# Nova Scotia licence plate: Standard 1989

> The Nova Scotia standard 1989 license plate: format LLL 999, for example MSF 222, 1989 to today, car, van, and truck.

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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, Standard 1989 (1989 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-ns/ca-ns-standard-1989/nova-scotia-license-plate-standard-1989.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1989 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck |
| 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-standard-1989` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--nova-scotia/standard-1989) |

Sources:

- [MVA s. 19(1),(2): plates are furnished to the OWNER and display 'the registration number assigned to the owner and such other matter as the Minister may determine'; s. 20(2): the 300 mm mounting rule](https://web.archive.org/web/20251124192915/https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/legc/statutes/motor%20vehicle.pdf)
- [Number Plates Regulations, N.S. Reg. 173/95 ss. 1(b), 2(1): one plate, on the rear, for a passenger or light commercial motor vehicle](https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/mvnumber.htm)
- [Personalized Number Plates Regulations, N.S. Reg. 124/2005 s. 7(2)(a)-(d): the 15.24 x 30.48 cm size, the silver-white field, the Bluenose depiction and the blue NOVA SCOTIA / CANADAS OCEAN PLAYGROUND legends — quoted verbatim above](https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/mvprsnum.htm)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Nova_Scotia)

## About this plate

Its SIZE, FIELD COLOUR, LETTERING COLOUR, LEGENDS and CENTRAL GRAPHIC are all quoted from N.S. Reg. 124/2005, sideways, because that regulation describes the personalized plate, and a Nova Scotia personalized plate is this plate with a chosen serial. The predecessor is authored below. NOTE FOR THE PARSE LAYER: three letters and three numerals is the most common plate shape in North America, so a bare ABC 123 string is very weakly diagnostic of Nova Scotia, it collides with the current Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick series in this very wave.

## How numbers are issued

the article's issuance record runs BRT 001 (1989) through the F, G and H letter blocks; there is NO date and NO region signal in a Nova Scotia serial

## Separators

a printed gap, not a glyph; the Personalized regulation's 'with or without spaces' language (s. 7(2)(e)) is the authority's own confirmation that the space is optional

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard 1979](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--nova-scotia/standard-1979) | 1979 to 1989 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Off-highway](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--nova-scotia/offhighway-1989) (1989 to today)
- [Commercial](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--nova-scotia/commercial-1978) (1978 to today)
- [Standard 1979](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--nova-scotia/standard-1979) (1979 to 1989)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-ns/ca-ns-standard-1989.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/nova-scotia?series=ca-ns-standard-1989
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ca-ns` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "ca-ns-standard-1989"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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