# Nova Scotia licence plate: Personalized

> The Nova Scotia personalized license plate: format LLLLLLL, for example ACHTQVZ, 2005 to today, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and motorhome.

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Part of [Nova Scotia license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--nova-scotia) (9 registration series).

![Nova Scotia (Canada) license plate, Personalized (2005 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-ns/ca-ns-personalized-2005/nova-scotia-license-plate-personalized.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLLLLLL` (L is any letter) |
| Years | 2005 → today |
| Class | personalized |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, motorhome |
| Plate size | 30.48 × 15.24 cm |
| Colours | background #F2F2F2; characters #003C71 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `ca-ns-personalized-2005` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--nova-scotia/personalized-2005) |

Sources:

- [Personalized Number Plates Regulations, O.I.C. 2005-248 (9 June 2005), N.S. Reg. 124/2005, ss. 1-9 — every quotation above, read 2026-08-02](https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/mvprsnum.htm)
- [Number Plates Regulations s. 1(a) as amended by N.S. Reg. 123/2005: personalized vehicles joined the two-plate list by the SAME Order in Council; s. 2(3): one of the two goes on the rear](https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/mvnumber.htm)
- [MVA s. 19(2): 'such other matter as the Minister may determine' — the statutory hook this regulation hangs on](https://web.archive.org/web/20251124192915/https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/legc/statutes/motor%20vehicle.pdf)

## About this plate

THE KEYSTONE REGULATION OF THIS FILE. 124/2005 and, in the same Order, amended the Number Plates Regulations to put personalized vehicles in the two-plate class, two instruments moving together, which is what a real programme start looks like. It is NOT a claim that Nova Scotia had no vanity plates before 2005; it is a claim about THIS regime.

## Who can have one

text: s. 3, verbatim: "Personalized plates may be used for all of the following types of motor vehicles: (a) a bus with a registered weight of 5000 kg or less; (b) a camper; (c) a motorcycle; (d) a commercial motor vehicle with a registered weight of 5000 kg or less, other than an ambulance or a hearse; (e) a passenger vehicle.". no vehicle needed: s. 4(2), verbatim: 'A person may apply for personalized number plates without registering a motor vehicle, but personalized number plates that are not used for vehicle registration must not be attached to a motor vehicle.'

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-ns/ca-ns-personalized-2005.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/nova-scotia?series=ca-ns-personalized-2005
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ca-ns` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "ca-ns-personalized-2005"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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