MLD version compatibility
This release of Canada Address Fabric™ data is compatible with the 2026.02.0 Master Location Data (MLD).
New in this release
Canada Address Fabric will be refreshed on monthly basis from March release onwards.
Changes in this release
The number of addresses with the PBkey persistence issue has decreased to 1,900, compared to 59,000 in the previous release.
Known issues
The following issues are currently under investigation.
- L3REQ-81172/PBAB-5725: Addresses on Street Parcels. There seems to be a improvement in this issue. This is a continuous improvement.
- L3REQ-83203/PBAB-5897: STREETNAME containing UNIT. This issue is under investigation.
- PBAB-1053: Around 1968 addresses have issues with persistence. This issue is expected to be resolved in upcoming releases.
- PBAB-4483: Address components such as ADD_NUMBER, CITY, or FSA may differ from their respective CHILD or PARENT address for genealogy relationships.
- PBAB-5583: Investigating the assigned values of PROPTYPE, where they are in conflict with the UNITTYPE value.
- PBAB-3424: 237 secondary addresses do not have a parent PreciselyID.
- PBAB-5294: There are 85k address records where Postalcode Field is missing LDU. This may be largely due to removal of incorrect LDUs that existed in previous releases.
- PBAB-4547: The address location of 1818 child or secondary addresses is 1000 meters or more from their respective parent PreciselyIDs.
- PBAB-5837: 208 Parent Precisely ID are present in Low Confidence File. These Parent PreciselyIDs will move to the main file when they have a better location accuracy.
- PBAB-857: Addresses have been identified with a low precision geocode (FSA centroid), creating invalid stacked point locations.
Product metrics
For detailed statistics, refer to the canada_address_fabric_statistics.xlsx workbook included in the product delivery file.