Canadian Postal Codes


History

Toronto divided itself into postal regions in 1925, using a 1 or 2 digit number (not zero-padded).

The modern postal system was implemented in phases in the 1970s.


Specification

Canadian postal codes are 6 characters long in the format A1A 1A1. Note the space character delimiting the 3 character segments.

Postal Codes by Province

The leading character indicates a province or territory, with two provinces having multiple postal regions.

Province

Abbreviation

Postal Regions

Newfoundland and Labrador

NL

A

Nova Scotia

NS

B

Prince Edward Island

PE

C

New Brunswick

NB

E

Quebec

QC

G, H, J

Ontario

ON

K, L, M, N, P

Manitoba

MB

R

Saskatchewan

SK

S

Alberta

AB

T

British Columbia

BC

V

Nunavut

NU

X*

Northwest Territories

NT

X*

Yukon

YT

Y

* While Nunavut split from the Northwest Territories in 1999, mail continued to be processed together.

Furthermore, the second character indicates the type of destination. A 0 indicates either a rural region or a special purpose code. Any other digit indicates an urban region.

The entire leading 3 character segment indicates a postal region. These range from a block in Toronto (M5C) to all of the Northwest Territories excluding Fort Liard and Yellowknife (X0E).


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