How to address a letter to Canada

Learn how to address and mail letters to Canada - with address examples and many tips.

How to write an address to Canada

Here’s what a typical address in Canada looks like for postal mail.

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Recipient name

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House number Street name

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City State/Province/Territory Abbreviation Postal code

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Country

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Address example Canada
Basic structure:

CLAUDE M UNTEL
123 Main Street
Toronto, ON M5V 2T6
CANADA

Address example Canada
With additional Information:

CLAUDE M UNTEL
2364 7TH CONCESSION
SITE 6 COMP 10
RR 8 MSC MILLARVILLE RR
MILLARVILLE AB T0L 1K0
CANADA

Address example Canada
For P.O. box:

JOHN JONES
PO BOX 4001 STN A
VICTORIA BC V8X 3X4
CANADA

Postal information

Country name

Canada

Postal code format

3 digits and 3 letters (eg: A0B 1C2)

Standard address field position

Bottom right

Address text alignment

Left-aligned

Postal code regex

^([ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXY]\d[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVWXYZ]) ?(\d[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVWXYZ]\d)$

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

CA

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code

CAN

UN M49 numeric country code

124

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Country information

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Common name (English)

Canada

Official name (English)

Canada

Native name

Canada (Canada)

Capital

Ottawa

Continent

Americas

Subregion

North America

Area

9,984,670 km²

Borders with

United States

Currency

CAD (Canadian dollar, Symbol: $)

Time zone

UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30

Google Maps link

https://goo.gl/maps/jmEVLugreeqiZXxbA

OpenStreetMap link

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1428125

Total population

41,651,653

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Address example Canada
Basic structure:

Address example Canada
With additional Information:

Address example Canada
For P.O. box: