Vehicle registration plates of New Brunswick

The Canadian province of New Brunswick first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display licence plates in 1905.

In Canada, only the Province of Ontario and the City of Montreal required registrations before New Brunswick. The vehicle owner supplied his own licence plates until 1910. Starting in 1911, the Province supplied the plates.

Passenger plates 1945 to present

In 1956, the U.S. states and Canadian provinces came to an agreement with the Automobile Manufacturers Association that fixed the size for licence plates for vehicles, except those for motorcycles, at six inches in height by twelve inches in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1955 (dated 1956) issue was the province's first licence plate that complied with these standards.

Image	Dates issued	Description	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	1945	Embossed yellow lettering on black base	none	12-345
	1960–61	Embossed green numbers on white plate with border line; "60 – NEW BRUNSWICK" embossed in green block letters at top; embossed green provincial shield used as separator in numbers	"PICTURE PROVINCE" embossed in green block letters centered at bottom	123-456	1-000 to approximately 130-000
	1962–63	Embossed white numbers on red plate with border line; "NEW BRUNSWICK" embossed in white block letters at top, offset to left; embossed white box in top right corner containing debossed "62" in red	"PICTURE PROVINCE" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom	123-456	1-000 to approximately 152-000
	1964–65	Embossed white numbers on red plate; border lines around plate and around bottom corners; "NEW BRUNSWICK" embossed in white block letters centered at top; "64" embossed in bottom right corner	"PICTURE PROVINCE" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom	123-456	1-000 to approximately 173-000
	1966–68	As 1964–65 base, but with "66" embossed in bottom right corner	"PICTURE PROVINCE" as on 1964–65 base	123-456	1-000 to approximately 233-000
	1969–71	Embossed red numbers on white plate; border lines around plate and around bottom corners; "NEW BRUNSWICK" embossed in red block letters centered at top; "69" embossed in bottom right corner	"PICTURE PROVINCE" embossed in red block letters centered at bottom	123-456	1-000 to approximately 239-000
	1972–74	Embossed green numbers on white plate; border lines around plate and around top corners; "NEW BRUNSWICK" and "NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK" embossed in green block letters centered at top and bottom respectively; "72" embossed in top right corner	none	123-456	1-000 to approximately 270-000
	1975–77	As 1972–74 base, but with "75" embossed in top right corner	none	123-456	1-000 to approximately 321-000
	1978–85	As 1972–74 base, but with "78" embossed in top right corner	none	123-456	1-000 to approximately 547-000
	1986–89	Embossed blue numbers on white plate; border lines around plate and around top corners; "NEW BRUNSWICK" and "NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK" screened in turquoise block letters centered at top and bottom respectively	none	ABC-123	AAA-000 to approximately ARZ-999
	1989	As above, but with province names embossed rather than screened			AZA-000 to AZG-999	Interim plates manufactured while material was changed from ordinary steel to galvanized steel.
	1989–91	As 1986–89 plates			ASA-000 to approximately AVT-999
	1991–2003	Embossed red numbers on white plate; screened provincial wordmark (red galley graphic with "New" and "Nouveau" in green serifed letters to the left and "Brunswick" in the same letters to the right) centered at top	none	ABC-123	BAA-000 to BZZ-999; GAA-000 to approximately GIY-499	C, D and F as first letters reserved for Commercial, Dealer and Farm plates respectively.
	2003–09	As above, but with revised wordmark ("New" to the left of the galley, "Nouveau" to the right and "Brunswick" and "CANADA" below)			GIY-500 to GWZ-999
	2009–11	Embossed red numbers on white plate with curved gold and sky blue bands at the top; screened provincial wordmark (red galley graphic with small blue waves and "New" to the left, "Nouveau" to the right and "Brunswick" and "CANADA" below, all in green serifed letters) on bands, centered above numbers	"Be... in this place ᐧ Être... ici on le peut" screened in green block letters centered at bottom	ABC 123	GXA 000 to GZZ 999; JAA 000 to JDZ 999	H as first letter reserved for Taxi plates.
	2011–present		none		JEA 000 to JKN 999 (as of March 17, 2016)

External links

• New Brunswick licence plates 1969-present