Canadian License Plates - Page 2

m0nkyman · #21 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 1:52 AM**

Cool site
and my vote goes to the geekiesst plate:

RWin · #22 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 2:09 AM**

NWT is good.
Nunavut is kind of boring.

vid · #23 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 2:49 AM**

Nunavut has a N before the number, and NWT doesn't.

Yay, I know something pointless!

I like Saskatchewan's and the Territories' plates. I was hoping Ontario's would get a makeover when they went into the BXXX ### series, but no.

TheMeltyMan · #24 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 4:00 AM**

Nova Scotia and Northwest Territories, although the American's plates have them all beat.

skrish · #25 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 4:09 AM**

I'm not really a fan of american plates. I like when license plates are simple.

chris · #26 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 4:10 AM**

Quebec's and Ontario's are so boooooooooooooring!

WHY-T · #27 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 4:40 AM**

I like the prairie provinces (AB, SK, MB) and BC. Nice designs that represent their location and not too busy looking. I also like the "Beautiful British Columbia" somehow, it just sounds good together.

By the way, is it only Quebec that has no front plate or are there any other provinces/territories as well?

skrish · #28 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 4:43 AM**

^ There is no front plate required in Alberta as well

CCF · #29 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 5:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by WHY-T

I like the prairie provinces (AB, SK, MB) and BC. Nice designs that represent their location and not too busy looking. I also like the "Beautiful British Columbia" somehow, it just sounds good together.

By the way, is it only Quebec that has no front plate or are there any other provinces/territories as well?

As of a couple of years ago, you no longer need a front plate in Saskatchewan. I'd say it's a 50-50 split between those that do and don't.

slapshot™ · #30 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 6:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by Kilgore Trout

i don't know if it's just me, but i've always been surprised by how much i notice the different licence plates when i'm in another province. it's one of those small, unimportant details that remind you that you're somewhere else.

It's like that for us Albertans and we don't have to leave Alberta to notice it. Unbelievable how many out of town plates you see in Alberta these days.

I prefer the NWT plate myself. It's a classic.

tkoe · #31 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 9:32 AM**

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I know Albertans don't have a long history like we have in East Canada (from Ontario to Newfoundland) but I am sure you can find something better than a Cowboy mega-meet link or a Sport team logo...

Nothing negative, just my point of view.

I agree with PhilippeMtl. Themed license plates featuring cowboys and sports teams are the last thing Alberta needs. Last playoff run there were enough of those stupid window-mounted flags; the last thing we need is most branded shit hanging off cars.

I think the best plates are the most simple and classic. Ontario and Quebec plates look quite nice and they are easy to read. I also really like the look of Nova Scotia's plates.

rrskylar · #32 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 3:31 PM**

^ do you also prefer black and white television?

dubiousmike · #33 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 3:45 PM**

Nothing beats New Hampshire's license plate. They've got a pretty severe state motto.

MolsonExport · #34 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 7:18 PM**

NWT/Nunavut : My fave.

Ontario's is dull, but much better than the older version that hectored you to "Keep it Beautiful"

Worst of the worst is New Hampshire's tag line:

Does that include the freedom to criticise the Bush Administration and associated policies, without being labelled 'unpatriotic'?

kool maudit · #35 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 8:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Worst of the worst is New Hampshire's tag line:

Does that include the freedom to criticise the Bush Administration and associated policies, without being labelled 'unpatriotic'?

yes. new hampshire has a long libertarian tradition.

i like that plate.

Pavlov · #36 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 8:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by dubiousmike

I like the seven-digit license plate number. The next step would be legislation which required every car to have a mobile phone that used the license plate number as a telephone number. There are all kinds of useful applications for this:

01. No more middle fingers. Simply call up the SUV that just cut you off and tell him what an asshole he is.

02. No more honking at honking at attractive women behind the wheel. One phone call and you could be meeting at the Wendy's drive-thru for a romantic date.

feepa · #37 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 9:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Reesonov

I like the seven-digit license plate number. The next step would be legislation which required every car to have a mobile phone that used the license plate number as a telephone number. There are all kinds of useful applications for this:

01. No more middle fingers. Simply call up the SUV that just cut you off and tell him what an asshole he is.

02. No more honking at honking at attractive women behind the wheel. One phone call and you could be meeting at the Wendy's drive-thru for a romantic date.

Well, alot of areas are going to ten digit dialing now a days, I guess you can just try to guess the area code.

samne · #38 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 9:30 PM**

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Well, alot of areas are going to ten digit dialing now a days, I guess you can just try to guess the area code.

10 digit dialing is so 1994.

Only The Lonely.. · #39 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 9:41 PM**

I wish Manitoba's plates looked more like these Minnesota vanity plates.

Manitoba

Minnesota

Even North Dakota's isn't that bad..

Only The Lonely.. · #40 Posted **Jan 10, 2007, 9:44 PM**

There seems to be a North America wide trend towards graphic plates. It's getting so that now the plain license plates stick out more than the graphic ones.

I think this works out favourably for Quebec and Ontario.