Overview
The Canada 6-digit Postal Code Database, Commercial Edition is our most comprehensive Canadian Postal Code data product. It is 100% compatible with ourDistance and Radius Programming toolsand is a great tool for establishing time zonesfor your Canadian customers.
If you need a comprehensive database of Canadian postal codes, the Commercial Edition is your best bet!
We update our Canada Postal Code databases monthly with official Canada Post data so you can beconfident that you are downloading the most current postal code database available.
We guarantee you’ll be satisfied and back it up with a30 day Money BackGuarantee.
Download the Commercial Edition 6-digit Postal Code database today from ZIP Code Download and you’ll have access to accurate, verified Canadian postal code data immediately.
Commercial Data Includes:
Approx. 800,000 Canadian Postal Codes City City Type Province
Province Abbreviation
Primary Area Codes
Time Zone
Daylight Savings Flag
Latitude
Longitude
Included free: French translations of Canadian city names
View Complete Schema Canada – 6-digit Postal Code Data, Commercial Edition
The Commercial Edition from ZIP Code Download includes a database of Canadian Postal Codes, Cities, City Types, Provinces, Province Abbreviations, Primary, and Alternate Area Codes, and latitude and Longitude Coordinates. Our postal code database is available in the following formats: Microsoft Access 97 & 2000 (or later), comma-separated values, fixed-width format, and tab-delimited format. All formats are included with your purchase, and they can be imported into most databases.
Available for Immediate Download
When you order online from ZIP Code Download there’s no need to wait for the mail. You’ll receive the Canada 6-digit Postal Code Database, Commercial Edition immediately. Our databases are available for download only, which allows us to keep our prices low and pass the savings on to you. The data will be available in your account for 30 days after your purchase (unless you purchase an annual subscription). It can be downloaded on any computer with internet access.
Product Features & Benefits
- Complete Canadian Postal Code database
- Great database for building store locators or adding a Canada Postal Code lookup to your website
- Can becombined with our USpostal ZIP Code databases
- Useful for enhancing your website and software
- 30-Day Money Back Guarantee
- Updated monthly with data directly from the Canada Post
- Award-Winning Customer Service
- Site License – you may install this product on all computers within your organization
- Raw text formats compatible with any database, including SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, DB2, Access, and Postgre SQL
- Used by more Fortune 500 Companies – Amazon.com, American Express, AOL Time Warner, AppleComputer, Inc., AT&T, Bank One, FedEx, Ford Motor Co., Kodak, Microsoft Corp., Walmart, Wells Fargo & Company and many more.
Technical Specifications
Uncompressed Disk Space
Microsoft Access Version – 50 MB
Comma-separated Version – 50 MB
Tab-delimited Version – 50 MB
WinZip or another similar PKzip archive extraction utility.
Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Access, or another relational database
Schema
Field Data Type Description
PostalCode char(7) 6-digit (+1 space) postal representing a geographic delivery route.
CityName varchar(64) The name of the city (and in some cases, organization) designated by that ZIP Code or postal code.
CityType char(1) City Type In many cases, a ZIP Code can have multiple names, meaning cities, towns, or subdivisions, in its boundaries. However, it will ALWAYS have exactly 1 default name.
ProvinceName varchar(64) The full name of the province, i.e. Yukon, Quebec, etc.
ProvinceAbbr char(2) The two-letter abbreviation for the province name.
AreaCode varchar(16) In our USA 5-digit Premium Edition database, the area code listed is the primary or foremost area code for each ZIP Code.In our Commercial Edition databases (both the USA and Canada), if multiple area codes belong to one postal code, all area codes are listed and delimited by a slash / character.
TimeZone varchar(16) The time zone to which that ZIP Code belongs. Only the primary time zone is listed for each ZIP Code.
DST char(1) The daylight savings time flag indicates if a particular ZIP Code obeys, or, in other words adjusts their clocks forward and back with the seasons. This information is particularly useful to determine time in other time zones with areas that may or may not use daylight savings time – for example, Arizona, Hawaii, and, of all places – Indiana.
Latitude decimal(9, 6) The latitude coordinate listed is an exact north/south point (to 6 decimal places) on the globe of the centroid or middle of the ZIP Code.
Longitude decimal(9, 6) The longitude coordinate listed is an exact east/west point (to 6 decimal places) on the globe of the centroid or middle of the ZIP Code.
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