Alberta License Plates

Seven-character Alberta passenger licence plates first appeared in mid-2010 using the same Waldale dies found on Mississippi and Prince Edward Island plates. Updated "Alberta" font first appeared on CDV series plates during 2019. Date stickers were dropped and 3M High Definition sheeting finally replaced the white paint in the CKT series during 2021. Empty sticker boxes remain in 2026.

The blue PRP sticker typically found on some Class 1 truck/bus plates can also be found on passenger plates assigned to some smaller work trucks.

After reaching 9-999, the series advanced to the A-123 format.

"Fleet" non-expiring sticker where the year sticker would normally be.

Although these plates have "Antique Auto" screened in the upper right corner, Martin Ten Ham reports a "Historical Vehicle" sticker in one corner.

As of at least M-226, this type used 7 character dies.

This former ATV series ended in the 1990s at ZGG-999, confirmed when Z-series passenger plates moved to ZGH-000 in the late-2000s. ATVs as of 1999 use the shared 5 x 8" Motorcycle/ATV licence plate.

Fleet sticker on plate

Now with 7 character dies

Dealer plates were the very last Alberta licence plate type to change from white paint to reflective sheeting at M83000 in 2023. They use the same regular dies found on most other types.

Plate Finder Number One reported M23156 on 2009-04-30 and M25700 on 2009-09-09.

Low AAA-057 observed by Brent Kirchner.

The Alberta FARM licence plate series started with all-numeric 00-0001 through 09-9999, then changed to one letter in the third position, starting at A in the 1980s. More recent letter progression was K, L, M, N, P to present.

While these plates may be used on farm vehicles (denoted by green FARM sticker), they are usually found on commercial vehicles including semis depending on the license class of the vehicle.

This single-series 5 x 8" Alberta licence plate has been used to register both motorcycles and snowmobiles since 1999 at GD001. After that series reached ZZ999 in 2007 various odd fill-in letter combinations appeared, including RL, RQ, UJ, Qx and others noted in our data from 2007-10. The current format ABC12 appeared in 2010.

See the two listings for previous X-series MC and ATV.

Alberta Class 1 licence plates are used on rental cars, highway coaches and on the fronts of large commercial trucks. Cross-border commercial truck and bus plates should display the blue PRP sticker to signify IRP registration.

Class 1 plate numbering format was initially all-numeric 1-12345, then 2-12345 followed by 3-12345 in the 1990s. Subsequent runs replaced first digit with letters B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, E, U and A. It takes about 3 years to run through 99999 of these plates and the latest numbering format appeared in 2023.

Original die high: J-03443

7 character die low: J-04409 (1st obs July 2010)

The die change appears to have been at J-04000.

Current Alberta trailer licence plates debuted in 1983 at 0000-1A, moved to suffixes B, C, D, then to all-numeric 4000-00 through 9999-99. The letter prefixes followed in the 1990s, always leaving the divider between the fourth and fifth characters. Prefixes used were N, P, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, and Z plus narrow dies likely started in 2008 at Z800-00,. Single-letter prefix series exhausted at Z999-99 in 2010, new numbering format started at 4AA series, then to 5AA in 2015, 6AA in 2020 and upwards following progression noted in the History tab. Thanks to David Allyn Brown.

Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers specialty licence plates introduced together in November 2018.

Introduced July 23, 2014, low AA0004 observed by Jerry Woodhead.

Issued in the VAA01 format. Adriaan Bergink reports a low of VAA27.

VVV9R was spotted, but it was probably a personal plate.

Alberta Veteran Motorcycle licence plates were introduced in April 2012. The series started at VB01 and Martin Ten Ham reported low VB02 on 2012-05-30.