Canada Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples
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Canada Address Format Guide
In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Canada. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.
Canada - Address Format
An address format in Canada contains the following elements:
- Recipient’s name
- Business or department name (if applicable)
- House number and street name
- City Name, Province Code, Postal Code (6 digits)
- Country – CANADA (in all caps)
John Smith
228 Av. Stanstead
Montreal QC H3R 1X4
CANADA
Canada Address Format Examples
Example 1:
John Smith
424 Cranbrooke Ave
North York ON M5M 1N5
CANADA
Example 2:
Canada Post Office
1543 Kitwanga Rd N
Kitwanga BC V0J 1Y5
CANADA
Postal and Country Information for Canada
| Country/territory name | Canada | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO codes | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: CA ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: CAN ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 124 | |||||
| Administrative area count | 13 | |||||
| Administration area names and abbreviations |
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| Term to describe postal codes | Postal code | |||||
| Postal code format | A9A 9A9 | |||||
| Population | 35 356 604 | |||||
| Total land area | 14 025 300km² | |||||
How to Validate Addresses for Canada Using GeoPostcodes Database
GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Canada addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Canada, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.
Use GeoPostcodes:
- Address Database to validate Street Names, Cities, Province Codes and Postal Codes in Canada
- Postal Database if you only need to validate Cities, Province Codes and Postal Codes in Canada
- Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Canada segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions
You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Canada using:
- Street column to validate Street names
- Post Town column to validate City names
- ISO2 column to validate Province codes
- Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
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