The Vehicle registration plates of Nunavut were established in 1999 when the territory was formed by the splitting of the Northwest Territories. These polar bear-shaped plates are identical to those previously issued when it was part of the Northwest Territories, save for the name of the jurisdiction on the plate and the "N" suffix that appears on all plates.
At the time of division the governments of Nunavut and the NWT agreed to both jurisdictions continuing to use the polar bear plates, which had been in use since 1971. Although the design of the plates was shared the GNWT held the copyright. In 2010 when the dies for the plates became worn out the GNWT decided to make some changes and the GN opted to go with a new plate design. On 3 August 2011, Nunavut announced that a contest would be held to create the new plates.
On 6 March 2012, Nunavut announced that the new design for the licence plates will be available in July 2012. In total there were 123 people who submitted 200 designs with Iqaluit resident Ron Froese being the winner. His design, which is set at night, features 25 stars to represent the communities of Nunavut, the inuksuk that is outside the Legislative Assembly, a polar bear and three sets of northern lights to represent the three regions of Nunavut, the Kitikmeot Region, the Kivalliq Region and the Qikiqtaaluk Region
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