# Ontario licence plate: Diplomatic

> The Ontario diplomatic license plate: format 999 LLL, for example 859 EPN, 1994 to today, car and van. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

Page: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--ontario/diplomatic-1994 · Markdown version of the HTML page, which is canonical. Site map: https://vehiclesdb.com/llms.txt · Terms of use: https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/terms

Part of [Ontario license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--ontario) (12 registration series).

![Ontario (Canada) license plate, Diplomatic (1994 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-on/ca-on-diplomatic-1994/ontario-license-plate-diplomatic.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999 LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1994 → today |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car, van |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Colours | background #C8102E; characters #FFFFFF |
| 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-on-diplomatic-1994` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--ontario/diplomatic-1994) |

Sources:

- [international.gc.ca](https://www.international.gc.ca/protocol-protocole/policies-politiques/licence-plates-guidelines_lignes-directrices-plaques-immatriculation.aspx?lang=eng)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Ontario)

## About this plate

THE WEAKEST-SOURCED SERIES IN THIS FILE, and it says so. Ontario publishes nothing about diplomatic plates; the federal page that would govern them was unreadable from this location. Everything here is the article's.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-on/ca-on-diplomatic-1994.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/ontario?series=ca-on-diplomatic-1994
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ca-on` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "ca-on-diplomatic-1994"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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