British Columbia Transporter License Plates

British Columbia Transporter License Plates

"Transporter" means a person regularly engaged in the business of transporting vehicles.

A Transporter's licence consists of a distinctive number plate corresponding to the licence which authorizes an individual to operate or tow any vehicle on the highway other than a vehicle owned by said transporter. A transporter number plate must be conspicuously displayed on every vehicle that is

(a) being delivered in the course of business of a transporter, and

(b) in direct contact with the highway.

It is thought that the first Transporter plates first started to appear in 1957, but there are few records of their existence until the 1960s. The plates are easily identifiable by the slogan Transporter that appear across the bottom of all plates until 1979 when it began to appear across the top. Since 1985, the plates have been issued in the familiar Flag Graphic style with a "TR" prefix, generally seen in the TR-0000 to TR-9999 format.

1960

Issuing Statistics

1960:

Unknown

1961

Issuing Statistics

1961:

Unknown

1962

Issuing Statistics

1962:

Unknown

1963

Issuing Statistics

1963:

Unknown

1964

Issuing Statistics

1964:

1 to 200

1965

Issuing Statistics

1965:

1 to 250

1966

Issuing Statistics

1966:

1 to 250

1967

Issuing Statistics

1967:

1 to 250

1968

Issuing Statistics

1968:

1 to 250

1969

Issuing Statistics

1969:

1 to 250

1970

Issuing Statistics

1970:

1 to 300

1971

Dave Hollins Collection

Issuing Statistics

1971:

1 to 350

1972

Issuing Statistics

1972:

1 to 350

1973

Dave Hollins Collection

Issuing Statistics

1973:

1 to 250

1974

Issuing Statistics

1974:

Unknown

1975

Issuing Statistics

1975:

501 to 1600

1976

Issuing Statistics

1976:

1601 to 2700

1977

Issuing Statistics

1977:

Unknown

1978

Issuing Statistics

1978:

Unknown

1979 - 1986

Issuing Statistics

1979:

unknown

* Many of the 1979 base plates shown here were re-decaled by Tom Lindner many years after they were originally issued or last used.

1986 - 2022

Issuing Statistics

1985:	TR-0000 to TR-5999
????:	TR-6000 to TR-9999
2022:	TS-0000

Sources

Dan Howlett, "Decoding British Columbia License Plates", http://www.kasumirecords.com/bcplates/index.htm (October 28, 2001).

Revised Statutes of British Columbia (1996) Motor Vehicle Act

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