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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.
Canadian provincial and territorial postal abbreviations are used by Canada Post in a code system consisting of two capital letters, to represent the 13 provinces and territories on addressed mail. These abbreviations allow automated sorting . ISO 3166-2:CA identifiers' second elements are all the same as these; ISO adopted the existing Canada ...
This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is A. Postal codes beginning with A are located within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Forward Sortation Area (FSA).
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This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is V. Postal codes beginning with V are located within the Canadian province of British Columbia. Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Forward Sortation Area (FSA). The V postal code area is currently the most utilized in Canada, with only four of the ...
The US zip code is 5 numbers. The Canadian and British codes contain 3 numbers (and letters). I find that almost all US gas pumps allow Canadian cards to punch in the 3 numbers of the Cdn. code (in order), followed by 00 (zero zero). This has worked for me 99% of the time at US pumps. Perhaps the same will work for UK credit cards.
This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is X. Postal codes beginning with X are located within the Canadian territories of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Forward Sortation Area (FSA).
As for "I think Canadians have problems with the zip code, we also have letters in our postal codes and are all six characters" There is a Canadian postal code to Zip code algorithm. It works when using a Canadian issued credit card in the US (eg. at a gas pump) but it also works on the Telcel site. Say your postal code is A1B 2C3.