Northwest Territories licence plate: Construction

Issued today Documented since 2013. Standard plates for truck and machine, issued by Registrar of Motor Vehicles, Government of the Northwest Territories (Department of Infrastructure, Driver and Vehicle Services). One of 14 Northwest Territories license plates.

Northwest Territories (Canada) license plate, Construction (documented since 2013), sample H23727

Format, years and the law

Format
H99999, for example H23727 (9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
Documented since 2013; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Standard: the default series issued to private road vehicles. Issued for truck and machine.
Colours
Characters #0033A0 Background #FFFFFF
About this plate
A dedicated CONSTRUCTION-vehicle plate type is unusual and reflects the territory's economy; reg. 8(1)(b) makes construction vehicles their own vehicle class as well.

Legal basis and sources

  1. reg. 8(2)(c), reg. 8(1)(b) https://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/en/files/legislation/motor-vehicles/motor-vehicles.r12.pdf

This plate in your app

The series id is ca-nt-construction. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Northwest Territories's series:

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