Precisely offers the following Canadian postal products:
- Canada Postal Points File
- Forward Sortation Area (FSA) Boundaries/Points
- Six-Digit Postal Code Points
Canada Postal Points File
The Canada Postal Points File is a nationwide point file of all postal codes in Canada. This enhanced dataset contains points placed with street-level accuracy and can be used for mapping or demographic analysis. This product provides data linkage with all levels of Canadian census geography.
The Canada Postal Points File enables businesses to locate their customers via the postal code. Precisely further enhances that postal code by linking it to the smallest level of census geography, the Dissemination Area (DA). Customers can then use the DA to associate demographic information or neighborhood characteristics to target their customers.
The addition of multiple postal codes provides alternate postal code coordinates and linkage to standard Canadian census geography codes to supplement the single most representative coordinates.
Refer to the Canada Postal Points File section of this product guide for additional information about this product.
Forward Sortation Area (FSA) Boundaries/Points
Forward Sortation Area (FSA) Boundaries/Points contains geographical boundary polygons and centroids. Refer to the Forward Sortation Area (FSA) Boundaries/Points section of this product guide for additional information about this product.
Six-Digit Postal Code Points
The points in Six-Digit Postal Code Points are created from an extract of data from the Canada Postal Points File. It contains the single most representative points for all Canadian postal codes, along with each point’s associated latitude/longitude coordinates.
While Six Digit Postal Code Points provides the best location for a particular postal code, it does not contain links to census geography or postal delivery attributes, as does the Canada Postal Points File.
Refer to the Six-Digit Postal Code Points section of this product guide for additional information about this product.