What is the Postal Code of Canada? List of Canadian Postal Codes

A postal code is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.

Canada Postal Code numbers consist of six digits, the first two digits represent one letter and those codes are assigned geographically. The last four digits are determined by the regional sorting facility (RSC).

Canada’s postal codes are alphanumeric, like Dutch, Irish, and British postcodes. Now Canadian postal codes 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. 

Although postal codes are usually assigned to geographical areas, special codes are sometimes assigned to individual addresses or to institutions that receive large volumes of mail, such as government agencies and large commercial companies.

Universal Postal Union, the UPU was established in 1874 to build an international connection between countries through a unified postal service. The organization’s headquarters is located in Berne, Switzerland. The organization serves 192 member countries.

Many people call postal codes zip codes, and often people get confused about these two codes, so they ask: Is zip code and postal code the same? Or What is the difference between zip code and postal code?

The answer is;

These two codes are essentially the same in their purpose, but the term Zip code is mainly used in the USA; Postal Code is commonly used in other countries.

Here’s an explanation;

What is the ZIP code of Canada?

Zip is an abbreviation of the Zonal Improvement Plan. A zip code is a combination of numbers to form a specific identification code. The main aim is to enhance easy identification when delivering mail and packages.

Canadian Zip code is a six-character sequence that forms a portion of a postal address in Canada. Like British, Irish, and Dutch postcodes, Canada’s Zip codes are alphanumeric. They are in the format A1A 1A1, where A is a letter, and 1 is a digit, with a space departing the third and fourth characters.

The code helps to identify the location where mail and packages can be easily and accurately delivered. The main aim is to foster the exact delivery.

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What is the Canadian postal code

What is the Canadian postal code?

The Canada Postal Code, or CPN as it is more commonly known, is the typographical representation of postal delivery post offices in Canada. It’s a six-character number that represents all the possible addresses that the letter carrier can deliver to.

Canadian postal codes use an alphanumerical format with six characters in the format “A1A 1A1” with the first character denoting the province of the address. The second character is a district within that province. The third character is a letter representing the “postal zone” of the province. The final three letters are numbers that indicate a smaller delivery area. Those numbers are used to sort and route mail and find addresses. 

For example, a neighborhood called “St. Hubert” in Montreal would have a Postal code like STHUBT 1M1S.

The code was highly adopted to sort mail in bunch of large numbers of packages or letters. The system is used all over the world for easy identification of locations.

What is a Valid Canadian Postal Code Format?

Canadian postal codes are alphanumeric and composed of six characters strings.

A valid Canadian postcode has the following format –

  • In the format A1A 1A1, where A is a letter and 1 is a digit.
  • A space separates the third and fourth characters.
  • Do not include the letters D, F, I, O, Q, or U. (The letters D, F, I, O, Q, and U never appear in a postal code because of their visual similarity to 0, E, 1, 0, 0, and V respectively)
  • Letters W and Z also do not appear as the first letter of a postal code.
What is a Valid Canadian Postal Code Format?

These six characters of Canadian postal codes represent a postal address in Canada.

Canadian Postal Abbreviations for Provinces and Territories

Canadian Postal Abbreviations for Provinces and Territories

Postal abbreviations used to address and mail a letter in are called postal abbreviations or postcodes. Postal Abbreviations are two digit characters that help in sorting the letters and speed up the delivery process by sorting emails quickly. 

When writing out the postal address for a location within Canada, the postal code follows the abbreviation for the province or territory.

A list of all Canadian province postal codes is given below. These postal abbreviations for Canadian Provinces are used for easy identification of the areas of Canada.

Province or TerritoryPostal AbbreviationsCapital
AlbertaABEdmonton
British ColumbiaBCVictoria
ManitobaMBWinnipeg
New BrunswickNBFredericton
Newfoundland and LabradorNLSt. John’s
Nova ScotiaNSHalifax
NunavutNUIqaluit
Northwest TerritoriesNTYellowknife
OntarioONToronto
Prince Edward IslandPECharlottetown
QuebecQCQuebec City
SaskatchewanSKRegina
YukonYTWhitehorse
Table: Canada provinces and territories in alphabetical order 

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List of Postal Codes of Canada – All States Zip Code List

List of Postal Codes of Canada - All States Zip Code List

What is Canada’s postal code? Here are all provinces and territories of Canada postal code list

So, if you want to search the postal code of your area just here is a list that will help you to find the postal codes of Canada.

The following list contains the Postal Code ranges for Commercial Estimator has Local Multipliers in Canada. You can enter any Postal Code within a range.

For example, in the first range, you can enter A0A 0A0, A0B 6F2, or A0C 9Z9. If the Postal Code of the building is not in one of the ranges below, you can use one of the Province/Territory Symbols listed above.

Below you can find the Canadian Postal zip codes and their areas.

Lower Postal CodeUpper Postal CodeArea of Local Multiplier
A0A 0A0A0C 9Z9Newfoundland Average
A0E 0A0A0E 9Z9Newfoundland Average
A0G 0A0A0H 9Z9Newfoundland Average
A0J 0A0A0N 9Z9Newfoundland Average
A0P 0A0A0P 9Z9Newfoundland Average
A0R 0A0A0R 9Z9Newfoundland Average
A1A 0A0A1G 9Z9St. Johns, NF
A1V 0A0A1V 9Z9Gander, NF
A2H 0A0A2H 9Z9Corner Brook, NF
B0A 0A0B0A 9Z9Cape Breton, NS
B0B 0A0B0W 9Z9New Brunswick Average
B1N 0A0B2A 9Z9Sydney, NS
B2H 0A0B2H 9Z9New Glasgow, NS
B2N 0A0B2N 9Z9Truro, NS
B2V 0A0B3B 9Z9Dartmouth, NS
B3H 0A0B3S 9Z9Halifax, NS
C0A 0A0C0B 9Z9Charlottetown, PE
C1A 0A0C1E 9Z9Charlottetown, PE
E1A 0A0E1G 9Z9Moncton, NB
E1N 0A0E1N 9Z9North Shore Area, NB
E2H 0A0E2P 9Z9St. John, NB
E2Y 0A0E2Y 9Z9Fredericton, NB
E3A 0A0E3C 9Z9Fredericton, NB
E3V 0A0E3V 9Z9Edmundston, NB
G0A 0A0G0C 9Z9Quebec Average
G0E 0C0G0E 9Z9Quebec Average
G0G 0A0G0H 9Z9Quebec Average
G0J 0A0G0N 9Z9Quebec Average
G0P 0A0G0P 9Z9Quebec Average
G0R 0A0G0T 9Z9Quebec Average
G0W 0B0G0Z 9Z9Quebec Average
G1A 0A0G2Z 9Z9Quebec City
G4R 0A0G4S 9Z9Sept Iles
G5L 0A0G5N 9Z9Rimouski
G7G 0A0G7K 9Z9Chicoutimi
G7S 0A0G8A 9Z9Jonquiere
G8Y 0A0G9C 9Z9Trois-Rivieres
H1A 0A0H4Z 9Z9Montreal
H7A 0A0H7Z 9Z9Laval
H9P 0A0H9S 9Z9Montreal
J0A 0A0J0C 9Z9Quebec Average
J0E 0A0J0E 9Z9Quebec Average
J0G 0A0J0H 9Z9Quebec Average
J0J 0A0J0N 9Z9Quebec Average
J0P 0B0J0P 9Z9Quebec Average
J0R 0A0J0T 9Z9Quebec Average
J0V 0A0J0Z 9Z9Quebec Average
J1E 0A0J1M 9Z9Sherbrooke
J2A 0A0J2E 9Z9Drummondville
J8X 0A0J9A 9Z9Hull
J9P 0A0J9P 9Z9Val d’Or
J9X 0A0J9X 9Z9Rouyn
K0A 0A0K0C 9Z9Ontario Average
K0E 0A0K0E 9Z9Ontario Average
K0G 0A0K0H 9Z9Ontario Average
K0J 0B0K0M 9Z9Ontario Average
K1A 0A0K4A 9Z9Ottawa
K6V 0A0K6V 9Z9Brockville
K7K 0A0K7P 9Z9Kingston
K8N 0A0K8R 9Z9Belleville
K8V 0A0K8V 9Z9Trenton
K9H 0A0K9L 9Z9Peterborough
K9V 0A0K9V 9Z9Lindsay
L0A 0A0L0C 9Z9Ontario Average
L0E 0A0L0E 9Z9Ontario Average
L0G 0A0L0H 9Z9Ontario Average
L0J 0A0L0N 9Z9Ontario Average
L0P 0B0L0S 9Z9Ontario Average
L1G 0A0L1R 9Z9Oshawa
L2E 0A0L2J 9Z9Niagara Falls
L2M 0A0L2W 9Z9St. Catharines
L3V 0A0L3V 9Z9Orillia
L4M 0A0L4N 9Z9Barrie
L6S 0A0L7A 9Z9Brampton
L8A 0A0L9K 9Z9Hamilton
M1A 0A0M9Z 9Z9Toronto
N0A 0C0N0C 9Z9Ontario Average
N0E 0A0N0E 9Z9Ontario Average
N0G 0A0N0H 9Z9Ontario Average
N0J 0A0N0M 9Z9Ontario Average
N0P 0A0N0P 9Z9Ontario Average
N0R 0A0N0R 9Z9Ontario Average
N1C 0A0N1L 9Z9Guelph
N1P 0A0N1T 9Z9Cambridge
N2A 0A0N2H 9Z9Kitchener
N2J 0A0N2L 9Z9Waterloo
N2M 0A0N2R 9Z9Kitchener
N2T 0A0N2V 9Z9Waterloo
N3C 0A0N3H 9Z9Cambridge
N3P 0A0N3V 9Z9Brantford
N4K 0A0N4K 9Z9Owen Sound
N5V 0A0N6Z 9Z9London
N7S 0A0N7X 9Z9Sarnia
N8N 0A0N9J 9Z9Windsor
P0A 0A0P0C 9Z9Ontario Average
P0E 0E0P0E 9Z9Ontario Average
P0G 0A0P0H 9Z9Ontario Average
P0J 0A0P0M 9Z9Ontario Average
P0P 0A0P0P 9Z9Ontario Average
P0R 0A0P0T 9Z9Ontario Average
P0V 0B0P0Y 9Z9Ontario Average
P1A 0A0P1C 9Z9North Bay
P3A 0A0P3G 9Z9Sudbury
P4N 0A0P4R 9Z9Timmins
P6A 0A0P6C 9Z9Sault Ste. Marie
P7A 0A0P7G 9Z9Thunder Bay
R0A 0B0R0C 9Z9Manitoba Average
R0E 0A0R0E 9Z9Manitoba Average
R0G 0A0R0H 9Z9Manitoba Average
R0J 0A0R0M 9Z9Manitoba Average
R2A 0A0R3Z 9Z9Winnipeg
R7A 0A0R7B 9Z9Brandon
R8N 0A0R8N 9Z9Thompson
S0A 0A0S0C 9Z9Saskatchewan Average
S0E 0A0S0E 9Z9Saskatchewan Average
S0G 0A0S0H 9Z9Saskatchewan Average
S0J 0A0S0N 9Z9Saskatchewan Average
S0P 0A0S0P 9Z9Saskatchewan Average
S4N 0A0S4Z 9Z9Regina
S6H 0A0S6K 9Z9Moose Jaw
S6V 0A0S6V 9Z9Prince Albert
S7H 0A0S7Z 9Z9Saskatoon
S9A 0A0S9A 9Z9North Battleford
T0A 0A0T0C 9Z9Alberta Average
T0E 0A0T0E 9Z9Alberta Average
T0G 0A0T0H 9Z9Alberta Average
T0J 0A0T0M 9Z9Alberta Average
T0P 0B0T0P 9Z9Alberta Average
T1A 0A0T1C 9Z9Medicine Hat
T1H 0A0T1K 9Z9Lethbridge
T1Y 0A0T3Z 9Z9Calgary
T4N 0A0T4R 9Z9Red Deer
T5A 0A0T6Z 9Z9Edmonton
T8V 0A0T8X 9Z9Grande Prairie
V0A 0A0V0B 9Z9Cranbrook
V0C 0A0V0C 9Z9Prince George
V0E 0A0V0G 9Z9Kamloops
V0H 0A0V0H 9Z9Penticton
V0K 0A0V0K 9Z9Kamloops
V0L 0A0V0L 9Z9Prince George
V0N 0A0V0N 9Z9Vancouver
V0P 0A0V0P 9Z9Port Alberni
V0R 0A0V0R 9Z9Prince George
V1C 0A0V1C 9Z9Cranbrook
V1L 0A0V1L 9Z9Nelson
V1R 0A0V1R 9Z9Trail
V1S 0A0V1S 9Z9Kamloops
V1V 0A0V1Z 9Z9Kelowna
V2A 0A0V2A 9Z9Penticton
V2B 0A0V2E 9Z9Kamloops
V2H 0A0V2H 9Z9Kamloops
V2K 0A0V2N 9Z9Prince George
V5A 0A0V7Z 9Z9Vancouver
V8J 0A0V8J 9Z9Prince Rupert
V8N 0A0V9E 9Z9Victoria
V9R 0A0V9V 9Z9Nanaimo
V9Y 0A0V9Y 9Z9Port Alberni
X0A 0A0X0C 9Z9Nunavut Average
X0D 0A0X0G 9Z9Northwest Territories Average
X1A 0A0X1A 9Z9Yellowknife
Y0A 0A0Y0B 9Z9Whitehorse
Y1A 0A0Y1A 9Z9Whitehorse

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What is the Postal Code of Canada

FAQs

Now we are going to some frequently asked questions that people often ask.

What is the postal code number?

A postal code number is a delivery point that identifies the address location of a post office. It is unique and separated by region.

What is a 6 digit postal code?

The six-digit postal code consists of two parts: the last two digits (sector code) of the old four-digit postal code, followed by four new digits representing the delivery point within the sector.

What is a 5 digit zip code?

ZIP Codes are 5 – digit numbers developed by the United States Postal Service to represent individual post offices across the United States. A ZIP Code is just the name of the postal code system for the United States. Like the US, most countries have their own postal code system names.

How many active postal codes are there in Canada?

Estimates there are around 830,000 active postal codes in Canada.

What is the first postal code in Canada?

The Canadian postal code was first introduced in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, in 1971. For other significant milestones in the development of postal services in Canada, see The Chronology of Canadian Postal History (since 1506) from the Museum of Canadian History.

How do you write a Canadian postal code?

Postal codes in Canada are six digits long. They can be written either forward or backward. A valid Canadian postal code could look something like this: J8A 0C6 or J0A C9A.

How do I find a postal code?

Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, via its mobile application, 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.

Look up a Canadian postal code in any province or territory.
https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/info/mc/personal/postalcode/fpc.jsf

How do Canadian postal codes work?

Canada Post defines a postal code as follows: A six-character alphanumeric combination (ANA NAN) assigned to one or more postal addresses. The last three characters of the code are referred to as the Local Delivery Unit (LDU).

What is the zip code for Toronto, Canada?

The Toronto zip code is M5P 1N5. It is a kind of postal code used to arrange the physical location of an address, to facilitate the delivery of mail. It is also used as an identifier for specific businesses, establishments, and also geographical locations. And there is more than one zip code in Ontario province of Canada.

What is Ottawa’s zip code?

Ottawa, Ontario postal code is K1A 0A1. It is located in the center of Canada, in the province of Ontario. The capital consists of the eastern Ontario and western Quebec area, bordering on Gatineau city which is in the Quebec area.

What are Canada ZIP Codes Used For?

ZIP Code is a postal code. It is used to identify the location of a residence or business to enable the efficient delivery of mail. They are also known as “postal codes” and “ZIP+4 codes”.

ZIP Codes identify certain geographical regions and features, including counties, neighborhoods, apartment complexes, and post office boxes. Canada has different ZIP code rules from the United States. 

In Canada, ZIP codes generally include four numbers but can have numbers and letters. ZIP Codes in the US are only made up of letters. Please note that if you write postal codes using just numbers, the first number should always be between 1 and 5. 

For example, the Canadian border in Windsor, Ontario, has the Canadian ZIP code of L4X 0A8, while the ZIP code for the American side of the border is 48442. Canada also uses a single postal code system instead of the multiple code system used in the United States. A single system helps better streamline the mail service and makes it easier for postal workers to efficiently sort and deliver mail. 

What is the type of postal code in Canada?

Canada Post has three types of postal codes:
– Letter-mail, 
– Package handling, and 
– Parcel handling.

The letter-mail system processes mail without having to go through a full street address. The parcel-handling system is for processing packages shipped across Canada, including packages from out of the country. The parcel-handling system falls under Canada Post and doesn’t require a registered street address.

Final Thoughts

Postal codes are a very important part of Canadians’ lives. Everything we receive in Canada should have a postal code on it – or attached to it (such as business cards). We often need to look up postal codes to send something to someone or ask them if they have a certain postal code.

Sometimes even non-Canadians need to find Canadian postal codes. That’s why our blog has gathered all. If you plan to send mail abroad then please keep the differences in ZIP codes in mind to ensure you write the correct address. Look through a full Canada postal codes list to find the one you need. Enjoy!

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