Year: 1976
The plates for 1976 are lightweight steel, painted white with black lettering. The backs of the plates are painted white. These plates have long, oval slots. The plates with the goldpanner have a "nugget" of gold paint in the gold pan; the goldpanner is embossed.
Passenger: xnnn
These plates had one letter followed by three digits. The letter indicated the location where the plate was issued as follows:
| Location | First Letter |
|---|---|
| Dawson | D |
| Faro | F |
| Haines Junction | H |
| Mayo | M |
| Watson Lake | W |
| Whitehorse | A, B, C, E, G, J, K, L, N, P, T, U, X |
| unused? | I, O, Q, R, S, V, Y, Z |
Hmmm... At least one example of a 1976 plate has been observed with the goldpanner and a single digit, no preceeding letter. More research required!
Commercial
There were several varieties of commercial plates for this year:
- Cn Cnn Cnnnn-series for commercial vehicles not covered by some specialized type of plate. The Cnnn-series was for passenger plates (e.g., C524 above), not commercial. However, some Cnnn commercial plates (no goldpanner) exist. Also, given C089 with gold panner above, is there a corresponding C89 without goldpanner similar to the C68 shown here?. The split or overlap of the Cnnn series between commercial and passenger is unclear.
- Ln Lnn-series for livery (taxi) vehicles
- Rn Rnn-series for recovery vehicles (tow trucks)
- BUSn BUSnn BUSnnn-series for buses
- PSVn PSVnn PSVnnn-series for public service vehicles (PSVs). What are PSVs?
- RESn RESnn RESnnn-series for restricted vehicles. What are restricted vehicles?
- FTn FTnn FTnnn-series for through freighter (freighter-through) trucks
Government
Yukon government: Gnnnn
The Yukon government black-on-orange plates (long slots) were used from 1965 until they were superceded by the Gxx·n series in 1982 and the YTGnnn series in 1985.
Federal government: Xn Xnn Xnnn Xnnnn Xn·nnn
Federal (dominion) government vehicles carried dark grey plates with green lettering from 1951 to 1982. Some lettering is turquoise due to a bad paint batch. Some with four-digit numbers had a dot between the first and second digits.
Dealer: Dn Dnn Dnnnn
Dealer plates did not have three digits. The Dxxx-series was for passenger plates (e.g., D240 above).
Motorcycle
Rental
Snow machine
Trailer
Radio Amateur: VE8xx VE8xxx
Sample: 0000
