Québec License Plates

The current Quebec passenger licence plate series debuted in 1979 and has been revised numerous times.

2023-present: AAA 00A format: low AAA 02A 2024-10-24 Tom Rodda.

2022-23: 01A AAA format short-lived due to too many complaints about inappropriate combinations issued.

2009-22: B01 AAA through B99 AAA, then C01 AAA through C99 AAA, etc. Low B07 AAA 2014-08-21 Tom Rodda. Prefixes omitted: A-C-F-L-R-T-V, later revised to additionally omit letters B, D, Q, S from first position. Last plate with B prefix was B99 BVH while last first-letter occurrences of D, Q and S ended as of D99 DVH.

2007-09: suffix T, V, W, X, Y, Z; 999 ZZZ obs 2010-05-14 François-Pierre Doyon.

1995-2007: suffix A-H, J-N, Q, Y, R, S, PDA-PZZ, Jean-François Lachance spotted 002 AAA on 2009-01-04.

1983 base prefix low AAA 137, 1995 high ZZZ 985. Louis P. Lamy.

Introduced in 2011, required on electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles since October 26, 2017.

Initial green vehicle reserved series:

Passenger: E01 VEA to Z99 VEZ; low E02 VEA 2014-04-20 François-Pierre Doyon

Commercial: FVE1001 to FVE9999

Bus: A 90001 to A 99999

Quebec bus licence plates were produced in A, AE, AP and AU series from 1979-89. All except plain-A dropped at that point. Former School Bus prefix AE revived in 2018.

Prorate buses used Q plates from 1982-89, then switched to A plate with PRP sticker and sometimes a green axle sticker lower right.. Some prorate buses registered in IRP after 2014 received blue on white IRP sticker.

Very common plate used by many types of smaller vehicles including rental cars, government, farm trucks, campers, driving schools, private school transport, construction equipment, winter work equipment and others. Current numbering format debuted in 2001; letter Q is omitted from all F plate series (i.e. no FQ, FAQ, FBQ etc). Previous FA-FY prefix range used from 1988-2001, preceded by single-F prefix since 1979.

FZ and FZA-FZF assigned to rental trucks between 1979-89, leftover stock issued to regular F vehicles until plates depleted in 1993.

Month sticker denoted vehicle type from 1989-95 including April (farm truck, camper), September (private school transport) and December (winter work equipment) with all other types commonly stickered March. Some large prorate tow trucks have received PRP or IRP and/or axle sticker on their F plate since 1989.

Dealer plates for vehicles with small plates (mainly motorcycles and off road) have a XA prefix.

Diplomatic Corps plates in Québec are issued to the staff of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a UN body based in Montreal.

Introduced in 2011, low A 90004.

Introduced in 2011.

Introduced in 2016.

Introduced in 2017.

Starting in 1989, limited use plates are used on heavy snow vehicles, farm tractors, remote area cars and antique cars and motorcycles. Previously found just on farm tractors, they were reduced from original 6 x 12" to current 4 x 8" size around 1989-90, high large C189359, low small C192738.

Green version introduced in 2017, C0210VE Andru Tomoiu May 8, 2019.

Quebec motorcycle licence plates since 1979 featured prefixes M, MA-MZ and MAA-MPF. These were merged with the all-numeric moped series in 1989 but motorcycles could still receive M plates until stocks were finally depleted in 1993. The Waldale-made six-digit series continued until the end was reached in 2008, high 999744 Stéphane 2008-07-03. Numbering format was updated in 2008 to 12345A (low 10003A) and continues to the present-day.

This common plate is used on various types of Off Road Vehicles including ATVs, snowmobiles and airport or railway port vehicles. Current numbering format started in 2018, suffix letters B, D, I, O, Q, S, U not used. Prior series were V1234A 2014-18, VA-VZ12345 2000-14 and V123456 in the 1990s.

Current trailer series progression from 1979-2007 was R, RA-RD, RF-RP, RR-RZ, RE and RQ. followed by the RA1234B format since 2007.

Since 1989, trucks registered in IRP use these plates fitted with blue on white PRP sticker upper right and green axle sticker lower right. New variation of '6' on axle sticker appeared in mid-2000s and a new sticker labeled "IRP" appeared in 2014. Either PRP or IRP will appear, sometimes one or the other issued, sometimes both.

All prorate vehicles used former prefix Q plate from 1982-89.

Quebec green vehicle veteran plates starting in 2017 used E01 MZZ to Z99 MZZ numbering before moving to the current format at ZZx suffix series in 2024. The plate was initially a simple green on white with centered poppy, then updated to current graphic style in 2019, low H77 MZZ.

This veteran series was the first modern Québec graphic plate introduced in early 2006. The initial plates were prefixed PAA-PAQ on the plain base featuring only a centered red and black poppy, low 008 PAA Jean-François Lachance 2006-11-22. Graphics updated to current style at PAR in 2019.

Motorcycle licence plates for Quebec veterans were introduced in 2009 using the plain graphic style, updated to "soldier" graphic design in 2019 within the 4000V range. Suffix letter changed from V to A in 2022.

Taxi plates in Québec featured prefix T and one or two-digit district number plus serial. The most common example was T11 Montreal, regional prefixes were T1-T57. These plates were issued only between 1979-2020. All off the road by March 2021.

Québec City high T363607 François-Pierre Doyon 2014-09-21.

Rouyn-Noranda high T48 595.

This plate was for a taxi that provided specialized transport with an escort for clients of the health care network. It was introduced in 2002 but dropped a few years later after only a handful were issued. These plates are very difficult for collectors to find, only those in our data plus TB 2832 are known.

Taxis operating outside the 57 urban taxi districts were registered in the TR series.

Green version introduced in 2017, obs TR0148V 11-11-2019.

All taxi plate types ceased issuance by October 2020, existing plates replaced with regular F plates by March 2021.

Introduced for limousines in 1987.

Green version introduced in 2017, obs TS0056V 6-2-2019.

All taxi plate types ceased issuance by October 2020, existing plates replaced with regular F plates by March 2021.

Louis P. Lamy reports that since February 20, 2023 the temporary is the plate number assigned to the owner. A printed paper plate with the plate number must be affixed at rear window until the plate delivered by mail. So, this series no longer has a high of its own.

Sticker about 5 inches by 3 inches (estimate) placed in upper left corner of rear window, Quebec logo in upper left corner, number in large characters in lower right corner, paper is yellow with diagonal orange band from lower left to upper right, vehicle data is handwritten on printed dark lines, wavy orange-red lines running from left to right.

These temporary permits are good for 10 days. Paper is 8.5 x 4.25 inches. Only 1/2 inch at left and right are stickers, to put in the back glass.

There is another Temporary type - "Spy" Temporary - Mecanic.

SP3Y83T9C

Used on moving A to B until SAAQ plates it and sell to the Locator or Owner. Quebec province only. Similar sticker as Temporary.