Canada Forward Sortation Areas

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Geographic boundaries and identifiers for Canada's Forward Sortation Areas (FSAs), representing the first three characters of postal codes across all provinces and territories.

At a glance

Records: 1,643
Geometry: MultiPolygon
Area type: Fsa
Location: Canada
Country: Canada

Columns (5)

Column	Type	Statistics	Description
Postal District	string	—	The Forward Sortation Area (FSA) code, which constitutes the first three characters of a Canadian postal code.
Geography ID	string	—	Dissemination Geography Unique Identifier, a standard alphanumeric code used by Statistics Canada.
Province ID	string	13 unique	Standard numerical identifier for the province or territory.
Province	string	13 unique	The name of the province or territory associated with the postal district.
Bounding Box	numeric	—	The rectangular geographic extent encompassing the postal district boundary.

Data preview

Postal District	Geography ID	Province ID	Province	Bounding Box
L7P	2021A0011L7P	35	Ontario	{"xmin":-79.95931243896484,"ymin":43.293277740478516,"xmax":-79.8038101196289,"ymax":43.47654342651367}
K1P	2021A0011K1P	35	Ontario	{"xmin":-75.70293426513672,"ymin":45.41701889038086,"xmax":-75.68621826171875,"ymax":45.424652099609375}
L2W	2021A0011L2W	35	Ontario	{"xmin":-79.28498077392578,"ymin":43.15711212158203,"xmax":-79.27613067626953,"ymax":43.17762756347656}
V3M	2021A0011V3M	59	British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique	{"xmin":-122.95997619628906,"ymin":49.1751708984375,"xmax":-122.90165710449219,"ymax":49.218990325927734}
R5M	2021A0011R5M	46	Manitoba	{"xmin":-96.865234375,"ymin":49.91496658325195,"xmax":-96.6355209350586,"ymax":50.0629768371582}
L9A	2021A0011L9A	35	Ontario	{"xmin":-79.88921356201172,"ymin":43.20664978027344,"xmax":-79.85270690917969,"ymax":43.245452880859375}
N6L	2021A0011N6L	35	Ontario	{"xmin":-81.3500747680664,"ymin":42.883995056152344,"xmax":-81.21243286132812,"ymax":42.941287994384766}
M6J	2021A0011M6J	35	Ontario	{"xmin":-79.43205261230469,"ymin":43.63835906982422,"xmax":-79.37418365478516,"ymax":43.656410217285156}
R5P	2021A0011R5P	46	Manitoba	{"xmin":-96.93543243408203,"ymin":49.79640197753906,"xmax":-96.63748168945312,"ymax":49.93034362792969}
V6R	2021A0011V6R	59	British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique	{"xmin":-123.22389221191406,"ymin":49.257896423339844,"xmax":-123.1776123046875,"ymax":49.27825164794922}

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