Manitoba Commercial

The Manitoba Commercial Truck (CT) plate has been issued in pairs starting at CAA series in 1997. Most of these plates were made by Waldale except for the CDA and CDB series plates made by Hi-Signs in the early-2000s. A small number of Commercial plates have been observed with blue on white T (truck), rare DA (Driveaway/transporter) or relatively common Limited Use (LU) class stickers. Blue outline bison changed to solid black in 2013 at CFP/CFR changeover point.

Certain commercial trucks have been eligible for X, CAVR or Apportioned plates for decades. All Manitoba Apportioned trucks now receive CT plates by default after the PSV category was abolished by legislation in March 2019. Old PSV plates continued to be issued for a short time until most stocks were exhausted by 2020-21. Careful field observation, analysis and study of these high-mileage truck and bus plates was performed in the early-2020s. The blue on clear "Apportioned" sticker affixed to the front plate quickly disintegrates and has a failure rate of over 97%. The orange peel textured HD sheeting plates that started in the CJC series are themselves also subject to severe peeling and bug damage, especially when used on Apportioned vehicles.