# Ontario licence plate: Personalized

> The Ontario personalized license plate: format LLLLLLLL, for example GVPTSXGI, 1998 to today, car, van, truck, and motorcycle.

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

![Ontario (Canada) license plate, Personalized (1998 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-on/ca-on-personalized/ontario-license-plate-personalized.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLLLLLLL` (L is any letter) |
| Years | 1998 → today |
| Class | personalized |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; 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-on-personalized` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--ontario/personalized) |

Sources:

- [ontario.ca](https://www.ontario.ca/page/personalized-licence-plate)
- [HTA s. 7(24)(o): the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations 'prescribing the criteria for the issuance, retention and return of a number plate bearing a requested number' — the statutory hook for the whole programme; HTA s. 12(3)(a) confirms 'number plate' includes 'a number plate bearing a requested number'](https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90h08)

## About this plate

The statute creates the class (s. 7(24)(o), s. HTA s. 7(24)(o) and s. 12(3)(a) both entered the Act by 1999, c. 12, Sched. R, in force 1 January 2001 per the e-Laws amendment table, and Ontario's requested-number programme demonstrably predates that consolidation.

## Transfer

ServiceOntario, verbatim: "A personalized licence plate can be transferred only once to another person before it is attached to a vehicle. Once the plate is registered to a vehicle, it cannot be transferred again.", which sits on top of the ordinary Ontario owner-binding rule (HTA s. 11(3)).

## Use it

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

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