Nova Scotia licence plate: Fm farmer fisherman
Issued today 1989 to today. Agricultural plates for truck and van, issued by Registry of Motor Vehicles, Nova Scotia (Service Nova Scotia); regulations made by the Minister and the Governor in Council under the Motor Vehicle Act. One of 9 Nova Scotia license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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FM 9999, for exampleFM 1032(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
- 1989 to today. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Agricultural: farm vehicles/equipment where separately serialized. Issued for truck and van.
- Colours
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Characters
#003C71Background#FFFFFF - Size
- 30.48 × 15.24 cm (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
- About this plate
- 293) under which the regulation is made, a floor, not a start.
- Who can have one
- text: s. 2 defines "farmer" as a person "(i) who resides on a farm and derives the major part of their income from that farm, or (ii) who operates a farm that gives employment to 1 or more persons on a full-time basis", and "fisherman" as a person holding "a valid commercial fishing vessel registration under the Fisheries Act (Canada) and a valid registration card issued under Section 36 of the Revenue Act Regulations", or "an aquaculture licence issued under the Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act". s. 5(2): the plate may be displayed only on "(a) a commercial truck that is owned or leased by the farmer or fisherman ...; or (b) a passenger van with a minimum seating capacity of 7".. use restrictions: s. 6, verbatim in part: a driver must not use an FM-plated vehicle "(a) to transport any passenger for gain; (b) as transportation to or from the driver's employment, other than employment related to the farmer's farm business; (c) to carry goods for gain, unless the goods are for the use of or products of a farm that is located in the Province", and the parallel rule at s. 6(2) for a fisherman.
Legal basis and sources
- Number Plates for Farmers and Fishermen Regulations, made under MVA s. 38, ss. 2-6, every quotation above, read 2026-08-02 https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/mvplatesfarmer.htm
- Number Plates Regulations ss. 1(a), 2(4): farm trucks and commercial fisherman trucks are a two-plate class https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/mvnumber.htm
This plate in your app
The series id is ca-ns-fm-farmer-fisherman. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Nova Scotia's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ca-ns \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "ca-ns-fm-farmer-fisherman")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-ns/ca-ns-fm-farmer-fisherman.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-ns/ca-ns-fm-farmer-fisherman/template.svg
