Postal codes in Canada

BC

AB

SK

MB

ON

QC

NB

PE

NS

NL

YT

NT

NU

Postal codes by province and territory

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 and Dutch postcodes, Canada's postal codes are alphanumeric. They 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. As of October 2019, there were 876,445 postal codes^[2] using Forward Sortation Areas from A0A in Newfoundland to Y1A in Yukon.

Canada Post provides a postal code look-up tool on its website,^[3] via its mobile application,^[4] 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.

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