76 Québec

Québec issued a new plate in 1976 with the Olympic rings at center bottom to celebrate the 1976 Montreal Olympics. What is so different about the 76 Quebec passenger plate on the upper right besides the letter and numbers? It has a pale blue back. Most of the passenger plates show an unpainted aluminum back. A few, however, were painted a pale blue. Passenger car plates came with and H, L, M or P letter in the center.

1975 Québec license plates were allowed to be used until about March of 1976 during re-registrations. Sample version shown on the right.

Sample versions of 1976 passenger car plate.

1976 Québec school bus plate as noted by the AE prefix.

1976 Québec ambulance plate as noted by the AM prefix.

The C prefix on this plate means it was for an equipment tractor owned by a farmer and used exclusively for agricultural purposes.

1976 Québec private school transport plate as noted by the E prefix.

The F prefix on this plate indicates that this plate was issued for a private commercial vehicle greater than 6,000 lbs that was used for hauling merchandise with pecuniary considerations (including service vehicles.)

The FZ prefix on this Quebec plate indicates it was on a leased vehicle used for the transportation of merchandise.

The G prefix means this plate was used on a vehicle that was owned by a government other than Québec. It would have been used on vehicles owned by municipal corporations, urban communities, certain charitable institutions and public hospitals.

L prefix indicates that this plate was used on a vehicle that carried merchandise for pecuniary considerations.

The N prefix indicates this plate was for a farm vehicle used for the purposes of hauling people and merchandise.

The P prefix indicates that this plate was used on an off road vehicle on private roads and properties, as well as in certain isolated areas.

The R prefix means that this plate was used on domestic, commercial and semi-trailers.

The RW prefix indicates that this plate was used on an industrial trailer.

The U prefix on this 76 Québec plate indicates that it was used on a trailer owned by a farmer. The trailer was used for hauling merchandise.

1976 Québec amateur radio operator plate.

The VL prefix indicates this plate was used on a vehicle that was manufactured or modified for recreational purposes.

1976 Québec dealer plate as noted by the X prefix.

The Z prefix means that this plate was used on a non commercial for hire vehicle. That could include emergency vehicles such as fire and police. Jean-Louis Beaudoin of Sherbrooke, Québec notes he remembers that in the 70's the Sherbrooke police had "Z" plates when the city rented the patrol cars instead of buying them.

Motorcycle plates have an M prefix, besides the usual difference in size.

A small plate this size with no prefix means the plate was used on a moped.

This small 1976 Québec plate was a special permit issue for trucks or truck/tractors as designated by the CT prefix.

1976 Québec Fisheries boat plate issued to individuals or companies involved in commercial fishing.

A small plate this size with an S prefix means it was used on a snowmobile. The two different styles of numbering with the dash seperator are shown above.