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A Canadian postal code ( French: code postal) is a six-character string that forms part of a postal address in Canada. [ 1] Like British, Irish and Dutch postcodes, Canada's postal codes are alphanumeric. They are in the format A1A 1A1, where A is a letter and 1 is a digit, with a space separating the third and fourth characters.
Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, [1] via its applications for such smartphones as the iPhone and BlackBerry, [2] and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROMs. Many vendors also sell validation tools, which allow customers to properly match addresses and postal codes.
There are currently 103 FSAs in this list. There are no rural FSAs in Toronto, hence no postal codes should start with M0. However, a handful of individual special-purpose codes in the M0R FSA are assigned to "Gateway Commercial Returns, 4567 Dixie Rd, Mississauga" as a merchandise returns label for freepost returns to high-volume vendors such as Amazon and the Shopping Channel.
The most and least populous are Toronto and Dryden, with 2,794,356 and 7,749 residents, respectively. [2] Ontario's newest city is Richmond Hill , whose council voted to change from a town to a city on March 26, 2019. [ 3 ]
Canadian postal codes begin with "X" for both NT and NU, the only two territorial or provincial jurisdictions to share the same initial postal code letter. However, the new code NU was chosen to stem possible confusion and to reflect the new territory's creation. On 21 October 2002, Newfoundland and Labrador's postal abbreviation was changed ...
Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, via its applications for smartphones, and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROMs. Many vendors also sell validation tools, which allow customers to properly match addresses and postal codes. Hard-copy directories can also be consulted in all post offices, and some libraries.
Several of its neighbourhoods, such as Long Branch, New Toronto, and Mimico, were villages independent of Etobicoke. Others, such as Claireville, Islington and Thistletown were former postal villages established when Etobicoke was an agrarian district. Others are residential subdivisions built after World War II as Toronto expanded.
The V postal code area is currently the most utilized in Canada, with only four of the 180 available urban FSAs not yet assigned. Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, [1] via its mobile apps for such smartphones as the iPhone and BlackBerry, [2] and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROMs. Many vendors also sell ...