SERP return codes indicate the quality of the input address as determined by the Canada Post's Software Evaluation and Recognition Program regulations.
To obtain SERP return codes, on the Output
Data tab, select the Include postal information
check box. This will return a variety of data about the address, including the SERP
return codes. For information on the specific data that this option will return, see
Postal Data Output.
SERP return codes are provided in the following output field.
Table 1. SERP Return Code Output
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Field Name
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Description
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CanadianSERPCode
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Validation/correction return code (Canadian addresses only):
- V
- The input was valid. Canada Post defines a "valid" address as an address that meets all the following requirements:
Note: There are exceptions. For further information, contact the CPC.
- The address must contain all required components as found in CPC's Postal Code Data Files.
- The address must provide an exact match on all components for only one address in CPC's Postal Code Data Files, allowing for acceptable alternate words and names listed in the CPC Postal Code Data Files.
- Address components must be in a form that allows recognition without ambiguity. Certain components may require "qualifiers" to identify them. For instance, a Route Service address requires the key words "Rural Route" or "RR" for differentiation from a "Suburban Service" or "SS" address with the same number.
- The address must contain a valid rural or LVR (Large Volume Receiver) Postal Code
that is non-correctable (VN). The VN record type
returns Y in the "DefaultValidPostalCode" output
field.
- C
- The input was correctable. A "correctable" address is one that can be corrected to match one, and only one, address.
- N
- The input was non-correctable. A "non-correctable" address is one that could be corrected a number of different ways such that Validate Address cannot identify a single correct version.
- F
- The input address was foreign (outside of Canada).
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