Livery and other types.
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LV CL TX LM
- All variants of livery (i.e. taxicab) plates use the XAA+ series base and are differentiated by the blue on white class sticker placed in the upper left corner of the rear plate only.
- City Livery (LV sticker) plates are very abundant in Winnipeg traffic and are therefore the most common livery type in Manitoba.
- Country Livery (formerly LCA series on 83 base) plates use the CL sticker and are far less common than LV. CL plates are somewhat scarce.
- Christmas Taxi (TX sticker) plates are authorized for use only in the busy Christmas shopping period and may not go outside the Winnipeg Perimeter Highway. Having fallen from favour due to these restrictions, Christmas taxi plates have not been observed in use for several years. By November 2006 not a single one was registered.
- Limousine plates display an LM class sticker and are also relatively scarce.
- LM, TX and LV classes appear to be for Winnipeg ONLY. It would appear from observations that ALL livery cabs based in locations other than Winnipeg get the CL class sticker. I photographed a limousine that was based outside of Winnipeg and it had the CL class sticker, not LM. I've also photographed regular taxicabs in places like Winkler, Portage and Brandon and they always had the CL class sticker, not LV.
Various other types
Consular Corps Remote Area Snow Vehicle
- Consular Corps number range on this base started at CC-451.
- Snow Vehicle plates are used by specialized snow vehicles heavier than 450KG that are not equipped with wheels but tractor treads/skis. SV plates are NOT used for lightweight recreational snowmobiles nor on tundra buggies nor on trail groomers. On the 1983 base these were in the S series but on this base they use a regular passenger plate with an SV sticker in the upper left corner. Issued in pairs to Bombardier snow coaches.
- Vintage auto plates were introduced in 1967 and used the same 1960s-era plate until the mid-2000s. Vintage plates are used on antique cars for parades and car shows. These cars may not travel on the main highway system for everyday-travel while so registered.
- Veteran plates announced in November 2004 following the trend among the provinces to recognize these special Canadians. Regular series plates are issued in the VAA, VAB and VAD+ series. End of VAF series reached in October 2009. VAG series was skipped so VAH followed.
- In an interesting twist, the VAC series was reserved for a made-to-order series for foreign language veterans. They custom-order their veteran plates with the word VETERAN at the bottom written in their own language. The wordmark at the bottom is part of the sheeting and is NOT a cheap add-on decal. It has also created an extremely scarce collectible. So far, only a handful of these plates have been produced for the Ukranian, Dutch and French languages. The one shown is in Ukranian, a very common language in Manitoba. I have observed numbers VAC 003 and VAC 005 (pictured here), featuring the French language at the bottom and Andrew supplied the photo of the Ukrainian VAC 102. Apparently the languages get their own number blocks...0 for French...1 for Ukrainian etc.
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