Manitoba licence plate: MMIWG2S

Issued today 2023 to today. Specialty plates for car, van, and truck, issued by Registrar of Motor Vehicles, Manitoba, with Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) as administrator under The Drivers and Vehicles Act. One of 9 Manitoba license plates.

Manitoba (Canada) license plate, MMIWG2S (2023 to today), sample YAS 123

Format, years and the law

Format
LLL 999, for example YAS 123 (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.

Years issued
2023 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Specialty: optional-design programs on standard serials (US state programs). Issued for car, van, and truck.
Colours
Characters #003C71 Background #FFFFFF
About this plate
60.2(1) defines the abbreviation: "In this section, the abbreviation 'MMIWG2S' means missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people." s. 60.2(2): the registrar "shall make available a specialty number plate that (a) includes 'MMIWG2S' in capital letters; and (b) depicts EITHER A RED HAND OR A RED DRESS." s. 60.2(3) directs the whole of the charges, after consultation with families' representatives, to a registered charity benefiting those families. Enacted S.M. 2023, c. 33, s. 3. 63(2)), "a material and design determined by [ICBC]" (BC s. 12(1)(b)), and note that Manitoba's legislature specified the GRAPHIC.

Legal basis and sources

  1. s. 60.2(1)-(3), enactment note S.M. 2023, c. 33, s. 3 https://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/d104.php

This plate in your app

The series id is ca-mb-mmiwg2s. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Manitoba's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ca-mb \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "ca-mb-mmiwg2s")'