[AF] 'Ridings' = 'counties' in Canada and the Canadian postal code

[Al Stewart]

------ At 11:43 AM 05/01/2007 -0700, Glen Kippel wrote: -------


>On 5/1/07, Gary Glaenzer <glaenzer at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>NOW,.................can someone explain how Canadian postal coding works
>>?
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>>ZIP system is coded by areas, first 3 numbers; 577 is out of Rapid City,
>>SD;
>>626 out of Springfield, IL; 551 out of Minneapolis, MN etc
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>>but I can't figure the Canadian system out
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>>it is always LNL NLN  where L = letter and N = number
>>
>>anyone ?
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>Yes, the US is divided up into 10 regions (because we use a decimal system,
>not a hexadecimal system), with 0 being in the New England area, 9 being the
>west coast, Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, etc.
>
>Canada is always LNL NLN.  A1B 2C3, X7Y 8Z9, etc.  I don't know how that
>breaks down geographically.

V-- --- British Columbia
T-- --- Alberta
S-- --- Saskatchewan

Most provinces one prefix. Ontario has more.

Santa Clause has a reserved code H0H 0H0

See also ..   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_postal_code

Al

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Al Stewart
stewarta at kootenay.com
stewarta at xplornet.com
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