Saskatchewan License Plates

This basic Saskatchewan passenger licence plate has been made by Waldale since 2010 starting at HVA and can be found on most vehicle types. These plates maintain a Waldale version of the distinctive South Dakota dies but plates have sharper radius corners.. The last remaining sticker box was dropped somewhere between IYZ and IZC a few months after the November 2012 sticker elimination. 3M High Definition (HD) sheeting appeared between KVB and KVF series in 2017. Apportioned vehicles currently use these same plates with the addition of green on white "APP" sticker in top left corner.

Signal Industries in 2008 produced aluminum plates using former South Dakota dies and including the letters I, Q, U and V plus the leading zeros that had all been skipped from earlier productions. The changeover from steel plates to this variation appeared in 2009 between 704 GXZ and 264 GYA but inventory only lasted until 2010 when the HUZ series was reached.

The PV class was eliminated in July 2005 and a white sticker was issued to cover the PV on older plates. PV stopped being screened on passenger plates somewhere between 748 ESX and 897 ESX.

Pairs were dropped in July 2004 and Derek Jaworski later observed high pair 133 EAT.

Prefixes gave way to suffixes in 1998 with the then-new "Land of Living Skies" slogan plate with revised province name font and smaller wheat graphic.

The current series of plates originated in 1977 and was first issued in embossed steel pairs using prefix letters. Plates were validated with annual month and year stickers until 1991 when the old month sticker was covered with a "PV" vehicle class sticker.

All newly-issued Saskatchewan Apportioned plates as of November 2012 feature only a small green on white "APP" sticker affixed to upper left corner. This is the only remaining Saskatchewan licence plate type to be denoted with a sticker.

The "Land of Living Skies" slogan appeared on most new passenger car plates in 1998 but Apportioned trucks did not generally receive these until approximately 2003 in the DEx/DRx suffix blocks.

Saskatchewan joined the International Registration Plan (IRP) in 1993 and a large green on white "APPORTIONED" sticker (affixed to bottom center of plate) replaced the small PRP sticker for new issues by 1997.

Starting in April 1982, Saskatchewan Canadian Agreement on Vehicle Registration (CAVR) trucks were registered with prefix APx, B or other series plates featuring a small green on white "PRP" sticker affixed to upper right corner. 1991-onwards, PRP plates differentiated between A (PSV truck/tractor power unit), PB (PSV bus/highway coach) or TS (semi/commercial trailer) using a class sticker in lower left corner and month/year date/renewal sticker in lower right.

See February 2004 ALPCA register, Aug 2008 (issue 146) and Aug 2013 (issue 166) Europlate magazine articles for more details on Saskatchewan Apportioned plates of all types. Thanks to Andrew Osborne, David Wilson and Manny Jacob.

Saskatchewan handicap parking plates were replaced with dash placards by the late-1990s and by blue mirror hangers in the 2000s. The occasional old plate can still be found.

Saskatchewan uses this single-series basic aluminum 4 x 8" plate for motorcycles, snowmobiles and their dealers. These plates in 2013 introduced slogan along bottom, province name centered along top and no sticker box starting by the mid-Lx series. They later changed to HD sheeting in 2018 between NA and NI.

Prior version introduced aluminum in spring 2011 along with new dies, full province name top left, sticker box top right, confirmed as low as KB and lasting to somewhere in the early-Lx series.

Original plates were made of steel, "SASK" along top and are confirmed issued up to HY-suffix in early-2011.

Saskatchewan retro-look Collector licence plates were introduced in December 2014 in both the regular and smaller motorcycle/snowmobile sizes and are eligible to be personalized. Regular-number version of this plate appears to be far less common than personalized.

Note these plates are not restricted to antiques, they are available to vehicles of any age. The "Collector" caption refers to the plate, not the car.

No longer has "Consular Corps", simply uses the "Land of Living Skies" standard plate. Requesting photo confirmation of this.

This optional passenger licence plate commemorating the Saskatchewan Roughriders football team 100th anniversary debuted May 19, 2010. The initial batch of plates was made by Signal Industries using ex-South Dakota dies in R1234 format. Those plates were exhausted in fall-2010 and the 1R234 format followed. Waldale production took over in the 4R123 range. Personalized plates with up to 5 characters are also available.

A smaller 4 x 8" version for motorcycles and snowmobiles was first released on Oct. 1, 2012.

Low: R002 Blaine Yatabe June 2013.

High: R021 Dan Purschke 2012-11-18

Saskatchewan retro-look all-numeric Rider Nation regular and smaller motorcycle/snowmobile-sized licence plates were introduced in December 2014. Both plate sizes are eligible to be personalized.

The original white Rider plate is still available.

Saskatchewan retro-look all-numeric Rider Nation regular or smaller motorcycle/snowmobile-sized licence plates were introduced in December 2014. Both plate sizes are eligible to be personalized.

This Saskatchewan "Support Our Troops" licence plate was introduced in November 2015. It is available to all motorists in both regular and smaller motorcycle/snowmobile sizes but cannot be personalized.

This Saskatchewan licence plate was introduced in November 2014 to honour Memorial Cross recipients. The Memorial Cross award has been given since 1919 to the loved ones of Canadian Armed Forces personnel who died in service or whose death was because of their service. It is granted by the Government of Canada and is also known as the Silver Cross. This plate is only available in passenger size and cannot be personalized.

Saskatchewan Veteran licence plates were introduced for passenger vehicles in February 2005 but are available only to veterans officially qualified through the Royal Canadian Legion. Original steel plates only up to V6000 including some remakes and personalized plates were made by Signal Industries from 2005-08, shifting to aluminum with ex-South Dakota dies during 2008-09.

All subsequent Veteran plate production moved to Waldale in 2010.

Veterans who own motorcycles and snowmobiles could order a smaller version of the plate starting on Oct. 1, 2012.

Both sizes of Veteran plates are made with a regular series number or can be personalized.