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