A database of postcodes/zipcodes and the corresponding spatial locations in terms of a latitude and a longitude (or similar coordinates in an openly published national coordinate system). If a postcode/zipcode system does not exist in the country, please submit a dataset of administrative borders. Data submitted in this category must satisfy the following minimum conditions

• Zipcodes
• Address
• Coordinate (latitude longitude)
• national level

• updated once a year

• Administrative boundaries

• Boarders poligone
• name of poligone (city, neighborhood)
• national level
• updated once a year

Data Location

https://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/business/productsservices/mailing/pcdp.jsf

Comments

Canada Post is a Crown corporation of the Government of Canada. Commercial use of Canada Post's Postal Code Address Data (PCAD) product has been quoted at $50,600 per year. Canada Post claims copyright in its database of postal codes. It has recently defended its claim by filing a lawsuit against Geolytica: https://cippic.ca/en/copyright/geolytica-statement-of-defence.

Data Availability

• N Openly licensed
• N Is the data available for free
• Y Is the data machine readable
• Y Available in bulk
• Y Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis
• Y Is data in digital form
• Y Publicly available
• Y Does the data exist
• Y Is the data available online

Details

Date the data became available	Unknown
Format of data	Fixed-width text file
Reviewer	anonymous
Submitters	anonymous
Last modified	Fri Apr 06 2012 10:35:46 GMT+0000 (UTC)