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These abbreviations are not the source of letters in Canadian postal codes, which are assigned by Canada Post on a different basis than these abbreviations. While postal codes are also used for sorting, they allow extensive regional sorting. In addition, several provinces have postal codes that begin with different letters.
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 , Dutch , and Argentinian postcodes, Canada's postal codes are alphanumeric .
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non-overlapping abbreviations to adjacent countries; I thought Canada had only one adjacent country: America (USA). I'd also like to make one list combining the USPS codes for the US with the Canadian codes: BC - British Columbia; DC - Washington, D.C. NY - New York; Any takers? --Uncle Ed 05:14, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
no codes Bahamas used Post Office system instead of Postal Code [1] Bahrain: BH: NNN, NNNN Valid post code numbers are 101 to 1216 with gaps in the range. Known as block number (Arabic: رقم المجمع) formally. The first digit in NNN format and the first two digits in NNNN format refer to one of the 12 municipalities of the country.
Currently for Canada, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 10 provinces and 3 territories. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is CA, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Canada. The second part is two letters, which is the postal abbreviation for the province or territory.
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Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, [1] 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.