle 6/11/09 |
| Provincial Judge | 047 PJO |
David Wilson 1/02/13 |
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| PRP | 400-4PM | Current format after PZ9-999 reached in April 2006. |
Sebastien April 4/08/13 |
| PRP Bus | BP2-902 | Used on inter-provincial buses or buses that frequently cross the border. PRP Bus plates are seen only on big coach buses, and are quite rare even in that case. The BP series is exclusive to PRP Bus. |
Sebastien April 7/01/12 |
| School Bus | SF4-950 |
Sebastien April 2/22/13 |
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| Service/In-Transit | 468-DKW |
Service plates are black on yellow in the DKA-DKZ series and were originally Dealer/Service plates until Dealer plates began a new type in the DLA series in December 2004 with the black Commercial type sheeting and red embossed characters. Service plates continue in the black on yellow design. Also, we have confirmed as early as 2004 that transporters are now using these plates instead of the old orange on white "In-Transit" paper permit. Also, we have confirmed
as early as 2004 that tranporters are now using these plates instead of the old orange on white "In-Transit" paper permit. In-Transit paper permits observed as high as #317000 and observed in use as late as February 2002. |
Robert Lubinski 5/10/12 |
| Snowmobile | 9AA373 |
Blue on white pair of decals or custom numbers applied to both sides of cowling.
Eric Vettoretti reports that initial all numeric series has been exhausted when 999999 reached. The Ministry has switched numbering format to 0AA000. The number is still applied by the owner to both sides of cowlings. |
Tristan Anderson 2/09/11 |
| Superior Court Judge | SCO-718 |
John Hayes 12/24/08 |
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| Trailer | K63-57W | A12-12A is the low for this type seen by David Wilson on 2002-02-12. |
Sebastien April 3/26/13 |
| Truck |
AE-23558
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New series started at AA-10000, following 999-9ZZ in the previous series.
Previous series low: 101-4AA spotted by Mike Franks Previous series high: 969-9ZZ spotted by David Wilson Current series low: AA-10094 spotted by Matt Embro Letter O only used in AO, CO and NO suffix series. P and S suffixes reserved for PRP and School bus. Nicholas reports that the letters Q and U are not used on Truck plates, at least in recent issues. |
Mike Franks 5/17/13 |
| Truck - French Slogan | DA-11321 |
Stéphane Loysel 4/27/13 |
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| Specialty Plates | |||
| 48th Highlanders | 01TH67 | First available 2007-03-26. |
Matt Embro 7/07/11 |
| Anglers & Hunters | 14AH64 |
Eric Vettoretti 9/01/10 |
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| Anishinabek Nation | 15AN29 | This is not a "Tribal plate" in the sense that it is available only to members. It is a special plate that carries the same additional fee as others in Ontario, and it is available to the general public. |
Tristan Anderson 6/03/10 |
| Army Cadet League | 02AL14 | David Wilson reports another "cadet" type in the VI series. This is Cadet Instructor Cadre (listed under "government" in the graphic plate choices). IV is for "Illuminate Viam" the motto under the group's symbol on the plate. Issued 2009-11-30. David reports 02IV04 on 2010-10-16. |
Manny Jacob 11/17/06 |
| Breast Cancer Society of Canada | 06BC63 |
Stéphane Loysel 8/08/12 |
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| Canadian Blood Services | 50BL21 |
Introduced in March 2007.
English logo started at 01BL01. French logo version started at 50BL01, slogan remains English. French logo version high - 50BL15 |
Matt Embro 10/24/10 |
| Canadian Distiller | 09CD12 |
Tristan Anderson 12/09/09 |
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| Canadian Flag | 92CF88 |
Dale Snook 5/01/12 |
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| Canadian Legion | 13CL51 |
Matt Embro 9/07/10 |
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| Canadian National Sportsmen's Show | 08NS10 | First available 1997-03-03. |
Eric Vettoretti 6/14/10 |
| Canadian Snowbird Association | 03CS05 | First available 11/30/09 |
Matt Embro 1/18/10 |
| Don't Drink & Drive | 10DD21 |
Jim Becksted 12/14/11 |
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| Ducks Unlimited | 13DU40 |
Dale Snook 4/09/12 |
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| Equine Canada | 01EC03 | First available 11/30/09 |
Matt Embro 1/18/10 |
| Farley Foundation | 03FF53 |
David Wilson 6/20/12 |
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| Fire Dept. | 03FR26 | In 2004, the FS series succeeded the original FD series. In late 2012, the FR series succeeded the FS series. |
Matt Embro 11/24/12 |
| Franco-Ontarian |
55FL56
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There are two versions of this plate, with just the slogan being different. The lower number series (starting at 01FL01) has the slogan in English, while the higher series (starting at 50FL01) has it in French.
English high: 05FL37 2009-08-18 David R. Wilson French high: 52FL63 2010-02-10 Jim Sadler |
Mike Franks 5/19/13 |
| Freemasons | 03FM72 | Masonic emblem is superimposed on a maple leaf to the left of the numbers. |
Vince Black 12/22/12 |
| Geocaching | 03GC02 |
Vince Black 4/04/13 |
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| Girl Guides | 09GG74 |
Nicholas 6/21/09 |
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| Governor General's Horse Guards Association | 01HG95 | First available 2006-04-24. |
RJM 5/04/09 |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18TC63 |
Dale Snook 1/15/13 |
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| Humane Society | 11HS82 |
Robert Lubinski 10/26/09 |
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| I Heart | 15LV49 | I Heart (red heart with an I inside) |
Brent Morton 4/21/06 |
| IAFF | 08PF15 |
International Association of Firefighters
New in Fall 2008. Issued exclusively to members of the OPFFA (Ontario Professional Firefighters Association) |
Matt Embro 8/23/11 |
| Kawartha Lakes | 03KL04 |
Holly Embro 7/21/10 |
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| King's College | 07KC81 |
Matt Embro 8/20/10 |
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| Knights of Columbus | 12VJ04 |
Jim Sadler 6/25/09 |
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| Lacrosse | 13LX39 |
Matt Embro 7/07/11 |
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| Lakehead University | 01LU25 | Introduced in late 2005. |
Holly Embro 6/25/10 |
| Lincoln & Welland | 03LW77 |
Matt Embro 3/10/11 |
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| Lions Club | 09LC31 |
Matt Embro 12/31/09 |
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| Loon | 51LM75 |
First series used LN, now LM since 2002.
Vince Black spotted what could be an error plate with 17TD10 on it. The letters TD are normally used for the Taekwon-Do Federation plates, but this plate appeared to have a Loon logo, and the Taekwon-Do series is only in the 04 block of numbers, so the 17 doesn't fit. |
Matt Embro 9/07/10 |
| MADD | 01MD99 |
Dale Snook 8/17/12 |
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| Millennium | 14MM44 |
Nicholas 2/26/09 |
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| Niagara War of 1812 | 02NI63 | NEW to commemorate the bicentennial in 2012. |
Jim Becksted 8/12/09 |
| Nishnawbe Aski Nation | 01NA02 | First available 2006-08-09. |
Matt Embro 6/06/10 |
| OddFellows & Rebekahs | 06OF53 |
Matt Embro 7/07/11 |
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| Ontario Flag | 01ON77 | New in March 2010 |
Jim Sadler 9/11/10 |
| Ottawa Renegades | 02RR34 | Introduced in late 2005. Discontinued 5-28-2010. |
Matt Embro 6/06/10 |
| Ottawa Senators | 59SE32 |
Graphic has been updated as of 1/4/11 to reflect a change to the team's logo that actually happened a couple years ago. This is now the third version of this graphic.
1st version high - 16SE53 2nd version low/high - 17SE01/55SE48 3rd version low - 56SE10 |
Eric Vettoretti 3/05/13 |
| Ottawa Valley Adventure Playground | 02AP08 |
Eric Vettoretti 6/19/10 |
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| Paramedic Association | 09PA84 | This type began using the PA series, but for an unknown reason changed to the EP series. The new series high is 05EP15 from Matt Embro on 2010-03-19. |
Stéphane Loysel 7/09/09 |
| Professional Engineers Ontario | 02PE97 |
Dave Grant reports that PEO has adopted a new specialty licence series. PEO bought the first two hundred plates to be available primarily for engineering members of the association, that is, licenced engineers in the Province of Ontario. The plates went on sale on the PEO website, where technically anyone could buy them, but the general public (particularly those who are not engineers) would not know about or visit the PEO website. The numbers 03PE03 to 99PE99 are available for sale to the general public through Service Ontario (licence bureaus.)
Vince Black reports 02PE97 on 2012-11-22 for a high in the first block available to members. 01PE01 to 03PE02 will be distributed amongst engineering members; the public will be distributed 03PE03 to 99PE99. Matt Embro advises that with all new graphics, the first 200 pairs are required to be purchased and distributed by the sponsoring organization, but they are available to the general public. Some of the lower numbers may be purchased through the organization's website. 03PE03 and up are available at issuing offices across the province. |
Vince Black 12/04/12 |
| Queen's Own Rifles | 04QO37 |
Matt Embro 12/18/10 |
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| Queen's University | 13QU32 |
Graphic has been updated and now reads "Queens Alumni" instead of "Queens University."
Original style high - 12QU93 New style low - 13QU32 |
Matt Embro 4/27/10 |
| Queen's York Rangers | 01QR05 | Introduced 4/24/06. |
Matt Embro 6/06/10 |
| Radio Amateurs of Canada | 01HM15 |
Mike Franks 10/15/07 |
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| Red Heart | 15RH41 |
Brent Morton 10/27/11 |
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| Road Safety | 08RS36 |
Matt Embro 12/18/10 |
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| Rotary International | 07RI91 |
Matt Embro 10/28/10 |
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| Royal CDN Artiller | 02AD01 | Introduced in summer 2005. |
Eric Vettoretti 6/14/10 |
| Royal Hamilton Light Infantry | 01CA15 | First available 2006-08-09. |
Nicholas 3/01/09 |
| Royal Ontario Legion | |||
| Royal Regiment of Canada | 01RG07 | First available 2006-08-09. |
Matt Embro 8/16/10 |
| Safety Elephant | 12EE92 | Graphic is for safety awareness, actual graphic is "Elmer" the safety elephant. |
Vince Black 12/25/12 |
| Scouts Canada | 10SC86 |
Matt Embro 12/18/10 |
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| Shriners | 15SR79 |
Matt Embro 8/23/11 |
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| Snowmobile Graphic | 20SN52 | Graphic is for Ontario Federation of Snowmobile clubs. |
Matt Embro 10/07/10 |
| Special Olympics | 01SA02 | First available 2007-03-26. |
Matt Embro 7/20/10 |
| Square Dancing | 14SQ90 |
Matt Embro 12/18/10 |
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| St. John Ambulance | 03SJ62 |
Dale Snook 5/01/12 |
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| Star Trek | 30ST10 | No longer offered. |
Nicholas 6/21/08 |
| Support Our Troops | 11YR96 | First available Feb. 1, 2010. Plate features a graphic of a Yellow Ribbon. |
Matt Embro 8/23/11 |
| Taekwon-Do Federation | 04TD71 |
First available 2000-09-01.
Graphic updated 1/4/2011 and is now called "International Ch'ang-Hon Taekwon-Do Federation." Old style high - 04TD22 New style low - 04TD71 Vince Black spotted what could be an error plate with 17TD10 on it. The letters TD are normally used for the Taekwon-Do Federation plates, but this plate appeared to have a Loon logo, and the Taekwon-Do series is only in the 04 block of numbers, so the 17 doesn't fit. |
Matt Embro 2/08/11 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 16AR16 | Revised logo debuted 2007-03-26. |
J.S. 1/25/09 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 71JA39 |
Graphic plates with the Blue Jays' latest logo were released on Feb. 28/12. This is now the fourth version of this graphic, as their logo has changed several times since their graphic plates first came out in 1994.
1st logo high - 09JA30 2nd logo low/high - 11JA29/55JA57 3rd logo low/high - 56JA40/65JA83 4th logo low - 68JA22 |
David Wilson 12/16/12 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 37TM16 | The first letter set was ML, then TO came into use in 2002, then TM in 2007. A leafs plate with the letters LF (47LF96) was spotted by Dale Snook on 3-8-12, but no others like it have been seen. |
Nicholas 3/08/12 |
| Toronto Raptors | 35RA55 | Graphic has been updated to reflect a slight change to the team's logo. There has been some overlapping of numbers between the two logos however, as some higher numbers on the old logo were issued before the change and the new logo was then produced starting with the lowest unissued number in the series, not taking into account the higher numbers that had already been issued on the old logo. Not sure if then the already issued numbers will be skipped during production of the new logo, or if they will just be tossed by an issuing office when they come up to be issued, because they would come up as taken in the system. ??? Old logo high - 35RA45 New logo low - 34RA04 |
Matt Embro 7/07/11 |
| Toronto Scottish Regiment | 01TS69 | First available 2006-08-09. |
Matt Embro 3/19/10 |
| Toronto SkyDome | 02SD26 | 01SD01 (the lowest of this type) reported by Robert Lubinski on 2008-03-19. This type is no longer issued. |
Eric Vettoretti 4/30/10 |
| Trillium | 23TL31 |
TR used from 1994-2004, succeeded by TL.
Martin Vincent spotted what was likely the first Trillium plate issued, 01TR01, in Kingston on 10 June 2012. |
Stéphane Loysel 4/28/13 |
| Trillium Gift of Life Network | 02GL85 |
Promotes organ donation. Introduced in 2007.
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Tristan Anderson 8/02/10 |
| University of Guelph | 10UG28 | No longer being issued as of 2004. |
Nicholas 9/09/08 |
| University of Toronto | 12UT33 |
Graphic has been updated to reflect a change in the U of T logo.
Old logo high - 10UT19 New logo low - 12UT31 |
Matt Embro 8/23/10 |
| University of Waterloo | 07UW10 |
Graphic updated in early 2012 to reflect a change to the U of W's official logo that was made in mid 2011.
Old style high - 06UW12 New style low - 07UW10 |
Matt Embro 1/27/12 |
| Veteran | 5V1237 |
Introduced in November 2003.
Veteran - Motorcycle: B68B 2013-04-23 Tom Rodda Blue on white with red poppy logo on the left. |
Tristan Anderson 5/10/13 |
| Wilfrid Laurier University | 12WL81 |
Matt Embro 7/29/10 |
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| York University | 06YU37 | No longer issued. |
Matt Embro 12/18/10 |
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