Canada Postal Codes
A Canadian postal code is a string of six characters that forms part of a postal address in Canada. Like British and Dutch postcodes, Canada’s postal codes are alphanumeric. They are in the format A0A 0A0, where A is a letter and 0 is a digit, with a space separating the third and fourth characters. An example is K1A 0B1, which is for Canada Post’s Ottawa headquarters. According to Statistics Canada, about 850,000 postal codes exist in Canada, using Forward Sortation Areas from A0A in Newfoundland to Y1A in Yukon.
Canadian Postal Codes by Province
* Alberta
* British Columbia
* Manitoba
* New Brunswick
* Newfoundland and Labrador
* Nova Scotia
* Northwest Territories
* Nunavut
* Ontario
* Prince Edward Island
* Quebec
* Saskatchewan
* Yukon
How an address is written in Canada
This is the order Canada's postal service expects. Square brackets mark what you replace.
[Recipient name]
[Street address]
[City] [State] [Postal code (H3Z 2Y7)]
CANADA
A postal code is required in a complete Canada address. The postal code should be written in capital letters.
Look up a specific address
For the code covering one particular street or building, Canada's postal service publishes an official finder: www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpo/mc/personal/postalcode/fpc.jsf. It is authoritative and kept current, which third-party copies often are not.