Canadian postal code system

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Canadian_postal_code_system

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:post_office
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:Canada_Post
gptkbp:database_available_from	gptkb:Canada_Post
gptkbp:first_character_represents	province or territory
gptkbp:first_letter_A	gptkb:Newfoundland_and_Labrador
gptkbp:first_letter_B	gptkb:Nova_Scotia
gptkbp:first_letter_C	gptkb:Prince_Edward_Island
gptkbp:first_letter_E	gptkb:New_Brunswick
gptkbp:first_letter_G	gptkb:Eastern_Quebec
gptkbp:first_letter_H	gptkb:Metropolitan_Montreal
gptkbp:first_letter_J	gptkb:Western_Quebec
gptkbp:first_letter_K	gptkb:Eastern_Ontario
gptkbp:first_letter_L	gptkb:Central_Ontario
gptkbp:first_letter_M	gptkb:Metropolitan_Toronto
gptkbp:first_letter_N	gptkb:Southwestern_Ontario
gptkbp:first_letter_P	gptkb:Northern_Ontario
gptkbp:first_letter_R	gptkb:Manitoba
gptkbp:first_letter_S	gptkb:Saskatchewan
gptkbp:first_letter_T	gptkb:Alberta
gptkbp:first_letter_V	gptkb:British_Columbia
gptkbp:first_letter_X	Nunavut and Northwest Territories
gptkbp:first_letter_Y	gptkb:Yukon
gptkbp:first_three_characters	Forward Sortation Area (FSA)
gptkbp:format	ANA NAN
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Canadian postal code system
gptkbp:introduced	1971
gptkbp:last_three_characters	gptkb:Local_Delivery_Unit_(LDU)
gptkbp:letters_D,_F,_I,_O,_Q,_U_not_used	first position
gptkbp:postal_code_example	gptkb:K1A_0B1
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:post_office gptkb:UK_postcode_system
gptkbp:total_possible_codes	over 800,000
gptkbp:used_in	gptkb:Canada e-commerce marketing emergency services geocoding public health analysis service delivery demographic analysis utility services address verification census data collection delivery routing insurance risk assessment political boundary mapping school districting
gptkbp:usedFor	mail sorting geographic identification
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:V6A gptkb:M5B
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6